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ArcticWolf said:
All right... ready for a long answer?
First of all, in my opinion, Harry Potter fans aren't that rude. We come up with great and detailed arguements and responses on why we think HP is better, and we may get a bit smart-alecky along the way, or whatever you want to call it. It's when you Twilight fans start obsessing over Edward and going "OMG EDWAAAAAAAAARD i mean lyk how can you NOT like him, lol" we start to get a little irritated and defensive. And it's YOUR OPINION Twilight's better, not ours.
Secondly, yes, Twilight DOES have a plot, but a very weak one that doesn't seem to support the story at all. All Bella does is angst and obsess over "Who should I choose: Edward or Jacob??? I mean I LOVE Edward but I guess I don't want to hurt Jake's feelings... I guess I'll have to drag him along with me for three books and break his heart before telling him I choose Edward! hahaha..." Admit it: NOTHING relevant to the story happens until the last 100 or so pages of the books! Some may argue over the whole love-triangle thing between Edward vs. Jacob, but honestly, everybody knew who Bella would pick in the end, so all the extra "plot twists" of her secretly loving Jacob were pointless. There was no conflict in the books except until the last few chapters, when SMeyer suddenly realized she needed a problem to go along with her story, and rushed to finish the book with what she thought was an intriguing cliffhanger. (Which it kind of was - trust me, I used to be a fan.) There was nothing relevant in the plotline for most of the book; we could have just skipped to the ending and realized exactly what they were talking about, even though we missed the first 20 chapters. THAT'S what we mean by no plot.
While in Harry Potter, EVERY chapter is important for the storyline to progress. If you skipped even ONE chapter, you would totally get confused after a page and have to look back on the chapter you skipped because you have no idea what's going on. The conflicts arise very early in the plot, even if you don't realize it yet. Some chapters of the book may seem pointless, but once you look back on it once you finish the book you have a thrilling "a-ha!" moment, which is very awkward in public when everybody is looking at you.
And lastly, WHAT does having hot (*cough*notreally*cough*) guys in the book have ANYTHING to do with it. So WHAT if you believe the character is good-looking? Does that do anything to the storyline? And before I forget, Harry Potter DOES have hot guys... you guys are just so infatuated with your precious Eddiekins and Jakie that you can't see what's right in front of your eyes... *coughs awkwardly*
And I must say, WHERE did you learn to type? I could hardly read that at all.
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