First, let me get this straight: I'm not a fan of Twilight. In fact, I hate it. But I can see why everyone's so hyped up about it.
You see, I've recently been introduced to a new theory- The Twelve-Year-Old girl theory. It's mostly used in music, like for popular icons like Hannah Montana, Justin Bieber, the Jonas Brothers, but Twilight also fits into this catagory.
What is the Twelve-Year-Old girl theory, you might ask? Well, let's just look at people at the age of twelve first. When you turn twelve, you're on the thin line between childhood and the teen years. You're young and vulnerable, you want to have fun, yet still remain composed and cool to your peers. It's also the time where you're most prone to follow trends and fads, just because everyone else is doing it and/or it's popular. This may include good things, for example, yoga or whatever, or bad stuff like drugs. (NOTE: this doesn't include all twelve-year-olds. Some remain to being themselves or just being neutral).
This also applies to Twilight. The emotional abuse and lust is bad, but yet girls like it. Why? Maybe pressure from the rabid fans at their schools are so great that they pretend to squeal over it. OR maybe it's because they don't have enough experience with books to tell the good ones from the bad ones. (NOTE: Again, this doesn't apply to all twelve-year-olds, just the majority of them). The Twelve-Year-Old girl theory covers both of these points. I'm not calling any of you Twilight fans dumb, just that maybe you're a little book/romance-naive.
I would like to add a little sub-theory to that theory: a little somthing that I (and the Latins) would like to call: 'argumentum ad populum', which means 'appeal to the people'. A logical fallacy that some really #1 Twilight fans use,'argumentum ad populum' suggests that if many people believe it, then it must be true. It's also an opression of opinion, and has resulted in many tragic events in history, like the Holocaust.
If you don't fully understand 'argumentum as populum', then let's put it this way: If many people believed that Jupiter was made of chocolate, would you? Maybe, maybe not. Would it be true? Not without proof, it wouldn't.
There's also this theory called 'the perfect man theory', which I kinda made up. Girls like Twilight because it has perfect Edward and his sparkly-coated, Adonis-like body. I understand that everybody wants true love and all that crap, but it doesn't necessarily have to come in the form of a fictional character. Also, no man is perfect, I can tell you that.
Now, these three theories do not cover all fans, especially the sane fans, but it's how I think Twilight came to be so popular. Hoped you liked it. If you didn't, then you can find me on here, the C.A.T. club, or the AAR club.
-Some Credit to Poison Apples, the Anti wiki.
You see, I've recently been introduced to a new theory- The Twelve-Year-Old girl theory. It's mostly used in music, like for popular icons like Hannah Montana, Justin Bieber, the Jonas Brothers, but Twilight also fits into this catagory.
What is the Twelve-Year-Old girl theory, you might ask? Well, let's just look at people at the age of twelve first. When you turn twelve, you're on the thin line between childhood and the teen years. You're young and vulnerable, you want to have fun, yet still remain composed and cool to your peers. It's also the time where you're most prone to follow trends and fads, just because everyone else is doing it and/or it's popular. This may include good things, for example, yoga or whatever, or bad stuff like drugs. (NOTE: this doesn't include all twelve-year-olds. Some remain to being themselves or just being neutral).
This also applies to Twilight. The emotional abuse and lust is bad, but yet girls like it. Why? Maybe pressure from the rabid fans at their schools are so great that they pretend to squeal over it. OR maybe it's because they don't have enough experience with books to tell the good ones from the bad ones. (NOTE: Again, this doesn't apply to all twelve-year-olds, just the majority of them). The Twelve-Year-Old girl theory covers both of these points. I'm not calling any of you Twilight fans dumb, just that maybe you're a little book/romance-naive.
I would like to add a little sub-theory to that theory: a little somthing that I (and the Latins) would like to call: 'argumentum ad populum', which means 'appeal to the people'. A logical fallacy that some really #1 Twilight fans use,'argumentum ad populum' suggests that if many people believe it, then it must be true. It's also an opression of opinion, and has resulted in many tragic events in history, like the Holocaust.
If you don't fully understand 'argumentum as populum', then let's put it this way: If many people believed that Jupiter was made of chocolate, would you? Maybe, maybe not. Would it be true? Not without proof, it wouldn't.
There's also this theory called 'the perfect man theory', which I kinda made up. Girls like Twilight because it has perfect Edward and his sparkly-coated, Adonis-like body. I understand that everybody wants true love and all that crap, but it doesn't necessarily have to come in the form of a fictional character. Also, no man is perfect, I can tell you that.
Now, these three theories do not cover all fans, especially the sane fans, but it's how I think Twilight came to be so popular. Hoped you liked it. If you didn't, then you can find me on here, the C.A.T. club, or the AAR club.
-Some Credit to Poison Apples, the Anti wiki.
why deos twilight annoy me? because when twilight came out everyone 4 got hp then the new hp movie came out and they loved hp again thgen twilight movie came out people just cant make up their minds well i can ive seen all the hp movie so far and twilight and even though hp leave s out some stuff its still TEN times better twilight is annoying becuz they think they can come in and steal the whole show that why oppion of a hpfan gcsfdsjhvcdshvcwrivhrweuvghbersvksfdhvsklvhjsdfvklsdfvb dfc bvhdx jkhdfvoperfcujrehvcjfdvhhhjukdsxhcdsjcv
Hello everyone!
I'm planning on writing a letter to Stephenie Meyer regarding the Twilight series. I wanted to address all the points many people do not like in the series. The letter is going to be friendly and straight-forward. I wanted to hear what everyone would want me to include. These are a few of the topics I am going to be including:
- Anti-feminism
- Abusive relationship
- Unhealthy obsession
- Lust does not equal love
- Bella is horribly rude to her friends (not valued friendships)
These are just a few. Please add anything and if there is something specific you'd like me to add.
I'll be working on this letter and posting on Sunday on Fanpop, so I can add anything else and have your approval and then I will send it to her.
I understand that Seth probably won't let it get to her, but it's worth a shot and I will post his reply (assuming he does reply.)
Thank you! :)
I'm planning on writing a letter to Stephenie Meyer regarding the Twilight series. I wanted to address all the points many people do not like in the series. The letter is going to be friendly and straight-forward. I wanted to hear what everyone would want me to include. These are a few of the topics I am going to be including:
- Anti-feminism
- Abusive relationship
- Unhealthy obsession
- Lust does not equal love
- Bella is horribly rude to her friends (not valued friendships)
These are just a few. Please add anything and if there is something specific you'd like me to add.
I'll be working on this letter and posting on Sunday on Fanpop, so I can add anything else and have your approval and then I will send it to her.
I understand that Seth probably won't let it get to her, but it's worth a shot and I will post his reply (assuming he does reply.)
Thank you! :)