Let the Hate Arise (Again)

In honor of a movie which has just come out recently, I am about to write something that may seem quite radical, nay, insane, to some of you.

I love Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and Beowulf.
I've read Charles Dickens, Eon Colfer, James Patterson, and Tamora Pierce.
I am excited to open up the newest Christopher Paolini book.
I am constantly craving new books to read and new worlds to enter.

And despite my love for well written books... I enjoyed the Twilight series.

Mind you, I by no means think that Twilight is a work of excellent fiction. I believe if you look up "Logical Reasons for my Hatred of Twilight," the author of that article has some fantastic points, all of which I agree with. However, these books are popular not because they are great works of fiction, but because they are happy love stories. Bella finds true love in the end and none of the good guys die. Yes. Bella is unhealthily obsessed with having a boyfriend, and the plot can get a little hokey specifically because all the good guys end up happy in the end; but when you're down in the dumps and need something to make you feel better, sometimes a silly novel about a plain girl falling in love with a sparkly creature of the night is what you need.
I know, I know. You're all thinking, "But Averee! Those vampires are such sissies! And vampires are supposed to be evil, you shouldn't fall in love with them!"
Well, first of all, it's fiction. Stephanie Meyer can make her vampires any way she wants. And secondly. Have you seen Gerard Butler in "Dracula 2000?" Admit it, you think he's sexy too. Humans are drawn to bad things, vampires included. I know I'm not the only girl who thinks Brad Pitt was fantastically good looking in "Interview with a Vampire." Yes, it's very silly for a human to fall in love with one of the more evil fictional monsters, but guess what? That's been part of the plot for half of the other vampire stories out there, everyone's just cranky that it happens in Twilight because they want a reason to be mad at the series.
There are a lot of good reasons to hate Twilight, the plot is cheesy and the fans can get a little crazy. However, for some of these girls, Twilight is a way to escape from their lonely lives in which they play the role of the plain girl who doesn't find love. I've been that girl, and "trash" like Twilight can help numb the pain for a while. Don't be so quick to judge these girls. Do they go too far? Certainly. Are they perhaps a little annoying? Definitely. But they have the right to escape to their cheesy love story for a while if that's what they need, and I bet that they think us Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings fans can get a little annoying too. So before you all start posting nasty Facebook statuses about how Twilight fans should die, think about how the books you read help you escape. Think about how some people think they are trash, because I guarantee you, someone out there does. Remember the feeling of excitement that you treasured when the final part of Harry Potter came out, or when you went to the premier of Tintin just to see The Hobbit's new trailer. Allow these crazy girls to enjoy their moments too, instead of poo pooing them. To the rest of the world, Twilight may be trash, but for some people, it's something to be enjoyed, and they have as much right to enjoy their novels as we do ours. And if you've never read the Twilight series, or even tried to, what right have you to tell Twilight fans that they're wrong, anyways?

Go Away!

I'm desperately trying to fill my page with posts not containing "PLN" anywhere in them. If I never think of Freshmen Year again, it will be too soon.

Yes, I could delete said posts, but that would be far too easy. And I was actually fairly intelligent in some of those posts, so they should be saved as proof.

Don't get me wrong, Freshmen Year was not the most terrible thing that ever happened to me, but between the missing three weeks due to pneumonia and the being constantly surrounded by people who made me depressed, the 9th grade is not a period in my life I care to think about every time I log onto this blog.

Good gravy and biscuits, that was a long sentence.

I'm hoping that as this year progresses, I will have more interesting things to talk about...