“True love isn't the excessive, I-need-to-be-with-him-all-the-time kind of feeling. What Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty each have in common is that they and their princes each overcame some great evil in the course of their falling in love. For Edward and Bella, it's just Bella seeing Edward, and refusing to rid herself of him from that moment onward. How could you describe that kind of unrequited emotion beyond anything that isn't 'goofy'or 'mindless'? Sure, we've all felt it at some point and it's nice to re-visit a *kind-of* of similar scenario, where there can be no one else and nothing else. But to say that adults have become 'cynical and realistic' in not viewing Edward and Bella as the true lovers of fairytales, is a stretch. Love takes a moment of meeting, then of developing many moments afterward - it grows and it builds, see? Juliet Marillier's Sevenwaters trilogy are the perfect example of the kind of love that conquers all; believable in its boundlessness and beauty. These books aren't. A love story of any kind (to be truly successful) needs some kind of testing; to be shaken and the foundations strengthened. In Meyer's books there is never any real danger to do just that for Bella and Edward; nothing at all to test this instantaneous love they feel. And if there is, it's all over so quickly it mightn't have happened anyway.”
“i agree wit u girl ”
“Amen to that! Take a look at what I said to elizabeth g. I got a little carried away I'm afraid. ”
“Well said. I had so many other issues with these books, but the testing of their love wasn't one I'd thought of, but you are so right. Their love (I'd classify it more as lust, as they had no foundation for its basis. They just immediately had to have each other) was never the issue (and I'm still not sure what was. So much fluff and nonsense in these books).”
“"True love the excessive, I-need-to-be-with-him-all-the-time kind of feeling." When you're a teenager, that's exactly what true love is and that's what is reflected in the Twilight series. I have yet to personally meet anyone that doesn't love these books, none of them being teenagers. For those of you who decide not to read them based on negative reviews, I say give it a chance. As long as you're looking for a fun read, you might be very pleasantly surprised.”
“Actually, they do have to overcome many other things....if you would just read on, you would see this”
“Thanks you guys. *t*, you're right, it's a bit of fun and sometimes that's exactly what a girl needs.”
