The Self-Loathing Largesse Denounces The Twilight Series

August.6.2009

Anything that becomes an overnight phenomenon (Harry Potter, Hannah Montana, Michael Jackson’s memorial proceedings) is easily deplorable, so it’s not even remotely controversial to hate on these books.  Basically, if you like them, you’re an asshole. You don’t even have to read Twilight to hate it.  I mean, the premise is clichéd and weak: an ordinary girl seems extraordinary to vampire, ordinary girl falls in love with vampire, vampire boosts ordinary girl’s self-image by yearning for her “blood,” sexual tension ensues.  I think Days of Our Lives covered this shit in 1990.  So did Melrose Place.  And Harry Potter porn.

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