No one should bully anyone on social media or send death threats for that matter People criticized Meyer for years but all work comes with it We love twilight but we just don’t like the problematic themes in it especially the racism Fans should just tell without being mean that it wasn’t ok for her to view natives that especially any POC to fit her narrative especially bastardizing a whole tribe to fit her narrative Maybe her viewpoints can change
It’s completely unacceptable to send death threats to anyone, period. It doesn't matter if they’re an author, celebrity, stranger, friend. Completely unacceptable, period, end of story.
Now that that’s out of the way.... I don’t think Smyer is going to change her mind about anything. It’s been 10+ years since she wrote Twilight. Sure, I might be able to buy that someone could, or did, change after ten years. However, Smyer wrote The Host years after Twilight, and that has a lot of the same problematic themes, so we know that the ciriticism after the intial Twilight release didn’t get through to her. Then the Twilight Rennaisance started in 2018, and more criticisms came out, with much more publicity. And she didn’t comment on it, didn’t make any apologies to the Quileute tribe (let alone any finiancial compensation for stealing their culture and then bastardizing it), nothing. And then, in 2020, She released Midnight Sun. And not only was there no mention of the (Valid!!) Criticisms of her works in the forward or acknowledgments, but she seemed to double down on the problematic aspects of her work. I’ve seen several posts comment on how the writing style of Midnight Sun feels bitter, resenting that the fandom pressured her into finishing a book she had no intention of finishing, all while criticizing her at the same time. And I agree. I couldn’t even finish Midnight Sun because of it.(also Edward is literally the worst, most boring POV charater I’ve ever encountered, despite being blessed with the super cool gift of mindreading) Her viewpoint hasn’t changed. It’s not going to change. She has no interest in bettering herself or righting the wrongs she’s done. Honestly? I can’t blame people for memeing on Smyer. I can’t blame people who roast her. I can’t blame people who are agressive in their criticism. So, no. People shouldn’t be sending Smyer death threats. But they are absolutely, 100% valid in criticizing her, meanly, in essays, in memes. Whatever they want.
She’s had 10 years to learn, grow, and change. She has actively chosen to do otherwise.