#tw*light

[finding-the-daylight]

Me reading/watching Tw*light as a teenager: Having a vampire boyfriend would be so sexy.

Me watching the movies again at the beginning of lockdown and seeing Carlisle and Garrett (especially when Garrett literally falls for Kate like that, please) : Having a vampire boyfriend would be so sexy. 

This fandom: OKAY BUT HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED VAMPIRES HAVE PERFECT SENSES? THEY CAN SEE AND SMELL EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING. ALSO, IN THIS ESSAY, I WILL EXPLAIN WHY ICICLES - 

[pakchoys]

there should be a genre called things that suck but have soundtracks that fuck

[kirayaykimura]

Yup meyer had a dream about the meadow scene and she wrote twilight just so she can write that specific scene lol

It’s absolutely wild to me. 1. That’s not how my brain works so that idea is completely foreign to me. 2. The plot she picked to build around two beautiful teens laying in a meadow is something else. She really thought, “They’re beautiful! They’re teens! One...wants to eat the other? Yes. Yes, I can work with this.” (She is a supervillain in my imagination. ...maybe I should write a book around that.) 

[callingallcars]

My mom saw pic of gee and thought it was “that vampire guy from twilight” which is usually understandable but it was DD ERA LIKE WHAT

you should explain to ur mom, in excessive detail, the story behind vampire money

[finding-the-daylight]

I just found an article on how the meadow scenes in twilight relate to Mormonism

http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=22-08-024-f

Okay, so here’s my live review of the article before I delve further into this ask:

- I don’t think Tw*light fulfills any spiritual needs. Like I understand what the writer of this article is trying to say, and maybe it’s because I’m a Christian myself, but I don’t read read or watch Twilight and think, “Welp. Here’s a good allegory that illustrates the relationship between God and man.” Because no. It does not. Nothing about this series reflects the goodness of God, however it does reflect much of the hatred of man, but you already know that.

- Oh no. Here we go with the toxic purity culture. I want to be very clear; if someone decides to wait until marriage for personal reasons, religious reasons, or any other reason it’s valid. The problem comes into play when people believe that people choose to do so are somehow more virtuous or better people. What someone chooses to do (or not do) is their choice and should absolutely be respected. It’s the moral superiority and disrespect towards women in particular that creates toxic purity culture. It’s the looking down on and degrading others that creates toxic purity culture. Stop that.

- I skimmed the part about the meadow and kind of stopped reading it tbh. 

For anyone who’s wondering, the author of this article is basically saying that the meadow scene represents the garden of Eden. I do find this to be an interesting comparison, but what’s even more interesting is that most modern interpretations of the Biblical text, including those presented in theological arguments at times (within Christianity, in particular, though certainly not always), stem from a poem called “Paradise Lost” by John Milton. It was written in the 1600s. Paradise Lost, while taking some elements from the account in Genesis, was the first popularized text to vilify Eve as Adam’s downfall. The original text (Genesis in the Bible or the Bereishit in the Torah) was translated by a Rabbi (who actually understands the original text, as it was written in Hebrew) named The Madregat Adam in the 19th century, and this is a widely accepted translation amongst many Rabbis and other religious leaders. He explained that, in his understanding, Adam and Eve never planned on revolting against God. Their hearts were not evil. He explains the full text with much detail (you can read more here if you’re interested). To summarize, he essentially says that by facing the trial in the garden of Eden, Adam and Eve both sought to strengthen their faith and obedience to God, but failed as they were imperfect and had never truly been faced with temptation before. They were still perfect, to an extent I suppose, in that they had no evil desires and no desire to fail or be corrupt. It’s complex, and I’m really not explaining anywhere near as well as the author of the article I linked does. Anyway, this interpretation places Adam and Eve on a level playing field. It does not demonize either of them. It simply points out that, even humans who have perfect intentions, have the capacity to succumb to temptation. It is part of being human. Ultimately, God understands humans and He knows our hearts and He understands our desires better than anyone else. This basically means that, while Adam and Eve disobeyed his command, He still loved them and wanted the best for them. This was a long rant, but my point is that I don’t quite see the parallels between smeyer’s racist story and the beautiful allegory illustrated in religious texts about God’s love for us. It’s just not there and to be honest, it feels quite sacrilegious. I’m sure smeyer would like to think her work is some beautiful allegory about God’s love, but considering how much racism, sexism, and other problematic themes are present in her work, I just don’t see it. Anyway. This ended up being a lot more theologically driven than I ever intended, but I don’t like this comparison at all, though I wouldn’t be surprised if it was smeyer’s intent. 

[finding-the-daylight]

Some of y’all should just say you think Jackson Rathbone is attractive and move on. You don’t need to defend the problematic character(s) he’s played. Anyway.

[finding-the-daylight]

Twilight theory thread?

Carlisle gets fashion inspiration from toothpaste.

(Shoutout to @a-sucker-for-rosalie for reminding me about this gem). 

[finding-the-daylight]

Twilights bad writing and direction almost ruined some people’s careers

Okay so first off, I will not tolerate Catherine Hardwicke slander. She is an amazing director and I stand by that (she directed the first film). But we all know the writing and canon content is awful. I think the reason why it caused people’s careers to nearly-ruined or at least routed in a different direction is absolutely wrong though. The series and films were not looked down upon by the media because of their actual problematic elements, but because the series appealed to girls and women. It was viewed as something frivolous simply because of how popular it was with that demographic. So I fully agree with what you said, and I think the reason why people saw the actors in a different light is gross.