Wednesday, September 14, 2011

BRT - Switzerland

WARNING SPOILER ALERT:
If you haven't read all of the Twilight Saga be warned I will spoil some things for you, but I think most of you don't really care, but in case you do I'm warning you now. Also, I'm not necessarily going to use academic writing, this is a blog so I'm being more personable (if you don't understand a phrase I use let me know and I'll explain it, but there is probably a gif somewhere and Google will help you find it). Also you should note that I actually enjoy Twilight and the rest of the saga.


I understand why people hate Twilight and I understand the rabid fangirls who squee at any mention of the books and decided to join Team Edward or Team Jacob (Edward wins Bella, Jacob wins Bella's daughter so essentially both "teams" won). Most of you, those who I know of, hate this series. I am like Bella (I forget which books she says this in, I believe it was Eclipse) and choosing to be Switzerland.
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A gif I found on deviantART.com
I do not chose to hate (bash bash bash horrible writing and disco ball-like shiny 'vegitarian' vampires) or obsess (Jacob is soooo hot! No, Edward is sooooo dreamy! Did you watch the MTV Movie Awards? Edward kissed Jacob!!! squee!!!! -insert stereotypical fangirl flail here-), what I am chosing is to be the middle and taking both sides into account as evenly as I can. So, yea, I will comment on the disco ball like qualities of these specific vampires and the, to my werewolf obsessed boyfriends despise, non-werewolf werewolves disappointing-ness but I will also talk about what I like in the book, the romance between the characters and the human emotions portrayed (though a bit too dramatized at points, or under played at others).

So expect random things to be said that most likely will not make sense, I might use fangirl-isms and bits and pieces of slang here and there, just a fair warning. I will try to write about every chapter, but really that's too much to post so I will condense chapters together so that you aren't reading a new post for each and every chapter from me (I'm not that interesting to read so I understand if you skim over it).

I love comments, so feel free to tell me if I'm contridicting myself (I do that a lot unforunately). I will add videos and pictures to make it more exciting (the aformentioned kiss clip is to be inserted after this). Thank you for reading this, and see you next time!!

This is the best quality version I could find on YouTube for this kiss between Twilight Saga co-stars Robert Pattison and Taylor Lautner at the 2011 MTV Movie Awards. When I watched this I thought Krisen Stewart was going to kiss Lautner, but that is not what happend (the movie made the Bella Jacob kiss the best in the entire movie) and like everyone else I was shocked. But, watching the clip again I find the hilarity and I'm sure some people who like to ship JacobxEdward (of course Jacob would be the man in that couple, Edward sparkles) were given fuels to their fanfiction writing flames.

1 comment:

  1. I love the embedded visuals, Brittany, and I'm looking forward to reading more from the perspective of "Switzerland." One question that did pop into my mind when reading your post is this: why do you think there are such extreme responses--like hate OR obsession--to Twilight? Why exactly is it so polarizing?

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