And this, right here, sums up my big problems with the Twilight series. I think the “unique take” on vampires is ridiculous, but that is NOWHERE NEAR as important as the way those books present a truly bad and disturbing relationship dynamic as something to aspire to and dream of.
i wrote a paper as a senior in high school about this and when tracking the unhealthy relationship symptoms i found this out too. fucking a.
THIS is a legitimate reason to think Twilight is problematic. Not “oooh, but it’s girly literature cause the vampires sparkle and all the teen girls are into Edward”. As funny as some of the sparkly vampires jokes are – and they really sometimes are – Twilight’s very unique take on vampires is the least of the series’ problems, yet this criticism gets heard a lot more than the criticism of people who have noticed that something isn’t quite right in the relationship between Edward and Bella.
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