I never thought I'd do this...
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i never thought i'd get a girlfriend. yeah i know it sounds sad but i aint the best looking dude in the world, so the fact i've had a gf for nearly 3 years is kinda surprising.
the whole "Twilight is the worst thing to ever be invented by anyone ever in the entirety of existence" is LARGELY overblown. The books are bad, but they're not nearly the worst books ever, and if you can get past sparkly vampires and teenage drama, then they're not actually that bad.Blackadder51 said:
I thought that was the subject of the entire book series.Altorin said:
<- Not read them, don't intend to. Got five pages in and put it down because I thought the writing style was shite and uninteresting. And yet I still find myself 'defending' it due to people's constant whining about "ruining vampires" bullshit (See this thread [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.156223] for my views on the laughable subject).
I never thought I'd pick up my Wii again until I read about how Phoenix Wright might be coming to it.
Are you trying to prove something through your use of bad grammar? Shows what you know about writing.Blackadder51 said:
The Twilight books are terrible. While the writing is somewhat bearable, although hardly decent, the plot is a load of ass. The fact that I am its target audience disgusts me. Of course we wouldn't care if another author wrote like this- but when almost everyone you know is gabbing on about how brilliant a book is, it tends to be brought to your attention that it reads like some unintelligent teenager's disturbing erotic fantasy.
(Oh, and in your second sentence, you managed to say the same thing twice. Something which is also prevalent in the Twilight series)
Oh jesus, how did this thread turn into a Twilight debate? And why did I fan the flames?
OP: I never thought I would lose all faith in mankind, and become extremely apathetic to the suffering of others. I was such an optimistic, loving child. Then I discovered that one person can't change anything (or that it takes way too much effort, anyway).
manic_depressive13 said:
It made perfect sense and not once was i using my grammar and spelling to prove a point.
Also i made a single error.
2nd WTF, how does my second sentence say the same thing the first did they are clearly different, the first is telling the person why he is whining over such a trivial matter and the 2nd is saying how other authors do this and are not held up on it.
Also just becuase you are in its target audience doesn't mean you will like it or have to like it.
Bingo!Blackadder51 said:
I'll never understand why people subjugate themselves to watch or read something they know they're gonna hate just to complain about it afterwards. I'm sure I''ll hate Twillight, so I'm not going to read it. I'm sure I'll hat Transformers 2, so I'm not going to watch it.
If you don't like something then just shut up about it.
I never thought i'd abandon studying computers for philology. And i feel awesome now that i've done it.
On the topic of Twilight. Fans: Face it, your favoured series is mediocre at its best. It fills its niche nicely, but it isn't anything worth conserving for future generations. It's like player character immortality in PnP roleplay. Opponents: The series is not the infernal spawn of abominable evil. It's just not good. Its worst quality is the large, vocal praise it gets from its fanbase.
On the topic of true love - it's better to consider "true love" a state, not a title for someone.
On the topic of Twilight. Fans: Face it, your favoured series is mediocre at its best. It fills its niche nicely, but it isn't anything worth conserving for future generations. It's like player character immortality in PnP roleplay. Opponents: The series is not the infernal spawn of abominable evil. It's just not good. Its worst quality is the large, vocal praise it gets from its fanbase.
On the topic of true love - it's better to consider "true love" a state, not a title for someone.
Same, actually. Can't really think of anything else. Oh, I voluntarily asked my boss for more work recently.Queen Michael said:
Okay. I don't like holocaust denial, but from now on I'll shut up about it. And I don't like it when people ignore environmental problems, but from now on I'll shut up about it. Sorry, I really don't mean to be rude, but you see my point, right? Besides, people are free to say they like it. Why should the opposite opinion not be expressed?Casual Shinji said:
And Meyer wasn't describing Bella's tone of voice as apologetic; what she was doing was pointing out that "I'm sorry" is an apology. Which should be obvious. (And even if she'd simply been describing the tone of voice, it's obvious there's no need to.) And there are several other places where she points out obvious things in the text, like this:
"It doesn't rain much there, does it?"
"Three of four times a year."
"Wow, what must that have been like?" he wondered.
"Sunny," I told him.
The parts I've italicized (is that a real word?) are completely unnecessary. Removing them would have improved the text flow. So it's not just once.
Furthermore, you claim that if any other writer did this nobody would care. Actually, they would care very much. This is one of the most common complaints in writing; unnecessary words which were included for no reason. So yes, people would "give a ****" as you so eloquently put it.
And Blackadder51? Please don't swear at me. It's not nice to use the F-word at people. I'm not swearing at you, am I?
It's like somekind of nonsense poem.Blackadder51 said:
On topic, Go to america. I've never been one for leaving the country is all.
Holy crap man, ease up. He just said he's going to read the book so he can have a basis to criticize it. Most of the popular hate towards Twlight has to do with the movies and the culture that's surrounded them, less so for the books. Nerds like vampires, and the Twilight Saga pretty much takes vampires and turns them into something nerds hate: emo kids.almightywabbit said:
Forgive me, I meant you said the same thing twice within your second sentence. That is saying "no one would care or give a fuck" is just unnecessary repetition in an attempt to make it seem like you are saying more than you are, and looks rather foolish.Blackadder51 said: