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fandomsecrets2008-12-02 05:04 pm
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[ SECRET POST #697 ]
⌈ Secret Post #697 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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Notes:
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Secrets Left to Post: 09 pages, 217 secrets from Secret Submission Post #100.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 1 2 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 2 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - posted twice ].
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Re: 101
Right, so the fact that Edward is constantly described as stunning, amazing, beautiful, perfect, etc. etc. is not Meyer's fault. I know what you're going to say– Edward is only seen this way through the eyes of Bella. But every single person I've seen talking about Twilight says that part of the reason they/everyone loves it so much is because they all pretend/want to be Bella.
It is not the duty of writers of FICTION to provide children with appropriate role models.
If Meyer wants to write about complex and complicated, morally ambiguous relationships, she probably shouldn't be writing young adult novels. :| Of COURSE not every character in children's books should be a shining example of good, but when you create a female heroine who cares about NOTHING but her abusive boyfriend, what message does that send? The reading level of Twilight is not aimed at people who are going to analyze the relationship as a profound meditation on the complexity of romance– probably because none of them have ever really experienced it seriously. And you keep saying that the reader is supposed to analyze the complexity of Bella/Edward's relationship and not accept it as perfect, but what do they really lose? Bella doesn't care about anyone or anything (including her own autonomy) but Edward, so she really has nothing to lose, and any time she's in serious danger, he comes to her rescue. If Meyer writes a new book where one of them actually goes through some real, irreversible trauma because of their relationship and actually has to question it, I'll change my mind about the series.
Parents and teachers can't monitor every bit of input a child chooses or is subjected to. Society has way more of an impact, because kids tend to care more about impressing/adapting to society than they care about their parents/teachers. Me and many girls I know grew up with families that praised us and told us we were beautiful, but we didn't believe them. We believed what we saw around us telling we needed to lose weight, have better skin, etc. etc.
Re: 101
(Anonymous) 2008-12-03 12:44 pm (UTC)(link)