[ SECRET POST #1771 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1771 ⌋


Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 07 pages, 157 secrets from Secret Submission Post #253.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - hit/ship/spiration ], [ 0 - omgiknowthem ], [ 0 - take it to comments ], [ 1 2 3 4 - repeats ]
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Suggestions, comments and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: O_o?

[(Anonymous)]

Ehm... saying that Romeo & Juliet's "true love" was not as true as Bella & Edward's love is NOT the same as claiming that Twilight "surpasses Shakespeare, Bronte, Austen, and other famous classics", as you said above. I admit that Meyer's need to declare that Bella and Edward had the truest of true love is still really ridiculous, but it sounds like you (and the Cracked article -- "Really, Meyer? Oh yes, you're so much better than all those authors.") are missing the context of the original question (basically how do other classic couples stack up to Bella & Edward's ~true love~). Admittedly, she does say The Princess Bride has weak female characters, so that is a legit claim she writes better than Goldman, but I'm not seeing "Twilight surpasses Shakespeare" anywhere here.

Re: O_o?

[(Anonymous)]

That article is just the tip of the iceberg in her egomaniac interviews, but it's indicative of her overall attitude. You can check her website for further gems of her humility, such as "Edward would totally win against Harry Potter" or "I was inspired by the Shakespearean sonnet but it's more romantic when Edward delivers it as prose" or the glorious "I've never read Dracula, my vampires are wholly unique" if you're truly interested. But, as for why so many people take that as an affront here is the logic they discern from her.

1. She (erroneously) believes "The Princess Bride," "Romeo & Juliet," "Wuthering Heights" are romance stories. Not parodies, tragedies, or gothic novels. She mistakenly appropriates them multiple times in interviews, so it's not just this one context.

2. The aim of a romance story is, essentially, to accurately and poetically present the relationship between two people in a way that is transcendental and art.

3. She believes "Twilight" has succeeded in this point better than every other mentioned novel.

4. PROFIT.

You are correct in that she's never said her writing has surpassed these things, and if I gave that impression it was on me, but she gives more than enough indication to believe her own hype in thinking her story is better than these classics in what it aimed for. And that is grounds enough for people to start calling out comparisons and hers falling short.

Plus, I love "The Princess Bride" to pieces so she can step the hell off.