Twilight Is Really A Story About A Dog (and I don’t mean Jacob)
For the past 10 days, I have been obsessing over Twilight.
Are you familiar with this series of books? Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn, and (I recently discovered) a partially finished manuscript on Stephenie Meyer’s web site called Midnight Sun.
I’ve been very annoyed with myself for getting sucked into this vortex. I’ve put my real life on hold because I’ve had my head stuck in one of the four-and-a-half (I’ve been reading Midnight Sun on my iPhone and going blind) books. I’ve been trapped in the story even when I’m not reading.
Almost all the time during the past 10 days my enjoyment in reading about Bella and Edward has been tempered with a certain amount of cynicism and some outright disgust. What kind of love includes stalking and fear? And why was I finding this so appealing?
I finally had to resort to some online research to resolve my feelings, and here’s what I’ve decided: Edward is like a dog (With the exception of the last book of the series Breaking Dawn–I’m still trying to figure that one out).
TOP TEN REASONS WHY EDWARD IS SIMILAR TO THE BEST KIND OF DOG
10. He has inspired cult-like forums and web sites, similar to breed-specific forums and web sites
9. He is as polarizing as a discussion on what dog food to feed (raw versus kibble, brand A versus brand B)
8. He has a face that is “angelic,” something all dogs have
7. He is fascinating to watch
6. He watches over Bella as she sleeps
5. He follows Bella around when she’s awake
4. He snarls and growls when he plays with Bella
3. He snarls and growls when danger threatens Bella
2. He exists just to make sure that Bella is happy
And the number 1 reason: He gives Bella unconditional love
If you are interested in further reading the following links were very helpful to me and I highly recommend them (especially if you’ve felt as conflicted as I have in your response to the Twilight series):
Five Reasons a Smart Young Woman Adores Twilight
Five Reasons a Smart Middle Aged Woman Loathes Twilight
And because the movie just didn’t do it for me: If Twilight Was 10 Times Shorter and 100 Times More Honest.
I’ve discussed it with some of my friends. We’re seriously thinking of starting a Twilight 12-step program.
Twilightaholics Anonymous?
