One Mary Sue is much like another

[veronica_rich]

You know, if you're a fan of a "forbidden couple" in your own favorite fandom, I would think the very last thing you would want to do is point and laugh and make fun of teenage girls who love the lead couple in "Twilight."

And anyone who wants to go to the movie to do nothing but point and laugh? Wait a couple of months until it's at the dollar theater. Better yet, wait to rent the DVD. Or buy the book and scream with laughter at home. Let the girls go get their fun out of it first - they're not paying $10 to listen to your "witticisms" and cutting remarks about their taste or relative intelligence. It's an escape - it may not be Chaucer, but it's what they enjoy. I don't believe I would enjoy the books or the movie based on what I've read, but I wouldn't shell out my own money to deliberately ruin somebody else's theatrical experience.

I'm just saying.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Got to be honest with y'all: after seeing a delusional segment of a certain fandom that yes, indeed, killing someone is a sign of love and said killee will find it incredibly romantic, Twilight strikes me as rather sane. No, I'm not seeing it, but I refuse to make fun of it. At least Twilight's Mary Sue won't be suspected of sleeping with a bunch of other men and therefore ending up with a child of unknown paternity. Even better, if she does, Twilight's fans will find that reprehensible rather than some sort of feminist statement.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

I want to know just how much a POTC fan Stephanie Meyer is. Supposedly she started writing her first book in mid-2003. And ... Isabella (Spanish for "Elizabeth") Swann? LOL