Kitami: Oh, there is. It wasn't the lovey-dovey stuff that bothered me...it was the fact that they went angsty suicide emo when they were apart. That's just....freaky.

@Knerd: An arbitrary litany of other recently read novels might serve to spur the conversation to safer waters!

Any conversation about Twilight is bound to develop into an involved conversation, however, because even people who haven't read it have opinions. It's ubiquitous. Contagious. It's just one of those things, and a lot of people have read it.

There are a lot of books like that, actually.

I think of them as "bookstore bombs." For example, all you have to do is walk into a bookstore and say, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Epilogue!" and the mad, mad world of lit-geeks descends into a warlike discussion. The same mysterious effect occurs after Twilight is mentioned. Or Tolkein. Just say, "Gandolf v. Dumbledore" and watch 'em squirm...

Originally Posted by Aislin

[b]"Gandolf v. Dumbledore"

Dumbledore flirts with Gandalf, they enter a relationship, then get it on.
Thus, they both win.

I picture Gandalf v Dumbledore as an incredibly intense chess match.

Each sits there stroking his beard, pondering his next move for 3 hours before finally lifting his hand and picking up the piece, only to put it back down again and think for another 4 hours before finally making the move.

It would end in the judges finally falling asleep/passing out and knocking over the game board, thus forcing them both to have a rematch with Chinese Checkers.

Originally Posted by Bishielurfer

o_o You seriously didn't see it? There were all these weird moments when I was like, "Okay...what is going on here? Are they going to just...do it or something?" It was bizarre!
The movie wasn't made any better by my friend complaining about how big Wendy's teeth were.

I guess I just was looking at it from an innocent standpoint. I try to avoid reading things into children's movies because it just bothers me to some extent that adults or older people taint such things. I've watched a few older cartoons that I've really had to force myself to think of in childlike terms. I've just gotten into that habit. Pom poko really was a challenge though...

Originally Posted by Aislin

I think of them as "bookstore bombs." For example, all you have to do is walk into a bookstore and say, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Epilogue!" and the mad, mad world of lit-geeks descends into a warlike discussion.

....thanks for reminding me of that ungodly disaster. Really. What the hell was Rowling thinking.

I think i'll try this next year! xD Too busy this year to do it. Damn you, year 12 and exams. D<
It'll be hard to find books i'd want to read though. @_@ And I'm never listening to my friends book suggestions again..

Urgh, all I have to say about Twilight is that the Italian vampire clan, the super strong ones with all the crazy powers, was all that interested me. xD I've never been into teen romance, so if I were to read the books again i'd just skip it and move to the action.

Knerd; I'd like to see them in a rap battle. xD >_>;

Bishie:: Do you know that a lot of times, when a couple has been together for many years, and they grow old together, and then one of them dies, the other one can be perfectly healthy, but their health can suddenly deteriorate in a short amount of time for no other reason than grief and then they also die?
And have you ever read Where the Red Fern Grows? If not, you should.
And obviously Romeo and Juliet, which played into Twilight anyway.

Its not common to die for lack of love. People do it all the time. People kill themselves all the time because they think there is nothing better than what they had. They're wrong. But that doesn't change how you feel at the time.

Knerd:: You made me lol. :'D

Leeky:: I wanna see them in a rap battle too! XD;

Kitami; I don't know who'd win.. I mean Dumbledoor has better style, but Gandalf has a pimp staff. o__o

Kitami: I've heard of old couples who have been together for most of their lives dying of grief when their partner dies, and that makes sense but...firstly) I thought Romeo and Juliet was intensely shallow and grossly unhealthy, and anyone who compares themself to Romeo and Juliet is choosing a poor example (They knew each for THREE DAYS!). Secondly) Bella and Edward were just...too involved with each other. They were together for....what span did the books take? Two years? And already super dependent on each other?
Anyway, the love that Meyer chose to paint is one I've always hated, especially when you encounter it in real life because it's not "fairy tale" and it's not "romantic"---it's scary, and it's unhealthy.

Originally Posted by `Kitami

-stares at knerd- Dude....you...you punted my twin!
xD

Kat:: So it doesn't say where it is? It just says "The book is on the shelf"? O.o
Cause that sounds really annoying and poorly organized....

Kita: Pretty much. When you first put the search in for title or author or whatever (I put "E.M. Forster" in) it comes up with all the results and underneath it says something like '1 copy available in City Library and Arts Centre. The book is on the shelf'. When you click on one of the results it takes you to a summary of the book and says the general section the book is located in (in my case "Adult Fiction"). From there you're just supposed to find it.

I know if I asked one of the staff they would have followed the same process as me. First I looked in hardbacks, then paperbacks, then I found the classics section and it was only because I knew the book had to be in the building somewhere I looked on the silly display thing.

Originally Posted by Spanish Leek Squared

Kitami; I don't know who'd win.. I mean Dumbledoor has better style, but Gandalf has a pimp staff. o__o

Aaaaah, but does he wear thick woolen socks? If they're duking it out on cold cement or rocky pebbles, Dumbledore has the clear advantage.


@Knerd: A chess match would be wonderful! I see the situation deteriorating quickly, though: I get an image of Dumbledore enchanting his chess pieces to sing "Hoggy hoggy Hogwarts" while Gandalf demands that his king should, "Fly, you fool!"

Originally Posted by Aislin

Aaaaah, but does he wear thick woolen socks? If they're duking it out on cold cement or rocky pebbles, Dumbledore has the clear advantage.

^ Nu-uh!
Gandalf can conjure fire! He proved it at Caradhras. Therefore Dumbledore's advantage is null.

Originally Posted by Knerd

^ Nu-uh!
Gandalf can conjure fire! He proved it at Caradhras. Therefore Dumbledore's advantage is null.

XD lol well..Dumbledore is gay which is ten times better then fire Or anything else for the matter.

...There is no good response to that.

You win.