I went over to my step-dad's nephew's house for a BBQ to celebrate the 4th of July. His nephew's wife, Susan, was talking to my step-dad's sister, Jennie about Eclipse. I was at the table with them and tried my hardest to just focus on the baseball game on T.V. I didn't want to get into this conversation because I knew I wouldn't have good things to say. They began to talk about the movies and how they really liked them. At this point I was squirming in my chair thinking, "it's better if you don't say anything; just once, keep your mouth shut. Focus on the game". I was doing a good job of keeping my mouth shut and that's when it happened. "Tracy has all the books." My mother had gotten involved. For those of you that know me you know that I love my mom, I do but, I usually find her obnoxious if I am around her too much and living at home with her, well, that's way too much. When my mom drinks, as she was today, it makes it even worse. I am pretty sure I gave my mom the death glare. This was not a conversation I was about to get in to.
"I've never read the books, but I have heard they are better than the movies. Are they?" Susan asked. Oh no, I was now in this conversation whether I wanted to be or not. I really just wanted to run into the house and hide. From what I could tell Susan and Jennie are Twi-hards (obsessed Twilight fans. Even though they haven't read the books, they were still pretty bad) and the last thing anyone wants to do is piss off a Twi-hard. I don't think anyone has and has lived to tell about it.
"Well," I began, "books are usually better than movies, so I guess so. You understand the characters a little better in the books". It was the most generic and uncontroversial answer I could give, though it wasn't the complete truth. I was hoping that was the end of it and they would resume their conversation about Edward and Jacob.
"What's your favorite in the series?"
Shit. "Ahhh...umm...as far as the books, I guess I would say the first one. The movies, well I haven't really liked either of them". Uh-oh.
"Why?"
And that's the moment I snapped. I not only told them why I hated the movies, but why I wasn't particularly fond of the books.
"I can't stand Kristen Stewart. I think she's a horrible actress and she makes Bella even more annoying than in the books, which is hard to do. I think both the books and the movies give a horrible message to girls. The core audience of the series is middle school and high school girls. It tells them that it's okay to be obsessed with a guy after seeing him once; it tells them that it's okay to sit in a forest for 3 days crying because he left you. It teaches girls that the only way they can be happy is if they have their dream guy. Bella is a whiny teenager who just wants to get her way. There's no substance to the story-line. The characters don't develop at all. The only character I actually like in the whole thing is Alice and I don't mind Charlie or Carlisle. Every once else is annoying. Edward stalks Bella and is way too over protective of her. They act like their love is the most important thing in the world. It teaches kids that love is the only thing that's important in the world. It's far from a romantic story. It's sickening and makes me want to vomit just thinking about it. Edward is portrayed as this perfect person. Who can live up to that? Seriously? It just makes me sick".
"I can see that" Jennie replied.
They went on to talk about their conversation about who is better for Bella. It took every ounce of my being not to ruin the end for them...or to tell them a completely bogus ending.
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