Re: I'm going to be very unkind and possibly factually wrong here, since it has been a while.
Danae al'Thor Send a noteboard - 14/02/2010 05:52:52 PM
But I am not sure Stephanie Meyer, as a writer, has a purpose for positively-written women or men who do not love.
I don't mean that she sees them only as hangers-on to male protagonists, but I've read these, and I've read her The Host, and all the time it seems to me that - amongst other things that make me wonder if I am a feminazi after all - the greatest passion she is able to characters with (male or female) is love. Romantic love especially.
Bella may have been a good character. but she was never allowed to have her very own plot. If you get what I mean? All of her plot was provided to her by other people, usually male, or male-accessed. These males were usually in love with her. This is a girl who has never really been alone, or sought something entirely for herself as an end that stands independently of other relationships not despite or inspite them but just of itself.
I don't mean that she sees them only as hangers-on to male protagonists, but I've read these, and I've read her The Host, and all the time it seems to me that - amongst other things that make me wonder if I am a feminazi after all - the greatest passion she is able to characters with (male or female) is love. Romantic love especially.
Bella may have been a good character. but she was never allowed to have her very own plot. If you get what I mean? All of her plot was provided to her by other people, usually male, or male-accessed. These males were usually in love with her. This is a girl who has never really been alone, or sought something entirely for herself as an end that stands independently of other relationships not despite or inspite them but just of itself.
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This message last edited by Danae al'Thor on 14/02/2010 at 05:53:46 PM
As I don't believe we've actually had a review of this yet... Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series.
14/02/2010 04:08:51 PM
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I think the series is codswallop...and that it DID have potential
14/02/2010 04:59:56 PM
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As I said, the second book is better in some regards thanks to that.
14/02/2010 05:06:29 PM
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I normally would agree with you
14/02/2010 06:05:36 PM
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Well, there are a few books she explicitly references and cites as inspiration.
14/02/2010 07:15:36 PM
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Re: I'm going to be very unkind and possibly factually wrong here, since it has been a while.
14/02/2010 05:52:52 PM
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Yeah, absolutely true (spoilers).
14/02/2010 06:14:58 PM
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Re: I think it gets labelled antifeminist because, well, it's Bella, the heroine, and she's so young
14/02/2010 06:26:37 PM
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I love your point about the other "Strong women"
14/02/2010 06:43:05 PM
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Re: What is LDS? *NM*
14/02/2010 06:44:36 PM
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Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints (i.e. Mormons). *NM*
14/02/2010 06:46:15 PM
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They lost me with twinkly vampires *NM*
14/02/2010 09:22:01 PM
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I think it could have been sold better
14/02/2010 09:35:07 PM
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Vampires should be tragic at best monsters at worst
15/02/2010 04:58:15 PM
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I thought that was strange too
15/02/2010 09:19:26 PM
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I think I would rather just eat people then be stuck in high school forever
16/02/2010 09:22:07 PM
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You just had to do it, didn't you? *possible spoiler*
15/02/2010 01:57:29 AM
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yes *spoilers*
15/02/2010 02:02:27 AM
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Yeah. It's one of those things that sound worse out of context than they are in the book itself...
15/02/2010 10:57:47 AM
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Great way to label this series...
26/02/2010 07:40:47 PM
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Yes, it's amazing how shocking stuff she can get away with while still making it fluff. *NM*
26/02/2010 08:22:13 PM
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I read a lot of PNR (paranormal romance for you book snobs out there) and thus have read these too.
15/02/2010 09:55:54 PM
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Mormon fantasy...haha
15/02/2010 10:06:58 PM
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