This comes from a post (which turned into an essay) I made in a forum I frequent directed at some friends of mine who luuuurv Twilight. Now, these are university students, so they have some sense and actually responded pretty well to it, laughing and saying they actually agreed with me, but they still enjoy the story. Thank god, I was afraid I’d have tears and attacks, the way that some of these 13 year old fan girls seem to be these days. The obsessive dedication of the Twilight fandom frightens me, and that’s coming from a hard core Whedonite. We Whedon fans are rabid, but rarely physical. So, I felt that I had to at least see Twilight to understand it, and my response is posted below. No, being a forum post, it’s not in typical list format and hasn’t really been edited, so its not up to the “literary standards” (HA!) that I normally keep buffylists, but oh wells, I thought it was worth re-posting on here to see if any other die-hard Buffy fans agree with me.
