fandom secrets bugs me for a number of reasons, none of them important.
I haven't read twilight so I can't say anything about whether it's good or bad. I think what you're seeing, and what is often the case when people say they hate something, is a reaction to the fandom itself. The Twilight fandom has made itself a quick reputation for being wanky, loud and obnoxious. They treat the books as the second coming and talk about them as though Stephanie Meyer is the first person ever to write about wangsty vampires and their human girlfriends. It's frustrating and surprisingly difficult to avoid because the fandom has become to prevalent. That's my reaction to the books, anyway. I need to read them before I actually decide whether or not I hate the book itself or just the fandom.
And I can separate them. I hate the HP fandom, but love the books. But sometimes what I see of a fandom makes me reeeaaalllyy dislike the source material. (SPN is a good example of that. I wouldn't have such a problem with the show if its fans weren't so infuriating)
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Date: 2008-05-30 02:38 pm (UTC)I haven't read twilight so I can't say anything about whether it's good or bad. I think what you're seeing, and what is often the case when people say they hate something, is a reaction to the fandom itself. The Twilight fandom has made itself a quick reputation for being wanky, loud and obnoxious. They treat the books as the second coming and talk about them as though Stephanie Meyer is the first person ever to write about wangsty vampires and their human girlfriends. It's frustrating and surprisingly difficult to avoid because the fandom has become to prevalent. That's my reaction to the books, anyway. I need to read them before I actually decide whether or not I hate the book itself or just the fandom.
And I can separate them. I hate the HP fandom, but love the books. But sometimes what I see of a fandom makes me reeeaaalllyy dislike the source material. (SPN is a good example of that. I wouldn't have such a problem with the show if its fans weren't so infuriating)