Am I the Only Person who Hates Edward Cullen?

[KyoraSan]

I like to think there's a special place in my rotten little black hole what was once my heart specifically dedicated to hating Edward Cullen and all his girly, poorly developed ass.

 

[ProfessorLayton]

I think Twilight is a cheap gimmicky piece of crap that will fade out, as did Harry Potter, and as will Hannah Montana. You've got to let people like what they like, even if they are extremely tasteless. Let the media giant rope in as many unsuspecting teenage girls as they can before abusing each and every one of them and taking their money.

And if chicks think that a pale, scrawny, spiky-haired vampire is hot, let them be.

 

[sprout]

i love the backlash - where was this intensity when harry potter was the rage? (not referring to topic poster, just y'know, in general). i could care less about the movies because most hyped movies are dumb, but people who call "twilight" literature need to be lobotomized.
actually, come to think of it, we should be thankful for this sort of thing. it allows to view the superficiality of those that would cling to trends like herpes to a Bangkok whore.

Harry Potter was actually pretty alright. Twilight is the toilet paper with which Bram Stoker wiped his ass.

best comment on this thread.

Don't necessarily /agree/. The book and movie are entertaining but i wouldn't say they're amazing. I also don't think its deserving of the large amount of praise OR hate that seems to be heaped on it. I see it as pretty much out right cheese, but entertaining cheese nonetheless. I rolled my eyes at Edward's amazing features and moved on.

 

[Xskills]

Sometimes I wish he was either victimized by real vampires or had a cross forced into his skull by a vampire hunter.

 

[Veldt Falsetto]

What gets me is he's not even slightly good looking facially.
Google Aidan Turner from Being Human, now that's a good looking false girly vampire

 

[ElephantGuts]

If you think you're the only person who shares those feelings- welcome to the internet.

 

[Hiphophippo]

The character is balls, but the actor that plays him is actually pretty cool. Shows up to fan meet and greets unbathed to thwart tweens, plays solid soulful bluesy music, thinks the author of twilight is an idiot.

I can get behind the man.

 

[Brad Shepard]

a lot of people hate twilight, my ex tried to get me to read them, and i wanted to beat someones skull in for it.

 

[titanium turtle]

But... but... he twinkles in the sunlight! Seriously, the man's cheekbones look like they could cut glass.

yeah. i'm a dude and even i would admit that the actor is handsome, i dont put it past him.
but vampires arent supposed to be drop-dead gorgeous. they're supposed to scare us, not make us fall madly in love with them

I'm not so certain of that. Numerous vampyric mythologies describe vampires as unnaturally seductive and charming.

EDIT: By the way, here's something funny for you all, fellow Escapists:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/473402

well they use that to help their evil plans

 

[titanium turtle]

I loved the books for TWO reasons.
One: They were written like bad fan fiction and were absolutely delicious.
And Two: Since Harry Potter, they were the best books I'd read.

I hated Lord of the Rings. I couldn't get past the first chapter because of the utter crap spluttered across the papers of that book.

No wonder there are no women on the internet. You idiots would make them feel terrible.

Wow, that's probably one of the most stereotypically posts written by a female with bad taste in books.

How could you call Lord of the Rings utter crap? It's a literary classic. The only reason you enjoyed the book is because of its sexuality. That doesn't make it the best book you've read. Like I said, I wouldn't say my favorite porno is "the best movie I've seen recently". That's just stupid.

dude totally!
also twilight lady; you have no Idea how annoying fangirls are- my sisters are both fangirls- it is like a disease that rots the mind

 

[titanium turtle]

(For the sake of perspective, I'm a bisexual male who prefers females. Also, for the simplicity's sake, whenever I say "guys" or "girls" I mean straight ones.)

Out of all the things in Twilight, you're bagging on Edward?

Edward's designed to be a fantasy. He's gorgeous, sparkles and is a hopeless romantic who falls in a love with a plain jane book-reader. And he's undead. Being undead is always sexy. It's the epitome of badassery, which is something almost every girl looks for in her fantasies. (not in boyfriends, fantasies. Important distinction)

He is extremely dreamy. He has amazing beautiful eyes. That's the point. The reason why you (and I at first) get upset when girls fawn over him is jealousy. Just like you hated that really cute guy all the girls obsessed over in middle school.

When I try to explain this to guys, I use pornstars as an analogy. They're designed to be fantasies. Just like Edward, the idea of it is completely retarded. There are extremely few girls out there who geniunely enjoy sex with random strangers, moaning the whole time, trying their best to please the man while doing nothing more than rubbing themselves to pleasure themselves.

If guys talked about how hot Bobbi Starr is, or how big Brandy Talore's boobs are, girls would get jealous and start trashing them on forums too. But guys would still thing that they're hot.

Now, what bothers me is how people talk about what a great book it is. It isn't. It's smut. Nothing more. Following the pornstar analogy, is Cum Guzzlers 14* a cinematic masterpiece? Of course not. Do guys heartily enjoy it? Yes. Same thing with Twilight. But a lot of girls talk about what a great series it is. That pisses me off.

*That's probably a real movie, but it was simply an arbitrary porn title.

you sir are logic incarnate