that is so cool. you guys did a great job! i hope stephenie sees it and changes her mind! i sent in my pic for the video can’t wait to see that to. i hope you change your mind stephenie and realize all the support your fans are giving you!

I agree..u guys did a really good job on the quilt, I also sent in my pic for the video and I also sent a letter as well, I hope all of this makes stephenie feel better and helps her to smile again. =]

wow… that is so awesome you guys did amazing… i’m sure Stephenie will love it

how do you do the smilies??? mine doesn’t have them???

Wow! That’s so cool! It’s great people supported it! Alicia, you do : and then ) right sfter it. Try it out!

Oops sorry spelt your name wrong, Alica! Sorry!

yay it worked.

thanks niamh

its awsome!!! wonderful! great idea! very very cool!

You’re welcome Alica!

i like the bottom one towards the middle and it says ” you rock stephenie” it is really good and pretty.

That’s my favourite too Elizabeth.

haha. they are all so well made.

Yeah, fair play to all the people who made designs! It turned out great! I’m sure Stephanie will love it!

Hey guys, you did an awesome job!

Stephenie is gonna love it, no doubt of that.

This is the nicest sweetest idea ever. =) I wish I knew how to make one. I don’t have the right kind of software to do it though.

She’s going to love it! I just want to say that everyone who made part of that quilt, You’re all amazing and I love you for doing this. <3

It turned out AMAZING!
I found mine… hehe.

i love it!
esp. the one that says
“i’ll red midnight sun when stephanie wants me to”.
:p

ha my mom just seen it and thought it was awesome! good job everyone.

you are such great writer i love your books so much !!! keep on going!!!!!

The quilt is amazing!!
Great job you guyz I can’t wait to see the video.

I do, think, dear, that though the setback of Midnight Sun being leaked was large, Meyer needs to grow a spine. Harry Potter, a great literary work that is amazing, was nearly always leaked, and though it made J.K. Rowling unhappy, she never flinched or pitched a fit due to the lack of respect for her great work.
It is lack of maturity that greatly limits Meyer’s work.

In a word: exasperating.

I agree with Ayame in that Meyer’s temper tantrum was quite absurd. She has described herself as, and I quote: “I was always a little grown-up for my age.” Somehow I have trouble believing this.
There are many, many issues with the series – the glorification of abusive relationships, the idea of beauty being more important than anything else (”I guess my brain will never work right. At least I’m pretty.” – Breaking Dawn), the damsel-in-distress situations Bella is permanently in, the shocking representation of women in the series, viewing them as single-minded baby-machines, so to speak, and weak in compariosn to the males (a fan might argue with this point, saying that Alice is an independant spirit. And I would agree for the first book. However, in later books she shows herself to be selfish and manipulative – she controlled Bella so she could get herself a new car, and treats her like a Barbie doll). There’s the paedophilia issues in Breaking Dawn.
But what concerns me the most is the terrible, terrible writing. Meyer describes things too much, and uses far too much puprle prose. We have the utterly 2-dimensional characters – all the good people are beautiful and would never do anything bad, they are rich and never face any struggles. Oh, one could argue that Bella suffered when Edward left her. But frankly, this is just another example of the anti-feminist traits appearing in this book. I quote: “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” (I believe that is M. Kathleen Casey). It is never revealed why Bella and Edward fell in love. The only reason I can think of is ‘Bella smells good.’ You fall in love with someone because you want to eat them?
And indeed, one could argue “Why is anyone in love?” And the answer is, “Physical attraction, followed by emotions, a love for the other’s personality and interests, and then a deep, powerful respect for the other person.” And that is where love in Twilight falls flat. Edward does not respect Bella. Indeed, he frequently tells her he wants to eat her, and forces her to do things. She doesn’t want to go to the prom, he buys tickets. She doesn’t want to leave her father, he forces her into the car and holds her down. Edward as a character is moody, bipolar, aggressive, controlling and manipulative. But, the fangirls screech, it doesn’t matter because he is god-like and sparkly.
Bella isn’t any better. She has no discernable personality apart from being unrealistically clumsy and using fancy words in the wrong context (’autophile’ and ‘nattering’, for example). She does nothing throughout the series but whine and whinge and moan. Having to move. The weather in Forks. Her father. The school. Edward ignoring her. So many boys being in love with her, and so many girls wanting to be her friend (how very tedious for her). Then when Edward leaves her, she goes into autopilot state as previously mentioned. And this girl is being looked upon as a role model for young girls worldwide? She is presented as selfless, yet the only evidence even mildly in favour of this is to be found in ‘Breaking Dawn’, when she nearly died for Renesmee. Yes. She nearly died for something she wanted. Extremely selfless.
Other minor characters are more likable, such as the ‘nerdish’ characters who fall in love with Bella at school, and Jessica, the girl who tries to befriend her. There is no evidence to suggest that Jessica is actually nasty – she always comes across as very nice. But we are simply told she is nasty and never shown anything. This is another of Meyer’s faults in writing.
Indeed, the only main character who ever convinced me at all was Jacob Black. However, he soon lost any sympathy he had from me as I read ‘Eclipse’ and ‘Breaking Dawn’, in which he reveals himself to be a paedophile.
“Oh, it’s okay!” the fangirls bray. “He has only given her a promise ring – they won’t actually DO anything until she’s fully grown!”
Yes – but he fell in love with her mere minutes after she was bitten out of Bella’s womb (a truly disturbing sequence that brings to mind the Alien birthing scene in ‘Alien’). And Renesmee will be an ‘adult’ aged 7 – but that simply isn’t true. Being an adult cannot be judged by how you look on the outside, but how many years you have been physically alive for. Renesmee will still be seven years old. And even for a vampire child who develops quickly, her brain will not have developed sufficiently to learn as much as an adult. To me, Renesmee comes across as rather poor homage to Claudia from ‘Interview with the Vampire’.
There are the vampires themselves. They sparkle. Right. They have superpowers. Okay. All their body fluids have been replaced by venom – what? So this means that technically, vampires can’t have children? So how was Renesmee created? If Edward can’t cry, urinate, defecate, pick his nose, clean out his ears etc., how on earth can he ejaculate?
But logic is clearly not Meyer’s strong point. There are many plot-holes in the books. Another one is that vampires are supposed to stay exactly the same – if they cut their har, it won’t grow back. If they are eight months pregnant, they will remain so forever. This was in the FAQ section for the film on IMdB. By her own logic, after baby Renesmee broke Bella’s ribs, fractured her spine etc., Bella should remain this way for the rest of eternity. But no, she is healed back to sparkling perfection. I notice that part of the FAQ has been taken down. Funny, that.
Bad writing, poor characters and the fact that the books have no plot aside, the most terrifying aspect of the books is the fandom. Extreme fangirls of the series have been reported to have been violent towards antis. I myself have been a victim of this.
I was on the computer in my school library, and I had a brief conversation with a girl I don’t know very well who is a fan of the series. We were being friendly, when it turned up in conversation that I don’t like the books. She said “Bitch!” then kicked me off my chair. I merely expressed an opinion and I was physically abused for it. There are other stories – fans shouting abuse, kicking and punching antis, throwing food and stones at them, and one infamous tale of a girl vandalising another girl’s truck. Not all of the stories may be true, however I can certainly vouch for mine and there is plenty of online verbal abuse directed at antis.
Most antis will make it clear that they are offering contstructive criticism on the series, or making observations rather than ranting and raving with hate. I am making an observation in this post, and I don’t see why my opinions and the opinions of other antis are any reason for fans to worked up.
Of the quilt itself, I am baffled and slightly scared. Why is Stephenie Meyer being ‘thanked’? If anything, it is an author’s duty to thank his/her fans for supporting them, not the other way around. And from accounts I’ve read of Meyer, from both fans and antis, she is not a particularly nice person to all her fans. And as far as I can tell, unlike some writers, the money from Twilight is going straight into her pocket – she does not seem to have made any donations to charity.
Yes, I have read the books. If I express my opinions on the books to most fans, the first thing they say is “Hav eyou actually read them?” Yes. Yes I have. Let’s make that clear. I wouldn’t form such a strong opinion on something I know nothing about. And I am a straight female, not male, a hardcore feminist or a lesbian, which is how most antis are thought of.
I read a lot. And I think, overall, I prefer books that feed my mind, soul and heart, not my hormones. When the Twilight craze dies down and is forgotten about, some people (such as the infamous and slightly terrifying Nuttymadam3575 of YouTube fame) will be left feeling slightly embarassed. There’s always a place for a good romance in our hearts, but Twilight does not fill it.