I never thought of myself as a nerd, precisely. Let’s be clear: I have never been one of the Cool Kids; I have a tendency to dye my hair creatively and have the elegance and grace of Miss Swan, so I didn’t do cheerleading or sports of any kind in school. But still, I have friends and some social skills, so it is always surprising to me when I just totally geek out on something. For example, I saw a girl wearing a shirt that said, “Then Buffy staked Edward, The End.” LE SIGH.
Here’s the thing: I don’t care about people who hate on Twilight. I don’t understand their motivation (you don’t like the story, I get it. Move on. Sheesh.) but I know they are out there.
HOWEVER!
I was a big Buffy The Vampire Slayer fan back in the day, and I can tell you that Buffy would not stake Edward. In fact, in keeping with her character, she would most likely totally mack on Edward, or at least hold an angsty torch for him…in the hand she is not holding an angsty torch for Angel while balancing a guilty candle or something like that for Spike.
Seriously, that girl was all about the vamps with souls. So it was not so much that the girl I saw was wearing a mean-spirited shirt, it was that it was inaccurate.
It was all I could do to not run up to the girl and shake her: “If she didn’t stake Spike she is sure as hell not staking Edward. Not to mention I don’t care how superstrong she is there is no way she could get it through his rock hard sternum and that wouldn’t do anything anyway! Get Your Canon Straight, Woman!”
And that would have been So Nerdy. Like Dressing Up At A Star Trek Convention-level geekdom. Ugh.
I know I am obsessed with Twilight; I have accepted that part of myself. I have tried, and mostly failed, to rein myself in when I see other people’s eyes glaze over when I explain the internal laws of the Volturi, or wax poetic about how Edward really thought he had his life locked down, I mean, he thought he had it all figured out and then BAM, here comes this girl Bella and his whole world is undone!
And then I go on about how you can really see all of this happening in Midnight Sun and no I don’t think Stephanie has finished it but I do suspect there is more written and God Yes I hope she publishes it soon but I totally understand that she needs a bit of a break but seriously I will not live a full life if I don’t read the whole thing and…hey where are you going?
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Yeah, that happens to me a lot. Because I am a nerd.
This makes me smile. You are my hero. I relate. LOVE YOU<3 hahaha
What a great post. Like you I know that there are Twilight/Robsten haters out there – but I just don't get why they have to write on fan blogs! You don't like the saga? Okay. So leave the rest of us alone!
I know! Like why are they taking time out of their day to come pester us? Like if you don't like twilight- fine, don't be obsessed with it then! lol
completely agree. i just said the same thing in my comment below. people who post on twilight related things just to hate on them are actually much more pathetic than those who like it.
Great post!!
I've just spent Waaaay too much time watching posts of Robsten The clips of the Eclipse Premier black carpet is priceless. They are soooooo in love. If you watch her when she realizes Rob is behind her – it just gives you goosebumps. Actors act; but there is no WAAAAAAY that they are acting when it comes to looking at each other. No one can fake the eyes, facial expressions, and body language – no matter how good you are.
Just as an aside – they probably have a good chance at forever – both of them have forever parents!
could you tell me the name of that clip? i cannot find it anywhere
LOL so im guessing hes a nerd…. :L
Excellent points on your post Tracitalynne. I specially enjoyed on your comment about Buffy's dealing with souled vampires leading to the point that the girls t-shirt text was inaccurate. So you're nerd, huh? At least you're not alone, there's a bunch of us right by your side
I agree Victoria. I LOVE YOU TOO and you are right on the money! Buffy would totally mack on Edward. Why wouldn't she? He doesn't get all Vampy, crinkly headed and fugly when he vamps out. Heck, his teeth don't even grow.
i love twilight as well!love you too!
lol.Nice.
fantastic post
i agree with everything you said (i am a total twi-nerd and proud of it) and do exactly those things that you mentioned, but i do try and reign myself in around others because quite frankly, i could talk for hours about all things twilight haha
there is one point i would like to comment on, and thats the bit about the haters. i dont mind that there are people who dont like twilight – i freaking hate that beiber kid, so i understand the feeling. in some ways, it just makes the fandom's popularity better, because those haters have to deal with it being everywhere. but what i dislike is how immature and ridiculous some of them are. seriously, the people who look at twilight related videos or news posts, and then just post rude comments are SADDER THAN THE FANS!! going overboard about something you love is okay (yeah maybe its a bit much, but i love twilight to bits) but going out of your way to hate on something is actually pathetic. and the people who hate it just because its twilight, because it has its flaws, because its popular, because its 'cool' to hate…. wtf. seriously. i think those people are WAAAAAAY worse than the fans.
Meh, Buffy had a thing for cool vampires. As her little "fling" with Spike in season 6 proves: he doesn´t necessarily need a soul……I am not sure Edward is cool enough for Buffy´s taste.. she *might* just stake him when he starts annoying her with his "no sex until the weeding" stuff and generally trying to tell her what to do.
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You see, I am a way bigger Buffy nerd than I am a Twilight nerd…
I know what you mean about the haters. What is their deal? I am not a huge fan of Bieber, either, but I don't go on blogs and specifically hate on him. What do I care?
I am glad I have so many TwiNerds out there. <3
you are amazing. i couldn't have said it any better. whenever someone rolls their eyes at my frequent twi conversations, i just ask them if there is anything that brings them as much joy as twilight does for me.
I totally know what you mean! I'm absolutely obsessed with Twilight (followed closely by True Blood and the Vampire Diares, then Harry Potter) and I totally nerd out when I see anything about those fandoms in public. I've come to terms with my Nerdity, too, and have gotten my fair share of funny looks and abandoned conversations because of it. I, too, have attempted to rein myself in although it doesn't always work…
Now, I've never watched Buffy – I got into the vampire genre with Twilight and am slowly making my way into other corners of the general fandom – but that inaccuracy would really bug me, too! So I'm definitely on your side. Haters: we respect your right to have an opinion, but get to the left and our of our little piece of the web.
hey twilight fans i tottaly agree with every word you said . i mean cant twilight heaters just leave us alone we are not like telling you be a twilight nerd or else …
i really wish that myer finishes the book (midnight sun) not like right now but in my life time at least (its not like im that old or something) …
and i was thinking mybe she shoud a new saga about renessme and jacob dont you think that would be pretty cool , i mean she cant possibly write about bella aND EDWARD FOR EVER , can she ?
by the way i wanted to tell you all that i am a twilight fan from the middle east to be more spisfec im from the state of kuwait , most of you never heared about my country a just wanted to prove thaT THE TWILIGHT SAGA IS A GLOBEL PHENOMENON, because you know everybody says that twilight have fans in japan,europe…but nobody seems to know about us or mention us anywhere…
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