STOP Twi-Fan Bashing

Ya sabéis que hay gente que odia el fenómeno Twilight y se dedica a ridiculizar a sus seguidores. Que no digo yo que un montón de quinceañeras gritando como locas y persiguiendo a los actores (sobre todo, a Robert) no sea un poco de risa. Pero yo no me atrevería a decir que todos los twilighters responden a ese perfil, ni mucho menos. Es más, creo que cada vez se esta teniendo más en cuenta al enorme sector que pasa de los 20 (y los 30), que amamos la historia y los personajes de los libros y nos hemos entusiasmado con las películas y sus actores. Con una mentalidad adulta.

Así que os pongo un trozo de este artículo del examiner donde le echa un rapapolvo al último listillo con aires de superioridad que ha tratado el tema. Por si todavía os afectan estas tonterías.

Instead of simply parlaying information about a recent collaboration made between the Twilightfilm studio (Summit Entertainment) and one of the most prominent Twilight convention companies (Creation Entertainment), the writer has chosen to open her article with this title: "'Twilight' Sells Out More Than We Thought Possible."

To add insult to the injurious sentiments carried by the article (in essence, a suggestion that the collaboration is a "ridic" marketing decision), the writer proceeds to characterize Twilight fans in a derogatory light.

She makes a haughty list of deleterious assumptions about the nature of the Twilight fan community, which, amongst other things, contains the following "predictions."

• Everyone there will be under 15 and female, with massive amounts of tween estrogen surging through their bodies.
• The panel discussions will attempt to cover topics like the technical aspects of how the movie was filmed, but will quickly disintegrate when girls start yelling out things like, “What does Robert look like in person?” and “Jacob is way hotter!” The panelists will give up and sit quietly, waiting for the shouting to subside. It’s OK; they probably didn’t even work on the movie anyway.
• The parents of several fans will have to declare bankruptcy after their kids place exorbitant bids on items that someone who knew Robert might have possibly touched. Once.

Clearly, this not the first of this sort of overgeneralization that has been made, but it is certainly the most recent.

While most of the reputable entertainment outlets in the business of presenting Twilight media are not quite as guilty of this, many other staff writers feel the need to pander, condescend, and to otherwise insult those who they hope most will read their articles and traffic their sites - the fans.

So, unfortunately, it has to be said. Twilight fans are not stupid. They are not a definite sub-class or counterculture. They are a diverse group of people, including highly intellectual men and women, who prefer the series for one reason or another - albeit at times, yes, the beauty of the actors and actresses is a part of it. They don't need to be tormented by the vicious tongues of writers who disagree with their opinions, and they certainly do not need to be categorized as infantile, insatiable, and unreasonable. Instead, perhaps a little respect can be shown by writers by presenting fans with unadulterated information and facts - sans the misbegotten humor ploys.

Not only is the negativity unnecessary, but it is also quite reflective of writers themselves. By observing a social trend such as the fan community for the Twilight series and assimilating to a normative treatment of that group, one nears the line of sheer discrimination, and one's own integrity as a writer and as a person becomes jeopardized.

So, perhaps a bit of the same, stooping medicine is in order to heal these wounds: "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all."

Todos conmigo!

(vale, a lo mejor no es muy adulto...da igual!)