Teams in The twilight seris are Stupid!!!

Okay the whole Team Edward Team Jacob thing is stupid!
Frist of all Meyer had brought jacob back into the secound book because he was a minor charater in the first book and also he was put in the book to become bella's friend! When did the two of them become a compition.Yeah Jacob did like Bella but when Edward left I don't think all of us where as stupid as Bella and thought that he accuatually ment it!!! Secound of all when edward left you had to know he was coming back and that never in a million years would Bella acctually like anyone but edward. Thrid of all after saying all this stuff when did the teams come into play???

The teams came into play when some readers liked jacob more than edward. I pretty much agree with you on everything else but i do like jacob better than edward. the whole romeo & juliet status relationship between bella and edward made me wanna puke. jacob was more real and well healthy for bella. edward is like a drug for bella and i don't dig it but i guess that's cuz i'm too independent.

Ah okay
See I am independent also but I like Edward better

yes i suppose he is the gentleman, i probably just don't like him because everyone else likes hime and i don't like to conform lol

No I like Edward better because he is IDK but yesterday I reread mos of the seris and I now like all the charaters equallly!!!

I'd have to say I'm drawn to Carlisle because he's been around so long but each character does have their quirk that makes them endearing

I have to serously say I like them all equally!!! No more mind changes

i know i dont get it whats the point of having teams

i know i dont get it whats the point of having teams

niether do i. Though i think it's just for the money

They probably have teams just to argue about who's hot and who's not.IDK.....

basicallly. they are very overrated

yes very overated!!!!

I don't like Twilight!

WT get out of the group now you are banned

no just kidding

i like you already secretariagirl

DEFINITELY....
But Twilight is one of my faves......

yeah defently came when the convesation was starting to die and maybe us!!! lol

>17 ragulto101: wait until u discover the world of literature then u'll see its not that great. u should read the reviews for the series by wisewoman she goes indepth and shows just how ridiculous the series is.

huh u lost me

There is so much good stuff out there...I have yet to read Twilight but from what I've heard it's not really even well written! Why waste your time arguing over teams?

I haven't read the books but I have seen the movie. And I give the movie a thumbs up. The books? like I said haven't read them....people are so crazy about getting those Twilight books! It's crazy! Even my friend all the way in Philippines wants the books!

What's so great about them?

girls just like the emotion they get and the idea of being in love, true & "undying" love (no pun intended lol)

oh & reggie i meant check out reviews of the series & read the ones by the LT member Wisewoman she goes in depth to what is good and what is not (there's alot of bad)

THe twilight boooks are GREAT u guys are all crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

k I'LL CHECK IT OUT...

LOL. Calm down Helen.

um i swear read the review u'll see it differently

btw it doesn't have good writing

YES IT DOES
NO I WON'T FEEL DIFFRENTLY!!!!!

well it has shity syntax and diction, and it takes like 5 pages for bella to talk about how gorgeous edward is, its overkill. none of the characters have healthy relationships. bella only marries edward bcuz she wants to f*** him. and she wants a pity party becuz 2 hot guys like her. give me a break!

for realz? whoa......

seriously

I thought she married him cuz she REALLY REALLY wanna be with him......I haven't red the books but my friends who have red them always said that they love each other SO SO much.

yeah, yeah, really bella has too many hormones
*but don't take my word for it am i cynic*

K.

well everyone has their opions.

yes as i said im a cynic, analytical, logical, and a pessimist so...

don't even know what those words mean.

Yeah what does those words mean?
cynic means mean and evil right?

actually no.

Cynic:a person who believes that only selfishness motivates human actions and who disbelieves in or minimizes selfless acts or disinterested points of view.

Analytical:pertaining to or proceeding by analysis

Logic(logical):reason or sound judgment

Pessimist:a person who habitually sees or anticipates the worst or is disposed to be gloomy.

helps if u look up words in the dictionary rather than assume what they mean

looking it up in the dictonary takes too long!!!

you should buy an Iquest. It has a dictionary. So you just type the word then the meaning of the word will come up.
But it needs these reelly tiny batteries though.
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Anyway let's just stop this argument about whether Twilight books are awesome or not. It's a silly argument....I mean we all have our own perspective.

actually if you are on the internet you can just go on Dictionary.com

whatever
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isn't that basically what i said

ok guys.....lets just change the subject.

isn't what, what u basically said... that looking up words takes too long. so when you read a book and don't understand a word u just skip it?

no....I write it down in my reading notebook then I look it up.

that's understandable but just accepting that you don't know a word is gonna make your teachers crazy. My English AP teacher get pissed when the class doesn't know what a word means and then gives us a pop quiz on whatever we were reading.

no about stoping the argument. Duh
dude you should find a really weird word that nobody knows the defention to and then ask her.

that happens in my english ADV too. She gets that look on her face when she asks us what a word means and no one answers then she claims that we should know the meaning of the word.

actually my teacher is a man, a bald man to be exact and i think he has constant PMS....

I like knowing what words mean but when you're reading something with LOTS of new words and are on like the 50th word to look up, I just pretend I know what it means. LOL

sorry

Me.. when that happens I just use context clues to figure out the meaning because it takes me a long time to finish the book if I have to keep stoping during while I am reading to look p a word.

Same here!

how do we get soooooooooo off topic in like every forum

We're girls...it comes naturally. I assume you guys are all going to see New Moon?

If i said no i have a good reason to say so

im gonna see New Moon

#21&22-you have to read the books before you watch the movies. There are so many more details than what u see in the movies and by reading the books you get to know the characters A LOT better.

i did read the books

duh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but that argument is over. not to be rude

Should I read the books? I dunno. I'm a 'good Christian girl and said I wasn't but I read pretty raunchy/grotesque stuff...hmmmm

its not raunchy,not even close. i mean theres nothing super bad in it. i mean i'm sure you don't believe in vampires and werewloves and it does really advocate horrible behavior. it's nothing worse then a teen soap..

read the books! ull love them. i do

i have twilight chocolates. lol

Thanks guys...I think i'll read the first one just to see what the hype's all about. :)

nope you have to read them all!!!

read them all

umm that's kind of what i just said

yea im renforcing u

huh???

im agreeing wit u

well don't

jk lol

Well!

jk

:P

Darn, was at the library today and forget to get it...oh well, next time!

lol next time :)

In Philippines there's this myth about pregnant women and how vampires come visit them @ night and......well you know they ...um...eat .....

The Myth, Legend and Reality of the Vampire
From the beginning of history, vampire-like spirits and beings have been recorded. Vampire legends have a distinct background bridging several cultures and eras, making them some of the most compelling stories ever told.
Vampires and vampire legend play significant roles in the cultures of many areas around the world. These blood-sucking beings are most common in the cultures of Eastern Europe, although similar manifestations are reported in some Asian cultures as well as some ancient cultures. Vampire legends have a distinct background bridging several cultures and eras, making them some of the most compelling stories ever told.

The first step in understanding vampire lore is to understand some of the biological reasons that may have led to such beliefs. One of the most plausible explanations for vampire myths is the disease porphyria, which occurred frequently in Transylvania. Porphyria is a blood-related condition where a vital function of blood cells is lost. This results in rapid tissue damage, giving the victim a ghastly pallor and enlarged teeth due to gum damage. The effects of porphyria are greatly amplified upon exposure to the sun, making sun light a likely threat victims would try to avoid at all costs. It is also believed that certain strains of porphyria are associated with neurological conditions, which would result in insanity. This condition also explains the practice of drinking blood, as these people would likely drink animal blood as a cure for the anemia associated with porphyria. Another explanation for this legend is the disease rabies, as it leads to hypersensitivity, unusual sleep patterns, and intense sexuality. Rabies is also associated with the compulsion to bite others, and a bloody foaming at the mouth. These two diseases could possibly explain the origins of vampire legends, and perhaps also why they are so widespread.

From the beginning of history, vampire-like spirits and beings have been recorded. The Akhkharu were blood-sucking demons, written about back in the time of Sumer. The ancient Chinese wrote about "hopping corpses" which would go around and consume a victim’s life essence (commonly known as chi). Even ancient Egyptian lore had a story where the goddess Sakhmet was consumed with bloodlust. From the earliest of times, vampire like beings have been prominent in folklore from several different cultures.

The most well-known versions of vampire myth are those of the Slavic and Romanian cultures, which, due to their proximity, are surprisingly similar. Both have several reasons that a person may become a vampire, such as unnatural death, birth defects, or conception on certain days. Romanian legend gave rise to the belief that being bitten by a vampire would doom one to become a vampire after death. Both Slavic and Romanian myths hold the belief that, with the advent of a vampire, there would be deaths of livestock and family members of the vampire. The favored way to kill a vampire in these two myths is by driving a stake through the heart, decapitation, and if necessary, dismemberment. Slavic and Romanian vampire myths have given rise to the most popular world-view of vampires.

Vampire legends have played a significant role in the folklore of many regions of the world, since the beginning of history in Sumer, and they will continue to be important through such media as movies, books, and video games well into the future.

very long.... *yawn*.... tired...almost dont wanna read...... *snnnoooorrre*

im very tired, but i read it anyway.

whoa! that's long.....
k I read the 1st paragraph.How did you know all this Renee??

im awake now.

its called the internet hehe, i took it from another site and pasted it.

and if that was long >82 jettblack28:, how do you read books?? ;)

Brazil: The Jaracaca which attacks only young mothers with babies

Elizabeth of Bathory

Was born 1560 (Hungarian)

Elizabeth murdered over 650 girls for her "beauty baths" which she "discovered" after she struck a servant one day and the servant's blood dropped on her hand. She felt that human blood seemed to make her skin soft and supple

Castle Csejthe (her home in the Northwest of Hungary) gets turned into a torture chamber. Young girls were lured to the castle on pretence of $$$ and employment ("service) by accomplices (two "witches," Dorottya Szentes & Darvula)
One day a servant girl who was combing her hair accidentally pulled her hair and when Elizabeth slapped her some blood spurted on to her hand which she subsequently became convinced that the skin became more supple and smooth

Countess also used an iron maiden for extracting blood

One of her victims escaped and went to King Mathias II of Hungary who commissioned an inquiry. Her castle is raided on Dec 30, 1610

All were brought to trial in January/February 1611 in Bitcse
After the trial all her accomplices (including nurse Iilona Joo) were tortured, beheaded & then cremated (some accounts also say burned alive)

Iilona Joo and Dorottya Szentes also had their fingers torn out individually and were then burned alive

Johanes Vjvary testified that 37 girls were tortured and killed and Ilona Joo said 40 were tortured and killed

Because of her eminence she was imprisoned (rather than executed and sealed in a room by a stone mason in her castle. Food was slipped through a tiny slot. She died 3 years later

The Bathories were tied to Vlad the Impaler

*horrified*

WOW...there are some creeps in this world for sure. The vampire legends were cool tho...I like learning about that kinda thing. I'm gonna be a vampiress for Halloween. LOL

hey Helen Along for the Ride is definetly giving Twilight some competition! >=D

huh? what's that?

this book i got from the library when Helen told me too read it, but she hadnt actually read it herself so im gonna milk it a little and make her kinda insane.

lol i gotcha

its been sorta fun so far.

sadly (jk) im done with my book right now, so ill just have to hope Helen goes insane before school starts again.

hhmm i think she could lol, jk

yea cause she only goes on at school.

oh i see

Defiinitely. So what's the book about Erin??

Ok I searched for Along for a Ride and apparently there's more than one.

Are you talking about Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen?

yeah that's the one. Um technically i'm not done but i know a bunch of things

Sarah Dessen is suppossed to be a REALLY GREAT WRITER. Have you read Lock and Key? I haven't read it but I'm planning to.

helen told me to get it but i didnt find it at the library...

I found it at the library but my card isn't working yet. cuz I have ALOT of late fees

lucky you

OMG i'm paying off a 14 dollar fine but now it's down to 8.50 every time i pay off part of it i get to cheak out a book

kool

104> how am I lucky?

lucky u, helen

i've read all her books

lol it was sarcasm reggie

4 real Helen?! When u say all, do u mean: ALL, ALL?

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oh :)

no i forgot i haven't read dreamland. I forgot but that's the only one i haven't read

hey I finally got Along for the Ride by Sarah. I loved it. I wonder if Sarah will make a sequel to it...

ok i know this is quite off the subject... but if you want to read a really great work of literature having to do with vampires and all that, i really recommend Dracula. i know it sounds so cliche or whatever but i prefer the "original" vampire book more than the new ones. just an opinion, but if you want an interesting read i recommend it. Twilight series vs. Dracula... i think Dracula would win....

i've been wanting to read Dracula I just haven't got around to reading it.

oh and we are always off topic, lol, no worries :)

haha okay. i really think you might enjoy Dracula. i hope you read it sometime! i just started re-reading it... :)

i just finished Lock and Key, awesome btw

all of them are awesome

I NO RIGHT!!!!

Well, I haven't read all of them like you guys but I know that they are awesome just by reading the excerpt on them.

i havent read all of dem, but the ones i have read r super aawesome

I know that I am a guy and all, but i have to say that i only saw the movie
(1st) i am still trying to get the book, But honestly the movie waspretty good and i agree with nele there is no point to the teams. IT IS JUST A MOVIE. sorry to yell but just so they major fans can see it is fictional. not real. sorry to disappoint fans but that's life. get over it

Exactly Thank You!!!
But i do have to say that me and my cousin (a guy a may point out) got in a huge argument about jacob when we read the first book. It was actualy really funny.
But even though your a guy you should read the books they are really good. When and if you do read Twilight then you'll hate the movie.
Oh yeah did i tell you guys i'm not allowed to see new moon. I complained too much in Twilight that everyone(my friends) think I'm going to comlain through New Moon. But i am curoius to see it.

Hahaha, I haven't seen New Moon yet. Had no desire to spend $10 to see it at the movies. I'll wait til one of my friends has it on DVD and borrow it lol

nooo, jacob is waaay better so people side with him XD

Taylor is not jacob get it right

(by this i mean hotter than Rob Patterson)

it is the same person

well I like Jacob better and I like Taylor better...

joacob is supose to be ugly and taylor is hot

jacob is fictional someone who taylor plays

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jacob is not sutiedfor bella because he is way toooo playful

if u didn't get what i meant, I like the character Jacob. And I like the actor who plays him better than anyone else on the twilight cast

movies are never exactly like the book. the movie is catering to teenage girls so obviously the director is gonna want a good looking guy.

& i never said jacob was right for bella. i hate bella's character cuz she's an idiot, so i would not want her with a character i do like.

lol to the last part

I'm finally reading Breaking Dawn... I'm on the Jacob section. I really wish Meyer would have had different view points in the other books... I like Jacob's bitterness and pessimism, lol

it's a great book!!!!
But i think she should make a series with jacob that would be nice

yeah that would be cool. did you hear about the new novella she wrote about one of the newborns from Eclipse?

huh no i haven't more info please

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella

Synopsis

Fans of The Twilight Saga will be enthralled by this riveting story of Bree Tanner, a character first introduced in Eclipse, and the darker side of the newborn vampire world she inhabits. In another irresistible combination of danger, mystery, and romance, Stephenie Meyer tells the devastating story of Bree and the newborn army as they prepare to close in on Bella Swan and the Cullens, following their encounter to its unforgettable conclusion.

*via barnesandnoble.com

oh and its due to be out June 5, 2010

Sounds really cool

mmhhmm :)

Twilight is imperfect, hormonal and cliche... To be honest that is what I love about it! It is this stupid crazy useless romance that wouldn't be even rational in the real world and I just find it refreshing. Everyone is so cynical and reads into things too much, why not just push everything else out of your head and just enjoy the book as a book? Then again I am not some hormonal teenager stuck over the sides, or really care whose better then the other...

i mean i loved reading the books too, but when girls start to gush about how great the book is... i have to set them straight... there are soo many books in the world (good ones too, better than the Twilight S***, i mean Saga) that I hope they realize there are things outside of it.

Not gonna lie, I'm going to the midnight showing of Eclipse and I'm wearing a Team Charlie shirt!

Okay i got slaped becasue i tried setting my best friend straight

well they aren't a friend then... btw if it were me i would've punched her in the face after she slapped me...

guess

That's stupid.... violence over books? Why?

Because we're messed up when it comes to books. That's what a true fan does. Well at least that what my friend says. Though i think she's just f**king insane!!!