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literary-vandal · 1 year

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back on my bullshit reading the twilight saga for the fanfic and i feel a crit analysis a-brewin and i kEP THE FUCKMEYER HANDLE JUST IN CASE THIS EVER HAPPENED BOYS WE'RE BACK AT IT AGAIN-

#no im just kidding crit lit aint back on the menu boys #haha unless #no but i really am breaking down the points of narrative failure in Eclipse bc i feel this is where things really took A Turn in the series #there were A Lot of literal and metaphoric conversations that needed to be had in this book - developed and continued - and instead #there just *wasn't* any of that.#if you're going to have your series set up as a discussion of vampirism vs humanity #ok #here it goes:#(fuck)#twilight is pro-vamp/pro-death/pro-immortality #whatever you want to label it as in the narrative #now in New Moon we have the introduction of the other side of the coin: humanity. this is where jacob really shines #Eclipse should have been a “dig your hands into the dirt” book & really break down the rebuttal of “well Bella *should* choose vampirism”#like- have it hurt! have it be messy! have bella *really* weigh the consequences of losing everyone except edward forever. have doubt!#what feels so unsatisfying is that the narrative leans so blatantly towards immortality - it downplays the pro-humanity argument #and it does it in such a way where the downplaying is noticeable and it sort of ruins the whole discussion #this is how you give your readers a satisfying ending to your series. you do not have to answer the question 'which is better:#immortality as a monster? or mortal life as a perfectly OK human?'#what it DOES have to do is allow your readers to really think about the discussion at hand.#and when you don't give your readers the space to do that - when you corral them into a choice without letting them come up with their #own opinions and answers - they're going to feel as though there's something missing. because there is.#(now: this is *different* from Bella being a biased narrator. in fact - Bella *should* be biased because this is written in 1st person #(but having the writer's hand so blatantly in the book is akin to having a photographer's hand in the shot. you ruin the immersion)#i'm marking up a PDF right now with a bunch of commentary on Eclipse and honestly..... it's been fun.#..........uh.#if i came back as fuckmeyer would yall support me LMAO

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