Yeah, it happens that way sometimes. I loved him the first time I saw him.

I had forgotten how much I liked Tom Cruise until I saw him in Knight and Day. He's got miles of charisma and makes even a forgettable film likable and watchable. I'd soured on him after the whole Nicole Kidman thing, but I gotta admit, he's fun to watch.

First of all, I find him to be incredibly hot.

I love coffee, but I'm a snob for sure. It can't be cheap swill.

I agree. I think he knew this would be sent to a non-Whedonite audience and so he toned his personality down and gave straight-face answers instead of his usual interesting Whedony answers.

haha, that's exactly why I read them. I don't particularly like or dislike them, but you know, the underlying story is not bad at all. It's just so poorly written and Meyer has such weird stalkery ideas of love. It could have been good.

Bella says from the very start that two people have to have some sort of equality in a relationship. It's Edward that doesn't want to change her because he thinks he's some creature of the damned. That's why she is always waiting to be saved/protected - because he refuses to make her the equal she wants to be, not…

Sure, nothing wrong with that.

Yeah, I feel ya. Bella's idea of love is freaky psycho crazy. No argument there.

True, she gets her happy ending, but she doesn't know that it's going to be that way. In that it's no different than a million other wish-fulfillment romances. So... I can't really find it in my heart to judge it for that. If it was the one glaring exception instead of the same in every way, sure, but it's very…

Not that I'm disagreeing with you, but... ever read a paranormal romance novel? ;)

Right, as I said, another discussion entirely.

That's a really good point, I hadn't thought of the female desire thing. Considering the Mormon roots of Meyer combined with the implicit law of teen girls being objects of lust not being lustful themselves, that's kind of amazing that it doesn't get judge-y.

I'm not sure how that got into the topic... That's another discussion entirely.

Yeah, I loathe the Twillight freakouts that people have. Many of them haven't even read the books and get all nuts over it.

Perspective for the haters. Oh, also NSFW!

Ahh, but that's the thing, this narrative does not tell you that a woman's ultimate goal in life is to be a mother and a protector of her brood. This narrative tells you that this is Bella's goal. You've really illustrated the point of the essay; we are so afraid of being forced into that role that we can't accept…

You know, I read a very compelling argument that Bella is indeed a feminist role model because she embraces the idea of love as its own reward - something that most modern women have utterly reviled as weak and old fashioned. She works hard and sacrifices for love, instead of for freedom or independence or career…

I just unhearted you so I could heart you again.

Honestly, that question just made my eye twitch. I kind of don't want to know.