Twilight and mormon church

[romantico]

I just read another forum that 10% of what Stephanie Meyers earns from the twilight series goes to the Mormon church, Damn, if this is true that really pisses me off!

http://nerdfighters.ning.com/forum/topics/the-twilight-series-donates-to?page=2&commentId=1833893%3AComment%3A2296515&x=1

[dsc]

1. she is Mormon and Mormons heavily believe in tithing

but that said, I don't know if she tithes.

[sudopod]

2. HAHAHAHA

OH LOL, go spread this on Twilight forums stat. All those wannabe goth kids (nothing wrong with the genuine article, imho) will go apeshit.

[QC]

3. If she doesn't tithe, she won't get to become a goddess and make spirit babies

somewhere out near Kolob, so she damn well better be tithing!

[Angry Dragon]

4. Does she have majic underware??

That is still part of their faith is it not??

[TlalocW]

5. I don't know if she does, but I do

Female friend, who looks like a Mormon, got them for me for Xmas one year after visiting Salt Lake. The t-shirt is actually quite comfortable. The "briefs" take some getting used to.

TlalocW

[YOY]

6. All from a novel that cashes in on unconfident womens' "safe" romantic attraction to gay men.

Ironic.

[sudopod]

8. GAY? I don't get that vibe at all.

Now, if you mean dominating creepy pedo-stalkers, I'm right there with you.

[YOY]

10. All this vampire pap as of late doesn't exactly plug the most masculine of vamps do they?

I mean...do you see Nosferatu making a comeback? (Count Orlock) or even a Bela Lugosi looking Dracula?

No...ever since Anne Rice started writing a trend has been set regarding romanicizing vampires. There's actually 3 well known authors now including twilight's who have been making money off of this.

It's been well dressed, smooth skinned, in shape, fashionable, and wittily charming hunks who always have a little wisp of feminine about them.

There is something more to the trend than just cheesy novels about teen angst. These books are about teenage girls (and other women who still have not matured enough to accept heterosexual men for what we are) who pine over 'safe men'...squeeky clean boyband members, cheesy Nickelodeon/MTV picked 'hunks', and their hip gay friends...all very safe to be around or to admire but there is no chance of that actual romance/love that they seek either.

No hate...just the obvious. Cashing in on women's insecurities.

[sudopod]

11. To be fair

I'm sure there's gotta be something to be said about having a male friend who you can be sure isn't just trying to jump ur bones.

[YOY]

12. That's as fair as can be...but to expect him to romantically be interested?

No way.

[girl gone mad]

14. You mean in the sense that women like to look at good looking, well-groomed men?

I don't think the Twilight guys are feminine, at all. But, it's the same reason a lot of women prefer gay porn to het porn. The men are usually much better looking. Just because a man is good looking and well groomed doesn't mean he's gay or "safe". I'm not a Twilight fan, but I really can't fault women for wanting to spend an afternoon staring at this:

http://img.listal.com/image/619248/600full-the-twilight-saga:-new-moon-poster.jpg

[dsc]

15. He is a stellar specimin that is for sure

[YOY]

16. I have never heard of a single woman who likes gay (man on man) porn.

Now I have heard of het women who like for women by women (woman on woman...tastefully done.)

As far as I can tell there is an audience for gay porn: gay men...and bi men...but sorry. I have never met a single woman who has said something to the extent of liking gay porn.

[Lilith Velkor]

23. I like gay porn.

And I'm a bi woman.

I'd get into het porn more if the men weren't so goddamned ugly.

There are thousands of us, hundreds of thousands if you count female afficionadas (sp?) of male homoerotic prose. If an internet forum counts, you've just met one! :hi:

[TokenQueer]

26. Oh yeah they do.

I can name three good friends (straight, adult women) that ADORE gay porn. One even uses my stash as a lending library. :)

[Veruca Salt]

28. Look up the definition and subculture of 'yaoi' and be amazed then

:)

[Touchdown]

19. Is he 12? He looks it.

:rofl:

[dsc]

20. sweet lord

I don't know if I want to see the fully grown adults where you live if he looks 12 to you.

[Touchdown]

22. Oh' get over it! I'm just joking, and he is cute.

I know he's about mid-20s and is heavily made up to look younger.

Everybody likes chicken.

Don't be so serious. It's a fantasy film.

[dsc]

24. actually I think he is 16

unusual for films he is actually under 18 so he really is chicken.

[Touchdown]

18. Then True Blood is giving equal time.

Hoyt, the innocent Mama's boy. and Jessica, the vampire just turned in season 1.

[Raster]

21. I just loved the relationship that grew between the two of them!

True Blood rocks!

[Christa]

7. 10% is the going rate

for tithing.

:eyes:

[MichaelHarris]

9. it is

probably true. I've been encouraging heavy boycotts of this crap but it's not working. Not one penny from me will be spent on it though. i like my vampires busty with garters and stockings, Mormon vampires just don't fit the bill.

[WillParkinson]

17. They should!

After all, they both suck.

[Jamastiene]

13. I'll be crossing that one off my list of movies to see now. n/t

[NMMNG]

25. Which is why I've never given any of that a glance

I love vampires but the second I found out Meyer was a Mormon I took her books and the movies off my list of potential reading/viewing material. From what I've been reading/hearing lately (swooning fangirls aside) I'm not missing much.

[TexasObserver]

27. So that's what's wrong with her!

I mean besides the fact that she's vacuous and can't act.

[Withywindle]

29. Meyer is the author of the books, not the actress.

As the copyright holder, she's the one making the REAL money. :(

[mackerel]

30. If you read the series real closely you'll find that it's a total

promotion for Mormonism.

[iris27]

31. Indeed; there's an amusing set of recaps of the books written by an ex-Mormon on LiveJournal.

http://stoney321.livejournal.com/317176.html

"Every time SMeyer would write about Edward, I would just boggle. She was drawing from everything we Mormons were taught about Good Ol' Joe - he was handsome, shockingly so, he could draw you in with just his presence, let alone when he spoke, down to his freaking nose and hair color. HI THERE CREEPY AUTHOR WANTING TO BONE YOUR PROPHET. (I have no problem with bible slash, etc. Just... I don't think she knows she's doing it.)

[cali]

32. here's amusing- make that laugh out loud

With New Moon likely to make yet another metric fuckload of money this weekend we need to find the bright side to the entire Twilight mania. There must be something good that comes from this awful Mormon fantasy that seems to have invaded our culture on every front. That something is the eventual movie version of Breaking Dawn.

Even though New Moon has made a bazillion dollars and even though the third Twilight book, Eclipse, is already filming, Summit has declined to announce the fourth and final Twilight book as a movie. There's a good reason for this: Breaking Dawn is completely fucking insane, and it is probably totally unfilmable. But if they do film it... man, we are in for a treat.

Breaking Dawn opens with Bella Swan, the lacteal heroine of the series, finally getting married to Edward Cullen, the mopey vampire hero. They go off to honeymoon on Isle Esme, a Brazilian island the Cullen clan owns (this is already ridiculous beyond belief. Imagine a vampire going snorkeling; it basically happens in this book), and Edward is afraid to fuck his new bride. The reason: he's super strong and she's just a human - Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex type of situation here. But Bella wears him down and Edward throws it in her - and knocks her the fuck out, leaving her badly bruised.

Let's go over that again: Edward fucks Bella into unconsciousness. This alone should have you running to Fandango to pre-order your tickets, but it only gets better.

Despite being knocked out cold by his sexual style (and having the headboard destroyed), Bella goes back to Edward for seconds. This time he knocks her up. Yes, an undead vampire apparently has enough viable sperm to impregnate a human woman while fucking her off the coast of Rio de Janero. Stephenie Meyer, you fabulous idiot!

The baby in Bella's belly starts growing incredibly fast. And it starts hurting Bella, as each kick it gives has the super strength of a vampire behind it. As it grows, Bella gets sicker, and then the good stuff starts. The baby kicks so hard it breaks Bella's ribs and then severs her spine. Are you imagining Kristen Stewart wearing a fake pregnancy belly and pretending to have been suddenly crippled by her own fetus? Because I am and it's making me laugh and laugh and laugh.

Oh wait, I missed something. Edward is completely freaked out about the baby, fearing it will kill Bella. He tries to convince her to get an abortion (but seriously, how could she? Vampires are tough to kill even in this shitty series), and goes so far as asking Native American wolfboy Jacob to impregnate his wife so that she can have the baby she desperately wants. I'm dizzy with how ridiculous this is, and we're just getting started.

Eventually the baby starts to get born and Bella is dying. The baby has telepathy, by the way, so everybody can read its thoughts while it's in the womb, and it turns out to have an essentially adult mind. Like Alia in Dune; I would accuse Stephenie Meyer of ripping this off, but anyone who thinks that Meyer might have read Frank Herbert has never been within spitting distance of Twilight. The woman is a moron.

In a moment that demands to be shown on the silver screen, Edward gives Bella an emergency C-section with his fucking teeth. It's like something out of XTro, for the love of God. It's so horrible it's brilliant, and this scene alone is why I remain firm in declaring that David Cronenberg must direct Breaking Dawn. This is surely his movie.

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