Talk:Vampire/@comment-173.26.91.174-20121020234729/@comment-4475299-20121103175509

Chad,

I'm actually one of those who don't like Twilight - I've managed to read the titular book (giving it a barely passing grade), skipped New Moon and Eclipse and read part of Breaking Dawn (utterly downchecking it). The whole thing is dumb, bloated, unsubstantial, and whose only characters worth remembering are probably Billy Black and Sue Clearwater, Charlie Swan being somwehat of a fool. (Why am I here? Because of the wiki, essentially - it seems that LT is right on this.)

Given this, my objection to your position is as follows: vampires and werewolves are two groups similar to humans but not quite human. You can't apply to them human motivations - hard to underpin your assumption that imprinting is emotional abuse or child grooming, for example; in the series' framework, imprinting is a fact of life. There may be something more in the idea Edward is a stalker, but, then, Bella is willingly consorting with predators. Again, preying behavior is a fact of life.

Admit, the difference is often a matter of opinion, but then where is the difference between "emotional abuse" and "education"?