SM - Twilight for guys?

CamberXite · Post by **CamberXite** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:40 am

My best guy friend reads Twilight. He's amazing. He's so much like Edward, its kind of creepy lol

bkl · Post by **bkl** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 7:20 am

I don't know any guys nearly as great as any of the characters... I know one guy who saw his gf (one of my best friends) reading it last year so he tried to impress her by attempting to read it. He got halfway through and told us how he thought it was so horrible sappy and disgustingly romantic- he called it, "crappy, gooey romance" and said that it needed more action. (he didn't even make it to the heart of the book where all of the conflicts started to REALLY grow) He wasn't rude about it, though. But still, it hurt us all to hear that he couldn't appreciate it (and only 2 or three of us had even read the book) ug- the memory makes me sad!

-bri

bkl · Post by **bkl** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 7:20 am

oops, sorry!

Excali · Post by **Excali** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:40 am

bkl wrote:I don't know any guys nearly as great as any of the characters... I know one guy who saw his gf (one of my best friends) reading it last year so he tried to impress her by attempting to read it. He got halfway through and told us how he thought it was so horrible sappy and disgustingly romantic- he called it, "crappy, gooey romance" and said that it needed more action. (he didn't even make it to the heart of the book where all of the conflicts started to REALLY grow) He wasn't rude about it, though. But still, it hurt us all to hear that he couldn't appreciate it (and only 2 or three of us had even read the book) ug- the memory makes me sad!
-bri

Aww thats not good, he should of given it a chance

Bella~Marie · Post by **Bella~Marie** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 12:08 am

Lost Cullen wrote:
Bella~Marie wrote:"And i actually know a girl who would, but as painfull as it is, i admit, it was the best choice of her life."

I don't understand. Can you explain?
sometimes you care for someone so much that no matter if they choose someone else, you have to smile and realize that it was for the best. even if it kills you inside.
........I sympathize more with Edward than you think.

awww That sounds horrible!

emilycullenx · Post by **emilycullenx** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:52 am

I think Twilight is attracting to girls because it's based around such a deep and intimate love story, that us girls are just initially drawn to.
But I also believe Twilight is as much a guy book as it is a girl book; it's not limited to one gender.
There's lots of battles for the guys!
And Edward provides so much romance for us girls.

Twilight is pretty gender balanced, to me, anyway.
<3

GoAskAlice · Post by **GoAskAlice** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:53 am

emilycullenx wrote:I think Twilight is attracting to girls because it's based around such a deep and intimate love story, that us girls are just initially drawn to.
But I also believe Twilight is as much a guy book as it is a girl book; it's not limited to one gender.
There's lots of battles for the guys!
And Edward provides so much romance for us girls.
Twilight is pretty gender balanced, to me, anyway.
<3

Well put!

jinnyteamedward · Post by **jinnyteamedward** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:55 pm

the twilight series is definitely for both girls AND guys my best friend is a guy and he absolutely LOVES the books and no he is not gay

i also think that twilight reaches out to girls because of the romance but there's also parts that i think a guy would like!

lion_lamb · Post by **lion_lamb** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 4:45 pm

i know no guys that have read Twilight. Well like not counting the ones on this website. Im trying to get my cousin to read it but he wont. know anything that could help me?

emilycullenx · Post by **emilycullenx** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 5:08 pm

GoAskAlice wrote:
emilycullenx wrote:I think Twilight is attracting to girls because it's based around such a deep and intimate love story, that us girls are just initially drawn to.
But I also believe Twilight is as much a guy book as it is a girl book; it's not limited to one gender.
There's lots of battles for the guys!
And Edward provides so much romance for us girls.
Twilight is pretty gender balanced, to me, anyway.
<3
Well put!

Actually, thanks!
I didn't want to sound like I was saying that only guys like battles, and only girls like romance, so I'm glad atleast someone knew where I was going with that. xD

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