I really enjoy the industry of mockery that's sprung up in its wake, though.
I'm sort of tired of it now. :p Which is why I am attempting to gather data/make Socratic points via LJ. My theory on why it happens has a lot less to do with the thing itself and more to do with...how groups construct their identity, I guess?
You know, I mocked the Bible Belt's book burnings (alliteration ftw!) and their notion that children would START PRACTICING WITCHCRAFT ZOMG if they read HP. But I think there's something more insidious going on with the Twilight books.
See, that's the thing. I think they're exactly equivalent. Something's shown up that rattles whatever you'd label People Like Us in the same way that HP rattles the Bible Belt. And it is not being taken very gracefully. Which I say in observation, not in harsh beardy Godlike wrathful judgment.
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Date: 2008-09-25 04:19 am (UTC)I'm sort of tired of it now. :p Which is why I am attempting to gather data/make Socratic points via LJ. My theory on why it happens has a lot less to do with the thing itself and more to do with...how groups construct their identity, I guess?
You know, I mocked the Bible Belt's book burnings (alliteration ftw!) and their notion that children would START PRACTICING WITCHCRAFT ZOMG if they read HP. But I think there's something more insidious going on with the Twilight books.
See, that's the thing. I think they're exactly equivalent. Something's shown up that rattles whatever you'd label People Like Us in the same way that HP rattles the Bible Belt. And it is not being taken very gracefully. Which I say in observation, not in harsh beardy Godlike wrathful judgment.