with the Latest Twilight movie now in theaters there is a lot of stuff on facebook and other places about how
awesome the movie is, how people waited in line to see the show, how great the books are.
Me? I think the books are good only if they are printed paper is thin and soft. though if I am ever lost in the woods I would be very happy if I was with someone who had these books on them. with their size they will be great for getting fires started. -no I am not advocating the burning of books that is wrong, so is censorship. I have a rant on these books, but it has little to nothing to do with the topic I would like to talk about. that rant is much like my friend's rant about why the spear is the best weapon ever invented by man kind, it mostly has to do with how much scotch has been consumed. -however if you ever get the chance to hear why the spear is the greatest fucking weapon ever listen closely it is one of the best rants of all time. I will probably post my I hate twilight rant somewhere someday, but not here.
Sometimes people like to latch on to the fact that Stephanie Meyer is Mormon when they go after the books, the thing is most these people are blaming her religion on why her books are misogynistic. This completely misses the point however. But hey because I'm on the subject let's look at why this might be. Well for the most part that all centered around the fact that the story centers around a girl who basically has no world except that which revolves around a guy. oh and there is that crazy pregnancy frustration by Rosalin and the werewolf chick. What is the connection to Mormonism? Well probably because of the history of polygamy, the fact that women can't get to the highest level of heaven without being married, and that heaven is pretty much being pregnant, oh and they are excluded from the priesthood (though really that is how most religions are or were).... Sorry that is all I have on that topic. except to say this, those that try and make this the point of the twilight is Mormon propaganda have a very shallow understanding of Mormonism.
The real reason I see a connection is in the family of the Cullen. See one of the most important parts of the Mormon faith is family, families being together forever. the temple system is all about making it so that families can get to be together for all of eternity on their own little planet. Children are sealed to their parents, couples are sealed to each other all so they can be together forever. It is sometimes very comforting, I know a couple of mothers who have lost they children and it is comforting to them to know that they will be reunited with their lost loved ones. or that their little babies are now angels watching over them.
So here enter the twilight saga. Bella is from an extremely broken family. she can't bring herself to call her dad by anything other then his first name, her mother has not problem leaving her daughter to traps around the country with her professional Baseball player. Then she meets the Cullens family. They are happy they are committed to each other, forever. Becasue they are Vampires they will get to be young and beautiful and together for-e-ver.
And I think that that might be why these books are so popular. Their literary merit is the same as something I scrapped off my shoe, The Heroin has the dept of a mirage in the desert, and the evil that must be conquered is as evil as the bully stealing lunch money on the play ground. But the commitment of the cullens is what the attraction is.
That is where the connection is. and concide
