I always liked Buffy and can see where the critiques come from (though I've never actually heard any of them outright). I feel like Charmed, another show I liked at the time, would recieve the same backlash. In fact most tv strong female characters could be said have that flaw.
I was 18 when Twilight came out. The book not the movie. I read it before it was popular, found it entertaining and could have sworn that at the end Bella was turned into a vampire at prom. That was how my brain took the ending. I told my coworkers that it was going to be popular because you get very emotional reading it and its very escapist and fluffy. I was right. I think Twihards are interesting because they are so passionate about this and half the time it seems like they are reacting to the hatred. I know the answer is probably most aren't but it still stands that they are more vocal about their love and how much better it is based off of what people hate rather than their like at times.
There are also degrees of broken and, well, I know I'm broken for a lot of reasons but I'm working on that.
I hate any form of House bashing and this is coming from a slightly reluctant to admit Gryffindor. I never really think I'm that brave but I also have the bad qualities of Gryffindors of being stubborn and impulsive and thinking I need to be the leader. Hufflepuff presents a problem in the series as the two very promonate examples are Cedric Diggory and Ernie MacMillian. Both are very different characters and I kind of like Ernie better. He makes Hufflepuff so much more like the other Houses with his prejudices and his actions. Sure he's loyal but he also has a backbone and does things.
I also keep forgetting Tonks was a Hufflepuff but that's from the Lexicon.
I also hate the assumptions that Slytherin means evil or even goth or dark. This might also be because I think Toph is an excellent example of a Slytherin because she's cunning and ambicious but not only uses her skills for herself but also for what she believes is the best option (I also think Aang is a Hufflepuff).
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I was 18 when Twilight came out. The book not the movie. I read it before it was popular, found it entertaining and could have sworn that at the end Bella was turned into a vampire at prom. That was how my brain took the ending. I told my coworkers that it was going to be popular because you get very emotional reading it and its very escapist and fluffy. I was right. I think Twihards are interesting because they are so passionate about this and half the time it seems like they are reacting to the hatred. I know the answer is probably most aren't but it still stands that they are more vocal about their love and how much better it is based off of what people hate rather than their like at times.
There are also degrees of broken and, well, I know I'm broken for a lot of reasons but I'm working on that.
I hate any form of House bashing and this is coming from a slightly reluctant to admit Gryffindor. I never really think I'm that brave but I also have the bad qualities of Gryffindors of being stubborn and impulsive and thinking I need to be the leader. Hufflepuff presents a problem in the series as the two very promonate examples are Cedric Diggory and Ernie MacMillian. Both are very different characters and I kind of like Ernie better. He makes Hufflepuff so much more like the other Houses with his prejudices and his actions. Sure he's loyal but he also has a backbone and does things.
I also keep forgetting Tonks was a Hufflepuff but that's from the Lexicon.
I also hate the assumptions that Slytherin means evil or even goth or dark. This might also be because I think Toph is an excellent example of a Slytherin because she's cunning and ambicious but not only uses her skills for herself but also for what she believes is the best option (I also think Aang is a Hufflepuff).