Think twice about handing that Twilight book to a little girl please!

Twilight scares me….no really, I am twenty five years old and scared of Edward Cullen. Why you might, ask am I afraid? I am afraid that after getting sucked into the fad that was/is Twilight, that I will unconsciously seek out and end up with some douche like Edward.

Now, fear not my young readers who may feel that I have just blasphemized against the almighty eighty-year-old sex idol, I (sadly) love Edward. In fact, I own all of the Twilight books, I read them all in about 3 days, once I finished the first one, I drove directly to the bookstore and bought the rest of the “saga”.

I admit it, like any other red-blooded female out there; I was hooked on this Edward character. He (apparently) is tall, dark and handsome. He is portrayed as being the single most beautiful man to have ever walked the planet with a body chiseled by the gods. He is older than most women, and lets face it, I think most of us females prefer an older more mature man. He is mysterious and moody. And although this is difficult to admit, he has his own set of problems and needs to be “fixed” which many females find attractive, although I am sure that none of us would admit it or even realize that we are attracted to that (hence the phrase “nice guys finish last”).  He also is sexual without being a “typical” man, because he lives in a state of possibly killing his beloved, they can’t…..make it official. He is stuck in a state of lust that cannot be played out, and that ladies and gentlemen is where I think the problem begins.

Now, I don’t know about you, but pent up sexual aggression can make me a bit cranky (oh yeah, you did just actually read that…..I’m very forward). But it basically just turns Edward into an asshole whom is verbally and emotionally abusive to his “beloved” Bella.

Now, I understand that couples fight, in fact I myself am one hell of a below the belt fighter in relationships on occasion.  However, if I am fighting with my boyfriend, I like to do it like a military operation, get in, get it done and get the fuck out, which translates basically to me ending up in a huge fight, saying things I do not mean and apologizing so that the fight can be over, who likes fighting anyway?

The difference between Bella and I is that she mopes, and mostly over stuff that is not her fault! I want to crawl into my book, go to Forks, Washington and tell Bella to snap the fuck out of it!! If she were a friend of mine I would be furiously plotting ways for her and Edward to break up.  You can even see the toll that Edward has on Bella during the books, if you choose to see it, and not get caught up in the whole star crossed lovers bit.

This is why Twilight scares me. Remember, Twilight is popular mostly with young and teenage girls. And what a lovely message it sends; “Hey girls, emotional and verbal abuse is ok as long as you love each other and are destined to be together, nothing to worry about, respect is not important in a mate.” While I am not a fan of censorship, I do feel that people still need to think before they speak or write and remember that people who your message was intended for (in Twilight’s case women in their 20’s and up) are not necessarily the only ones who will see your message and it may affect them differently (the young impressionable girls who made Twilight a hit).