Twilight

Happy Sunday everyone! So today as I sit at home listening to all this sappy music, I decided to write a blog post on something sappy...something almost all my friends love...

TWILIGHT!

Beast & Beauty

Truth be told, I was never a fan of these books or the movies. I did not give it attention at all.  In some of my classes, Twilight was brought up and I'm like, "Oh god."
Some people are absolutely obsessed. Team Jacob this, Team Edward THAT.

My best friend Amy seriously has a standing Jacob by her bed.

One day, I finally gave in, after all the talk about how great Breaking Dawn 2 was. Yes, I, Desiree Soto, finally sat one night and literally watched every.single.freaking twilight movie, including the new one. Quite honestly, I loved every one of them.
BUT- now I sit here and think- why do girls absolutely love movies like this?
I mean think about it, it's a love story about a human and a vampire...and a wolf (I love you Jacob.)
Is it because it's a beautiful love story or because psychologically us women dwell on having a relationship depicted on movies-that in fact WILL NEVER happen?
Because c'mon, we have all gone through heartbreaks, through breakups, and makeups but women especially go through it the hardest. No I am not a feminist. 

No I'm not saying that relationships can't have great love stories but I've seen some girls really compare their relationship to movies. For example, I've seen captions under pictures such as, "Our relationship is just like The Notebook." Really? Have you lost your memory? Have you been together for 50+ years?

Back to blood sucking monsters and wolves...Why did I, a female, enjoy the Twilight movies?
I personally enjoyed watching these movies because it was a love story out of the ordinary. The fact that Bella doesn't care that her boyfriend is a vampire and completely gives up her "normal" life just to be with him is interesting. The fact that there was just more to the common world Bella and every human was living in kept my attention. Although I joke around and say I now want a wolf as a pet, I don't sit there and say "Ugh, I need me an Edward."

In conclusion, why are people so obsessed with Twilight? Is it because they want the romance or do they just enjoy the drama?

Because, at the end of the day, Twilight is about two guys fighting over a girl with the exception of the last movie.
And I mean, c'mon, who wouldn't mind that?