You know what never ceases to amaze me? How idiotic people can be, especially on the internet. I know that by saying what I'm about to say, I'm opening myself up to a lot of drama, but I'll say it anyway:

Honestly...some people really should be required a LICENSE to use the internet.

I've watched a couple of incredibly stupid videos on Youtube in my day, and read even more dumb comments here on DA, been attacked by others because I happened to have an opinion, things like that. I suppose that partially that's my fault too, because I can never keep my mouth shut when someone annoys me.

Anyway, my main point is that, I see a lot of kids on the internet, making all these videos, exposing themselves on the internet, but don't have anything meaningful, substantial or at least humorous to say AT ALL. They post random videos of what their fart sounds like, and lot of angst videos, bitching and moaning about how their life sucks, stuff like that. Honestly, please do tell me: why in the holy mother of @#^% should anyone care!? Give me one good reason. And then, like that wasn't enough to kill your brain cells, they put the cherry on top when they make videos about OMG EDWARD CULLEN IS SO AWESOME YAY!!12!eleven!! and give reasons to why Twilight is so "amazing". Don't get me wrong. If you're a Twilight fan, I'm not bashing you. I have nothing against you as a person and an individual.

One thing I really don't understand on the Twilight fans' part is, that if anyone says anything, and I stress: ANYTHING bad about Twilight, they go APE SHIT. And I'm serious now. Most of the people that dislike Twilight, what I've noticed, are a LOT more mature about it. They state why they don't like it, they analyze it, they explain the reasoning behind their opinions, and I like that. That's civilized discussion, that's the way it should be. I've seldom seen them attack or flame fans of the franchise. I'm sure it happens, but it's rare.

Unfortunately, the same cannot be said about the Twilight fans (at least not most of them). They're often incredibly immature, rude, flipping the bird and tossing around profanities when someone says they don't like Twilight. Geez, it's just a friggin book. I mean, I really like my dictionaries, but if someone speaks ill of my dictionaries, I'm not going to go ballistic and tear their head off for it.

That's just psycho, okay? It's not healthy. I mean, it's completely okay to be a fan of something; cherishing it, celebrating it, etc. But it's NOT okay to obsess over it to the point that you can't even take criticism anymore. I've actually seen fans of this franchise on Youtube who actually burst out CRYING, because they heard someone else say "mean things about Twilight".

I'm sorry, but that's a little hard to swallow, if you're an individual with a sound mind and body.
If someone comes up to me and says they don't like Final Fantasy VII for this and that reason, I'm not going to start crying about it, and I will most certainly not give them the finger, either. That's not a normal, healthy reaction. That's sick. It's worse than football hooligans. Twilight fans are almost comparing their fandom to homosexuality. Judging by the way they act about it, one would think that liking Twilight is not a choice, but something you just do. They could just as well be saying "STFU I can't help I'm a fan!" or something along those lines. That's what makes it so disturbing. Gays can't help that they're gay. But fans, well...maybe they can't help what they find appealing (whatever they're a fan of), but they CAN help the way they choose to act about it. I'm talking about self-control. A lot of people could use it nowadays. And it irritates me to the point of tearing my hair out, when the internet it full of individuals, who cannot control their emotions or their temper, and react to every.little.thing. they so happen to disagree with.

And when it comes to Twilight in particular, I'll admit, that personally, I have never read any of the books. Don't plan to either. I might skim through it, for a peek at the writing style and other things people have already pointed out about it, but I don't think I ever want to actually read it. I have better things to do, trust me. And besides, this is not because I have had other people's opinions inculcated into my mind, but because I have never really had an interest in vampires and warewolves in the first place. I'm not into that kind of stuff. I prefer steampunk fantasy with mostly humans in it, preferably as little strange fantasy "beings" as possible. I like when it's a bit more realistic. But then again, one can question just how "realistic" Final Fantasy is *cough*

Anyway, once again: I'm sorry if I offended anyone. Please don't go all ape shit on me. It's just what I think, and all I wish is for people to chill out a little and don't be so overheated because of some random person's opinion on the internet.

Excuse me about the essay.

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