Romance and Love

Alright, I sorta only made this round to give Twilight a chance at winning something.
I know I'll regret it though.
Anyway, back to the topic of this post: Romance.
Otherwise known as some form of Love.

In Twilight... Let me count for a second...
There are many, many, many teen romances going on.
Some shallow, some are somewhat deep.
I guess that's okay, but personally, I do not like how Stephenie doesn't explain why all the partnerships work.
But at least she explained imprinting, so it's not that big of a deal for me right now.

So, so far we've established that Twilight has a lot of romance going on.
In fact, one could say that romance is basically the theme of the novels.
Every action is based on what Twihards call true love.
But is it true love?
Well, it sort of is when it comes to Jacob and Bella...
But not really.
What about Bella and Edward?
Meyer desperately tries to make it look like it, and the Twilight fans buy it, but if you put some logic to your thinking, you'll find out that true love is not the case.
Maybe a possible obsessive behaviour?
I don't know.
Really, I don't.
Obsession could be a possiblity, seeing as Bella appears to only like Edward because of his 'Greek God' appearances.
And Edward could only be 'loving' Bella because she smells nice?
Again, I do not know.

But think about how many times in the Saga Meyer continuously uses phrases such as 'Edward's perfect face'.
Doesn't it get just a little bit tiring/annoying?
It sure is to me.

Now moving on to Harry Potter.
I'll admit that Twilight has more romance than Harry Potter, but Harry Potter has a quality of romance that's just so captivating.
You have interesting couples, and Rowling actually explains the reasoning behind them in a clever way.
Twilight's couples are too perfect, and almost Mary Sue like, when Harry Potter couples are just plain odd sometimes.
Like Ron and Hermione.
But it works at the same time!
And you can plainly see that the love going on in the Harry Potter books are not shallow most of the time.
And if they are, it's because Rowling's characters are meant to be shallow in some form or the other.
So...

HARRY POTTER WINS! LEAVING TWILIGHT'S COUPLE FAR BEHIND!

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Ah, tough love...

Gender Portrayal

In the modern 21st Century, women are generally seen as equals to men.
There's some trouble here and there, but today, it isn't such a big deal as it was, say, a hundred years ago.
Has Twilight made a stereotype of women that should not be getting so much positive attention by the media?
Well, let's look at the facts.
Ahem... Here are some common sayings by the Harry Potter fans:

"Bella is shallow, and Meyer made her weak because she constantly has to rely on Edward, her supposed 'true love'.
Like how in New Moon, Meyer made it clear that she thought that women couldn't live with males."
This is, er, somewhat true, I have to admit.
Meyer does write that Isabella, the main character, falls into a severe depression when Edward disappears.
This is my opinion:
Meyer should have made Bella get over it, and she did, when she started to spend time with an old friend.
So far, so good.
But then Stephenie makes Edward come back, Bella throws away her good friend like a piece of garbage, and welcomes the boy that made her miserable for several months with open arms.
Does this make ANY sense?
One simple word answers:
"NO"
So, I have to conclude that Meyer definitely does not portray women in her books as they are supposed to be portrayed.
Yet women all over the world are still falling in love with the Twilight Saga...
Weird.

Now we'll move onto JK Rowling's portrayal of females in her Harry Potter series.
Much more refreshing.
First off, there are MANY more female main characters that play an important part in the books.
Twilight doesn't even have one. Seriously. I'm sorry, but it's true!
Okay anyway, let's go to Hermione, for example.
Unlike Meyer, Rowling gives all of her characters, especially the female ones, much more depth.
They have their flaws, and are not perfect Mary Sues and Gary Stues.
Hermione is brilliant and caring, but is also stubborn, hard headed, and sometimes too narrow minded.
She's one of the main characters, and plays a very important part in the series.
Ron and Harry actually owe their lives to her, she helped them out of some very sticky situations.
Then there's Luna. She always seems like she's in a very dreamike state, she's clever, and very intelligent.
But she's also a bit too dazed sometimes, and maybe even a little bit loony in believing in what Hermione thinks are fictional characters.
There are plenty more strong female characters, like Professor McGonagall for example.
Certainly seems like quite a step away from Twilight, right?
That's what I thought too.
So in conclusion, Twilight shows women as weak and dependant 24/7 on males;
Harry Potter shows women as strong, independant people who are equal to males.
Maybe sometimes even a bit better ;)

ROWLING TAKES THE PRIZE AGAIN!

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I love Luna...

Meyer vs. Rowling

Rowling or Meyer?
Well, you can't ask a Harry Potter fan, because this is how they'll reply:
"ROWLING IS WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY, WAY BETTER THAN STEPHENIE MEYER!"
And you can't expect a straight answer from a Twihard either:
"..."

So who really is the better author?
Well, first lets start off with their similarities.
First off, JK Rowling and Stephenie Meyer are both female authors, obviously.
Next.. Well, I guess that's it.

There are many more differences though.
Like, a lot more.
Meyer writes her books in first person perspective.
For example, she uses 'I' instead of her or him.
Rowling uses third person perspective, she uses 'him' and 'her' instead of 'I'.
Smeyer's book saga, Twilight, is based only on romance. Even Twilight fans gotta admit that.
JK Rowling's Harry Potter series is based on love, romance, action and mystery. Basically a little bit of everything.
Meyer has a somewhat captivating teen book series on her hands, but Rowling's books appeal to all ages.
Rowling got the idea for Harry Potter on a train ride, Meyer got her idea from an odd dream.
But even with all these facts, how can we chose a winner?
Let's proceed to the next round.
The books.

The Harry Potter books appeal to all ages and genders.
I don't mean to be stereotypical, but Twilight mostly appeals to women, teen girls, and some older preteen females.
Harry Potter has a much more deeper meaning. As Harry Potter followers would say:
"Harry Potter is about bravery, love, and self trust.
Twilight is about having a boyfriend."
Well, it's sort of true.
You gotta admit though, it's a bit harsh.
But the truth is usually harsh, so I guess...

ROWLING BEATS MEYER!

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Not much of a surprise, now that I think of it...

Introducing

Yeah, so basically I'm supposed to be writing in this blog for a school project, but I think it'll actually be fun unlike some of the other homework I'd had over the years.
Yay for me.
Alright, alright. I guess I sound sort of depressed right now, but I tend to do that a lot when I start out writing.
Annoying, right?
Tell me about it.
Anyway, before I get too off subject, I'll just skip to the point.
Or try to, at least. Heh, heh.

This blog will be about a debate, or argument, rather, on two extremely popular book series.
One called Twilight, the other called Harry Potter.
What makes it extra hard to come up with a conclusion in this international argument, is that both sides have completely mental fans (I should know) that will do ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING to defend their books.
I guess it's sort of nice seeing youth these days so involved with their reading but isn't this just a bit too much?
Like how Twilight fans hang a ZILLION posters of Robert Pattinson around their room.
A bit scary, really...

Well, I'm here to investigate both sides of the story and see which is truly on top.
Stay tuned!