Harry Potter is Out, Twilight is In, HP VS Twilight/Rowling VS Meyer stuff |
 Aug 7 2008, 01:31 PM
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 J.K. Rowling can pass the torch over to Stephenie Meyer now. Meyer's Breaking Dawn, the fourth book in her Twilight series sold 1.3 million copies on its first day of release, August 2nd. For those of you bad with math, that's A LOT of books! This past Friday night, thousands of bookstores and libraries hosted midnight parties across the country to help fuel these astounding figures. We mentioned previously that due to the overwhelming demand for the title, the publisher went back for a second printing of 500,000 copies prior to publication, to the current in-print figure of 3.7 million copies. The publisher has also confirmed the upcoming publication of The Twilight Saga: The Official Guide. |
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Aug 7 2008, 01:35 PM
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 I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
f**k that, harry potter for life.
 me and harry potter ride till we die bitchezzzzzz
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Aug 7 2008, 02:13 PM
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^ I hear ya, JC! HARRY POTTER FTW!!!!!!!
I mean, even the Edward Cullen guy was in a HP movie. =P |
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Aug 7 2008, 02:52 PM
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 Jooleeah <3 Group: Official Designer Posts: 687 Joined: Jun 2008 Member No: 662,481 |
F*CK that! Harry Potter will never be beaten!
My friends and I were just having a discussion about this. We were saying how Twilight is read mostly by teens/pre-teens and Harry Potter spans all generations and has touched more hearts that Twilight EVER could. F*CK TWILIGHT AND F*CK STEPHENIE MEYER! Bitch. QUOTE(Joannnnnne @ Aug 7 2008, 03:13 PM)  I mean, even the Edward Cullen guy was in a HP movie. =P For real! He wouldn't even be playing Edward if he hadn't been Cedric in HP4. And like, what harsh struggles has Bella had to go through? Harry Potter gave up his life to save the world, can Bella say that? All she went through was a little tough love. AND she has both her parents. |
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Aug 7 2008, 03:09 PM
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 Potato Admirer Group: Member Posts: 90 Joined: Feb 2008 Member No: 620,398 |
I'm actually mad that they made my favorite series into a movie.
[Twilight, not Harry Potter]. I am NOT going to see it when it comes out, because my expectations will not be lived up to. And I don't know if you guys read the series, but throughout the whole thing I always imagined that Edward would have black hair, even though in the books they said it was blonde. It's going to be overrated. Just like every other book series made into a movie. Uck.
Reason for edit: Please don't double post, use the edit button.- Tc
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Aug 7 2008, 03:26 PM
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 Tick tock, Bill Group: Administrator Posts: 8,764 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 333,948 |
A celebrity death match skit waiting to happen.
I have much love for both. I am Switzerland. berrypop90, random question. Who's that in your signature? |
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Aug 7 2008, 03:42 PM
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Jooleeah <3 Group: Official Designer Posts: 687 Joined: Jun 2008 Member No: 662,481 |
It's Chris Brown & some random girl from his 'Forever' video.
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Aug 7 2008, 03:42 PM
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 mercenary on call Group: Member Posts: 926 Joined: Aug 2006 Member No: 447,606 |
f**k that. Harry potter is the shit and this is his time. Go home and cry you little vampire wannabes because this isn't your time.
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Aug 7 2008, 03:51 PM
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Tick tock, Bill Group: Administrator Posts: 8,764 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 333,948 |
Hmm. Time will only tell. Both are amazingly successful. I would imagine both authors are mature enough to appreciate and respect eachothers' successes.
Then again, there's always this.  Edward Cullen Vs Harry Potter |
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Aug 7 2008, 03:55 PM
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I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
this is harry potter
 this is bitch-ward cullen  (idk i used this cause it looked stupid to me)you know who the real  are gonna side with.
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Aug 7 2008, 05:07 PM
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 crushed. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 9,432 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 20,026 |
^
 seriously, f**k that. i have no right to judge because i haven't read the twilight books yet (but i am planning on it, really)-anyways, the twilight series might be in right now, as certain things are always in at certain times, but i highly doubt that this series can hold readers' attention for a decade like harry potter had. |
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Aug 7 2008, 06:13 PM
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 Lets value our lives. Group: Official Designer Posts: 235 Joined: Nov 2006 Member No: 478,298 |
QUOTE(freeridefight @ Aug 8 2008, 04:42 AM) f**k that. Harry potter is the shit and this is his time. Go home and cry you little vampire wannabes because this isn't your time. Twilight is a fad, and just like all the other little fads, it will pass. |
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Aug 7 2008, 07:22 PM
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 That's what she said. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,559 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 130,200 |
The Harry Potter series might be over but it still lives on in our hearts.
 But then again...I've never read the Twilight series, but STILL!As much as I love vampires. I must stay loyal to Harry Pothead. |
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Aug 7 2008, 08:38 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 621 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 387,078 |
Harry Potter is 10 times better. And no offense but J.K. Rowling is much better when it comes to writing.
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Aug 7 2008, 08:55 PM
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 Fellatio. Group: Official Member Posts: 2,122 Joined: Mar 2007 Member No: 511,775 |
I like The Harry Potter Movies, but the books are wayy long.
I enjoy Twilight's plot, but her writing style annoys me because it's really girly. Like Seriously, the way she talks = I WANNA f**kING SHOOT MYSELF. |
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Aug 7 2008, 09:03 PM
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i'm torn between both.
although I tend to lean more towards Twilight. BUT. only because where I live, all the fan girlyness is for Harry Potter. Twilight isn't as...well known. 
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Aug 7 2008, 09:04 PM
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Banned Group: Banned Posts: 700 Joined: Jun 2008 Member No: 658,432 |
Artemis Fowl > Harry Potter
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Aug 7 2008, 09:16 PM
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Jooleeah <3 Group: Official Designer Posts: 687 Joined: Jun 2008 Member No: 662,481 |
QUOTE(banhbao @ Aug 7 2008, 10:04 PM) BUT YES I HAVE BECOME A TWILIGHTER. zomg  Tragic. |
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Aug 7 2008, 09:17 PM
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I like them both, I've read a little bit of Twilight and it's kinda good.
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Aug 7 2008, 09:20 PM
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 I just like to smile, smiling's my favorite :-) Group: Official Member Posts: 3,008 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 601,399 |
QUOTE(stormbringer @ Aug 7 2008, 07:13 PM) Twilight is a fad, and just like all the other little fads, it will pass. then what would you call harry potter? a movement? i was a harry potter fan before i loved twilight. i will always like harry potter, just not as much as twilight. twilight and harry potter have different generas. twilight it purely romance with fiction, mixed in. where harry potter it solely fiction. harry potter cant be number one on the charts forever. but because the harry potter series is complete there are no more discussions on who will live and who will die. there are no more count downs till the next book comes out or releasing of cover art. everyone knows the whole story of harry potter. Stephanie Meyer is coming out with another book from the twilight series, midnight sun, so we twilighters still have more to wait for. and talk about. everyone knew harry potter would die down some day, and at least it was to something as great as twilight. so it all comes down to opinion when you try to decide whether harry potter or twilight is better. its obvious where i stand, |
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Aug 7 2008, 09:24 PM
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I just like to smile, smiling's my favorite :-) Group: Official Member Posts: 3,008 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 601,399 |
QUOTE(Hedonism @ Aug 7 2008, 09:55 PM) I like The Harry Potter Movies, but the books are wayy long. I enjoy Twilight's plot, but her writing style annoys me because it's really girly. Like Seriously, the way she talks = I WANNA f**kING SHOOT MYSELF. ITS TOLD IN A GIRL'S POINT OF VIEW! IT SHOULD BE! |
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Aug 7 2008, 09:42 PM
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I just like to smile, smiling's my favorite :-) Group: Official Member Posts: 3,008 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 601,399 |
^ i guess i get what your saying... a little
[random] i love your sig |
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Aug 7 2008, 09:50 PM
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I just like to smile, smiling's my favorite :-) Group: Official Member Posts: 3,008 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 601,399 |
why thank you. and i dont.
 you HAVE to read them!okay, back on topic before someone gets pissed off |
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Aug 7 2008, 09:59 PM
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I just like to smile, smiling's my favorite :-) Group: Official Member Posts: 3,008 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 601,399 |
*wipes drool*
 yes, yes he does.good luck, by the way. |
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Aug 7 2008, 10:46 PM
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Twilight sucks. Really, really sucks. There are about a billion more people who have no idea what Twilight is that did when the 4th rolled around (I'm just going to assume that sentence makes sense because am too lazy to edit). And as many books as it sold, it still is nowhere near Harry Potter's league.
Part of her reason for writing it, as a Mormon, was to "make abstinence sexy." ...ew |
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Aug 7 2008, 10:47 PM
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mercenary on call Group: Member Posts: 926 Joined: Aug 2006 Member No: 447,606 |
QUOTE(paperplane @ Aug 7 2008, 11:46 PM) Twilight sucks. Really, really sucks. There are about a billion more people who have no idea what Twilight is that did when the 4th rolled around (I'm just going to assume that sentence makes sense because am too lazy to edit). And as many books as it sold, it still is nowhere near Harry Potter's league. amen. Until she writes 7 books with as much popularity, I won't care. |
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Aug 8 2008, 03:07 AM
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Jooleeah <3 Group: Official Designer Posts: 687 Joined: Jun 2008 Member No: 662,481 |
QUOTE(paperplane @ Aug 7 2008, 11:46 PM) Part of her reason for writing it, as a Mormon, was to "make abstinence sexy." ...ew LOL a friend of mine who reads Twilight told me that Bella & Edward get married and Bella gets pregnant like, right away with a mutant half vampire, half human baby. My friend also told me that since Bella is still human she's forced to drink blood for the sake of the baby's survival. Uhm, wow. Ok, anyways...
Reason for edit: Please use spoiler tags! - Cristy
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Aug 8 2008, 03:51 AM
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QUOTE(brooklyneast05 @ Aug 7 2008, 11:35 AM) f**k that, harry potter for life. me and harry potter ride till we die bitchezzzzzzWORD |
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Aug 8 2008, 11:17 AM
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 <-[RaWR]-> Group: Member Posts: 180 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 102,133 |
fuack harry potter.
twilight all the way. that book is the ish ive read every single one over and over. i only read one harry potter book buaha the 6th QUOTE(berrypop90 @ Aug 8 2008, 03:07 AM) LOL a friend of mine who reads Twilight told me that Bella & Edward get married and Bella gets pregnant like, right away with a mutant half vampire, half human baby. My friend also told me that since Bella is still human she's forced to drink blood for the sake of the baby's survival. Uhm, wow. Ok, anyways... i couldnt help but read this post. thanks for the spoil  im still reading it 
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Aug 8 2008, 11:37 AM
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That's what she said. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,559 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 130,200 |
^ Please don't double post. Instead, edit your previous post if you'd like to add something.
 I don't know, I haven't read the books but it seems like most of the girls are obsessing over the actor that plays him in the movie rather than the book. But then again...I'M A HARRY POTTER LOVER. |
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Aug 8 2008, 12:01 PM
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Jooleeah <3 Group: Official Designer Posts: 687 Joined: Jun 2008 Member No: 662,481 |
QUOTE(Dabme @ Aug 8 2008, 12:17 PM) i couldnt help but read this post. thanks for the spoil im still reading it Lol my bad. And whoa! By the time the last movie comes out I will have been a Harry Potter fan for 11 years(I didn't get into HP til' I was 10 in 2000). That's a long time! |
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Aug 8 2008, 01:38 PM
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crushed. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 9,432 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 20,026 |
QUOTE(Dabme @ Aug 8 2008, 12:17 PM) fuack harry potter. twilight all the way. that book is the ish ive read every single one over and over. i only read one harry potter book buaha the 6th i couldnt help but read this post. thanks for the spoil im still reading it it would have been smart if you started with the first book. |
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Aug 8 2008, 01:58 PM
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QUOTE(Teesa @ Aug 8 2008, 01:38 PM) it would have been smart if you started with the first book. i tried reading the first book when it came out but it didnt really catch my attention. i have all of the harry potter books but the only one i really deemed interesting was the 6th. |
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Aug 8 2008, 01:59 PM
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^ Well the 6th doesn't really make sense unless you've read the previous ones? =\
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Aug 8 2008, 02:56 PM
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 the name's mario Group: Official Member Posts: 1,270 Joined: Jun 2008 Member No: 656,520 |
ha... harry potter all the way
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Aug 8 2008, 03:12 PM
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crushed. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 9,432 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 20,026 |
QUOTE(Dabme @ Aug 8 2008, 02:58 PM) i tried reading the first book when it came out but it didnt really catch my attention. i have all of the harry potter books but the only one i really deemed interesting was the 6th. how did you deem it interesting? by the title or something? just curious. |
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Aug 8 2008, 04:11 PM
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Jooleeah <3 Group: Official Designer Posts: 687 Joined: Jun 2008 Member No: 662,481 |
QUOTE(Dabme @ Aug 8 2008, 02:58 PM) i tried reading the first book when it came out but it didnt really catch my attention. i have all of the harry potter books but the only one i really deemed interesting was the 6th. Wait...WHAT? Why would you buy the books but not read them? Did you just watch the movies and then read the 6th one? 'Cause if so you're missing a whole lotta information. Ah well I guess, to each their own. Some people are satisfied with less than the best. |
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Aug 8 2008, 06:50 PM
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QUOTE(Hedonism @ Aug 7 2008, 09:55 PM) I like The Harry Potter Movies, but the books are wayy long. So you can't take the time and effort to read the books? The movies are fun to watch, but the books are much better. QUOTE(berrypop90 @ Aug 8 2008, 04:07 AM) LOL a friend of mine who reads Twilight told me that Bella & Edward get married and Bella gets pregnant like, right away with a mutant half vampire, half human baby. My friend also told me that since Bella is still human she's forced to drink blood for the sake of the baby's survival. Uhm, wow. Ok, anyways... berrypop90, please use spoiler tags! I edited them in for you this time, but you'll be warned if it happens again. QUOTE(Dabme @ Aug 8 2008, 12:17 PM) fuack harry potter. twilight all the way. that book is the ish ive read every single one over and over. i only read one harry potter book buaha the 6th You'd probably like HP more if you read the series starting from Sorcerer's Stone. Goblet of Fire is better than Half-Blood Prince, IMO. It's the last really good book in the series; the quality of the writing in the last two doesn't really compare to that of the first four. |
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Aug 8 2008, 07:21 PM
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 R U A Q T ? [; Group: Official Member Posts: 7,276 Joined: Jun 2006 Member No: 421,631 |
Tôi đă chưa bao giờ đọc Harry Potter vŕ Tôi chỉ có sự đọc Twilight
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Aug 9 2008, 04:30 AM
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 Lets Get Dead Group: Member Posts: 381 Joined: Apr 2008 Member No: 641,562 |
QUOTE(Teesa @ Aug 7 2008, 03:07 PM) ^ seriously, f**k that. i have no right to judge because i haven't read the twilight books yet (but i am planning on it, really)-anyways, the twilight series might be in right now, as certain things are always in at certain times, but i highly doubt that this series can hold readers' attention for a decade like harry potter had. Has this seriously been going on for ten years? Gah, I feel aged now. I tried to read Harry Potter but it bored me to death. Twilight is not well written, but I somehow got sucked in. It is like brain candy. LOTR is better than both. |
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Aug 9 2008, 12:57 PM
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 An original Harry Potter fan Group: Official Member Posts: 1,469 Joined: Jul 2007 Member No: 552,023 |
I have a headache because I LOVE HARRY POTTER But Since I have just started to read Twilight I think Twilight is pretty amazing too!!! Harry Potter has always pwnd all to me but Twilight is starting to test that. But as said earlier in the forum with out Harry Potter Robert Pattinson (aka Cedric Diggory and Edward Cullen) probably wouldn't have gotten the role. But all in all Harry Potter will never truly be out.
QUOTE(brooklyneast05 @ Aug 7 2008, 02:35 PM) f**k that, harry potter for life. me and harry potter ride till we die bitchezzzzzzAgreed as well!!! |
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Aug 9 2008, 01:02 PM
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Jooleeah <3 Group: Official Designer Posts: 687 Joined: Jun 2008 Member No: 662,481 |
QUOTE(only-tuesdays @ Aug 9 2008, 05:30 AM) Has this seriously been going on for ten years? Gah, I feel aged now. I tried to read Harry Potter but it bored me to death. Twilight is not well written, but I somehow got sucked in. It is like brain candy. LOTR is better than both. Eleven actually.  LOTR was my LIFE back in the day(I'm totally freaking serious, I was OBSESSED). I have the cardboard cutouts of Legolas & the hobbits(not on display anymore) haha I still enjoy watching the movies but I don't really think about it all that much anymore. |
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Aug 9 2008, 01:08 PM
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An original Harry Potter fan Group: Official Member Posts: 1,469 Joined: Jul 2007 Member No: 552,023 |
QUOTE(berrypop90 @ Aug 9 2008, 02:02 PM) Eleven actually. Yay I am so proud that you know that! |
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Aug 9 2008, 01:55 PM
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Lets Get Dead Group: Member Posts: 381 Joined: Apr 2008 Member No: 641,562 |
Gah. That is just strange to think about. So I was like ten years old when it started. Though, I don't think it was all that popular until a few years later right?
LOTR all the way. Did you ever go on Entmoot? I didn't get all that obsessive over the movies, the books are the main thing for me. |
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Aug 9 2008, 02:46 PM
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Jooleeah <3 Group: Official Designer Posts: 687 Joined: Jun 2008 Member No: 662,481 |
Lol I tried reading the LOTR books but I couldn't. I just obsessed over the movies. All the actors are so hot. xD
And you're right, HP didn't start getting really popular until around the year 2000. |
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Aug 9 2008, 03:18 PM
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Lets Get Dead Group: Member Posts: 381 Joined: Apr 2008 Member No: 641,562 |
lol Oh goodness. I liked the movies, but the thing I obsessed over was how true they were to the books.
I remember when Harry Potter started getting popular there was all this controversy over how it was "evil" because it was about witchcraft. 
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Aug 9 2008, 04:03 PM
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Man, as much as I enjoy the books, I'm actually really excited just for Robert Pattinson.
 What a babe.
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Aug 15 2008, 11:29 PM
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An original Harry Potter fan Group: Official Member Posts: 1,469 Joined: Jul 2007 Member No: 552,023 |
I saw this in the facebook Flair Application and I thought is was kinda funny but true!
 and this and this and this  and this
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Aug 16 2008, 12:14 AM
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Jooleeah <3 Group: Official Designer Posts: 687 Joined: Jun 2008 Member No: 662,481 |
^^ Lol I like all but 2 & 5
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Aug 17 2008, 09:58 PM
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An original Harry Potter fan Group: Official Member Posts: 1,469 Joined: Jul 2007 Member No: 552,023 |
QUOTE(berrypop90 @ Aug 16 2008, 01:14 AM) ^^ Lol I like all but 2 & 5 Ha ha thanks!!! it makes me happy that I could share what I found with you! QUOTE(banhbao @ Aug 16 2008, 11:06 AM) LOL. now this topic...is really true. Harry Potter out of the November slot, Twilight in. Hey at least it will come out around my birthday in July of 2009! and Harry Potter has had enough fandom to cause universal to build a theme park arond it! See!!! |
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Aug 18 2008, 07:33 AM
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I have yet to read one book from the Twilight series. My taste for literature is quite biased.
I'll sample something sometime so I can say more. 
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Aug 18 2008, 09:12 AM
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well i've never been into harry potter, but i guess
twilight looks interesting ... |
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Aug 18 2008, 09:47 AM
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An original Harry Potter fan Group: Official Member Posts: 1,469 Joined: Jul 2007 Member No: 552,023 |
I have recently found this while looking for info on twilight. I am NOT posting this to bash the writer I am just sharing what I found. Because Twilight dose come in as an extremely and I mean EXTREMELY close second as my favorite. I just wanted to say Harry Potter is still alive and well!!!
LINK TO STORY! |
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Aug 18 2008, 09:52 AM
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Tick tock, Bill Group: Administrator Posts: 8,764 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 333,948 |
You know, I just can't get into the author vs author thing. I mean, why not just enjoy the books? I'm not saying that people don't, I just don't understand the "versus" thing. lol
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Aug 18 2008, 12:16 PM
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harry potter sucks, as i'm sure twilight does, too.
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Aug 18 2008, 12:18 PM
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٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,309 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,593 |
Merge this topic with mine
 Kind of hard to beat an original. I mean when you have Mad TV, and Late night tv hosts like jimmy kimmel, jay leno, etc. making harry potter jokes, you know it's pretty popular. I never heard of twilight. i only knew about it from cB and all the threads on it lol. -merged, topic description edited. -Rebs
Reason for edit: You never say "mines"; it's "mine." >:| - Cristy
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Aug 18 2008, 01:43 PM
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 omnomnom Group: Member Posts: 1,776 Joined: Jul 2005 Member No: 180,688 |
Harry Potter wins.
gtfo perez hilton |
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Aug 18 2008, 10:05 PM
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QUOTE(banhbao @ Aug 8 2008, 09:12 PM) No the girls obsessing are actually in love with the character =/...sigh. haha. Twitards (yes, they actually call themselves that, and one of my friends pointed out that it's as though they combined "twit" and "retard") like Edward Cullen way too much. As perfect as they think he is (which he definitely isn't), an entire series shouldn't be loved so much just because of this one guy. QUOTE(banhbao @ Aug 18 2008, 01:26 PM) Um. lol of course Stephenie Meyer isn't the next J.K. Rowling. J.K can WRITE. Meyer unfortunately as I've said, cannot. Completely agreed. Rowling's writing is always so descriptive and witty. Meyer's is repetitive and too straightforward. |
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Aug 18 2008, 11:15 PM
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QUOTE(Elba @ Aug 18 2008, 01:16 PM) harry potter sucks, as i'm sure twilight does, too. Ick!!!  I don't agree with you but free speech and all right!?
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Aug 19 2008, 01:14 PM
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I think that the major difference between the two is that while Twilight and Stephenie Meyer are enjoying a huge success right now, Harry Potter is revered as a classic and will more than likely always be looked at that way.
Twilight, like the vampire novels Anne Rice writes, will also see great success for the years to come but will never be held in as high of a regard as the Potter series. They are fun books, nothing more. The Harry Potter series is arguably up there with the Chronicles of Narnia and Lord of the Rings series as far as classic novel series go. Meyer will never even be in the same sentence with Lewis or Tolkien. |
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Aug 19 2008, 01:46 PM
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That's what she said. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,559 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 130,200 |
That one's cute. I've yet to get my hands on Twilight but... Long live, harry potter!
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Aug 19 2008, 03:01 PM
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I can't exactly say JK Rowling is up there with Tolkein, Lewis etc etc, but at least her stuff's enjoyable to read; like Cristy said, it's descriptive and witty.
I've been veering away from Twilight for the past year and I gave up a few days ago and read the first book. It's soo badly-written yet so addicting... And it really ticks me off when people claim that Stephenie Meyer's an amazing author, and that Twilight is written really well. I mean, seriously, read the very first paragraph that starts the book (excluding prologue): "My mother drove me to the airport with the windows rolled down. It was seventy-five degrees in Phoenix, the sky a perfect, cloudless blue. I was wearing my favorite shirt sleeveless, white eyelet lace; I was wearing it as a farewell gesture. My carry-on item was a parka." No book can be actually good with that kind of beginning. It sounds like a fanfiction imo. :/ |
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Aug 19 2008, 03:40 PM
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QUOTE(superstitious @ Aug 19 2008, 11:14 AM) Twilight, like the vampire novels Anne Rice writes, will also see great success for the years to come but will never be held in as high of a regard as the Potter series. They are fun books, nothing more. The Harry Potter series is arguably up there with the Chronicles of Narnia and Lord of the Rings series as far as classic novel series go. Meyer will never even be in the same sentence with Lewis or Tolkien. I completely agree for the most part. Except, I don't think you should ever ever compare Anne Rice books to Twilight. They're both Vampire series, but Anne Rice is on a completely different level from Stephenie Meyer. She can actually write. I kind of cringe at the thought of Harry Potter being up there with Narnia and Lord of the Rings, but I think that is more of a personal preference coming through for me. I never got into HP, I tried. I read some of the books, I've seen some of the movies. (I actually really liked the one where Voldemort killed the guy playing Edward). But I just never liked it. It really bored me, and annoyed me to be honest. I might be wrong, but I don't think HP is anywhere near as deep and involved as Narnia or LOTR. Now if HP still holds the popularity it holds now ten years after the last movie is made, it might have more credibility. But right now it is just another fad. I am a fan of Twilight though. Only because it is like brain candy. I don't have to think when I'm reading it, and it really is like a guilty pleasure. I would absolutely prefer Anne Rice over Meyer though. No contest there. |
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Aug 19 2008, 03:41 PM
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HA!
Stephenie Meyer can in no way be compared to J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter is completely incredible. The novels grip you from the beginning, every single HP book meets a new standard. Stephenie Meyer has her days but I must say i wanted to rip my eyes out during the first half of New Moon. Twilight is clever but her writing isn't half as good and it thoroughly angers me how they moved the date of the Twilight Movie because now HP and Twilight have to compete for #1 in November. |
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Aug 25 2008, 09:11 PM
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Ha ha I just found this!
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Aug 25 2008, 10:08 PM
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Aug 25 2008, 10:11 PM
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QUOTE(berrypop90 @ Aug 25 2008, 11:08 PM) Ha ha!!!!! 
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Aug 26 2008, 01:16 AM
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holy shizz.
thats a lot my gf is freakin obsessed with this book i dunno what the big deal is lol. but i guess i'll read it
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Aug 27 2008, 08:21 AM
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I just like to smile, smiling's my favorite :-) Group: Official Member Posts: 3,008 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 601,399 |
QUOTE(Gryffindor-Girl @ Aug 25 2008, 10:11 PM) thats good! lmao..... i wonder if there will be
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Aug 27 2008, 09:50 AM
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QUOTE(berrypop90 @ Aug 25 2008, 11:08 PM) I think that if anyone's going to talk about Stephenie Meyer, they should at least spell her name right. |
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Aug 27 2008, 10:01 AM
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Wow. You know, I see more inane and cruel remarks from Potter fans regarding Meyer than I do Twilight fans remarking on Rowling. At this point, I'm seeing more maturity from Twilight fans. That's just from personal experience and from what I've responses/blogs I've read.
Oh well. This post has been edited by superstitious: Aug 27 2008, 12:00 PM
Reason for edit: I don't know what the fuck is with my spelling/grammar lately.
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Aug 27 2008, 11:06 AM
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QUOTE(jaeminnie @ Aug 27 2008, 10:50 AM) I think that if anyone's going to talk about Stephenie Meyer, they should at least spell her name right. It gets the point across.
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Aug 27 2008, 11:47 AM
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I just like to smile, smiling's my favorite :-) Group: Official Member Posts: 3,008 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 601,399 |
QUOTE(jaeminnie @ Aug 27 2008, 10:50 AM) I think that if anyone's going to talk about Stephenie Meyer, they should at least spell her name right. LMAOQUOTE(superstitious @ Aug 27 2008, 11:01 AM) Wow. You know, I see more inane and cruel remarks from Potter fans regarding Meyer than I do Twilight fans remarking on Rowling. At this point, I'm seeing more mature from Twilight fans. That's just from personal experience and from what I've responses/blogs I've read. Oh well. thats because Twilight fans are better than Potter fans and the Potter fans feel more threatened by Twilight fans than Twilight fans feel about Potter fans
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Aug 27 2008, 11:56 AM
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QUOTE(JokeInsideJoke @ Aug 27 2008, 11:47 AM) thats because Twilight fans are better than Potter fans and the Potter fans feel more threatened by Twilight fans than Twilight fans feel about Potter fansYou just tainted my response with irony. :[ |
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Aug 27 2008, 11:58 AM
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I just like to smile, smiling's my favorite :-) Group: Official Member Posts: 3,008 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 601,399 |
QUOTE(superstitious @ Aug 27 2008, 12:56 PM) You just tainted my response with irony. :[ it had to be said
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Aug 27 2008, 02:14 PM
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From what I gather here and in real life, most Twilight fans were originally Harry Potter fans so they can't really say anything negative towards it.
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Aug 27 2008, 02:18 PM
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QUOTE(berrypop90 @ Aug 27 2008, 02:14 PM) From what I gather here and in real life, most Twilight fans were originally Harry Potter fans so they can't really say anything negative towards it. Oh I'm sure they can come up with cute little buttons too. My point is, you can be a fan of both, recognize the two in their respective successes without resorting to oh so and so sucks wah wah wah because your fandom isn't the ONLY fandom in existence. |
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QUOTE(superstitious @ Aug 27 2008, 11:01 AM) Wow. You know, I see more inane and cruel remarks from Potter fans regarding Meyer than I do Twilight fans remarking on Rowling. At this point, I'm seeing more maturity from Twilight fans. That's just from personal experience and from what I've responses/blogs I've read. Oh well. Making abstinence sexy, Rebecca. Making abstinence sexy. |
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Aug 27 2008, 02:21 PM
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Tick tock, Bill Group: Administrator Posts: 8,764 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 333,948 |
Well, the book was written by a Mormon.
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Aug 28 2008, 08:25 AM
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I just like to smile, smiling's my favorite :-) Group: Official Member Posts: 3,008 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 601,399 |
thi topic gives me a head ache QUOTE(superstitious @ Aug 27 2008, 03:18 PM) Oh I'm sure they can come up with cute little buttons too. My point is, you can be a fan of both, recognize the two in their respective successes without resorting to oh so and so sucks wah wah wah because your fandom isn't the ONLY fandom in existence. very nicley put. QUOTE(paperplane @ Aug 27 2008, 03:20 PM) Making abstinence sexy, Rebecca. Making abstinence sexy.
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Aug 28 2008, 08:53 PM
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QUOTE(JokeInsideJoke @ Aug 27 2008, 12:47 PM) LMAOthats because Twilight fans are better than Potter fans and the Potter fans feel more threatened by Twilight fans than Twilight fans feel about Potter fansI am a cat and this is my response to that HISSSSSSS! QUOTE(JokeInsideJoke @ Aug 27 2008, 12:58 PM) QUOTE(superstitious @ Aug 27 2008, 12:56 PM) You just tainted my response with irony. :[ it had to be saidand NO it didn't I love them BOTH but this is getting riddikulus I feel like I have to choose a side like Bella Vampire or Warewolfe ick. QUOTE(JokeInsideJoke @ Aug 28 2008, 09:25 AM) thi topic gives me a head acheYA THINK!!! |
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Aug 28 2008, 09:59 PM
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 Hey, I'm Mike Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 1,272 Joined: May 2006 Member No: 406,241 |
QUOTE(berrypop90 @ Aug 7 2008, 03:52 PM) F*CK that! Harry Potter will never be beaten! My friends and I were just having a discussion about this. We were saying how Twilight is read mostly by teens/pre-teens and Harry Potter spans all generations and has touched more hearts that Twilight EVER could. I have to agree with that
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Aug 28 2008, 10:03 PM
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QUOTE(IVIike @ Aug 28 2008, 10:59 PM) I have to agree with that And that my dear friend Mike that is why I like you! (well not "like like" I like you as a person.) |
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Aug 28 2008, 10:04 PM
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QUOTE(Gryffindor-Girl @ Aug 28 2008, 11:03 PM) And that my dear friend Mike that is why I like you! (well not "like like" I like you as a person.) So you like anyone who agrees that HP > Twilight? Haha. I guess you like me too, then. You don't have to choose a side; just appreciate the two series for what they are. No one said that you couldn't be in two fandoms at once. |
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Aug 28 2008, 10:06 PM
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Dang this topic is never-ending. o.O Crazy.
And, uh, once again: Harry Potter > Twilight. Just to stay on topic.
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Aug 28 2008, 10:07 PM
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QUOTE(jaeminnie @ Aug 28 2008, 11:04 PM) So you like anyone who agrees that HP > Twilight? Haha. I guess you like me too, then. You don't have to choose a side; just appreciate the two series for what they are. No one said that you couldn't be in two fandoms at once. Well then Hello new friend and thanks for the advice! |
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Aug 28 2008, 10:11 PM
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QUOTE(berrypop90 @ Aug 28 2008, 11:06 PM) Dang this topic is never-ending. o.O Crazy. Haha, there will always be those silly people who think Twilight is better than HP, when clearly they aren't comparable. QUOTE(Gryffindor-Girl @ Aug 28 2008, 11:07 PM) Well then Hello new friend and thanks for the advice! Hello there  , and you are welcome.
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Aug 28 2008, 10:43 PM
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Hey, I'm Mike Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 1,272 Joined: May 2006 Member No: 406,241 |
QUOTE(Gryffindor-Girl @ Aug 28 2008, 11:03 PM) And that my dear friend Mike that is why I like you! (well not "like like" I like you as a person.) haha thanks
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Aug 28 2008, 10:54 PM
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QUOTE(IVIike @ Aug 28 2008, 11:43 PM) haha thanks you are very welcome! |
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Aug 28 2008, 10:58 PM
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Stop spamming.
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Aug 28 2008, 10:59 PM
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QUOTE(Tungster @ Aug 28 2008, 11:58 PM) Stop spamming. YOU TELL 'EM, TUNG! |
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Aug 28 2008, 11:27 PM
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QUOTE(Tungster @ Aug 28 2008, 11:58 PM) Stop spamming. Sorry! 
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Aug 28 2008, 11:32 PM
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How can you compare a wizard to a vampire? That's like comparing Star Wars to Lord of the Rings. The only thing that they have in common is that they're never ending and people go crazy-freaking-gaga for them.
I like Twilight better, but that's out of preference. But..still. |
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Aug 29 2008, 02:29 PM
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QUOTE(technicolour @ Aug 29 2008, 12:32 AM) How can you compare a wizard to a vampire? That's like comparing Star Wars to Lord of the Rings. The only thing that they have in common is that they're never ending and people go crazy-freaking-gaga for them. I agree with you on that that is why I am sick of people comparing them and why I had a headache before. Because there is no way Twilight can be the "new" Harry Potter. |
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Sep 7 2008, 05:30 PM
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haha thats so true.
i love twilight |
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Sep 10 2008, 10:09 PM
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Eh, personally, I don't like either. I think J.K. Rowling just suddenly threw in the most random of things in her books, nearing towards the end. "Dumbledore's gay!"--okay, but what does have to do with anything in the plot, how does it enhance it, etc.
Twilight is cute, but Stephanie Meyers is not a good author. There is no development in character, and I guess there's just not much substance to Bella and Edwards. |
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Sep 11 2008, 02:04 AM
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in a matter of time Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,151 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 191,357 |
^ I'm glad at least that Dumbledore's sexual orientation played NO PART in the plot, it was more of an afterthought thrown out there, perhaps to enhance sales? At least there wasn't a chapter in the last book where he told Harry he was gay or something. That would just piss me off to no end.
Well actually you can't really say it played no part in the plot, what with Grindelwald. Of course this is just an assumed relationship... |
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Sep 11 2008, 03:21 AM
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Haha, check out this Facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=22172267029 A lot of stuff people wrote there is quite funny yet true... |
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Sep 12 2008, 07:45 PM
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   I swear I didn't make these other facebook flair users did. |
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