Icons =D

2009-07-03T22:10:35Z

I have some icons to post!

16x The World Ends With You
2x Supernatural cast
2x Misc. Celebs

The animated ones were an experiment

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Wow. Haven't updated in a long time.

2009-05-23T16:42:13Z

But I'm alive. And well.

It's summer now, so I plan to start making more icons. That's really all I have to say.

Randomness.

2008-08-13T23:46:10Z

Just a quick update.

School is going great.

I got a new mood theme, and I'm currently working on a Kyo Kara Maou one.

I'm also about to start a KKM 100 theme icon challenge. So. We'll see how that goes.

School is starting tomorrow.

2008-08-11T00:19:02Z

So, my senior year of high school starts tomorrow. I'm pretty excited, I guess. Also a little bummed because who likes waking up early for school, really?

Anyway, I need to get my schedule switched around. For some reason I'm in Theater Lit. instead of Creative Writing/Mythology 2, and that was the class I was looking the most forward too. So I'll get that fixed. Hopefully. I'm in design, musical theater, and either theater three or four depending on how my schedule switching goes. So that's good.

I'll get to see all my friends again, and all my favorite teachers. Seriously, I love the teachers at my school. A lot. They're all pretty awesome.

Tomorrow, after school, I get to buy some clothes, even though I don't need them because my school wears uniforms but OH WELL.

Maybe sometime after school I'll make some more icons. I have some ideas for some anti-Twilight ones. And the lack of Kyo Kara Maou love is criminal.

A Twilight rant.

2008-08-10T05:31:48Z

I wrote a rant about the sexism in Twilight a while ago.

Just decided to post it here. This was before Breaking Dawn came out.

I hate the Twilight Series by Stephine Meyer.

Really, I do. Now, I know it sounds harsh, but I really truly do. For many reasons. I'm a book lover, and Twilight is just poor literature. No literary elements, no character development, and the purple prose is so thick, it's hard to understand what Meyer is actually getting at. But as a book lover, I'm well aware not every book needs to be a classic. In fact, I actually enjoyed Eragon.

So my problem doesn't lie in the poor writing, though that certainly has something to do with it. So, what then, could make me hate a book that it seems every one of my peers love? It's almost like it insulted some of my core beliefs!

Oh wait. It did.

Now, for coherency and length purposes I'm going to discuss the Twilight series in three main categories: The "Heroine" Bella, The "Boyfriend" Edward and Their Relationship, and The Other Females.

The "Heroine" Bella

Twilight is written in first person, so through out the course of the book we're subjected to Bella's every thought, and need. We're also seeing the world as Bella sees it. Bella is given as little personality as possible, so the reader can step into her shoes. She's described as plain, yet every boy in the book wants her. However, she rejects all their advances, no matter how friendly. However, once Edward steps in, it's all over. Edward is a beautiful, gorgeous vampire.

Once Edward and Bella get together, Bella is completely dependent upon him. He becomes her entire life. Bella has no friends outside of Edward. The few people she talks to are so few and far between, they hardly count. The closes thing Bella has to a friend outside of Edward is Jacob, but she gives him up once Edward becomes jealous, and forbids their hanging out. After two weeks of being together, Bella decides to give up her life and become a vampire. Pretty bad, huh? And the worst part is, the only reason given for Bella loving Edward is how hot he is. There are seriously over 100 references to Edward's beauty in the first book alone. I counted.

Now what kind of message is that? A guy is worth everything so long as he's hot? Never do Bella and Edward have a real conversation where falling in love happens. All we hear from Bella is how insanely gorgeous Edward is. Never once does Bella even spare a thought for any of her other "friends". And that seems to set a theme for Twilight. That your boyfriend is the most important thing in your life.

Bella is a weak character. In the beginning of the first book, a boy pricks his finger and Bella almost faints at the sight of it so, of course, one of the boys in her class has to take her out. And this is just the first instance of Bella having to be saved by a big strong man. As the book progresses, Bella finds herself in various dangerous situations. She almost gets hit by a truck. Guess who saves her? Edward. Bella goes with her friends on a shopping trip to seem normal, and she separates from her friends and ends up an a back alley with some guys who want to take advantage of her. Does she scream? Call for help? Try to fight for herself? She thinks about it, then remembers she's a girl so what's the point? But then Edward swoops in and saves the day! This continues on throughout the whole book. Normally while Bella describes her intense fear, and how she feels like feinting. Typical damsel in distress. This girl is nothing with out her man. In fact, in New Moon, she because some depressed that she can't even remember what went on in her life for three months when Edward leaves. Real healthy.

She treats the other boys in the series even worse. She begins using Jacob to do dangerous things so she can hear Edward's voice in her head. She leads intentionally leads Jacob, her only friend, on so she can hear a voice in her head. Mike shows interest in Bella, but doesn't push it it and is perfectly nice and Bella completely brushes him off as a "golden retriever". Eric offers to help her find her way to class and he gets branded as an over helpful nerd. Again, the message here is clear. Do whatever you have to so you can be with your ultra hot boyfriend. The stereotype is also clear: Women are controlling bitches. But that become more apparent later with the other female characters in the book.

The "Boyfriend" Edward and the Relationship

Let's discuss this. The main point of Twilight. The part of the book that encourages young girls to date abusive men, and give up all sense of independence. This is the things that gets me most about Twilight.

Edward is described and portrayed as the perfect man. He's hot, sexy, plays the piano and is a mind reading vampire. What's not to love, right? This dude even sparkles.

Well, there's a lot.

Edward has complete control over Bella's life. Part of this is due to her obsessive nature, but it's also in part to the way he manipulates and abuses her. He starts off following Bella's smell around, and watching her sleep with out her permission or knowledge. That is stalking, and it is illegal. Later on, he invades Bella's privacy by listening in to all her conversations via her friend's minds. He even goes so far as to take the engine out her car so she can't see her best friend. A friend who Edward claims would be dangerous, and a threat to Bella. But this claim holds no water. Bella's best friend is a werewolf, but none of the werewolves have ever tried to hurt Bella, yet Jasper, Edward's vampire brother, tried once to kill her. Then, it is Edward's jealousy that leads him to more abusive, and illegal, behavior. Bella accepts it because she's afraid of Edward leaving her, and of course that age old excuse of, "He only does it because he loves me!"

The relationship in the Twilight series is a very unhealthy one. Both parties are very obsessive, and Edward is abusive. Bella's mind is constantly on Edward. She leaves her friends, and pushes her family to the background all for Edward's sake after dating him for what? Two weeks? She has no life out side Edward, save maybe Jacob. That's not healthy at all. A woman's life should never revolve around a boyfriend. Bella is so obsessed that she falls into depression when Edward leaves after they'd been dating for somewhere around three months. Any normal, healthy person might be sad, but falling into a state of depression where you can't remember anything is not normal, nor healthy, and never will be normal for a three month relationship.

Now, what really gets me here is that so many girls aged 12-17 and older are saying how much they want an Edward of their own. They want someone to "love" them so much they control their every move. That is not right. Edward was stalking Bella. Literally stalking. Following her without permission, and they see no problem with this! What happened to feminism girls? What happened to having you own freedom? What happened to an equal relationship?

It really gets scary sometimes. I once had a conversation with a girl about how abusive Edward was. Her response was, "Yeah, but he's hot!"

Oi.

The Other Females

Every other female in Twilight is shallow, manipulative, and unimportant. The closest you get to a strong female character is Alice, Edward's sister. As the book progresses, however, we find out she's just obsessed with shopping and party, and she's very materialistic. In fact, she kidnaps Bella under Edward's orders for a new car. Didn't I mention the kidnapping? No? Yikes.

Esme, Edward's mom, doesn't really do much but be a maternal figure. Rosalie, Edward's sister, is vain and hates Bella and is later turned into a bitter victim. Angela is Bella's best human friend, but she's hardly around and has very little personality. Jessica tries to make friends with Bella apparently because she wants to be popular. Bella's mother is flighty, irresponsible, and unable to take care of herself. The only female werewolf, Leah, lusts after the pack leader and is judgemental and makes everything harder on all the boys.

All of them have boyfriends that are stronger or more capable then they are.

I could go on and on about this book, but I think I've gone on long enough. Is this what we, as feminist, are encouraging young girls to read? A book's that's primary message is "You're boyfriend is your life?". Not to mention the abusive/obsessive relationship the main characters have. This is a popular book. A very popular book. And girls are eating it up. Meyer presents all this sexism and misogyny as an idea situation. I think, no.

Wow. An update.

2008-06-05T21:19:43Z

So, I go forever with out updating this thing. But what with the new anti-Twilight groups I've recently joined, I figured it was time to brush off the cobwebs.

To celebrate my return, I give you icons.

10x Avatar: The Last Airbender
5x Death Note
1x Kyo Kara Maou
2x Zelda: CD-I
1x The Dark Knight
5x Speed Racer
7x Anti-Twilight

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Created with angelamaria's Icon Table Generator @ Bauble

Icons!

2007-09-04T23:30:30Z

Ahaha.

So. Forever without an update. And here I am now with some icons. <3

5x Avatar: The Last Airbender
1x Jonas Brothers
2x Text
3x Sibling icons

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Created with angelamaria's Icon Table Generator @ Bauble

1- Vindicated by Dashboard Confessionals
4- Quote from 300
6- So Much Love by The Rocket Summer
7- That's Just The Way We Roll by Jonas Brothers

In Honor of My New Live Journal...

2007-03-27T03:13:39Z

So. I made some icons. Just to honor my new Live Journal. I'm relatively new to Photoshop, so I needed some practice.
Anyway.

4x Avatar: The Last Airbender
1x Danny Phantom
1x Heroes

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Created with angelamaria's Icon Table Generator @ Bauble

First Post

2007-03-20T03:36:13Z

Hopefully I'll get this up soon.

Chaotic Bender

Icons =D

Wow. Haven't updated in a long time.

Randomness.

School is starting tomorrow.

A Twilight rant.

Wow. An update.

Icons!

In Honor of My New Live Journal...

First Post