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[Pennywise]

Awesome, I like vampires and lesbians, now I can watch both at the same time

 

[Katherine]

Katie, I see no problem with it, the Twilight series, from what I have gathered, is basically just a love story that happens to involve vampires and werewolves. In reality it's no worse than her reading the full Harry Potter series.

The Sookie Stackhouse books I would be holding off for a few more years though


As for that picture, I'm not sure if I should feel dirty or not for looking at it. How old are those two???

I am allowing her to read the first two book of the series. I've never censoured what she reads to a point of cause.

Her father has a major problem with it. Calling it Chick Lit Soft Porn which is written for teenage girls and women who are able to contextualize the shallow charactersations and vapid plot devices of Twilight within their own experiences with members of the opposite sex. Just because something is immensely popular doesn't mean it has any intrinsic worth. Ponder on the fact that organised religion, human sacrifice, alcohol, tobacco, female circumcision, gladiatorial combat, pornography, infanticide etc., have all been wildly popular throughout the ages.

Though he has no problem with her reading and watch DR WHO...

I assumed Twilight, like Harry Potter, was for kids - books and the movies.

Or adults who struggle to get beyond the primary school reading list?

It is apparently aimed from 12 onwards but she is a clever cookie. Most of her life she has being pushed towards a more alternative scene but as she is getting older she is showing interest in popular culture and the mainstream. I want her to decide who she wants to be and not a mini version of her parents.


CM2 it is the non topic section.

 

[Airgead]

Though he has no problem with her reading and watch DR WHO...

Come on... Dr Who is fantastic. Both my kids watch it. I am enough of a geek to admit to havign every episode of Dr Who right from the first Hartnall. Its only 65 DVDs.

And it has a complete lack of sparkly, angst filled vampires.

 

[brettprevans]

CM2 it is the non topic section.

thats even worse. its all the grubby homebrewers that cant be bothered talking about homebrewing so we talk shite! lol.

your her mother. let her read what you want her to, when she's with you and he can let her read what he wants her to when she's with him.

Is there something bad about Dr Who books? I cant remember. I read them all as a 10 year old.

 

[Katherine]

I have no problem with Dr Who, she has watched it forever. Nothing also wrong with the Dr Who books but is it a high level of Literature? It has scary darlicks and monsters in it. Whats the difference between that and vampires?

And I had already made my decision on what to do I just thought it would be interesting to see what others thought and this forum being male.

 

[schooey]

I am allowing her to read the first two book of the series. I've never censoured what she reads to a point of cause.

Her father has a major problem with it. Calling it Chick Lit Soft Porn which is written for teenage girls and women who are able to contextualize the shallow charactersations and vapid plot devices of Twilight within their own experiences with members of the opposite sex. Just because something is immensely popular doesn't mean it has any intrinsic worth. Ponder on the fact that organised religion, human sacrifice, alcohol, tobacco, female circumcision, gladiatorial combat, pornography, infanticide etc., have all been wildly popular throughout the ages.

Though he has no problem with her reading and watch DR WHO...

Our daughter read the first of the series at 10, Katie. My wife read it first (struggled to, I will admit) to see what she was in for. She says it is nothing worse than what she would be exposed to in mainstream advertising and schoolyard conversations. I think soft porn is going a bit OTT and maybe you need to remind her father that some of his opinions are why you aren't a couple anymore...

 

[Katherine]

Our daughter read the first of the series at 10, Katie. My wife read it first (struggled to, I will admit) to see what she was in for. She says it is nothing worse than what she would be exposed to in mainstream advertising and schoolyard conversations. I think soft porn is going a bit OTT and maybe you need to remind her father that some of his opinions are why you aren't a couple anymore...

We always agreed that we would not censour what she reads (within reason) and now I hit this! Ummmm I have everyday stuggles with this person which is kind of getting better there is no reason on reminding why we are not together LOL! but yes good point.

 

[AndrewQLD]

Our daughter read the first of the series at 10, Katie. My wife read it first (struggled to, I will admit) to see what she was in for. She says it is nothing worse than what she would be exposed to in mainstream advertising and schoolyard conversations. I think soft porn is going a bit OTT and maybe you need to remind her father that some of his opinions are why you aren't a couple anymore...

Now that's what I call an honest opinion, and I couldn't agree more.
While the books and movies bored me to tears, I too read and watched them as a concerned father and it's more about love transcending all boundaries :icon_vomit: than anything lustful or pornographic.
I'm pretty sure she will enjoy the books immensely.

Andrew

 

[brettprevans]

I have no problem with Dr Who, she has watched it forever. Nothing also wrong with the Dr Who books but is it a high level of Literature? It has scary darlicks and monsters in it. Whats the difference between that and vampires?

And I had already made my decision on what to do I just thought it would be interesting to see what others thought and this forum being male.

im not critisising KT.

I havent seen the films or read the books, so I wouldnt know. I would have thought it was pretty soft comepared to the vampire chronicles (correct name? with Lystat? etc, the orginal Interview with the vampire stuff. that was apparently pretty adult).

suggest that she read Radical Brewing by Mosher instead. Its a 'fringe' book :blink: :lol:

 

[Katherine]

im not critisising KT.

I havent seen the films or read the books, so I wouldnt know. I would have thought it was pretty soft comepared to the vampire chronicles (correct name? with Lystat? etc, the orginal Interview with the vampire stuff. that was apparently pretty adult).

suggest that she read Radical Brewing by Mosher instead. Its a 'fringe' book :blink: :lol:

funny you say... 3 years ago she was 5 she read out loud the beginner help for BIAB. So funny.

She never really liked me brewing!

 

[Airgead]

I havent seen the films or read the books, so I wouldnt know. I would have thought it was pretty soft comepared to the vampire chronicles (correct name? with Lystat? etc, the orginal Interview with the vampire stuff. that was apparently pretty adult).

They were. Actually the author published full on S&M porn novels as well under a diferent name.

Again... don't ask me how I know this.

At least they had proper vampires in them.

 

[Katherine]

They were. Actually the author published full on S&M porn novels as well under a diferent name.

Again... don't ask me how I know this.

At least they had proper vampires in them.

What has S&M got to do with vampires?

Are vampires real?

dont worry folks he will discuss the merits of various literary genres this evening.

 

[Pennywise]

Are vampires real?

Yes, but warewolves aren't

 

[bum]

I think the real question is whether it is appropriate for ANYONE to read the twilight series. Reading then will just encourage more bad vampire fiction to be written and for the good of humanity we can't let that happen.

Uh...I think it is best that you don't go into a bookshop for the next little while.

 

[brettprevans]

i am about to watch abc's iview to watch the 2 episodes of dr who i missed. no bookshop here,

although theres nothing wrong with a good book. i love philosophy and left someone dumbfounded and skeptical today when i pointed out to them that matrix is just a rip off of descartes. which is klinda sad considering they are 20yrs older than me and supposedly (according to then0 ore edcuated than me).

anyways bring on Dr Who and more of my King Cali Amber Ale.,

 

[bum]

If that is true then Descartes ripped of the New Testament.

 

[brettprevans]

If that is true then Descartes ripped of the New Testament.

im not familiar enough with most of the bible to know what your referring to. Please elaborate. Im very interested.

 

[Leigh]

im not familiar enough with most of the bible to know what your referring to. Please elaborate. Im very interested.

Read here Brett, gives a pretty good comparison/review of the ideas in the Matrix...

 

[Katherine]

Christopher Eccleston the ninth doctor is my fav doctor that series was fantastic! It was a love story!

 

[raven19]

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