AN: Hello! This is my first fan fiction, yes. But please don't go easy on me because of that! This is full of Twilight Bashing (obviously) and flames are accepted… Actually encouraged. If you are a Twilight fan, and you would like to tell me why your precious little "books" are so much better, please let me know why you think so, I'm interested to know why you think so. In fact I'm even going to make this promise now, and you can quote me on this (invalid after completion of story): Any reason a twitard gives me supporting the opinion that Twilight is better, I WILL acknowledge in my writing. It will most likely be to explain why I believe they are mistaken, but if I can't FIND a retort (very unlikely considering I'm an honorary Hufflepuff) I will post it and it will count as -1 on my list (meaning instead of 100 I will need to post 105 if I get 5 reasons I can't find an argument against) Review, Flame, Favorite, which ever you want!
100 Reasons Why Harry Potter Beats Twilight
The characters in Harry Potter are better role models compared to those of Twilight. Examples: Edward and Bella teach readers in New Moon that if you can't be with the person you love you should commit suicide or you don't really love them. Hermione and Ron teach readers (referring to when Ron left during The Deathly Hallows) that it's tough when the person you love isn't with you, but instead of wallowing around in self pity you should focus on the situation at hand (i.e. Destroying the horcruxes).
Harry Potter appeals to a larger audience then Twilight. Twilight is thrown at teenage girls, and while some others do enjoy the books, at least 90% of its fans are girls between the ages of 12 and 18. While Harry Potter on the other hand is enjoyed by almost all age groups. The first time I read (well actually my mom read it to me) Harry Potter was in the first grade when I was 6, and I've loved it ever since (that's 8 years without growing out of it!). In fact a few days ago I was visiting my friend for a sleep over, and at the dinner table everyone in her family began discussing Harry Potter, from her 8 year old brother to her 70 something year old grandfather.
Robert Pattison has said himself; multiple times that he hates Twilight. When even the star of the movie hates it, you know something's wrong. Daniel Radcliffe on the other hand cried, yes CRIED like a child at the premier of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.
In Harry Potter J.K. Rowling created a world, complete with hundreds of magical creatures, hundreds of locations and subplots, and loads of characters. Stephenie Meyer created a story, about 10 characters, about 3 locations mentioned, practically no subplots, and 2 magical creatures.
Stephen King, one of the best authors of our time period, has come out and said that (this is a direct quote) "Both Rowling and Meyer, they're speaking directly to young people. … The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can't write worth a darn. She's not very good." Now while it's just another person's opinion, I can't find anywhere that someone so well known or famous has said something like this but vise-versa.
6. As J.K. Rowling said in a sneak peak for The Deathly Hallows, with the obvious exception of Voldemort, no characters are entirely good or bad. Dumbledore for example, (*SPOILER*) wasn't always the kind old man we knew him as in the first 6 books. As we learned in The Deathly Hallows, when he was young he envisioned wizard supremacy over muggles, or Snape who actually was told by Dumbledore to kill him on top of the astronomy tower, and was working for The Order of the Phoenix, and protecting Harry the whole time! (*END SPOLER*) But in Twilight, the good guys, lets say Carlisle in this case, are almost always entirely good, with no dark past, and are always seen as perfect, and vice-versa with the bad guys.
The characters in Harry Potter are loved for their personalities, not because they are "hot". You ask a Twilight fan why they love Edward/Jacob, and 99% of the time their answer will be "Because he's hot!" But you ask a Harry Potter fan and almost always it will be a personality based answer. i.e. "because he needs some love" "because he's so funny" "because he's so caring" ect.
What Bella and Edward have is NOT true love. It's lust. True love takes time to develop. Bella supposedly fell in love with Edward in the first half of the first book. Harry and Ginny fell in love over the course of 6 years, Ron and Hermione over the course of 7.
This is a pretty generic one, but Jacob Black is a total rip-off of Sirius Black.
He has a motorcycle
His last names Black
While Sirius isn't a werewolf, he can transform into a large dog.
Both tend to be pretty sarcastic and funny (or more realistically Jacob tries to be sarcastic and funny)
I mean siriusly, what was Stephenie Meyer thinking?
Dumbledore totally bashed Twilight before it existed
Dumbledore: "It does not do well to dwell on dreams
Stephenie Meyer: "Well the idea for Twilight came to me in a dream"
AN: Okay, that's all for now, I'll probably post more in the next few days. Like I said earlier, if you want to flame please do. I'm sorry if I offended anyone… actually no, I'm not.
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