Jasper's Darlins thinks that there has been way too much negativity in this Fandom lately, and quite frankly, I agree. This post today is to do away with that negativity to, hopefully, make it positive. So here is my story about how I discovered Twilight and the Fandom behind it...
It was a dark afternoon. Ok, I'm not getting that angsty, but how I found out about Twilight was pretty simple. A friend down the street (Holla Telly!) was reading this book about vampires. I reacted like any Harry Potter fan would have, 'Really, vampires? I understand boy wizards, but...' So I went on and on about how ridiculous the idea of reading that then God-awful book. Telly stopped my rambling, 'No, you haven't read this. You have to.' I took the book from her hands and agreed. Moving back up to my house in my then-in-style-ultra-flare-jeans (it was 2006 and the 90s was back) I opened the door, plopped onto my couch and read.
Four damn hours, one sitting, a headache from reading, and I was in love. I immediately got onto my laptop, searched for something Twilight related and got... nothing. It was drought online! New Moon wasn't in my vocab until later that year (I did the HP thing during the gap). I read that book, hating Edward and wanting to do naughty things to Jake.
Online again I went, and guess what? Fansites. A plethora of them, might I add. I overloaded on blogs, commenting like a mad woman. Each reply I got back was actually nice, non like the HP sites.
Then the news of the movie deal spread. I spazzed out even more, deciding to make a blog (that turned out horrible, by the way). More into the Fandom I went, then finding this one site. Fanfiction.net. This was like the best thing I had ever seen. I opened up a new story and dived right in...
So that was my Twilight story, but why am I immersed into this Fandom? Well, it is welcoming. That's the main reason. I have never known any other fanbase that has welcomed anyone with open arms. And they, you, did it to me. Four years running I have been caught up in it, and for four more years I'll stay.
You can't have a post without the recs:
Living on the streets is hard for Bella Swan, but not as hard as putting up with Edward Cullen when he drags her into his lifestyle of sex, drugs and Rock and Roll. Will they be able to help each other before they kill each other?
I found this ages ago (when it had about 100 reviews), but I never got around to reading it. I just found it on my bookmarks, so I hope that you can bookmark it, too.
