Contra’s video about twilight really got me to rethink Meyer. I’m not calling her a master of her craft like Tamsyn Muir, Arkaday Martine, or Ursula K. LeGuinn or anything, but she wrote something that a ton of people loved. Not all art needs to be particularly skillfully made or particularly deep to be cherished. And in retrospect it’s clear that the backlash was largely because it was primarily loved by teenage girls and middle aged women. I know that’s why I judged it.
Also Meyer has just remained a general class act despite the bullying, which speaks to her character and is refreshing compared to the other major YA author of her era.
Complete side note: I love seeing Ursula K. LeGuinn mentioned when talking about masters of the craft. She’s a god damned genius and the entire reason I got into fantasy, which is the reason I read so much to this day.
To at least pretend to be on topic: a lot of folks, myself especially, missed out on a lot of really cool shit because it was enjoyed by teen girls. I was bad about making fun of those things (I hated anything popular for a long time, especially if it was aimed in that particular direction). Twilight was not for me, but good for her for putting out stuff people enjoyed. Very few people have the honor of doing that and I’m happy for her.
Contra’s video about twilight really got me to rethink Meyer. I’m not calling her a master of her craft like Tamsyn Muir, Arkaday Martine, or Ursula K. LeGuinn or anything, but she wrote something that a ton of people loved. Not all art needs to be particularly skillfully made or particularly deep to be cherished. And in retrospect it’s clear that the backlash was largely because it was primarily loved by teenage girls and middle aged women. I know that’s why I judged it.
Also Meyer has just remained a general class act despite the bullying, which speaks to her character and is refreshing compared to the other major YA author of her era.
Complete side note: I love seeing Ursula K. LeGuinn mentioned when talking about masters of the craft. She’s a god damned genius and the entire reason I got into fantasy, which is the reason I read so much to this day.
To at least pretend to be on topic: a lot of folks, myself especially, missed out on a lot of really cool shit because it was enjoyed by teen girls. I was bad about making fun of those things (I hated anything popular for a long time, especially if it was aimed in that particular direction). Twilight was not for me, but good for her for putting out stuff people enjoyed. Very few people have the honor of doing that and I’m happy for her.