When
you are an adult reading Twilight, you tend to want to keep that information
hidden, that was until I went to the Breaking Dawn midnight book release. I
couldn't wait to get the last book of the series; I needed to see what
happened. When the local Barnes & Noble had it on sale at midnight and a
party to go with it, I couldn't wait; yet on the other hand I had reservations
about being the only adult. After all it was in the Teen Section. The media was
starting to promote the movie- Twilight and it was a teen flick with the MTV
crowd swooning and clamoring for more.
I
swallowed my pride, I could care less what people said or thought of me being
an adult Twilight fan. I got to the store early staking it out to see who or
what kind of people were heading in and the crowd was mixed to my surprise. I
headed in; I was amazed there were so many Twilight fans in my area. I was
clearly with my people. I met a lot of awesome people that night, played some
games most of all I was the first person to get my book at midnight and I
headed home as fast as I could to begin reading the final installment.
Around
6 am I had to put it down, I was rereading lines over and over and they just
weren't making any sense. When I woke back up I picked up my book, a frown
instantly was on my face as I realized I was almost done with the book. I didn't
want to finish reading, if I did it was over no more love story, no more Edward
and Bella and the amazing fantasy world I had grown to love and even dare I say
obsess over.
I
decided to clear my head, book clutched tight in my hands I went to relax by
the pool. I couldn't pick the book up, it laid in my bag taunting me I even
started to talk to myself and try to reason with why I should pick it up and
finish it and why I shouldn't finishing it of course won out. I actually wept
as I finished the book. The saga was over, what was I going to do now?
I
got an odd look from a girl, my age that was at the pool. She asked why I was
reading a kids book. I instantly turned and made sure she understood that this
was not a kid’s book. It was a love story, a modern day spin on Romeo &
Juliet. I even touted the series as being “The Dirtiest Clean Book” you will
ever read. I wore her down. She said she would, to make sure of it I loaned her
my copy of Twilight. Told her I was sure she would like it. Well she did. She returned
my book the next day and went out and got her own set. Hated me when she got to
New Moon and when Edward left her, left us, NOT Bella. I made her an instant
convert. I felt as if I was spreading the gospel. Not to have stopped with Amy,
I had my boyfriend’s mom, sister and even grandmother read the books, and they
were instantly a hit.
About
the time Twilight was coming out as a movie, Amy found out about the mall appearances
and then the conventions. We were hooked junkies needing a fix. We went to Hot
Topic and bought everything in sight we could. We got looks from the gawking
teens trying to decide which shirt, we didn't bother deciding we bought them
all, the perk of being an adult Twilight fan we have the jobs and money to do
so.
The obsession was born, nurtured and growing
some may say out of control but we didn't care. We wanted more and we got it.
We went and saw Twilight at midnight, figuring we would see a mob of people we went
early. To our surprise and disappointment there wasn't a mob. We were able to
go in and sit comfortably and oogle the big screen when Edward Cullen made his
way into the cafeteria. We audibly swooned, our eyes bugged out and we were in
heaven we were with our people in the theater that night. The weekend the movie
opened was special not only because our movie came to life on the big screen,
but it was also my birthday, which meant I was a kid again seeing it over and
over and having a movie party. I made all of my friends that weren't even
Twilight fans see it. When we heard the news of how much money the movie made
in the midnight showings alone and we were getting the second installment we
couldn't be happier.
We
waited around for what seemed like ages to see who was going to be cast as the
Volturi and all the other roles that needed to be filled for New Moon. Boy were
they spot on with who was cast. They didn't miss a mark when they chose Daniel
Cudmore as the biggest baddest Volturi guard Felix, they multitalented Michael
Sheen as the wicked and awesome Aro, Dakota Fanning as Jane.. the list went on
and I was drooling. Perfect perfect and more perfection. I was drooling. I am
such a huge fan of these actors in their other endeavors and now they are
bringing characters of my fave book series alive I could hardly be contained. The
only drawback that we as fans saw, we had a new director, could he carry on
where Catherine Hardwicke left off and do us justice? Only time and previews
would tell.
Part
3 coming to you next week. We saw the previews; snagged us copies of the script
were we happy with what we saw and what happens when you get to meet your
favorite Twilight actors at a convention in a town near you (or when you travel
to one)
In case you missed part one click ME to read first.
