Dear World...

[shipperx]

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 Dear World,

Can someone explain to me whether the lead actor in the upcoming Twilight movie is supposed to be attractive?  His picture keeps showing up in a fanmix com that I belong to and attractive... he is not.  

In fact, the EW cover is remarkable in its hideousness. 

However, I must say that the Fandom_Wank post about it was amusing.  Bonus giggle points for  the link to how the book sucks .  Apparently... he sparkles.  

No shit!  A  vampire who sparkles!  Take that, Anne -- crazy-ass offended Dickensian principles to the max -- Rice,  Lestat may have been 'preternaturally white and beautiful' but he never sparkled!

Comments

[devonkmiller.livejournal.com]

Now you will lose all respect for me as I am now sucking on the crackpipe that is Twilight :)
Have you seen the trailer btw? I think he looks quite pretty in it...
I know-- the EW cover is terrifying, and....
the writing is not so great.
But -- I can't seem to help myself!!!
It's my Spuffy crack when I'm not reading fanfiction...
and I think Stephenie Meyer watched just a little bit o' Buffy and maybe contributed some ff too...
I'm so embarassed! And yet I'm reveling in my shame :)

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Sometimes the cheese is just plain fun. Hey, I watch soaps for it. Nothing to be ashamed about (though the cover is jaw-dropping in its ugliness).

[swsa.livejournal.com]

He was actually quite adorable as Cedric Diggory. I don't get what they're doing to him with all the pancake makeup.

And as I said when the cover came out...hit the gym before doing the flapping shirt on the cover of EW. The early stage moobs and too tight belt leading to belly rolls are not a good look.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Am I the only one absurdly amused by the fact that his belt buckle is on his hip. Who was he styled by? America's Next Top Model's Miss Jaye?

[sourisvho.livejournal.com]

I didn't know squat about Twilight until the EW cover (clearly, I am Behind The Times). I thought the guy on the cover was icky. Then I read the story and was all, "What? That's Cedric Diggory?? But he was gorgeous as Cedric! What have they done to him??"

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

All I can say is that he was darn cute as Cedric. But that cover - "flails"

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Honest to God, I never recognized him a Cedric. Cedric was cute. The pictures that people keep using for fanmix covers -- much less the EW cover -- aren't.

Wonder what happened.

[spikendru.livejournal.com]

Yep. Not attractive in the least - and I just recently discovered that he had played Cedric Diggory. WTF happened to him? Srsly, the blond in the trailer is much cuter than Cedric/Edward, but then, we all know blond=bad, right? Huh. I assume the target viewers are teens, 'cause adults? It's just not happenin'. And the sparkles totally freak me out. About the only good thing about this vampire is that he apparently doesn't sleep in a freezer (what's up with that little detail, Mick?) But . . . sparkles? Does the blond sparkle, too? And have you seen him bounding through the trees like Tarzan. Heh. Travis Fimmel was much cuter than this guy.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Yep. Not attractive in the least - and I just recently discovered that he had played Cedric Diggory. WTF happened to him?

Seriously! I can say one thing, that cover would in no way inspire any desire for me to see this movie. And, I agree, maybe teens can get into him, but right now, the sex appeal eludes me.

And Icon Love -- Ares and Aphrodite!

[appomattoxco.livejournal.com]

Eww. He has "Fool for Love" wig hair without the face to pull it off. Also, I can't figure out if he needs more or less chest hair, for some reason it looks off.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

It looks nasty. And can't they do pale without making him look like a zombie with lipgloss?

[queenofattolia.livejournal.com]

He has "Fool for Love" wig hair without the face to pull it off.

Bwah! Totally. That is too funny.

I have no idea why all the kids love this book - I forgot the whole thing as soon as I read it (at my 40-something sister's insistence, no less - she loves it for some inexplicable reason). My 18-year-old niece actually belongs to a Facebook group called something like "Why I Love Twilight Even Though It Has Given Me Unrealistic Expectations About Love," which sort of makes me want to scream, actually. Feh to this whole "phenomenon," although Pattinson in the vampire baseball suit is pretty hilarious.

[cy-girl.livejournal.com]

I can't believe that's the same actor that played Cedric Diggory.

I also didn't get the memo aobut the Twilight series. I had never heard of it until Host hit the bestseller list. Does he sparkle like 7-Up or glitter in a 13 year-old's nail polish?

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Apparently he sparkles like diamonds. Heh.

(Excerpt of book borrowed from a thread in dtissagirl's journal because it appears to be f-locked).

Edward in the sunlight was shocking. I couldn't get used to it, though I'd been staring at him all afternoon. His skin, white despite the faint flush from yesterday's hunting trip, literally sparkled, like thousands of tiny diamonds were embedded in the surface. He lay perfectly still in the grass, his shirt open over his sculpted, incandescent chest, his scintillating arms bare. His glistening, pale lavender lids were shut, though of course he didn't sleep. A perfect statue, carved in some unknown stone, smooth like marble, glittering like crystal.

You know, though? Laura K. Hamiliton's Mary Sue Anita Blake would totally have sex with that. (Of course, she'd have sex with anything.)>;)

[cy-girl.livejournal.com]

"literally sparkled" That's pretty priceless.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

But not as priceless as "scintillating arms". What, may I ask, are 'scintillating' arms?!

[cy-girl.livejournal.com]

I can't believe this is a) published and 2) no one called her on her adjective abuse?

From Merriam Webster
Main Entry: scintillating
Function: adjective
Date: 1846
: brilliantly lively, stimulating, or witty

And apparently his chest was glowing. Maybe he has a heart-light like ET?

Main Entry: 1in·can·des·cent
Pronunciation: \-sənt\
Function: adjective
Etymology: probably from French, from Latin incandescent-, incandescens, present participle of incandescere to become hot, from in- + candescere to become hot, from candēre to glow — more at candid
Date: 1794
1 a: white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat b: strikingly bright, radiant, or clear c: marked by brilliance especially of expression d: characterized by glowing zeal : ardent
2 a: of, relating to, or being light produced by incandescence b: producing light by incandescence
— in·can·des·cent·ly adverb

[kaydee23.livejournal.com]

Isn't that a horrible picture of him? I think he looked better in The Goblet of Fire. Isn't that the one he was in? I can't remember.

The Twilight series is a huge hit with my middle school students, the girls, at least. I read them because I'm one of the bookclub sponsors. Seriously, I don't know how anyone above the 6th or 7th grade could take them seriously. They're a hoot to read.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

I won't judge middle schoolers. At that age, I was devouring Barbara Cartland romances (of which there is simply no defense). But I also have to admit that the stuff I've heard about Twilight does more to inspire to giggles than swooning.

[missus-grace.livejournal.com]

I read the EW interviews - the guy playing Edward said he was supposed to have a six-pack but "it didn't work out."

I read that after your previous post and replies about the EW cover and his man-boobs and belly overhang.

I had to LOL.
At least he admits he didn't get in shape :)

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Well, if he didn't have the six-pack, did he at least strive for 'incandescence'? >:)

[txvoodoo.livejournal.com]

Robert Pattison is actually quite yummy. That shoot makes him look DREADFUL

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

See, I thought Cedric was quite cute, but all the pictures I see of this dude on ONTD just makes me think that he's weird looking in a not wholly attractive way. Then the EW amped it up to a full on WTF?! Ewwww! Seriously, on that EW cover he looks more like Frankenstein than a vampire.

[txvoodoo.livejournal.com]

If I were R-pattz, I'd sue over that cover. It's practically defamation! "I'll never get a job again!"

[rowanswhimsy.livejournal.com]

Good lord -- what have they done to Cedric Diggory????

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

I don't know. Resurrected his corpse as an 'incandescent' Frankenstein?

I honestly don't know what's worse. The pancake makeup, the odd chest hair, the red lipstick, or the filthy hands. All I know is that all put together it's extremely off-putting.

[rowanswhimsy.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't touch him with a barge pole. He looks like he just dug his way out of his own grave.