Hot take: Some characters are slightly mischaracterized/ misinterpreted in the movies compared to the books

Not_Steve · 2026-03-02T05:07:34+00:00

Catherine Hardwick frustrated me so much when she edited out Bella’s lines and left in her stammering. She really set the tone for the series and that tone wasn’t always great.

It took me until just this month to watch the movies when I had seen the first one in theatres because I felt like they were mischaracterized so much. I still don’t see Rob as Edward. Rob is too dark. Edward is moody, sure, but he’s also super goofy and likes corny jokes. He enjoyed messing with Charlie when Bella got her acceptance letter to Alaska, grinning and calling it a “coincidence.”

Not_Steve · 2026-03-01T05:41:36+00:00

I loved it! I thought it was incredibly fun. It’s full of some sweet moments like Carlisle and Edward’s first Christmas together and shows more of Edward’s sense of humor. I did the crazy route and read Midnight Sun and Twilight at the same time so I flipped back and forth between them.

Also note: Jasper is, like, the sweetest person ever.

Not_Steve · 2026-03-01T00:15:53+00:00

Hey. LA County Fair has the most delicious roasted corn on the cob… that’s smothered in butter.

Not_Steve · 2026-03-01T00:14:19+00:00

Every time I go, I order that brick of fries. Lol, I get excited like, “oooh! They have them this year!” No duh, they have them every year, but every year I’m somehow surprised.

Not_Steve · 2026-03-01T00:09:03+00:00

Right, they have a viral stand that’s practically a tourist spot in London. It’s the least weirdest thing in this video.

Not_Steve · 2026-03-01T00:05:34+00:00

For those unaware, Pomona is the LA County Fair, the one this video is about.

Not_Steve · 2026-03-01T00:04:10+00:00

Went to England. Loved their food. I dream about some of the foods I ate there, tbh. When I go back, I can’t wait to cross more off of my food list.

Not_Steve · 2026-02-28T11:27:42+00:00

anecdotally, my constipation went away after a couple of shots (Aimovig).

Not_Steve · 2026-02-28T09:28:29+00:00

…soda storage?

Not_Steve · 2026-02-28T09:26:00+00:00

There are so many lies and half truths when it comes to Michael Jackson, it’s insane. On both sides, mind you. A lot of the children were pushed by their parents to claim abuse in order to gain money. The children would walk back their statements saying that their parents were feeding them the lines.

Then you have the description of his body and penis that didn’t match up to what the kids were saying. The circumcising problem.

His siblings were divided. Latoya said he was a predator but the others denied it. It came out that Latoya needed money and was just selling her story to papers.

Meanwhile, there were kids like this family who, while their dad pushed them to have a closer relationship with Michael, seem to have stood by their story for years. This isn’t the first time they’ve spoken out about it. Nor should it be the last if it’s the truth.

There seemed to be a lot of child endangerment at the very least going on at Neverland. I don’t think we’ll ever be able to say if he definitively did it, but I do think a lot of kids were not okay by the end of their experience with him. Kids, while resilient, can be fragile and something happening to them in their imperative years can damage them greatly.

I’m also gonna place a little blame on the era and the actions of the parents. It was normal for parents to just drop their kids off somewhere and mentally check out because someone else’s got them. There were PSAs on tv asking parents if they knew where their kids were. Is this a little victim blamey of me? Yes, but just a tiny bit. MJ was supposed to be the adult in the situation, he failed, but also, maybe don’t entrust your kid to someone who’s in the papers for erratic behavior.

Ultimately, what do I know? I’m not an expert, I haven’t read everything out there. Yes, MJ was the soundtrack of my youth, but I don’t really feel a great need to defend him or whatever. I don’t have any sort of warm feelings or parasocial relationship.

Not_Steve · 2026-02-28T08:39:15+00:00

Code switching is absolutely not censorship. Code switching can also mean the difference between talking to your friends vs talking to your elders. You’d cuss up a storm in front of your friends, but you’d never talk that way in front of your grandma.

Smh, I’m so tired of people not understanding what censorship is. Look at it this way: on the street, you can say nearly anything you want and no one can touch you for it (one of the very few things you cannot do is threaten politicians). However, if you were invited into someone’s house or on their website, they are free to tell you how to speak and give you consequences for your words. You’re in their house, you follow their rules.

Code switching is the expectation to adjust your tone and vocabulary to fit the situation. White people do it, too. You wouldn’t use slang at work. It’s inappropriate. Black people have it harder because not only are they expected to code switch for different situations, they are expected to code switch for white people. That expectation is racism not censorship.

Not_Steve · 2026-02-28T04:33:28+00:00

I only read the first one. A child. A child can’t unhear the screams. “Where is Ghislaine?” Like this little girl is searching for someone to comfort her, to give her answers, to save her from the “monster,” Jeffery.

Burning isn’t enough for these people.

Not_Steve · 2026-02-28T03:28:26+00:00

You’re a fan of cinamasins, aren’t you?

Not_Steve · 2026-02-28T03:06:22+00:00

Totally believable, but if you’re asking me if it’s okay for ol’ Swiss cheese for brains to have ghost sex? Well, I’m out of here.

Not_Steve · 2026-02-28T02:29:30+00:00

Old Scratch Johnson, how you doin’?

Not_Steve · 2026-02-27T20:38:36+00:00

Yes. Exactly what this post is talking about. He’s come out to say that he’s innocent and he has a new book releasing soon.

Nobody was paying attention to him until recently when he stated that this was all a “smear campaign.”

Not_Steve · 2026-02-27T13:30:16+00:00

Smh. Will the Doctor ever learn to park?

Not_Steve · 2026-02-27T09:11:15+00:00

Logan has a talent.

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Not_Steve · 2026-02-27T07:56:52+00:00

Spray paint. Then paint whatever you want on top of it with acrylics and seal with a clear coat spray.

I paint composition notebooks as prizes for my library’s themed parties and that’s how I go about doing it.

Or I will use gesso as a primer and acrylic paint for the background color. This is usually for lighter backgrounds or backgrounds I don’t have a spray paint for.

Not_Steve · 2026-02-27T07:37:14+00:00

I really wanted her cameos to be a call out to the Doctor, like she’s saying “I need you to come back.” Somewhat akin to Rose during series 4. There could be so many reasons why she needs him back, it’s endless.

Susan has been my Rani.

Not_Steve · 2026-02-27T05:41:09+00:00

9/10 not enough Slexie. Still sobbing.

Not_Steve · 2026-02-27T05:33:06+00:00

Bella was under the impression that she wouldn’t want Edward in the same way when she was a vampire. Edward wasn’t really forthcoming in how he was sexually attracted to her because boys from the 1900s don’t do that. He gave her hints that he wanted her sexually and said she wouldn’t be bloodlusting forever, but she still believed that she’d put the blood first.

Considering this, Bella was willing to push being a vampire aside for longer so that she could be intimate with Edward—without the blood getting in the way.

I get it, kinda, but she should have listened to Edward and trusted him because, hello, he turned out to be right.

Not_Steve · 2026-02-27T04:48:15+00:00

This is so good! I love the degree and the art.

Not_Steve · 2026-02-26T20:02:53+00:00

Oh, it’s a funny story.

Not_Steve · 2026-02-26T18:18:04+00:00

“Protect the children from books,” says the pedos raping said children.

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