"Why compare Harry Potter and Twilight? Why would you compare such different things?" are two tanong this spot has come across often. And to be honest, it irritates the living crap out of me when people ask this.
The media plays a role in things and this pagtatalo is no different. On the cover of Breaking Dawn there is a quote from USA Today saying "Move over Harry Potter".(Newsflash, we're not going anywhere) Now, don't tell me that doesn't anger you/ you wouldn't feel angry if you were a Harry Potter fan. "Stephanie Meyer is the new J.K.Rowling." It really pisses me off when people say this because J.K. Rowling spent so much time working on these books and all Meyer did was have a wet dream.
Another reason is that people always want to have the best of something. Like,(for lack of a better example) Lindsey Lohan vs Hillary Duff. If you sided with one you did it because you thought one was better than the other. Look, both books have topped the charts in bestsellers so comparison are going to happen. So don't act all surprised when it does.
Some fans also find similarities between the two series. Like the Jacob/Bella/Edward pag-ibig tatsulok seemed very similar to the Severus/Lily/James pag-ibig triangle. There are also similar names such as James, Bella, Charlie, and Alice. Plagiarism isn't right, kids.
Another reason that there are so many Harry Potter/Twilight debates are the actors. There are now two actors between Harry Potter and Twilight. Robert Pattinson played Cedric Diggory and now plays Edward Cullen in Twilight. Jamie Campbell Bower plays Caius in Twilight and Grindelwald in Harry Potter. So because of these bridges in the series they're open to joking.
But one major thing that always adds fuel to the apoy are the fans. For the longest time, the media constantly showed crazed kids and teens waiting for pelikula or books from the Harry Potter fans and when Twilight came out they showed the same thing... Just with madami girls and less age range. And we were branded with "Potheads" while the "Twihards" were literally attacking people saying that Twilight was the best book ever.
So it all comes down to who thinks who is better. Really, it's just He sinabi She said. But it's something we're always going to be living with so get used to it.
*PS I will give major pagpaparangal if anyone can find the link to webpage on a twilight sucks website of police reports on Twilight fans.
The media plays a role in things and this pagtatalo is no different. On the cover of Breaking Dawn there is a quote from USA Today saying "Move over Harry Potter".(Newsflash, we're not going anywhere) Now, don't tell me that doesn't anger you/ you wouldn't feel angry if you were a Harry Potter fan. "Stephanie Meyer is the new J.K.Rowling." It really pisses me off when people say this because J.K. Rowling spent so much time working on these books and all Meyer did was have a wet dream.
Another reason is that people always want to have the best of something. Like,(for lack of a better example) Lindsey Lohan vs Hillary Duff. If you sided with one you did it because you thought one was better than the other. Look, both books have topped the charts in bestsellers so comparison are going to happen. So don't act all surprised when it does.
Some fans also find similarities between the two series. Like the Jacob/Bella/Edward pag-ibig tatsulok seemed very similar to the Severus/Lily/James pag-ibig triangle. There are also similar names such as James, Bella, Charlie, and Alice. Plagiarism isn't right, kids.
Another reason that there are so many Harry Potter/Twilight debates are the actors. There are now two actors between Harry Potter and Twilight. Robert Pattinson played Cedric Diggory and now plays Edward Cullen in Twilight. Jamie Campbell Bower plays Caius in Twilight and Grindelwald in Harry Potter. So because of these bridges in the series they're open to joking.
But one major thing that always adds fuel to the apoy are the fans. For the longest time, the media constantly showed crazed kids and teens waiting for pelikula or books from the Harry Potter fans and when Twilight came out they showed the same thing... Just with madami girls and less age range. And we were branded with "Potheads" while the "Twihards" were literally attacking people saying that Twilight was the best book ever.
So it all comes down to who thinks who is better. Really, it's just He sinabi She said. But it's something we're always going to be living with so get used to it.
*PS I will give major pagpaparangal if anyone can find the link to webpage on a twilight sucks website of police reports on Twilight fans.
