The 10 Best Of The Worst Twilight Tattoos

angelspinning
wrote on August 4 2009 @ 01:13 pm: [report]

This is what I /think/ the ninth one says:

“Time passes. Even when it seems impossible. Even when each tick of the second hand aches like the pulse of blood behind a bruise. It passes unevenly, in strange lurches and dragging lulls (?), but pass it does.”

Maybe.

tattooed_redhead
wrote on August 4 2009 @ 01:38 pm: [report]

These books don’t appeal to me in the least, so I’ve never bothered reading them, but one thing I’ve heard is that the writing is absolutely terrible - and now I see that it is even worse than I thought! What cheese! Now I have even more contempt for these twifreaks.

AgentBeryllium
wrote on August 4 2009 @ 01:49 pm: [report]

Oh they are going to look SO cool when they’re 40. <smirk>

I’m not saying I hate tattooed people, I am one. But I really cannot stand cheesy tattoos! Those who tattoo an old NSE system on their bodies, or twi-hards. Whatever. If your going to have ink, make it art. None of these are cool in my opinion. Just screams poser.

I Go To 11
wrote on August 4 2009 @ 01:52 pm: [report]

I love the “Twilight” series (I think they’re quite well-written; the 3rd book, “Eclipse”, is around 700 pages long and I enjoyed reading it so much that I finished it in 1 day), but other than reading the books and seeing the movie, I don’t get into the merch or other teenybopper craze. (I’m almost 26, BTW.) I also wouldn’t get a tattoo proclaiming my love for the books, especially after seeing some of these. Some of them wouldn’t be as bad if they were done by someone that was actually a decent tattoo artist!

rudyc
wrote on August 4 2009 @ 02:02 pm: [report]

“I think they’re quite well-written; the 3rd book, “Eclipse”, is around 700 pages long and I enjoyed reading it so much that I finished it in 1 day.”

Because everyone know that length = quality. Especially in the Twilight series!

I can’t stand these books. I know girls who refer to their boyfriends as “their Edward” and I think that’s pretty disgusting and wacked up.

Al D
wrote on August 4 2009 @ 02:03 pm: [report]

7 & 10 are the same tattoo. Same person.

rudyc
wrote on August 4 2009 @ 02:03 pm: [report]

*knows

Amarie21
wrote on August 4 2009 @ 02:15 pm: [report]

I like the Twilight books, but I’m fully aware that they’re not well written. I like them for their cheesy romance novel qualities, plus, Rob Pattinson is gorgeous . I’d never get a tattoo about them though, or refer to my boyfriend as “my Edward.” (gag.)

I Go To 11
wrote on August 4 2009 @ 02:26 pm: [report]

@ rudyc: I was not saying “length=quality.” What I was saying is that I enjoyed it enough to where I didn’t want to put it down, despite the fact that it’s over 700 pages long.

It’s one thing if you’re not interested in reading the books because the content might not appeal to you, but if you’ve never actually *read them, you really can’t comment on the quality of the writing, story, etc. I think a lot of the backlash has more to do with the fact that Twilight stuff is EVERYWHERE, thanks to all the 14-year-old girls that are obsessed with it. I actually had a conversation about this a month ago with my 18-year-old sister; she was saying how much she thinks the books suck, yet oddly enough she’s never read them. @@

I’ve never read the Harry Potter series, and am not really interested in doing so. But it wouldn’t be fair of me to say “Harry Potter sucks” since I’ve never cracked open any of the books, and therefore any opinion on the stories themselves would be meaningless coming from me.

AgentBeryllium
wrote on August 4 2009 @ 02:30 pm: [report]

@ go to 11: Actually I think you just hit the nail on the head: Twilight stuff is EVERYWHERE, thanks to all the 14-year-old girls that are obsessed with it.

That’s because 14 year-old girl run the economy.

This book would not nearly be as popular if it was not for the ‘Obsession Gland” located in all 14 year-old girls brains.

FoxieJD
wrote on August 4 2009 @ 02:31 pm: [report]

Seven and ten are the same person (ooo, definitely, Al D), but I think we can all agree that the actual tattoo didn’t come out as good as the stencil.

I like the books as well, and while I’m not jumping off any buildings over the writing, they *are* enjoyable teen books. And, coming from someone in education, ANYTHING that gets kids to read (aside from the Gossip Girl books), I’m all over.

rudyc
wrote on August 4 2009 @ 02:44 pm: [report]

@I Go To 11
I read the first one all the way through to see what all the fuss was about. Finished it and closed the book. Still wondering.

sklut
wrote on August 4 2009 @ 02:56 pm: [report]

These are redunkulous. Someone should lock these people up for being insane!

likeOMGkbye
wrote on August 4 2009 @ 03:38 pm: [report]

Ugh another reason why this trend needs to die. Seriously, you’re getting a book title tattooed on you? thats like if I simply got “Harry Potter” or “The Notebook” tattoed on myself. Everyone would think that was stupid, so is Twilight.

Oh and Robert Pattinson looks like a foot.

Ms.NGuerrero
wrote on August 4 2009 @ 05:31 pm: [report]

LOL LikeOMGkbye! “Oh and Robert Pattinson looks like a foot” HAHA thats the best comment ever!!! and yah… what are you going to do when your 70 and have to explain that to your grand kids?

gevlife
wrote on August 4 2009 @ 05:57 pm: [report]

I thinks the heavy metal lion and lamb one looks kind of cool. Not that I would ever get that tattooed on me. I feel like that quotes from something besides twilight and they reappropriated it? or something? maybe biblical.

Also I suppose these fools think this is like getting an e.e. cummings or vonnegut quote on them, and thats respectable. but sadly for them- twilight isnt up there with the big guys. Sorry stephanie meyer.

Anna
wrote on August 4 2009 @ 06:39 pm: [report]

While I’ll agree that the quality of the writing is pretty terrible, the story is so enchanting that the books are worth it. I enjoyed them immensely.

Silver_Stag
wrote on August 4 2009 @ 08:00 pm: [report]

I think the Cullen crest could have had the potential to look good if the artist had been a bit more talented, and the picture was taken after all the colouring and shading had been put in. As far as the others go, I think a few looked very good art wise, not subject. I find the Twilight logo itself to be sort of swanky looking due to the font, so aside from the fact that I think these tats are pretty ridiculous I actually like a few of them.

angelspinning
wrote on August 4 2009 @ 09:04 pm: [report]

Wow guys, what’s with all the hate…

eightieslingo
wrote on August 4 2009 @ 11:00 pm: [report]

I’ve read both Twilight and the Harry Potter series.

Twilight is poorly-written but engrossing.

Harry Potter is well-written, interesting, and almost impossible to put down.

I love both of the series, but I have to say that I love Harry Potter a little bit more.

Gorigrl
wrote on August 5 2009 @ 11:20 am: [report]

LOL! I agree Robert Pattinson does look like a foot!

delovely
wrote on August 5 2009 @ 02:51 pm: [report]

I’ve never fully read the Twilight books, though I’ve read over a few pages in a book store. The plot doesn’t bother me; it’s the writing.

Which is fine if you don’t notice that stuff, but I’m a literature snob (and a writer). If Stephanie Meyer had just given the story over to someone with some talent, I’d probably be a fan.

amber
wrote on August 5 2009 @ 02:55 pm: [report]

Oh, Robert Pattinson, yuck! The media keeps saying how attractive he is so tweens and people believe it. I don’t fine him appealing on little bit.
I read all four of the books, yes they were addicting but they played off of the very girlie love story. They were not well written or even imaginative for the most part, nothing compared to the Harry Potter series. The fourth book, ‘Breaking Dawn’ was awful though, it read like poorly written fan fiction and made me reject the whole series.
Back to the tattoos: laugh-worthy. I’m sure in 10 or even 5 years when no one cares about Twilight they’re going to be really awesome tattoos.

helenel
wrote on March 11 2010 @ 10:04 pm: [report]

1. The whole ‘lion and lamb’ thing is from the Bible.
2. I like the heavy metal one, too, tho I wouldn’t put it on my body.
3. Book 4 was horrifying. I couldn’t believe young girls were reading that book.
4. We had Robert Pattinson come to a local mall and he could not speak. There was just too much screaming. He actually had to leave. It was terrible.

jeanjeanie
wrote on March 12 2010 @ 08:22 am: [report]

haha! Dorks!

GypsyQueen
wrote on March 12 2010 @ 11:17 am: [report]

@I Go to 11: I didn’t like the Twilight craze when it erupted, and refused to read the books. One of my best friends gave me her copies of the first 3 books [the 4th wasn’t out yet] and asked me to read them, so I did, because I didn’t really have a reason not to. I had the time to kill and everything, and guess what? I still don’t like them. So when I say that I hate Twilight for its writing, its crazed fans, its contrived “plot,” and its ridiculous subtexts, I actually do know what I’m talking about. [This wasn’t intended to be ranting or attacking you, I just really don’t like the series, although I understand its appeal.]

Maybe it’s because I’m a writer, or because I grew up reading C.S. Lewis, Agatha Christie, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and even Mary Higgens Clark—not literature “greats,” per se, but they do know how to weave a story and manipulate sentence structures beautifully—but I cannot STAND the way Stephanie Meyer writes. To be sure, “Twilight” was her first attempt at writing, but it shows. Perhaps if she had had a good editor who was willing to work on her story, or if the publishing house wasn’t so keen on filling the void that the completed Harry Potter series had left, the books would be better. I have heard that her book “The Host” or something is much better written; I have not personally read it, but it would make sense that she’s improved.

Honestly, my favorite item related to Twilight is Cleolinda Jones’s “Twilight” book recaps and Movie in 15 Minutes. Google “Cleolinda,” “Twilight,” and “Livejournal,” you’ll find her.

danslesnuages
wrote on March 12 2010 @ 11:58 am: [report]

I read all the books and the writing was dreadful. I understand being a huge fan of literature - and even wanting to commemorate a particular meaningful quote with a tattoo or whatever - but the writing is just *awful.* A good premise for a story existed somewhere, but it would take a way more talented writiner than Meyer to pull it off. She hit every single writing cliche possible.

Again, I can understand that some people like the entertaining aspect and can see past the awful writing for that, but the fact that people are so obsessed with such awful things as to get it tattooed?

Befuddling.

ash24
wrote on March 12 2010 @ 01:19 pm: [report]

Stephanie Meyer’s writing is at a 6th grade level. I’m terrified to know that a majority of our country is reading this crap and believing that it’s great literature.
I mean really?? Bella Swan?? How original.
Anyone with any intelligence whatsoever understands what I’m talking about.
Stephanie Meyer is a talentless hack.

Bellyb
wrote on March 12 2010 @ 04:01 pm: [report]

I just don’t understand these people I really don’t. I agree with previous posters who commented on the “attractiveness” of the stars. Kristen Stewart? hot? really? Robert Pattinson? really? They both could use a shower and rehab, in my opinion. The frenzy is, frankly, ridiculous.

LadyMacBeth
wrote on March 12 2010 @ 10:30 pm: [report]

I’m somewhat disturbed that the most visually appealing tattoo (to me) is the one that’s on the front of the girl’s chest, right over her collar bones. Simply done, impossible to hide ten years from now when the intensity of her fandom is worn off.

My ten year old tattoo reflects a period of time that was very important to me at one point but is finished now. But it is small and can be easily covered up (except in every wedding gown and bride’s maid dress I’ve had on).

Gingee
wrote on March 13 2010 @ 04:59 am: [report]

The Twilight books are so, so very bad.

Read them only if you want to kill off a few hundred thousand brain cells.

Robert Pattinson is good looking, but the other one, who plays Carlyle Cullen is even better looking.

They wouldn’t be such wretched books if they were about 300 pages, and if Mizz whats-her-name could learn a few more adjectives.

sic.itur.ad.astra
wrote on March 13 2010 @ 11:13 am: [report]

I actually enjoyed the Twilight series, and I’m a middle school English teacher (though I’m no writer). Anything that has an intriguing enough story that keeps 12 year olds reading 700 page novels as opposed to a Justin Beiber Teen Bop is great in my book. The Host is much better than the Twilight books, though. Having sifted through immense amounts of “tween” literature, I’d guess that Stephanie Meyer knew that she was writing for the 6th grade set, so she wrote in a way she thought suited her target age group. Breaking Dawn isn’t any better stylisticly than Twilight, and you’d think someone who was on their fourth book would improve. The difference between the Twilight series and say, Harry Potter, is that JK Rowling didn’t dumb-down her writing because she knew mostly children would be reading her books, and I think that’s what Stephanie Meyer (and her editors) did.

LadyMacBeth
wrote on March 13 2010 @ 11:43 am: [report]

I think that’s what Stephanie Meyer (and her editors) did.

I actually always thought her editor should have been shot. I liked the story enough, but it hasn’t held up to me over time because I can’t get past the writing anymore, and a lot of that should have been taken care of in the editing process. I’m assuming money came in to play here, as I agree The Host was better. There are plenty of other books in the genre for that age group that are much better written (I’m thinking Blood and Chocolate off the top of my head, which is superior in both writing and in the strength of the main female character).

I also agree that if it gets the kids reading longer pieces of writing, it has value, because now you have your foot in the door to gently direct the kids to other things while they are waiting for the next book to come out. Adults read trash all the time. It’s ok for kids to read trash, too. My girl may go nuts all she wishes over Twilight when the time comes (though she’ll be having more than one conversation about Bella’s decision making skills with me). She’ll also have better stuff to chose from as well.

nataliamaria
wrote on March 13 2010 @ 06:27 pm: [report]

My Life is Twilight I am 100% positive that these sad saps frequent that sight….if you go I promise you that you won’t be able to contain your laughter!

That being said, the Twilight books and movies are still a guilty pleasure of mine, poor sentence structure, FRUSTRATING female characters, and ridiculous plot lines in all. My sister, my best friend, and I will always be Team Edward, even though it means we fawn over him in secret to avoid the stigma/shame, lol.

But seriously - giant tattoos!!?!?!?!???!? WHY???

nataliamaria
wrote on March 13 2010 @ 06:28 pm: [report]

ugh typo!!! *site rather than sight

JazzHale
wrote on March 14 2010 @ 05:24 pm: [report]

*blank f***ing stare*

My mouth literally dropped. I’m 18, and yeah I finally read the books. Until half way through the 4th because let’s face it, that book was just way way bad. It was just horrid. She gets to be a vampire and she’s finally over the moon with joy? I was a bit sad that girls my age thought this was the greatest book ever. Don’t get me wrong, I liked the first 3 books, as entertainment. But anyways, NEVER in my little teen ways would I EVER get a Twilight tattoo. WTF?! Are you serious? You can’t be!

I’m still shaking my head. A giant tattoo? Oh. My. Gosh. NO! Just no.

ThumperTheory
wrote on March 14 2010 @ 11:10 pm: [report]

@ GypsyQueen - I, too, was NOT interested in the Twilight craze & openly disparaged it, but was encouraged [read: coerced] by friends to read at least the first one. Agreeing that I should not “knock it until I tried it,” I borrowed the first book from my 12-year-old sister (who, being 12, naturally adored the series).

I hated it & kept hoping someone would slap Bella for being a whiny, self-pitying mass of medieval damsel-in-distressedness. I then proceeded to lecture my sister on how it is *not* okay to be a pathetic slug & rely on some glittery fop to make you happy.

Then, because I always finish what I start, I read the remaining three. And guess what?

I still hate it - if anything, I grew to hate it more - & I still wish someone would have slapped Bella for aforementioned soppiness. Maybe the author, too, because the writing was atrocious. I dislike Meyers almost as much as I dislike Dan Brown for that reason.

BUT, long story short, I am an educated hater & would obviously never in my life get a Twilight tattoo.