On Twilight

--I would just like to say that I'm not trying to be high and mighty or talk down to anyone. I am simply voicing my personal opinion. Whether you agree is up to you.--

So today I saw breaking dawn, part two.
I have seen all the other movies as well, but me being a DIE-HARD Harry Potter fan, I was never able to admit that I enjoyed them before.

But, while watching Taylor Lautner turn into a large computer generated wolf today, while watching Kristen Stewart fly off cliffs into forests, I thought about it for a moment.
There is really no reason, in my eyes, to pit Harry Potter and Twilight against each other. They're nothing alike and were never meant to compete. Both are HUGE franchises. And both have die hard fans. When I was watching the Cullens and the werewolves battle the voltori, the cheers that came from around me were as enthusiastic as any that I heard when Mrs. Weasley spoke her infamous line as I sat in the midnight showing of the deathly hallows part 2 a year ago.
And really. Really, honestly, the movie pulled me in. I'm not ashamed to admit it anymore, it was intense. And in the end it's a story like any other.
If we call ourselves readers we should, in my opinion, be able to respect all kinds of stories.
While I don't think I'll ever love twilight as much as I love my beloved Hogwarts friends, I have nothing against it anymore either.
It's a story like any other and it has work put into it, I'm sure.
Maybe I'll even read all the books now.
:)