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My friend Jordana is really smart and cool and everything, and I get along with her well. But look what happened yesterday: (side note: this is copied from a post in the Anti-Twilight guild)

Well, the background is this:
1. Last semester, when the movie came out, a sophomore in my computer class came into class with a Twilight shirt. I spent the class lightly arguing and writing a short review of the book.... I remember I used the term "X-men"
2. The period before this happened was gym, whereas I hit out the same girl (no, I don't know her name) and said "Take that, TWILIGHT FAN!!" ... and it turned out she was a friend of my friend... (oops.)

So here's what happened: I was invited to sit with my sophomore friend (the one who was friends with the twilighter) and the fangirl was there, too. I sat on the opposite end of the table to avoid friction.

In the middle of lunch, and in the middle of a conversation at the other side of the table, I heard some speak of "...the next movie..." and "...new actor..." So I asked my friend, who had invited me to the table, which movie they were discussing, just to be sure.

My friend said she couldn't tell me. I insisted; she hesitated. Yes, they were talking about IT.

So I gently entered into the conversation saying the usual: Twilight is a bad influence, sexist, poorly written, etc.

The conversation went on about Pattinson and how he's so sexy. (would he be sexy if he wasn't Edward?) So I interjected that even Pattinson doesn't like Twilight: the series, the book, or the character. She said that wasn't true, and I gagged on my sandwich. I insisted: didn't you read the interviews? Etc., etc.

My friend changed the conversation to Harry Potter. We discussed that a bit.

"I really like the fourth movie," I said, "you know, because of the dragon, and that underwater scene..."

And Twilight fan interrupted to say "Oh, I love that one. Rob Pattinson is in it."

And rather than saying "F**K THAT" and splashing my water at her face, I poured the remainder of the water on the table, crumpled up the plastic bag my sandwich came in and left to Ceramics early.

Afterwards, I swore a bit in the staircase and kicked the steps, and I also whacked around my backpack a bit.

When I got to ceramics, nobody was there because all of the seniors were gone. I sat down and cried.

**edit**
Here's a quote from my journal:

It looks to me like you're overreacting horribly. Sure, Twilight is terrible, the writing is horrendous, the plot is mediocre, the characters are flat, and the underlying messages are garbage. Sure, Twilight is a blight upon humanity, to be forcibly hidden and destroyed in case any alien civilization happens upon us and asks us about our literary and artistic standards.

So is almost every single other piece of popular culture we have produced for centuries. You can't honestly tell me that, say, Pride And Prejudice is any less of a blight; maybe a bit better written, but sexist and degrading and all that fun stuff nonetheless.
Should you abandon your friends over this? They're going to forget all about it in a year unless you bring it up, and it seems as if you hate Twilight much more than they like it. Everybody likes at least one terrible thing; they might not consider it terrible, but everybody, even you, likes at least one thing with no intellectual, cultural, or artistic value. Being able to claim cultural superiority is wonderful and all, but hopefully you are friends with your friends for reasons other than just what movies they watch and which actors they think are hot.
Unless I'm overestimating high-school friendships. I might be.
To be honest, I have no sympathy for you. If you're going to get this upset over a single terrible movie, that's your problem. Liking Twilight doesn't make them better people, but you sound like the villain in a high-school flick. Or the protagonist, there's not really any difference. Whine, whine, whine, "nobody understands me, why can't they think exactly like I do, I should be mean to them for being different", whine, whine, whine.
Go ahead, abandon these worthless philistines. You obviously don't value them very highly, so you won't be losing anything important. I'm sure there are plenty of people who would love to have a friend who would reject them so easily over something so trivial.

From what you've written, it doesn't sound like any of them have noticed or care, particularly. Unless they're spectacularly sensitive, and I somehow doubt that, they're all simply wondering what the ******** you're getting so pissy about. As am I, to be frank.
I suggest that you go apologize for being a whiny b***h. Worst case scenario is they'll think you're weird and decide that they don't like infantile schizoids, thus leaving you to wallow in the tepid misery that you've brought upon yourself. If you don't try to make up with them, then you'll be alone anyway so it doesn't matter. It's no more than you deserve.
Seriously, running away from your mistakes will not fix them, nor will it make them not exist. When you screw something up, you apologize and you try to fix your screw up. After that it's not up to you whether they can still be friends with you, it's their decision because you've just shown that you're not competent enough to make that decision yourself.

So suck it up and go apologize.

But I don't even see them no more! gonk

I just know Jordana's Gaia is jajawigitywac
but I don't know if I can talk to the other girl... emo

if a friendship can be "bailed out on" so easily then it is not worth having in the first place, same with couples who break up and get back together.

I'm going to say that you over reacted, even though those mindless Twilight zombie can be rather infuriating. I'd just accept that they've lost their minds and let them continue to merrily lose their individuality. Don't close the door on them, though. Should they realise that there is more to life than poorly written novels with sexist undertones and a complete bashing of the vampire race (Brahm Stoker would be having anurisms, I SWEAR), and they decide to come back to the real world, give them a hand in the waking world. Apparently, its difficult going through Edward withdrawl, even if you wish to get off him... burning_eyes