This morning, I wrote a post that suggested that many Twilight fans may not be rooting for “Robsten” (that is, a real life romance between Robert Pattinson and Kirsten Stewart) because it runs counter to the whole gist of the Twilight fantasy (which is the nearly perfect Edward Cullen pursuing the nearly ordinary Bella Swan.) The emphasis of the Twilight series on Bella as “everygirl” (who is secretly strong, brave, and deeply attractive) made me think that many fans may be hoping for a romance between RPatz and another everygirl (that is, a fan rather than a movie star.) Given the lives of the two Twilight stars though, I compared the magic (and likelihood) of such a fan-tastical relationship to the existence of Santa Claus.
Thinking about this post later, I worried that I was a bit ungenerous to Twilight fans. Frankly, I think many fans find the alleged romance between Rob and Kirsten to be fairy-tale-like enough to be perfectly satisfying. In other words, for these New Moon-struck fans, Robsten may be Santa Claus enough.
Then I wondered, what exactly makes these fans root for Robsten?
1. Rob and Stewart are simply both so young.
2. And good-looking.
3. Not just plain old ordinary good-looking—go-together, top- of- wedding-cake good-looking.
4. Kirsten is very pretty, but, at least when playing Bella (and not going too heavy on the eyeliner), has a definite American girl-next-door quality.
5. The paparazzi have hounded Rob and Kirsten enough to give them an “underdog” quality. (You really can’t have a fairy tale without an underdog quality.)
6. The alleged interest in Pattinson by established female stars, such as Shakira, makes Kirsten a double-underdog.
7. Most importantly, if “Robsten” is real, other elements of Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn, also become credible … elements such as the existence of perfect male romantic heroes pleading for marriage (and abstinence beforehand), the happily ever after ending for one and all (even third wheel Jacob), one little bite turning Bella into a super-model.
(The repeated requests of certain Twilight fans to Rob to “bite them” tends to support this last theory.)
For prior post in favor of Team Fan (and no Santa Claus) check out: https://manicddaily.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/is-there-reall……errr…-robsten/
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