The Good, the Bad and the Weird
Aug 5, 2026 · 1 hr 42 min · 12 segments
Hang on dear spider monkeys for the latest dive into the, for some reason, wildly popular vampire werewolf romantic triangle that is Twilight! Join Nicho, a Twilight hater, and Chris, a fan of the…
Okay.
I was not a Twilight fan.
You were not?
I was not.
Okay.
I read the books my last year of s- what I called super super senior in college, which means I was in college way longer than most, and that's when I read them.
I didn't read them at the height of their popularity in high school.
I also refused to watch the movies when they first came out.
Okay, so the way you've been talking about this to me for ov- about a decade at this point-
Yeah
... made it sound like you were a fan from high school.
No. I'm a fan of the fans.
Okay.
That ... [sighs]
I-
All right
...
I was never a Twilight diehard.
Looking back on it now, I think it's because I didn't find either of the main actors appealing at the time.
I was.
I wanted dark, I wanted death, I wanted to be an emo child at heart.
And so Twilight didn't appeal to me as a child, as a high schooler, even as an early college student.
It didn't appeal at all.
But what I did like was the dedication of the fan base.
Okay.
I was not a Twilight fan.
You were not?
I was not.
Okay.
I read the books my last year of s- what I called super super senior in college, which means I was in college way longer than most, and that's when I read them.
I didn't read them at the height of their popularity in high school.
I also refused to watch the movies when they first came out.
Okay, so the way you've been talking about this to me for ov- about a decade at this point-
Yeah
... made it sound like you were a fan from high school.
No. I'm a fan of the fans.
Okay.
That ... [sighs]
I-
All right
...
I was never a Twilight diehard.
Looking back on it now, I think it's because I didn't find either of the main actors appealing at the time.
I was.
I wanted dark, I wanted death, I wanted to be an emo child at heart.
And so Twilight didn't appeal to me as a child, as a high schooler, even as an early college student.
It didn't appeal at all.
But what I did like was the dedication of the fan base.
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