ashen_key posted a link to
this discussion on the few, but rare, things Twilight gets hiddenly right that contribute to why it is such an explosively popular phenomenon despite all the things that are super-obviously wrong, but since not all of my flist is on hers, and because I want to keep this on archive, I'm reposting it here.
I love it. I have huge issues with Twilight, but leaving it at "It's hugely, insanely popular for NO REASON because PEOPLE ARE DUMB" is fucking lazy. If it's hugely successful, there's a reason for it.