An Ardent, Unironic Defense of Edward Cullen

Oops, I think Twilight might be good, actually. And Edward Cullen is the goodest of them all.

#teamedward
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-Fifty thousand Robert Pattinson interviews

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
2:21 "What Do We Eat?"
12:53 "You Better Hold on Tight, Spider Monkey"
20:35 Problematic
26:40 Problematically Mormon
34:27 "Even Robert Pattinson Hates Twilight!"
48:32 "Fear is All You Hear"
58:07 "I'm Not Gonna End Your Life For You"

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