Evelyn Evelyn

I read the latest blog on the Evelyn sisters. I'm in love with them.

We all know who the twins are. We've all had alter egos at some point in our lives (eve if it was just a character you spent a little extra time on in the Sims) and we enjoyed being them.

When you create your alter ego, you always give them a back story that in some way takes part in what makes them so SPECIAL now. You wouldn't create an alter ego that was as plain or boring as yourself (or if you really are SPECIAL as yourself, you still wouldn't make them normal.) You'd give them the qualities that you yourself had and loved, and filled in the rest with the things you wish you were and wish you had. But how did alter ego you get so SPECIAL now? 90% of the time it's because of something tragic from the past.

It's how you create any character. It's how REAL people are made.

Is it mocking disabilities to have the twins be conjoined? Is it honestly making fun of child porn by putting it in their story? These things happen in real life. If the twins were REAL, you'd all marvel at them and the interesting (albeit sad) life they've lived. There would be a fucking movie in the works to tell their tale, and people would be SO TOUCHED by that movie that it'd be nominated for multiple categories in every award show you could think of (include music awards, as the twins are musicians) and they'd WIN nearly every one of them.

People do experience things in life that are this fucked up. People do overcome bad childhoods filled with gang violence, rape, drug abuse, child porn, running away from home, being orphaned, being suicidal, having no friends, and only being able to bond with an ANIMAL because you don't connect with people. Some people experience more of those things than others. When those people grow up to be something special, you look at their past and are amazed at how far they've come.



BUT, since this is fiction, it's automatically wrong. It's exploitative and mocks disabilities and child porn. Right?

What kind of "artists" are these? The Blind Side was a beautiful movie. I missed the first 10 minutes, and didn't know it was a true story until the end. I cried so much, and felt so moved by it even when I thought it was FICTION. The kid didn't seem too smart, he was in a bad neighborhood with a drug addict mother and a father that left his family. He was taken to foster homes but always ran away. No one saw the good in him until that family took him in. They, in a way, made him who he is and gave him the ability to have that life. (Much like Amanda and Jason are "helping" the twins")

If this were to be a fictional movie, people would have still ate it up. At least, they should. It shows the true side of most Christians (turning their backs on the needy... I'll talk about that another day) while also showing that there are people who can see the good in a complete stranger, even if no one else can. It shows that as long as someone wants better things for themselves, they can HAVE it. People can overcome any tragic past and do great things. (Yeah, I really liked that movie. haha.)

Basically, I'm saying that if the twins were real, there would be no doubt that everyone would be oohing and aaahing about them. But, since they're fiction, and the creation of Amanda (who, fans seem to be turning their backs on) the Evelyn sisters are taboo.

Why is this? It's just going way over my head why people are reacting THIS badly. People have used all the themes of Evelyn and Evelyn in every type of media you can think of.

The only difference is that because Amanda is gaining fame, everyone seems to think she must have changed to achieve it. They think she's TRYING TOO HARD and is making "joke" out of everything she does. Oasis anyone? There is quite literally no difference between that song and the twins. She's always been that quirky talented and very weird girl. Maybe everyone was just confused about who she was to begin with?

This post got long. In short: Anti-fans need to get over themselves because if child porn and disabilities are issues that you take THIS seriously, then maybe you should be donating your time and money to helping fix the issues instead of wasting your time on the internet whining about Amanda's new project. Why the hell do you even care?

And, why the hell did I spend all this time caring about some overly touchy people on the internet that I am not likely to ever meet? (oh yeah, I love Amanda, and will defended her to no end <3)

Fuck.
S