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[[File:marktwilight_1629.jpg|frame|[[This Is Gonna Suck|Enjoy the ride.]]]]
{{quote|[[Hype Aversion|[T]he real issue here [is that]]] ''[[Twilight (
|'''Mark Oshiro''', [http://markreadstwilight.buzznet.com/user/journal/4398741/mark-panasonicyouth-will-read-entire/ in his introductory post].}}
{{quote|[[You Are Not Ready|YOU ARE NOT PREPARED.]]
|'''Mark's fanbase''', [[Catch Phrase|repeatedly.]]}}
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In August 2009, Mark "PanasonicYouth" Oshiro, then community manager of the blogging network Buzznet, decided to see what all the fuss was about with those ''[[Twilight (
▲In the blog of ''Mark Reads Twilight'', [[Sanity Slippage|WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY]] ''[[Go Mad From the Revelation|WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY]]'' '''[[Rage Against the Heavens|WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY]]''' [[Overly Long Gag|OH GOD WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY]]. Intrigued? [http://bit.ly/MRTarchive Then it's time for Mark to read Twilight.]
▲In August 2009, Mark "PanasonicYouth" Oshiro, then community manager of the blogging network Buzznet, decided to see what all the fuss was about with those ''[[Twilight (Literature)|Twilight]]'' books.
The result was a completely unique journey that was part [[MST]], part [[After Action Report]], part [[Review Blog]], and part [[Author Tract|autobiography comparing the events in Mark's life to the story in the books.]] Initially holding a somewhat neutral view of the series as literature before he began to read it, Mark slowly [[Sanity Slippage|began to go mad as he progressed through the series]]. Somehow he got through all five books (yes, even Midnight Sun).
He eventually started another blog with the same format, ''[[Mark Reads Harry Potter]]'', before continuing into other books, movies and media at [[Mark Does Stuff]].
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* [[Aborted Arc]]: He only got to Chapter 5 of ''Midnight Sun''. [[Averted Trope|However,]] two months later he reviewed the last seven chapters all at once, in a single video.
* [[Actually Pretty Funny|Actually Pretty Well Written]]: He may not be that big of a Twilight fan, but he did find himself enjoying Chapter 5 of New Moon. [[Lampshade Hanging|He was quick to comment on this.]]
* [[Angrish]]: Very often, of the "cat walking on a keyboard" variety.
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: In one of his reviews he [https://web.archive.org/web/20140121233243/http://markreadstwilight.buzznet.com/user/journal/4589221/mark-reads-new-moon-chapter/ posts a creepy picture for every creepy thing Bella thinks]. {{spoiler|He apologizes for the one of a man in tight golden pants.}}
* [[Berserk Button]]: The Church of Latter Day Saints, and Mormonism in general, [[Freudian Excuse|due to a run-in with a homophobic Mormon missionary who tried to recruit Mark as a young man.]]
** Not to mention Bella's whining, use of the word "dazzle", thinking Edward or Bella are role models, poor grammar...really, it feels like every other page something seems to piss him off in one way or another.
** Mark went ''[[Freak-Out|absolutely batshit]]'' when Meyer quoted [[Orson Scott Card]] in [[It Makes Sense in Context|the preface to chapter 19]] of ''Breaking Dawn''.
** And in the same book, Mark viciously criticises the transphobia in [https://web.archive.org/web/20131022115952/http://markreadstwilight.buzznet.com/user/journal/6467991/mark-reads-breaking-dawn-chapter/ chapter 16], to the point that almost every sentence is either allcaps, [[Take That]], [[Big "What?"]] or [[Cluster F-Bomb]].
* [[Bias Steamroller]]: By the time he started ''Breaking Dawn'', it was pretty clear that any sense of neutrality or critical analysis on his part was gone. [[Rule of Funny|But it didn't really affect the quality of his writing.]]
** By ''Breaking Dawn''? By the ''sixth chapter'' of ''Twilight'', he declared there was no way to redeem the story anymore!
* [[Big "What?"]] / [[Flat What]]: A common reaction to some of more idiotic moments in the series.
* [[Bold Inflation]]: A lot. One chapter review of New Moon consisted of almost nothing but large, sparkly, animated text.
* [[Buffy-Speak]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20140121205506/http://markreadstwilight.buzznet.com/user/journal/4597211/mark-reads-new-moon-chapter/ THE 'TWILIGHT' SERIES IS, QUITE CLEARLY, THE WORST THING TO EXIST ON THE PLANET THAT ISN'T ACTUALLY A SERIOUS DISEASE OR SOMETHING.]
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: Frequently in the later books. And the occasional [[Precision F-Strike]] too.
* [[Dear Negative Reader]]: Mark did this once, after finishing the first book.
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* [[Review Blog]]: Obviously.
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: ''Many.''
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* [[You Are Not Ready]]: ''You Are Not Prepared'', his fanbase's [[Catch Phrase]], which carried over to his Harry Potter blog and has since become "You en't prepared." for [[His Dark Materials]], got translated into Dwarvish runes for [[The Hobbit]], and became "You aren't frakkin' prepared!" for [[Battlestar Galactica]].
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