Aargh.

I do not like Twilight for rather a stupid reason, to be honest. The Amateur Historian wishes desperately to say that her initial, gut-reaction of dislike arose from feminist principles, an admiration for the subtitles and satires of Jane Austen over the sentimentality Brontes, a dislike of melodrama or something of sort, but it really started because the person who introduced Twilight to the Amateur Historian said Edward was a "Byronic hero." NO. HAVE SOME MACROS TO SHOW YOU WHY THAT IS WRONG. The Byronic hero for the edification of her gentle readers:

It's enough to make one want to join George Takei's Star Alliance.