COSMO GIRL - WHAT IS FORKS REALLY LIKE?
COSMO GIRL talked with a teen from Forks Washington - home of the Twilight saga. Maegan, age 18, answers a few questions about what life is like in Forks. Read her comments below:
Is Forks really all gloom-and-doom?
Maegan: “I love Forks and we get a lot of rain — we average about 13 feet a year — but it’s not gloomy. All of us live in Forks for a reason: We have the best summer days. We get beautiful days of sunshine.”Are there really myths of vampires and werewolves in Forks?
“No, I never heard of anything with vampires or werewolves until Stephenie created it. We have the myth of Big Foot.”Is the prom really in the high school gym?
“My sister, who graduated in 2006, had her prom in the lunch room but my high school prom was upstairs in The Rack, an art center downtown.Our theme was ‘above city lights’ because it overlooked our one flashing-yellow stoplight in town.”
What do teens do for fun?
“They drive around town, cruising, or you go to the Subway and Thriftway, back-and-forth. The closest McDonald’s is an hour away. The closest movie theatre is an hour away. We all play sports. A lot of us have gotten involved in high school [activities]. My senior year I was student body president.”Are there hot guys like Edward at school?
“My MySpace page says ‘just graduated from the ever-so-famous Forks High School, where I failed to meet Edward.’ I always dated from outside of Forks, so no! There were 58 people [in my graduating class].”Maegan is now a college freshman in Oregon, majoring in business, so she’s very perceptive on how Twilight has boosted Forks’ economy. There are “Twilight Tours” that take people around town on a bus. Tourists buy t-shirts that say, “I was bitten in Forks, WA.” My favorite, of course, is the t-shirt that Maegan’s aunt sells in her flower shop: “Bella Swan for Prom Queen,” with Maegan and her sister’s names as her rivals on the ballot. But if Bella is prom queen, my question of the year for you is…Edward or Jacob for Prom King?
Who should be prom king? Edward or Jacob? or maybe Jasper or Emmett?
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I say Edward, because Edward and Bella make the canon couple. If it MUST be Emmett, at least make Rosalie queen. After all, it is what she always wanted.
This girl is very lucky to live in our dream city! =)
EMMETT!!!!!!!!
lol. Can you imagine Emmett’s reaction if he was crowned Prom King. hahah
I just want to say that after seeing the Forks, WA chamber of commerce store on TA, I bought a Forks shirt and FHS sticker. I would MUCH rather support the small town than a large chain store. I received my shirt and sticker today…along with a note and extra goodies in my bag — including a Forks Chamber of Commerce Member sticker and Twilight map!
Edward definetly!!!