Twilight Clown Takes Special EditionβTeam Rosalie Fan Dumb
Because this one character gets all the clowns to the yard, trying to taste her milkshake. My response? Om nom nom NOM
βStephenie Hates Rosalie!!11!β
Who gave her the degree in astrophysics in the first place?
Who gave her that sympathetic, tragic backstory?
Who made her into a car girl and mechanic?
Who gave her a redemption arc and have her be on Bellaβs side throughout BD?
These antis act like Rosalie is an actual human being instead of a literal fictional creation by Meyer. Meyer is the one who made gave Rosalie these traits, the good, the bad, and the ugly. These people do not understand the way fiction works.
βRosalie Was Just Respecting Bellaβs Autonomy!!!!1β
So thereβs clearly a bit of a double standard at play here.
When Rosalie doesnβt want Bella to become a vampire, these fans interpret it as her wanting Bella to have βinformed consentβ in making this very drastic change. A kind of sisterly advocacy, as it were.
The problem with this is that Edward doesnβt want Bella to become a vampire for the exact same reasons. And for him, we do get canon confirmation:
βBella, you donβt know. Iβve had almost ninety years to think about this, and Iβm still not sure.β (Twilight, 474).
Edward fears Bella would regret becoming a vampire and come to resent it like Rosalie, even despite finding Emmett. He also feels Bella doesnβt have the necessary information to undergo the transformation. But his stance is taken by the anti fandom as Edward being a patronizing control freak. Never mind that Rosalie also says the exact same thing:
βYouβre too young to know what youβll want in ten years, fifteen yearsβand too young to give it all up without thinking it through. You donβt want to be rash about permanent things, Bella." She patted my head, but the gesture didnβt feel condescending. (Eclipse, 167).
Rosalie and Edward both agree that Bella shouldnβt be a vampire, but while Rosalie is framed by her fans as rational, Edward is demonized as being controlling. The difference is that Rosalie does resent Bella for her choice, while Edward doesnβt hold it against her. He understands why and would love to be with Bella forever.
As for Rosalie prioritizing the fetus because thatβs what Bella wants her to do...I think there is plenty of canonical evidence Rosalie would have wanted Bella to have the child even if Bella decided not to. Like, the one chance Bella would have at being a mother...! Fortunately for her and their sister relationship, Bella did choose to have Renesmee.
Edward literally calls himself a monster every couple of pages in Midnight Sun, and yet Rosalie is the only one βkeeping it real.β
Actually, Rosalie doesnβt call herself or her family monsters, not even once. She shows that she doesnβt mind killing, if for a very good reason. What she seems to object the most is her desire to have children and grow old with her family. Very trad wife coded.
This would be great...if we had any canon evidence that Rosalieβs pro-Bella-having-her-baby stance was fueled by Bellaβs right to exercise her autonomy.
But the fact remains that for the bulk of this series, Rosalie did not accept nor validate Bellaβs own choice in becoming a vampire. Like Edward, she assumed that Bella was throwing her life away, and she would come to regret it. Unlike Edward, she blamed Bella for this and took out her resentment on her.
You could interpret the BD drama as Rosalie liking the fact that Bella would be staying human for longer and choosing a very human condition. But per Jacob and Edward, who confirms it, she is mostly on Bellaβs side for the baby. Jacobβs POV dislikes her, true, but only because Rosalie is 1) a vampire and 2) racist towards him. Also, 3) Rosalie is obviously living vicariously through Bella in having her baby, and it rubs Jacob raw, precisely because Bella is suffering so much.
Meyer is often assumed to be pro-life just because sheβs a Mormon. But her choice to pivot to Jacobβs pro-abortion POV and paint Rosalie as (mostly) selfishly baby-centered and depict it as a flaw is probably more telling of her actual views. Either that, or Meyer is a writer first and foremost, and she is devoted to telling the whole truth of a character, no matter if it contradicts her own views.
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