What is Stephanie Myers's problem making her background characters more interesting than the mains. How am I supposed to pay attention to the guy who died from the Spanish Influenza when twins who were burned at the stake for witch accusations are there. Or the 1920s queen who killed her rapists one by one. Or the guy whose father was a vampire hunter. Or the
summary: Jessica Stanley tells her older sister, Rebecca Stanley (my oc), about the graduation party the Cullens are throwing. Set in Eclipse.
cw: cursing
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“BECC” Jessica screamed my name as she ran into the kitchen.
“The Cullens are throwing a party this weekend!”
I looked up from my 17th job application this month (i’ve been keeping careful count) “You’re fucking with me.”
My baby, and only, sister has a tendency to exaggerate. She’s a brilliant person, but our age difference, 18 and 24, is sometimes unmistakable
“I swear to god i’m not. Alice invited me! It’s a grad party for Edward and her. Oh! And for Bella, which is so ridiculous because Bella would never throw a party. It’s totally because Edward is having one and she has to do absolutely EVERYTHING with him.”
It’s brutal, but she’s not exaggerating anymore. Chief Swan’s daughter has only been living in Forks for a little over a year, but she became close to the reclusive Cullens, specifically to Edward (“The Hair” as Jess calls him), so quickly. It’s genuinely concerning.
“Where are they throwing this supposed party?”
I had to ask. I can’t imagine the Cullens letting people into their home. I’ve passed by our neighbor’s dense, forest driveway everyday, but there’s no sign a house even exists behind the greenery. Just a fantasy to most. I wonder if the Swan girl, Bella, has been there? There’s no way. She wouldn’t have lived to tell the story. I know I definitely sound ridiculous. Hell, I probably even sound like my sister, but there’s something so… off about them. I don’t hypothesize any unusualness because they all look like each other, even though they’re all adopted, or that they’re so private like the rest of the town thinks. Even though those traits are really weird. I just can’t seem to get past the prejudice. Maybe Leah is rubbing off on me. Since coming home from college, she’s been absolutely repulsed by the Cullens, specifically with Edward’s commitment to Bella. I hear about it in passing every other time we hang out. Now that I think about it, she’s never said why.
“It’s at their house actually! I can’t believe i’m actually going to see the Cullen mansion! I mean, I was never told it was a mansion, but Dr. Cullen is the only doctor in Forks, so he has to be making a fortune.”
“Do they need any chaperones?”
There’s no way I’m leaving Jess alone in those woods.
“i mean Dr. Cullen and his wife will be there.”
“Esme?”
She nodded like that was obvious, but i’ve only heard of her as “Dr. Cullen’s wife” or “the Cullen’s adoptive mom”. I saw her at last year’s graduation for her older kids, but I didn’t greet her. I wasn’t even sure I had her name right.
“Can you call Alice and ask if I can come with you?”
Jess sighed in relief: “Thank god. Mike and Ang are coming with me, but they’re just as freaked as I am.”
Part of me just wants to know if their home is as strange as them.
fuck the dc pride parade, they let israelies not only wave their flag of genocide and apartheid, but one of those devils was even marching with a sign that read "WHEN IS THE PRIDE PARADE IN GAZA AGAIN?"
queer liberation will NEVER come from the systematic murder of 20,000+ children. it will NEVER come from intentionally starving 1.9 million people. it will NEVER come from bombing hospitals schools churches graveyards and residential complexes. none of us are free until all of us are.
DC is home to a Palestinian museum filled with material about the nakba and before the nakba. There arent many palestine museums in the US. So yeah, an extra layer of insult.
I hope DC pride is deeply ashamed of themselves. This pride is definitely not safe for Palestinian queers and you should let people know that. If DC pride wants to put out a statement condemning this, I'll gladly take back my words.
Can twilight vampires have autism? This is a genuine question because like...as an autistic person myself I think it'd be really interesting but at the same time vampires are supposed to be like super human and flawless and wanting to die when you touch velvet isn't exactly like the coolest thing ever. If you get what I mean because like, I sort of a tiny bit headcanon both Alice and Edward as autistic but also at the same time canonically could they have it? Because that type of representation could be so cool in like a mythical setting. Like Emmett with adhd would be so great. I'm asking this because I'm not that knowledgeable on the vampire lore in twilight as I'm still quite new to the fandom itself and the actual intricacies of the lore despite watching all the films like a hundred times but we all know they're not the best book to movie adaptations so...
Idk it's 1am and I've just woken up. LET ME YAP!!! CAN VAMPIRES BE NERODIVERGENT OR NOT!?!?! Help me Twilight fandom!!