I know it's been 4 years so I'm late as hell but how do you enjoy any aspect of Twilight if every single character physically pains you. like. they all have moments where they do toxic or harmful shit.
Rosalie fucking hates Bella and is mean as hell to her even though Bella literally did nothing to warrant that.
Emmett doesn't stand up for his wife and she gets the short end of the stick all the time because of it.
Alice forces Bella into, like, everything--clothes, a fancy wedding, etc.
Carlisle changes people into immortal beings without their consent or knowledge.
Leah thinks awful things to "torture" the wolfpack members.
Emily lets her best friend's man date her.
Charlie is like "yay Jacob!" when Jacob kisses Bella without her consent.
Jessica uses Bella to get closer to Mike.
Kate threatens to shock Bella's baby to scare Bella into using her power.
Victoria gaslights tf out of Riley.
James tries to eat Bella, which is bad enough, but even by vampire standards is fucked up bc he assumed Bella was EDWARD'S snack.
Mike doesn't take no for an answer and is obsessed with Bella for years.
Jasper quite literally manipulates people with his power. Like. All the time.
Edward can see in people's minds and he doesn't even try to stay out of their business. He uses the knowledge he gains from such invasions of privacy to inform his decisions, often times trying to play god.
And don't even get me started on Bella. She uses a wedding to get what she wants from Edward. She literally left Jessica alone at night in Port Angeles. She flirts with Jacob to trick him into sharing secrets about the Cullens. etc. etc.
ALMOST EVERY VAMPIRE CHARACTER HAS TAKEN A HUMAN LIFE IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER!!!
I legitimately think the only character who never does anything "wrong" is Seth. Also Angela. Yay, a story of two people!
The thing is--there's context for many of the actions named above. Rosalie has a lot of trauma, and she doesn't handle it that well--this doesn't absolve her, but it does explain why she's "mean." Similarly, Leah had her heart broken by Sam, is dealing with her father's death, etc. so she's lashing out. Again, not an excuse, but it is 100% understandable. Also, re: imprinting--that's Smeyer's fucked up bullshit. To assume Quil and Jacob are nasty gross awful people with evil intent when the in-canon explanation is that it's NOT "marrying a child" is, to me, fucked up. As a meta-analysis, YES, we can shit on the concept of imprinting, call it out for basically being grooming, and so on. We SHOULD do that. But in-universe? It doesn't make them "bad" or irredeemable people, and y'all need to get it together with this bullshit. They're teenage boys who had their lives changed forever bc those damn Cullens wouldn't move away from Forks. Be for real. (And I say this as someone who was groomed!! so do NOT come for me!!)
(I'll add that there are some actions listed I'm not gonna defend--context doesn't make it any better. Carlisle stealing blood, Jasper being a confederate, Renee, etc.)
Characters do fucked up shit sometimes. Because they are supposed to portray people, and people are not perfect. People react in hurtful ways, and it doesn't mean they are "bad people" or "inherently abusive." People are raised with shitty views and have to learn how to be better people. People are put in situations in which they can't control themselves (example: Sam hurting Emily on accident due to phasing). Conflict is INHERENT to human interaction, and as such, inherent to stories about people!
So to read about María, who Jasper harbors no ill will towards might I add, and assume she was sooooo toxic and abusive towards him, and that he has so much trauma from her...............that doesn't sit right with me. We know almost nothing about her. We know she lost everything (twice! And the second time it was her mate!!), and fought to take back a piece of it. We know it was a hard life that Jasper was glad to leave. However, we also know that he does not carry anger for her, he does not hate her or resent her, etc. He wishes her WELL.
So get the fuck out of here with the bullshit. And this isn't even @ the person who responded to me all those years ago, this is @ all the people i see NOW spewing the same garbage. Your head canons about how abusive she was are tired. If you paint her as a seductress, manipulative, evil woman--congrats. You're repeating the same RACIST rhetoric that people have been using against brown women for centuries. Wow, aren't you cute and original and interesting. 🙄
