still in my twilight phase, sorry

“How you likin’ the rain, girl?”

[humans4vampires]

i feel like bella’s adrenaline rush phase in new moon has a more scientific explanation than what smeyer gives us. it’s less about the whole “i’m losing my mind and wanna hear edward” and more about being biologically human. like soldiers that come home from war, after being exposed to experiences where your adrenaline is constantly at a high, going back to a regular life makes you really depressed. your body is used to the high of danger. bella and edward’s entirely relationship was built on danger. bella wasn’t crazy, thanks smeyer for taking another dig at a female character

[humans4vampires]

Okay, so let me continue this thought, because I’ve been getting some questions around this theory/thought of mine. 

I’m not saying it’s just the danger of being hunted by James that was adrenaline pumping for Bella. From what we know of the basic “biology” of vampires, we know that they are basically killing machines in a very attractive and alluring visage. Midnight Sun really fills in the blanks here, but he also explained this to Bella many times that humans naturally are drawn to them because of the attractive facade, but they also are very apprehensive of them instinctually. I think there is even mention that the humans’ instincts are telling them the truth when their minds are rationalizing the fear; the innate fear that they have as prey in the presence of a predator. 

Now, I know; you’re going to come at me with the logic that Edward also often says that Bella just doesn’t seem to have this instinct that everyone else has, but I have to counter this by saying... uh, no. That’s just false. She did initially have that fear. Day one in Biology, helllooooo?!? She even sensed something was up with them in the cafeteria and she wasn’t even that close to them. Bella obviously rationalized her fear, she quelled it with her love for Edward. And that’s totally okay. That’s scientifically sound; you can certainly overcome natural instincts! People overcome fears if they’re motivated enough. And excuse me, a godlike, perfect, immortal vampire boyfriend would be incentive enough for me. [This is also a reminder to any potential vampire suitors that yes, hi, I’d be game]

But “getting over” that fear doesn’t mean that your body doesn’t chemically still react to stimuli that cause you to be fearful in the first place. That rush of butterflies you feel when you’re nervous? That jolt of energy you get before you do something gnarly? Yeah, that’s adrenaline. And in some extreme cases, it’s enough to kick in your fight or flight response. And I’d wager that constantly hanging out with something as inherently dangerous as Edward nearly 24/7 would be pumping Bella’s body full of adrenaline. That might even be a great reason that girl can never get a good night’s rest! Get out of her room, Edward. Let a girl relax!!!

That’s why danger is so intoxicating to people; why vampires are sexy. [that needed to be bold, because they are]

Now, I won’t go into the whole “soldiers coming home from war” bit here, but if you followed along to this point, you should understand. When Edward left Bella in New Moon, I could not even imagine the low she would be feeling after riding a high of adrenaline for months. Not only did she lose the love of her life (and being young and thinking it’s the end of the world), but she also was severely lacking the drug her body was producing off of his presence. 

When Edward said that she was like a drug to him, he had it all wrong.

In this essay I will...

[bellas-empty-head]

I miss the way Edward and Bella interacted in Twilight, they were still so serious but it was more playful as they tried to figure each other out. Edward thinks Bella is hilarious and he picks on her a little,

"Honestly- I've seen corpses with better color. I was concerned that I might have to avenge your murder."

"You never even say hi to me." "Hi"

Nothing tops this

[lambandlion]

When Bella finds out she’s pregnant in BD, she mentions that her last period was 16 days before the wedding (the wedding took place on August 13th 2006) and that at the time of her phonecall with Carlisle (which was 17 days after the wedding) she was 5 days late. She also mentions that her period is never late.

This means that her cycle is 28 days exactly (16+17-5) and that her last period began on July 28th 2006. That was also her last period EVER btw because then she got pregnant and then was immediately changed.

So I counted backwards to every single one of Bella’s periods, from her last one before she changed, to the first one after she moved to Forks. The results:

To elaborate, Bella was on her period:

When she first met Edward at biology class (January 18th 2005)

At the meadow (March 12th) and baseball game (March 13th)

The first time she heard Edward’s voice in NM (January 16th 2006)

When she bought the bikes and she started repairing them with Jake (January 17-18th)

When she and Jacob did homework together and she invited him to the movies (February 14th)

The day she realized Jacob is a werewolf (March 11th)

Quite possibly when she jumped off the cliff, depending on how long it lasts for her (March 16th)

When  Jacob confronted Edward and Bella about the treaty and gave Bella back her motorcycle (April 7th)

When Edward caught Riley’s scent at Bella’s house (June 2nd)

At the Quileute bonfire (June 3rd)

When Jacob went missing in BD (Late June/Early July)

So… yeah that’s what I did today.

[olivialaurelle]

🤍🔮🦇 Alice 🦇🔮🤍

[gloomyveil]

Twilight CD covers 🍎𓂃 𓂂𓏸

[niaixdrew]

✨Starfall Dress✨

Am I the only one weirded out by the fact that Feyre wore the same dress to two functions? I am talking about the starfall dress that was reused in the high lords meeting. Like girly you are rich as fuck now. Why would you rewear it? Especially in such a close period of time. 

I don’t say this in a let them eat cake type of way. But in a SJM critic way. You are writing a whimsical book. By describing new clothes and fabrics and cuts you set the vibe. I get that she is not a very descriptive writer but what was the use of this choice?

[rosemmett]

I have always been obsessed with genderbent twilight as a concept and i love how many options there are. it was years ago, but i saw a post on here about bella being the mind reading vampire and edward being the old soul bookworm who looks after his dad and has the only mind bella can't read. I love the idea of Bella and Emmett being the equivalent of Edward and Alice, (I know Edward and Emmett were close but like switch that relationship so Alice and Bella are good friends or sisters but Emmett's her bestie). Emmett conspiring to intimidate the nerdy new guy into going out with his little sister because in the 70 or so years that he's known her she's never shown any interest in someone. (I also see Emmett thinking about his relationship with Rosalie and how he has never minded being a vampire because it means he gets to spend his life with the angel that is Rosalie and how edward would be just as lucky even if Bella doesn't see it that way.) Bella and Rosalie being sisters because as a woman from the 30s, there is no expectation for Bella to find her attractive as a romantic partner so they're just close to begin with. Maybe Carlisle changed Rosalie because he wanted Bella to have a sister, which is infinitely less creepy than the canon, although still pretty selfish (not out of character for the cullens if you think about it). Also I think edward wears glasses now. that just feels right to me. He's still big into books from the Brontë sisters and Austen and Shakespeare, and i still kind of think he would have done ballet because René is the type of mother (even for the time period) to let her son do ballet.

[nosunlightplease]

[breakingisabella]

okay but y’all know that edward and rosalie danced together all the time. think about it. bella hates dancing and emmett (god bless) tries but is pretty bad at it. edward and rosalie both love classical music and both like dancing (they even danced at the wedding - edward knows she’ll want to have a dance bc it’s what they DO) we love some sibling bonding

[hoahoahoahoahoa]

Charlie changes things up and goes deer hunting instead of fishing. Bags a buck, makes some jerky from the meat. Bella doesn’t particularly like it but packs it for lunch for the sole purpose of pulling it out, taking a bite, and telling Edward “This is the closest we’re going to get to sharing a meal for a while, huh?”

He’s not amused

[hoahoahoahoahoa]

#bella learns how to skin and quarter a deer and edward finds her drenched in blood in the garage PLEASE

@fuckmeyer this mental image just cured all my ails

[4ngels4ever]

[ilyanakin]

Twilight is VERY serious to me I don’t care.

[hoahoahoahoahoa]

i love u

[lengthy-artery]

tshirt concept

[dysphoria-things]

(no beers in) do you guys think i'm redeemable

[this-chick-runs-with-vampires]

— Edward, probably

[fishgummy]

this made me laugh so hard i started coughing

[edwardskhakipants]

Edward was excited to wear matching outfits with Bella. He was amazed that he could dazzle her. He recited Romeo's lines in her ear. He left notes on her pillow. He was so desperate for her hand in marriage, he allowed her to add a condition to his condition.

Edward is a lovesick dork first and an awkward loser second.