Twilight My Beloved

I can't keep ranting about twilight in my Wife's instagram dms. I mean i totally could. but also im not going to just do that

[mariapedia]

Thinking about how all the male Cullens are draft dodgers.

[itsfortheplants]

Maria this is fucking sending me into orbit

[cullenfamilytherapist]

The more I think about it, the more I think of how degrading it must be for Jacob to be a part of the Cullen family post-imprint. Does he ever finish high school? Does he get a job so that he can support himself, or does he rely on the Cullen's money forever? What's the point of all that money if they aren't going to support a member of their family, but it can't feel good to never support yourself. Does he move in with them or have his own place? There is nothing about the Cullen's lives from the minimalist decor to the never settling in one place that strikes me as something he would like for himself. Also, how does it feel to know that none of them actually chose for Jacob to join the family either? Apart from Bella and maybe Edward, we don't see that they even really like him all that much. He's barely friends with Carlisle prior to the imprint, and he and Rosalie hate each other. If he was destined to join the family, then it would have been nice to see where he fit prior to imprinting.

And you know what would have been nice? If Esme had been that stepping-stone for him. Smeyer could have written him as having issues with losing his mother, and Esme steps in and helps him move past that and becomes a mother figure for him. (Honestly, the fact that Esme is so under-utilized in the book about becoming a mother is just criminal.) Not to mention, we had several chapters of Jacob's POV to establish this- we could have had him no longer feeling that he fits in at La Push or wanting more than to stay in his small town. There are many possibilities that could have set him up to join the Cullens, but we didn't go there. At least with Bella, we see how being a lonely middle-class child of divorce set her up to want the nuclear family dynamic. I think that is perfectly in character for her, and actually pretty well-written.

[midnightella-mass]

tbh Esme was tragically underutilized in the twilight saga. like a woman who is forever frozen in the early stages of motherhood, turning the grief for her son into a fierce need to mother every person that walks into her home?? that Bella was a character who was in desperate need of a mother and Esme was right there in desperate need to always BE a mother?? and then she was literally never used unless she was mothering Edward or glued to Carlisle’s hip, despite the fact that she should have probably been more important to Bella than Carlisle ever was

[jenniferslov3r]

"team Jacob or team Edward?"

TEAM ROSALIE.

[jenniferslov3r]

If this is about my soul, take it. I don't want it without you.

[mariapedia]

It’s crazy that Alice was so focused on Jasper’s control that she completely missed Edward slaughtering a classroom full of students. What a time to drop the ball.

[im-motley]

And if i say that Jacob was never an option for Bella will i be burned at the stake?

She didnt want him when she had 0 idea about Edwards existence and Jacob was her freshly 15 year old childhood friend.

She didnt want him when he was 16 going on 25 (smeyer is still so weird for this…) and started turning into a wolf with a short temper and no boundaries.

She didn’t want him when she found out about him and the pack and his connection to the supernatural. (she actually jumped to the conclusion that the animal attacks were actually the pack ((again smeyer was weird for this)).

She didnt want him when Edward fucked off and abandoned her in the woods to go play in rat nests.

She didnt want him when he assaulted her. (again sideyes directed at smeyer)

She didnt want him when she agreed to marry Edward

And she still didnt want him when she told Jacob to kiss her <24 hours after getting engaged. (smeyer👀)

Bella never had any real romantic feelings for Jacob it was always a friendship/brotherly love and ill die on that hill.

And no i dont think any romantic feelings that were implied during New Moon count… this is the same era where miss thing is hallucinating, self isolating, and was passively suicidal (yes jumping off the cliff and riding on a strange man’s motorcycle with no helmet counts)

[kingripredofthegnawers]

Rosalie and Emmett are the best couple in twilight that's the post

[itsfortheplants]

In chapter 20 of eclipse (you know the one) I think Edward should’ve at least begged Bella to sit on his face since the chapter is called COMPROMISE like what else are yall gonna do with the evening after allat sex talk? Not thoroughly compromise apparently

[academic-vampire]

𝔟𝔬𝔯𝔫 𝔱𝔬 𝔯𝔲𝔫

[rosemmett]

If Bella chose Jacob

[twilightmdbds]

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[magnoliasinthesummer]

Twilight (2008)

[sofiabird123]

Rosalie is not the villain!!!

Rosalie Hale is one of the most misunderstood characters in Twilight, largely because Bella is the protagonist and narrator in twilight and Edward is the narrator in Midnight Sun. We never really get an unbiased view of Rosalie. Through Bella's perspective, she often comes across as cold, shallow, or even cruel, but there's a lot more going on beneath the surface.

At first, Rosalie's dislike of Bella stems from two main things. The first is jealousy though not in the way people usually think. Rosalie was used to being admired for her beauty. As a human, her appearance was treated as her greatest asset because she grew up in a time when her parents viewed her beauty as a means to improve the family's social and economic status through marriage. Over time, Rosalie internalized the belief that her beauty made her valuable. So when Edward showed absolutely no romantic interest in her, despite showing interest in Bella, she took it as an insult to something she had always been taught defined her worth. It wasn't because she wanted Edward; it was because she couldn't understand why he didn't want her.

The second reason is much more practical: Bella genuinely posed a risk to the Cullens. She was a human who knew their secret, which endangered the entire family. If anything had happened to Bella or if one of them had lost control they would have been forced to leave. Rosalie's concerns weren't entirely unfounded. The Cullens eventually did have to leave because of Bella's involvement in their lives.

Then Bella decides she wants to become a vampire, which is where Rosalie's resentment deepens. For Rosalie, this is almost incomprehensible. She would give anything to be human again. Bella has the opportunity to grow old, change, experience new stages of life, have children, and build a future. Rosalie lost all of that the moment she became a vampire. So when Bella willingly throws that future away, Rosalie sees it as a tragic mistake. To her, Bella is a teenager making an irreversible decision without understanding what she might want in five years let alone five hundred.

Another criticism Rosalie receives is her behavior during Bella's pregnancy. Many people argue that Rosalie only cared about the baby and not Bella's wellbeing. But that's exactly why Bella turned to her in the first place. Bella knew Rosalie would prioritize the baby above everything else, even Bella's own safety. Bella wasn't shocked by that, nor did she feel betrayed by it. She specifically chose Rosalie because she knew where Rosalie's loyalties would lie. Rosalie gave Bella exactly what Bella wanted someone who would fight for the baby's survival no matter what.

Honestly, Rosalie is a deeply tragic character. A lot of her actions make more sense when you view them through the lens of someone who lost the life she desperately wanted and has spent decades mourning it. You don't have to agree with her choices, but reducing her to "the mean blonde vampire" misses a lot of what makes her interesting.

And while we're at it, I can't help noticing that Stephanie Meyer seemed to have a habit of making her blonde female characters the antagonistic or "mean girl" types.

[ignisarrow]

🦇🫀🐺

[cardinal-atis]

say the word and i make the twilight dads kiss

[lunastwilightblog]

I saw this comment on a YouTube Short today and YES EXACTLY

Carlisle may well have pure intentions but he’s NOT ACTING LIKE IT

[couldnt-think-of-a-funny-name]

it would've been 100% funnier if Edward's approach to getting Bella to appreciate her humanity was less begging her to not be a vampire and more....forcing himself to hang out with her human friends so she has a normal teenage experience lmao

could you imagine Edward Cullen at like...a high school football game?

getting dragged to an amusement park on senior ditch day

at some party and he has to pretend to be drunk to fit in with all the others

Mike, Eric, Tyler and Ben all start insisting on calling him Eddie

he goes on shopping trips with the girls because he's the only one with a running car that also has trunk space for their bags

he starts using his mind reading powers for The Gossip(tm) and Jessica is absolutely obsessed...finally someone with decent intell

God at some party everyone's lowkey high and they start playing truth or dare and Edward's using his powers to choose the least embarrassing option but Bella catches on and Edward Trusts Her so she picks him and he's expecting something tame like...truth what's your favorite color, dare kiss me or something lol but Bella looks him in the eyes and with no mercy dares him to strip tease while rapping an Eminem song. Mike films it. Edward didn't talk to her at all the next day lmao

they all go see a horror movie together and to Bella's absolute delight 1) it turns out to be a vampire movie and 2) Edward falls for every single jump scare

The Guys(tm) invite Edward to some weird bro bonding sleep over and Edward's expecting to be bored out of his mind without Bella but 3 redbulls, 2 video games and one ouija board session later they're all crying about their deepest fears to each other. Edward's telling them he's scared that if Bella marries him it will doom her eternal soul to hell but he can't live without her and they're like 'Eddie dude that's so specific calm down' 'have you considered therapy man??' 'bro you guys are 17'

Edward and Bella get roped into helping out with the senior prank and it goes t e r r i b l y. First time in half a century one of the Cullens have gotten suspended from school lmao

he sneaks Angela's little brothers candy every time they hang out at her house

Jessica begs him to tell her what Rosalie's skincare routine is but the vampire's don't even really have to shower they can just wipe stuff off and be good to go and he knows Nothing about skincare so he panics and tells her something absolutely batshit that nearly ruins her skin and Bella and Esme make him treat Jess to a spa day as an apology and Rose searches up everything on human skincare and buys some stuff for her

GOD can you imagine how helpful it would of been during eclipse to have completely non-objective friends chime in on the love triangle bullshit...Edward can vent about it without mentioning the vampire's and werewolves and they can tell him he's being dumb because she's clearly head over heels for him and is just friends with Jake

He's like 'but what if she stops loving me,,,' and they're like 'dude she's literally wedding planning with your sister and mom right now please shut the fuck up'

one day they plan a beach trip to somewhere other than La Push and it's cloudy enough that Edward should be fine if he keeps a shirt on and from then on the group has a mission: See Edward Shirtless. they go to LENGTHS. switching into his gym class. spilling things on him. begging Bella to take pictures for them. Good Christian Edward(tm) is scandalized but Bella thinks it's hilarious and keeps telling them he had crazy tattoos

Edward trying to fake pop culture knowledge to fit in but it's not working so he actually has to start paying attention to shit from the current decade and now he won't stop ranting to Bella about Harry Potter and he's very invested in Britney Spears' mental health

Edward trying to decode text talk and everyone makes fun of him bc he texts like a grandpa

Edward after one joint is on a full rant about how America should have handled the Spanish Influenza- like he has a detailed list of complaints and ideas- and everyone is like 'Bella I know he's rich but he's such a nerd Are You Sure you love him' skdjjdmd

anyway. let the old man act like a teenager for once. as a treat.