Jun 15, 2025
yo remember how in Twilight's second book, New Moon, Edward decides to disappear out of Bella's life 'for her safety' despite radically altering her perspective on the world and completely changing her basis for reality in a way which is totally unresolvable and which she'll never be able to share with anyone because who the fuck would believe her boring ass mormon af boyfriend was a vampire
yeah remember how before he left and completely dismantled Bella's perceptions not just of their relationship but of the literal world, he went through her photo album and removed every image of himself and his family from it
remember that?
fucked up as shit
#people give Bella in New Moon a hard time#the book is absolutely batshit and the prose is poor but it is a RIDE let me tell you#anyway the thing is right that everyone goes on about ghost edward#how Bella is triggering hallucinations oof her boyfriend through risking her life and all that jazz#and a lot of people take the piss out of how devastated she is that Edward is gone#hot take though that was actually TOTALLY REASONABLE as a response#Edward isn't just her high school boyfriend#he's not even 'just' emotionally manipulative and a bit of a stalker and kind of a predatory#he is A VAMPIRE#he is a vampire in a way which is wholly undeniable#his family who Bella ALSO spent time with and came to love were ALSO vampires#this is not just the loss of a boyfriend and some friends#this is the loss of a point of reference for something which COMPLETELY CHANGES Bella's understanding of reality#all that shit in book one yk all the 'you're a vampire' etc#that is Bella's understanding of the world and how it works SHATTERING#and so when they leave? that is the loss of the only grounding proof she had that these creatures exist#nobody in her life would believe her if she told them#so yeah I think having a complete breakdown is totally reasonable actually#eira speaks#lmao#about twilight#why am i thinking about this so much#oh well
