Some Finale Thoughts About the Twilight Series So Far

I promise, this is the last post for a minute about Twilight.  Seeing the second movie and reading the second book brought up a couple of items that I figured blog worthy.  I feel as though Meyer should be given credit for coming up with such a great idea and she delivers it effectively enough.  On the other hand, she seems to play around with the rules of the Twilight world to fit her convenience.  Also, the main character is makes me roll my eyes a little too much.  Disclaimer:  There may be some spoilers.

Vampires

If you're anything like me and you read Twilight you probably had a similar reaction to the "sparkle" scene. I was reading the book  I remember reading the book, getting past that point, and setting the book down for a minute.  I looked at the nearest person at the time and saind "Okay, so the real reason vampires can't go into the sunlight is because they're shiny?"  Meyer is turning vampires into the next unicorn.  According to mythology, a unicorn was an untamable beast.  The only thing that could calm it was a virgin maiden.  But they weren't pretty white horses either.  They evolved into that overtime.  Originally, the description of the unicorn was similar to that of a Rhino, which may be where the myth had come from.  In the last few decades, unicorns were found postered on the walls in pre-teen girls' rooms all over the place.  Sound familiar?  Now Edward Cullen is postered on the walls in pre-teen girls' rooms all over the world.  In Meyer's defense, authors have been changing vampires to fit their story for years, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.  To me, the sparkling thing just took the vampires too far.  Even the bad vampires glitter.  What point does it serve?

Continuity

This became very apparent to me in the book New Moon. Meyer attempted to explain that Bella is immune to the special abilities of vampires.  This is why Edward and Aro couldn't read her mind, and Jane couldn't torture her.  If this is the case, than why can Alice see her future?  Or Jasper calm her emotions?  Because it works for Meyer's story, that's why.  Same can be said for Alice's lack of seeing Jacob when he pulled Bella out of the ocean.  If werewolves were made only to fight vampires, it makes sense that he may be immune to their powers.  Then we find out Edward can read Jacob's mind...

Bella

When I read the first book, all I could think of was how much of a jerk Edward was, and how I couldn't stand his controlling nature. Then I found a lovely little article on cracked.com that explained it totally isn't Edward, it is all Bella. 

 Feminists often attack Edward for being a condescending, misogynistic jerk towards Bella. They often cite that fact that he treats Bella like a doe-eyed dipshit that needs to be kept on a leash to stop her from trying to play with oncoming traffic. What these people fail to realize is that Edward's treatment of her stems not from the fact that she's female, but because her favorite hobby consists of trying to find new and exciting ways to get killed by household objects. One of Edward's earliest encounters with Bella consisted of rescuing her from becoming roadkill, and subsequent outings have consistently shown her to have the intelligence and dexterity of an apricot. Edward treats her as if she is constantly in danger, not because he's sexist, but because her own ability to detect trouble usually kicks in about half an hour after it's been and gone. He can hardly be blamed for being a bit protective at times - although it is unlikely that Darwin would approve of Edward fucking around with his gene pool so much.

I hated that she spent most of the second book all "woe-is-me" and what not.  Now, it probably is normal for a teenage to be sad for a couple weeks, and tear up at reminders for maybe even a month or two.  Bella had a hole in her stomach for four odd months or so after being dumped, and spent so much time talking about it in the book.  Isn't that how long she had been with Edward before the dumping happened?  Honestly, I'm kind of insulted.  I love my fiance plenty, but I wouldn't ride motorcycles or jump off cliffs just to hear is voice if he left me.

Well, in conclusion, I really sound like I hate Twilight.  I don't.  I'll read the next book, and enjoy it, but for crying out loud Bella, pick the werewolf.  He's closer to human, and it isn't like cuddling with a slab of granite.