Re: Twilight
In an attempt to get this thread back on track, I will now list all of the reasons Twilight is not a good series, and many of the flaws with the characters themselves. Pay attention.
Bella is a Mary Sue.
A Mary Sue fictional character whose implausible talents and likableness weaken the story. Why is Bella a Mary Sue?
1) Characters like Bella without question.
2) None of the flaws of Bella's personality are ever addressed. In fact, they're ignored.
3) No one questions Bella's motives for anything that she does.
Edward is a creepy stalker.
He breaks into her bedroom to watch her sleep and she doesn't even care. In fact, she encourages it.
The fourth book made absolutely no sense.
Okay, in the first three books Bella is told, very clearly, that if she were to become a vampire she would have to give up her ability to have children and would have to be completely cut off from her family and friends.
Then comes the fourth book and it throws this formula right out the damn window. Bella and Edward end up spawning the creepiest child you have ever seen. It also chews its way out of her womb.
Not only that, but the baby is apparently super intelligent and is capable of holding conversations through touch-sensitive telepathy when this child is, quite literally, only a days old. I don't think so.
Jacob falls in love with the baby.
It explains itself.
Bella is one of the most selfish main characters I have ever seen.
Why do I say this? Simple. She is.
Take Jacob, for example. He's a werewolf. Edward is a vampire. The two don't mix. This makes it very difficult for Jacob to be in Bella's life because she's in love with said vampire.
But apparently, in her own words, "I can't live without Jacob."
Bella maintains this train of thoughts through out the entire story on various topic. Selfish.
BTW the book/movie is just raising females standards of what a partner should be.
