twilight sideblog 4 suffering

There’s literally so many things I could say, I just don’t want them recorded.

because he’s an old bitch who regularly sneaks into a seventeen year old’s bedroom at night?

(anon i hope this isn’t an ironic question because here’s my genuine take: i don’t hate him so much as im disappointed by him. i just think he’s a terrible person written into a boring character, which i blame on sm*yer’s romanticized execution and the fact that he belongs in the wrong genre. i have no problems enjoying or at least understanding characters who are terrible people. and objectively... he has warped morals, he’s an old creep with obsessive and racist tendencies, and he’s a pretentious and judgmental hypocrite who criticizes other people for literally the same shit he does himself. his only saving grace besides his family is that he’s somewhat self-aware of all of this. genuinely there are moments in midnight sun where he is just so ridiculous and dramatic that he becomes unironically hilarious and compelling.

however anything interesting about him is stripped away because the narrative doesn’t agree with his actual character. he is flattened into a Teen Romance Hero, which is really just a placeholder broody white guy to swoon over. the fact that he ultimately bears little to no actual ramifications from any of his wrongdoings or faults aside from his own ceaseless self-hating flagellation is truly so boring. and if anyone makes a valid criticism, they’re either Terrible like rosalie or Misguided like jacob.