Dawwwww that's a pretty cute interpretation of it (⁠人⁠*⁠´⁠∀⁠｀⁠)⁠｡⁠*ﾟ⁠+ I still hold that episode close to my heart, it still hurts so much

My intention with ghost Dib is to use him in the same way that Umineko uses magic to distort the storytelling, and also giving them a bigger meaning that the blind heart can't catch (without love it cannot be seen). I'm so fascinated with the closed room murders and the use of magic/ghosts to trick the reader into believing that a witch did it because of how good the culprit hid their steps.

He's going to be the horror factor for all of the protagonists, allucinations that torture them by reflecting his pain as a ghost that is clinging for dear life so it doesn't dissapear by Dib's rejection, and that helps Zim and Gaz to know what did Dib went through in the asylum, while it makes Membrane reflect on his decisions. He can't speak because his throat is so damaged due to his constant screaming at being tortured, so his presence is quiet yet heavy too.

If I had to compare ghost Dib and Dib's dynamic with Umineko's characters, it would be the way Kanon constantly rejects Beatrice's existence (the witch) as something evil, believing that she is a cruel entity that wants to see their downfall. What Zim is for Ghost Dib is what Battler is for Beatrice, too

That's all I'm gonna yap about because I'll probably end up telling spoilers about the visual novel, but I think it's a bit clear (⁠*⁠´⁠ω⁠｀⁠*⁠)

(Quick drawing I made a few weeks ago)

She mentions multiple times in the books that she despises expensive gifts, and the ones that actually leave an impact on are her Chevy and the wooden wolf bracelet Jacob gives her. The Chevy is second-hand from Billy, and the bracelet was carved by Jacob. They hold value to her because they have personality; they speak to her tastes and were given to her with those tastes in mind.

She loves her Chevy, but it is eventually replaced with a sleek, expensive designer car gifted to her by the Cullens. She adores the bracelet but Edward puts an designer charm on it to remind her of him.

Even her clothes, which she insists are fine and suit her, are replaced with branded sweaters, dresses and heels.

She hates the idea of any kind of marriage but Edward holds vampirism over her head to get what he wants. Even when she agrees to marry him (against her will) she wants to keep it simple, wanting to simply drive to Texas and get married via a drive thru- Alice begs Bella to allow her to plan the wedding and it's easily more ostentacious and expensive than her birthday party in New Moon, which she describes as "a hundred times worse than I'd imagined"

They get rid of her preferred aesthetics in hopes that their consumerist one will stick, and one of the last things they do to her is literally strip her of her humanity.

Its the same kind of fantasy as a bodice ripper: a woman is given what she is not socially allowed to want, something that would be wrong and imoral for her to seek out, but its okay because she has no choice in it! Except with expensive cars instead of sex.

The problem is that at no point do we see Bella actually starting to enjoy these things.

(Except for the vampirism, which she sought out from the beginning and was always her choice.)

She seems to become perhaps more indifferent to them, not quite as bothered as before. We dont hear her complain about them as much after she turns.

But she never seems to have fun with them, which just makes it feel... sad. The fantasy loses part of its appeal.