Rosalie Can Choke Me 🥚

It seems to me that SM found herself surprisingly interested in the Jacob/Bella dynamic. That was never part of her original plan; remember, she wrote Twilight and then Forever Dawn (which was basically had all the same plot points as Breaking Dawn eventually did). She had already written E/B's wedding, birth of Renesmee, Bella being a vampire. Jacob was just a family friend with a minor crush. But it's pretty clear he took on a life of his own in the middle books that SM had not originally planned for and my theory has always been that SM liked the idea of Jacob/Bella but not as much as the Edward/Bella endgame she had literally already written. So what to do? She wants them to kiss, so she makes Jacob force himself on Bella so that Bella is blameless. She wants them to snuggle, so she puts them in a cold tent where Bella literally needs Jacob's body heat so Bella is blameless. She wants them to kiss again, so Jacob threatens getting himself killed, so Bella is blameless.

And none of the Cullens seem at all bothered by whatever is going on with her and Jacob, and they don't have the details because Alice can't see him. It would be natural for some of them to be like, "uhhhhh, what? Is she cheating on Edward?" but no! She is innocent and blameless and they all (except Rosalie) adore her! Part of the family already! Don't even worry about it! Alice even says something like "wow it must be hard to have two good options" like she is a neutral observer and one of the options isn't her brother. They aren't even bothered by her making Edward, the only mind-reader and the only one who can communicate with the wolves when they are in wolf form, sit out the fight to the death that their relationship caused. They're cool with it. Because no one can resent Bella for anything, and if they do, they're bad.

And then we have Breaking Dawn. Bella's been begging for vampirism for awhile now, but maybe wanting immortality and power and beauty might be selfish? Can't have that. She's dying in childbirth. Now it's not just an emergency transformation to save her life, she's sacrificing herself for someone else. She's absolved, and so is Edward.

Even with silly stuff, like the clothes and parities. It might be selfish of Bella to want those things, so she doesn't, but Alice just gives them to her anyway.

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Even the creepy but still nice ones like Edward for trying to control Bella and being an absolute dick to bby Rosy

And Jacob for the same thing, and wanting to marry a child (that means Quil too) and sexually assaulting Bella

Or Carlisle for stealing Jacob's blood and comparing him to an ape

Or Jasper for being Confederate

Or Sam for being inherently abusive

I love them but fucking SMEYER HAD TO GO BE A BITCH AND FUCK THEM UP AAHAGAGHSHSSJDU 😭

Rosalie fucking hates Bella and is mean as hell to her even though Bella literally did nothing to warrant that.

Emmett doesn't stand up for his wife and she gets the short end of the stick all the time because of it.

Alice forces Bella into, like, everything--clothes, a fancy wedding, etc.

Carlisle changes people into immortal beings without their consent or knowledge.

Leah thinks awful things to "torture" the wolfpack members.

Emily lets her best friend's man date her.

Charlie is like "yay Jacob!" when Jacob kisses Bella without her consent.

Jessica uses Bella to get closer to Mike.

The volturi are cops.

Kate threatens to shock Bella's baby to scare Bella into using her power.

Victoria gaslights tf out of Riley.

James tries to eat Bella, which is bad enough, but even by vampire standards is fucked up bc he assumed Bella was EDWARD'S snack.

Renee.

Mike doesn't take no for an answer and is obsessed with Bella for years.

Jasper quite literally manipulates people with his power. Like. All the time.

Edward can see in people's minds and he doesn't even try to stay out of their business. He uses the knowledge he gains from such invasions of privacy to inform his decisions, often times trying to play god.

And don't even get me started on Bella. She uses a wedding to get what she wants from Edward. She literally left Jessica alone at night in Port Angeles. She flirts with Jacob to trick him into sharing secrets about the Cullens. etc. etc.

ALMOST EVERY VAMPIRE CHARACTER HAS TAKEN A HUMAN LIFE IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER!!!

I legitimately think the only character who never does anything "wrong" is Seth. Also Angela. Yay, a story of two people!

The thing is--there's context for many of the actions named above. Rosalie has a lot of trauma, and she doesn't handle it that well--this doesn't absolve her, but it does explain why she's "mean." Similarly, Leah had her heart broken by Sam, is dealing with her father's death, etc. so she's lashing out. Again, not an excuse, but it is 100% understandable. Also, re: imprinting--that's Smeyer's fucked up bullshit. To assume Quil and Jacob are nasty gross awful people with evil intent when the in-canon explanation is that it's NOT "marrying a child" is, to me, fucked up. As a meta-analysis, YES, we can shit on the concept of imprinting, call it out for basically being grooming, and so on. We SHOULD do that. But in-universe? It doesn't make them "bad" or irredeemable people, and y'all need to get it together with this bullshit. They're teenage boys who had their lives changed forever bc those damn Cullens wouldn't move away from Forks. Be for real. (And I say this as someone who was groomed!! so do NOT come for me!!)

(I'll add that there are some actions listed I'm not gonna defend--context doesn't make it any better. Carlisle stealing blood, Jasper being a confederate, Renee, etc.)

Characters do fucked up shit sometimes. Because they are supposed to portray people, and people are not perfect. People react in hurtful ways, and it doesn't mean they are "bad people" or "inherently abusive." People are raised with shitty views and have to learn how to be better people. People are put in situations in which they can't control themselves (example: Sam hurting Emily on accident due to phasing). Conflict is INHERENT to human interaction, and as such, inherent to stories about people!

So to read about María, who Jasper harbors no ill will towards might I add, and assume she was sooooo toxic and abusive towards him, and that he has so much trauma from her...............that doesn't sit right with me. We know almost nothing about her. We know she lost everything (twice! And the second time it was her mate!!), and fought to take back a piece of it. We know it was a hard life that Jasper was glad to leave. However, we also know that he does not carry anger for her, he does not hate her or resent her, etc. He wishes her WELL.