I hate Stephanie Myers as much as everyone else but like. she kinda popped off with how vampires are seen....
It's so interesting to me that (obviously), they're all immensely beautiful and gorgeous and have literally no flaws. Smooth skin, lean figures, and (the cullens at least) never have even a single strand of hair out of place. It's common to see this type of stuff in other fiction, but it's not even mentioned, it's viewed as normal!! Like when people draw 13 year old anime girls as literal models.
But in the Twilight universe, people are mesmerized by it at first.. then they're creeped out. In Breaking Dawn, when Bella turns into a vampire, she doesn't see her reflection as HER; it's completely and utterly unrecognizable.
might be clipped wrong but the paragraph ↓
"Who was she? At first glance, I couldn’t find my face anywhere in the smooth, perfect planes of her features. And her eyes! Though I’d known to expect them, her eyes still sent a thrill of terror through me. All the while I studied and reacted, her face was perfectly composed, a carving of a goddess, showing nothing of the turmoil roiling inside me. And then her full lips moved. “The eyes?” I whispered, unwilling to say my eyes. “How long?""
And if you've read Midnight Sun, most people are (rightfully) disturbed by the cullens even more. It's stated that Rosalie is like a goddess among mortals, but to the point it's almost disturbing. Whenever Edward smiles, his lips pull back far too much and it's terrifying. They're all super uncanny, and everyone in Forks seems to recognize this, just a teeny bit.
And the fact they literally glitter and shine when revealed to the sun; it's like. wow. I had no idea that was something you could do and add to a species of character that already seemed pretty scary.
Anyway lowkey just wanted to rant about this but um. yeah. Share your thoughts if you want!! A small part of me thinks Stephanie should've added more horror to the creatures literally stalking Bella.
