Eclipse, The Character Assassination Of Jacob 

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Like Meyers doesn’t write character arcs, she writes character cliff-dives

Edward: **literally believes he has no soul** Also Edward: sex? But what about our virtue!!!!!

“Every member of the Cullen family is more interesting than the leads” SO TRUE 😂

To be fair to Charlie's sudden dislike of Eddie. For his perspective: out of the blue, his estranged daughter is suddenly dating a guy, they break up so bad she runs off. He then finds out she's in hospital after Ed tracked her down and has a panic attack about leaving her boyfriend. A month goes by and then there's another break up. One so bad, His daughter is haveing not only suffering serious depression, but is having nightmares for months She then starts getting better after hanging out with Jacob. Then, without a word, she fucks off to italy and comes back with the ex boyfriend that started all of this in the first place and has apparently broken off her friend with the boy who was making her happy. So, yeah If I was Charlie i wouldn't like Eddie either....until Jacob SAs her and then I would be like "neither of you boys are to come near my child again"

Carlisle's backstory: Vampire doctor overcomes his base instincts to become a healer instead of a killer Esme's backstory: Grieving mother pushed to suicide after the death of her child Alice's backstory: Misunderstood prophet tortured until she loses her identity Jasper's backstory: Vampires form gangs and have turf wars Rosalie's backstory: Kill Bill meets Corpse Bride Stephenie Meyer: Clearly none of those stories are as interesting to explore as a couple of whiny, pretentious teengers lusting after each other.

*sees Dom removing the team Jacob shirt* Yeah, we all saw that coming, sorry Dom.

I’m Native American, and Jesus Christ. I always hated how the wolves were written.

Not gonna lie, the retroactively revealing that Jacob was apparently just being nice in "New Moon" to get with Bella kinda feels like the best piece of evidence for the theory that Stephanie Meyer made Jacob so horrible because of how many people genuinely thought he was a better match for Bella than the character she intended for her to be with.

My favorite part in Eclipse is Rosalie's backstory. How she killed all the rapists and then killed her ex-fiancé in a wedding dress? Damn, it’s really crazy how much more interesting the backstories of all the characters are than the actual story, reading them in the official twilight guide feels like there could’ve been way better stories set in that world

So if Edward's permanently stuck in a 1918 mindset does that mean he doesn't think Bella should have the right to vote? Does he support Eugenics? I've got so many questions.

I would like to propose team platonic Seth, in which we accept that Seth is the best character and give up on everyone else.

“Meyer can write a pretty solid fight scene, which frustrates me considering how often she goes out of her way to avoid doing so.” Me: laughing hysterically at Breaking Dawn. You’re in for the mother of all disappointments, Dom! 😂

I don’t see the point of going through the trouble of writing a love triangle if you’re just going to get so mad when people end up not unanimously liking Edward that you have to completely ruin one of your main characters lol

So all ive gotten from these reviews is that she should have written literally anything besides romance and it would have been amazing

"MAMA NEEDS HER NECROPHILIA" that killed me omg

Dominic: I'm worried about the baby obsession in these books. Everyone who read these books :😅😏

"The non-consensual kiss was the final nail in his personality coffin" Breaking Dawn Jacob is the grave so deep it goes to hell then.

The Edward's-sex-before-marriage-spiel reenactment was g o l d

Possibly the worst thing about Jacob's character assassination is: you can make the argument that it was intended as an *upgrade.* Meyer may not always be honest when talking about her process, but she has stated in interviews that she would leave her husband for *either* Edward or Jacob, and that she didn't really intend to write a love triangle until Eclipse. She also portrays Edward as an ideal romantic lead not in spite of his abusive tendencies, but in many cases *because* of them. With all of that together, it's entirely possible that when she wrote Jacob to be more of an asshole in Eclipse, she thought she was making him *better,* not worse. This gets even more plausible if you take a look at other books by Meyer. In The Host, Jared forces a kiss on Melanie when they first meet, and guess what? He becomes her love interest. Also, I'm pretty sure Melanie is seventeen or so at the time, while Jared is in his twenties. *All evidence suggests that Meyer thinks a guy in his twenties forcing a kiss on a teenager is not only acceptable, but romantic.*

Tbh, I was one of the “not like other girls” who didn’t like Twilight despite never reading it (I did watch the first movie tho... so idk) but upon finding out that there was an apparently sweet werewolf boy, one of my favorite tropes I was actually pretty ecstatic. Then one of my friends informed me of what Meyer did to that poor boy. So I feel ya, Dom. I do.

Even grosser when you realize that imprinting is literally what baby animals do to bond with their mothers

"Mama needs her necrophilia" I don't know what I expected but it wasn't this

The imprinting would have worked really well if what *explicitely never romantic.* Like it was familial, friendship, a close protective bond with someone they knew well. Sort of a 'no matter if we grow apart or you hate me I can't help but feel I need to take care of you' deal.

'Sam imprinted on Emily, she didn't accept him because of his relationship with Leah. Even after she found out about his newfound wolf form and new abilities, she still brushed him off, trying to convince him to return to Leah's arms. This went on for a while when Sam visited her daily and she rejected him every time. Sam, outraged, lost control of himself, phased into a werewolf and scarred her badly enough that 'mauled by a bear' was the only plausible cover story. Bella describes the wound as three deep scars that run along the right side of her face and distort her features, pulling down the corner of her eye and her mouth. As time went on, Emily finally accepted Sam after realizing her feelings for him and after getting to know him better despite her initial attitude towards him. She later tells Leah that she and Sam are together, which Leah had counted on not happening. Emily ended up being the caretaker of Sam and his pack, cooking, cleaning and finding clothes for them. ' from the wiki She wasn't even dating Sam when the abuse occurred. He maimed his girlfriends cousin. The maimed girl is then convinced to not only lie for him to avoid him committing suicide but then falls in love with him AFTER the attack. Emily is not a werewolf there is no magic connection on her end. She falls in love and moves in with her cousins boyfriend after her maims her face and body for rejecting him repeatedly something that is clearly known to everyone in the tribe. It seems really clear that Myers has at least unconscious racial bias going on.

*Jacob describes imprinting* "That's literally what grooming is" Yesssssssss! Been waiting 🙌🙌🙌

"Wow, he took off the Team Jacob shirt after reading Eclipse. What a shock." -Nobody

The imprinting on children is just so unnecessary and icky and I just don't know why Stephenie went there at all. Why not introduce the imprinting concept but just have all instances in the book be only adults? I've read many fantasy romance stories that have a similar element of the couple being matched by some sort of magic as a true match and I actually enjoy that trope - it's pretty fun to see shenanigans and awkwardness ensue as strangers get to know each other while one or both of them knows they're true loves - but ALL of these books just give a wide berth to the "imprinting on a CHILD" bit and conveniently only pair up consenting adults cause otherwise it's just SO WRONG. I think the closest I've seen is another novel where the male lead encounter his true love from afar when she's 15, so he leaves before even interacting with her at all and comes back in her life to introduce himself only when she's THIRTY. Like the author really threw in some extra years in there just to be sure she's in the clear cause that is just very dangerous territory but Stephenie Meyer just hops right into it not realizing at all what the problem is...

"Meyer seeming to have a solid understanding of what a horrific experience it is to be assaulted, and the talent to convey it in her story, makes it so much worse that she seems to believe you should put it behind you if they say "Sorry about that" and give you a halfway-thoughtful gift." Oh you sweet summer child. Women in conservative Christian culture have been expected to forgive men for assaulting them for centuries, whether the attacker apologizes or not. And Meyer grew up Mormon. Obviously I can't know this for certain, but given the realism of the description and how common sexual assault is and has been, I'd guess this is loosely based on something that happened to her - and which she was therefore expected to forgive. The apology and the gift *are wish fulfillment*.

I'm surprised you didn't go into detail at Rosalie's backstory, not only was it more interesting than Bella's story but that this was the part where the books were becoming weirdly baby centric.

"sEx? BeFoRe MaRrIaGe?" *faints* Your comedic timing and delivery are absolutely perfection.

Okay, so re: Meyers supposedly basing Eclipse off of Wuthering Heights. I remember reading Wuthering Heights in early high school (a little bit before the Twilight craze blew up) and to this day I LOVE that book, for basically the exact reason that Edward apparently hates it. Heathcliff and Catherine are both pretty godawful people who spend their existences destroying the lives of basically everyone they come into contact with. They're perfect for each other, in that they're both toxic monsters. And Heathcliff is very explicitly a deconstruction of the Byronic hero - a brooding man who you can change and open their heart with the power of your own love! - to the point that he actively MOCKS another character for thinking of him that way. The ONLY thing that I can see regarding Eclipse connecting to Wuthering Heights is that she's presumably basing the Edward-Bella-Jacob love triangle off of the Heathcliff-Catherine-Edgar love triangle, where Edward/Edgar is the high-status, clean cut man of wealth and class and Heathcliff/Jacob is the "wild", "dark-skinned", DEFINITELY-not-white man who has no status, prestige, or wealth. Which I guess would explain why Edward hates the idea that of Heathcliff (Jacob) and Catherine (Bella) being perceived as a romantic couple, claiming that it's a "hate story." Mostly it just confirms that Meyers has no understanding of Wuthering Heights as a novel. (And as a bonus, there are some lowkey racist implications thrown in too!)

Taking the spirit theory a step further: Jacob is the one who took over Edwards body and Edward took over Jacobs. It would explain why "Edward" did everything to make Bella happy and why "Jacob" insisted that Bella actually loved him but didn't know it yet. (this theory doesn't hold up the second you look into it but its fun to imagine)

Those "reading too deep" tangents almost make me wish Dom would rewrite the books himself…

Team Jacob❌ Team Edward ❌ Team spirit that stole Edward’s body ✅

"He’d squared up to the werewolf, fists balled, a stance taken straight from Fig. 1 of The Noble Art of Fisticuffs, which looked impressive right up to the point when your opponent broke your nose with a quart mug." - Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant

Your perturbed expression when you said "Jasper was a major in the Confederate army" was delightful. When I was showing my cousins the movie version a couple weeks ago (after having mentioned that Jasper is a Confederate in the books), they were hoping aloud that the movies wouldn't mention it, so when he said the line "All the training the Confederate army gave me...", they protested vociferously and it was just a joy. We group-roasted Jasper for the entire following scene, though I did interject that the movie at least had him leave the vampire wars because he felt bad about hurting people and not just because his side was losing. Seriously, though, Jasper being a Confederate really affected me a bit as a kid. I had already started to like his character in the first two books, because I thought his power was cool and I liked the way he twirled Alice in the first movie, so as a black preteen who'd had a racist history teacher already emphasize that we shouldn't take all that Confederate stuff personally (cue Present Me rolling my eyes), I pretty much had to tell myself, "Okay, this is fine, it doesn't matter that he fought for slavery." But subliminally, I was also aware, "This is not for me; this character absolutely would not care about me, and evidently none of the other characters would either, because no one is bringing up the whole slavery thing."

I can't wait 'til Dom learns why Jacob was so obsessed with Bella; despite her constant rejections. It'll be thing of beauty! It is also reassuring to finally see a reviewer acknowledge that imprinting is literally romanticized grooming and not some mystical/spiritual thing that defines the truest form of love.

Everyone spare a thought for poor Dom as he discovers exactly how far the character assassination of Jacob goes in the next book.

Dom: *Expresses concerns about the concept of Imprinting* Me: Oh you sweet summer child.

Anyone else think that Dom was suggesting that Jacob and Edward switched bodies? Like not even a general body snatching thing - specifically how that would explain the personality changes of Jacob and Edward. Meyer certainly didn't intend that, but I'd be interested to see where Jacob's really douche behavior begins in relation to Edward's personality switch.

The body snatcher was Cedric Diggory. Only the truest of Hufflepuffs would risk releasing themselves as an imposter because they couldn't not be kind.

“That’s literally what grooming is. You are describing grooming!” “... D-don’t be judgy about other people’s cultures, Bella!”

So is "It's Not that Deep Bro" going to become a t-shirt? I'd buy one.

I’ll admit I’m not American and read these books when I was pretty young, but um...how did I miss Jasper being a confederate soldier? I genuinely don’t remember that and it feels like it should have been a lot more problematic.

"I'll make Jacob a bad guy so people like Edward again!" ...well, making Edward forbid her to have certain friendship, try to force her to obey, and then creepily stalk her is just not doing it for me. Count me in on team "never mind everyone is terrible."

Dom, in last video: Jacob for Best Boy, I’m Team Jacob! comment section: wait for it- Dom, after reading Eclipse: **LOOK AT HOW THEY HAVE MASSACRED MY BOY** edit: wow, I made this comment before I watched the part of the video where Dom quotes this line asdfghjklmajskajahs

I agree. Jacob was the only likable character..…then his character was destoryed by bad writing and character change.

I think when it comes to Edwards mental age. Midnight sun does a pretty good job of showing the reader how much Edwards mental growth was stunted. Since twilight is from Bella pov, l feel like Bella's belief that Edward is very perceptive and smart is contagious... When in fact, his critical thinking skills got stunted and cause him to struggle to understand people, and thats even with his ability to read minds. I think one of the funniest things for me, was seeing the family have to sit Edward down at times to explain to him. What he'd already heard and then, even then he sometimes still coulden't piece things together, specially when it comes to Rose. Saying that l don't think l'd recommend midnight sun, unless you're a fan of new moon. Since it's really just Edward being a complete self loathing mess and gives the same feeling of helplessness and frustration.

If this is how Dominic felt about Jacob in Eclipse, then.....god, he's gonna have a field day with Breaking Dawn. *shudders* Edit: Holy crap, over 1.7K likes?! That has never happened before, thanks guys. ^_^

There really was an issue with the sound unfortunately. I missed a lot of the dialogue as it was drowned out by the sound of Emily Brontë spinning in her grave.

The Character Assassination of one Jacob Black by the coward Stephanie Meyer.

I remember as a kid being 100% team Jacob. That was until they ruined him. I threw the book across my room, never finished it. Gave away all my books. I still dont know how twilight ends lol.

"I guess we're getting married then, CAUSE Mama needs her necrophilia" I choked on the food I was eating. Well Done Mr. Noble, well done.

when I was a pre-teen reading these books I missed a lot of the bad things about them, but one of the things I DID notice was the obsession with immortality and never growing old. it fucked me up a little back then. I was like, 12, and these books were telling me that my life was basically over in five years!!

I generally read Jacob's "character assasination" less as that and more because he always enjoyed freedom, the ability to choose, and having a normal life. Becoming a werewolf... soured all that. Suddenly he has no freedom- he has an Alpha that he MUST obey without question, he had no choice about becoming a giant dog, and he has no shot at a normal life. He becomes very very bitter at it, and hates the Cullens for that from the very bottom of his heart. In a way, I feel like his character is less about Bella than its about her agency. Much like Rosalie, Jacob envies Bella's ability to choose and cannot accept the fact that she's choosing "wrong", as in the opposite of what he would choose. Its just that because he loves her he directs that anger to Edward, and even to Bella hersrlf, forcing himself on her and stuff. It doesnt make him likeable but it does make him interesting from my pov. Its way better than "sweet cinnamon roll who can do no wrong". Obviously, drawing the line at the abuse and defense of grooming. I would really like to see what had Edward change his mind too. I dont think its entirely out of nowhere- he simply realized what he was doing wrong, that he HAD been being a selfish jerk, and worked to better himself. I appreciate that. But I would still have liked to see it. It does feel out of the blue even if I get where it came from. Lastly, for Jasper, honestly.. I just do death of the author here. Imo, Meyer just probably supports it. But in canon? I actually LIKE that part of his character. Jasper was a proud, ambitious fool who didnt even seem to care what he was fighting for. Once changed, he paid the price for fighting for the Confederacy. He became the general of a hellish war for over a century. He had a gift that made it impossible to NOT sympathize with people, to NOT feel their pain and despair when he killed them. He's uniquely situated to see that race doesnt make them different or lesser, they're all people and feel the same way. Considering despite the whole "unchanging personality" Jasper displays no hint of racism in the books, I kinda choose to see it as his experiences burning it out of him. After killing and killing for so long, does race even matter? they're all soldiers he would kill anyway. The idea of paying so brutally for choosing to be a Confederate- something that clearly still haunts him- is honestly fascinating to me. Even if its a stupid headcanon and I still hate that Meyer chose to do this.

Me reading Eclipse: *THEYVE MASSACRED MY BOY*

“Don’t worry guys! We got a tactician who fought for the Confederacy to lead us into battle!” Err, are you sure 19th century battle tactics have any sort of bearing on a melee war between vampires and werewolves?

so, should we now call, self sabotaging your own characters for a poor OTP ship, "pulling an Eclipse"?

I don't understand why Edward wants to convince Bella to stay human, since the Volturi gave them an ultimatum. Wouldn't it make more sense if Bella changed her mind about becoming a vampire, after almost witnessing the massacre of the tourists (this could have been a great moment for her to realise how precious her humanity is, how she will lose her family, etc.) and Edward to be like "sorry, darling, we have to turn you, we have no choice."

Dom's "not that deep bro" moments are canon now and nothing can change my mind.

So can we appreciate that not only does Dom own a "Team Jacob" shirt but he now also owns a shirt just to say that everyone in Twilight is terrible. Also while I can't speak for the books, Bella's dad (at least with the films) seems to be a genuinely good guy who deserves a waaaaay better kid

'Backdated douchebaggery' sounds like a great title for an indie EP

I always wanted a more in-depth exploration of Jasper and Alice's relationship. Their dynamic is so sweet and very interesting the more you learn about their backstories.

I just realized, the sleeping bag scene is a telling moment that this is a rather sheltered ciswoman writing for young women. No one of Jacob's physical sex, hormonal balance at 16-going-on-werewolf-25, could be deliberately dwelling on fantasies of having sex with the girl in his arms without Bella noticing the effect that would have on Jacob. And it would eventually hurt. That scene truly ends up with Jacob facing away from Bella with just the reddest face, while she continues to cling to his back because she needs his embarrassment-fueled body warmth.

Jacob's character assassination was so disappointing I genuinely throw all the bad shit out of my brain. New moon Jacob is the only jacob

Guys I don't think the penguins are the only ones stealing his sanity anymore.

Meyer says she does very little revision between her first draft and final product, and from the thoughtlessness in her plotlines, I can definitely believe it.

Re-reading Eclipse, everytime Edward says he knows whats best for Bella and she doesn't have the best judgment, I was screaming at her to point out that his judgment on what was best led them both to suicide!!!

I always felt like Leah was trying to commit suicide to get out of being trapped in her ex fiance's thoughts which consisted of; him fawning over his new fiance/ her cousin and ex-best friend, him reliving his past with her, questioning why he didn't imprint on her, and comparing her to Emily. Add to that the fact that she can feel his love for Emily (which dwarfs his love for her) and his guilt about her pain (which the rest of the pack can feel and resents her for)and that legit everyone just thinks she should move on and be happy for Sam and Emily. At that point in time suicide would have been the only way for her to break the connection/ leave the pack.

So why can't I get a "nevermind. They are all terrible" shirt?!

23:20 This soooo true especially with the whole Renesmee aging process, just so she can be with Jacob even sooner. makes me feel sick.

The hop on to the motorcycle is absolutely amazing

The imprinting thing always weirded me out about Meyer's lore building. If I was being generous, I can see it as a way out of writing herself into a corner in New Moon by making Jacob seem like a better match but is not truly fated for Bella. Werewolves imprint on their "True Loves" (for lack of a more complete term) when they see them. However, Jacob doesn't imprint on Bella, even though he wants her. Therefore, Bella isn't Jacob's fated True Love. Team Jacob loses, but the diehards don't have to feel bad! BUT. Meyers takes the imprinting to an inappropriate and uncomfortable level by involving children. It normalizes toxic behaviors like grooming and attraction to minors. She did NOT need to include that!

Oooh, you think THIS book is Jacob's character assassination? HA HA HA HA HA HA HA that's adorable. Oh you poor, poor man... Also loved Edward's literal fainting away like an 1800's southern belle, and "Well I guess we're getting married then, 'cos Mama needs her necrophilia!" XD

My favorite part of these reviews: Dominic playing all of the characters in the quick summaries. I'm dying of laughter. This one was the best so far.

"Everyone's backstory is more interesting than the leads" wait till he reads breaking dawn, even Edwards's backstory is more interesting than the story he is in😂😂😂😂

You can't hide a scent from a wolf by covering it up with another scent. Canine noses can pick up individual scents, not just the strongest ones. For example, when you smell a pizza, you just smell a pizza, maybe the toppings too. When a dog smells a pizza, it smells the cheese, the sauce, the crust, the seasonings, the cardboard box it's in, etc.

I still don't know what a Dave and Buster is....

I'm not going to lie, it was kind of fun watching you get attached to Jacob knowing what would happen. I suffered through a twilight phase so I'm glad I get to see someone else suffer like I did 🤣

“Nevermind, they’re all terrible.” Yuuup. We tried to warn you. Also you deserve an Oscar for the melodramatic Edward acting.

Growing up in the Utah LDS circle, I can testify that all the moral problems that Meyer celebrates, such as grooming, forgiving your abusers, praising the "it's for your own good" or "look what you made me do" attitudes in your Perfect Husband Material... it's not uncommon, and if anyone has a problem with it, it's just swept under the rug. It's pretty bad.

"Kissing your girl. She booped my nose." Best lyrics ever.

"James forgot to file off the serial numbers off that one".... 😂😂😂😂😂🤘🏽

In the interest of grasping at straws, I think it can be explained why Edward and Jacob have a flip in character. Jacob realises he has lost and Edward realises he has ‘won’ or at least that Bella truly is going to be with him and he has nothing to worry about. Hence his sudden lack of worrying about her disappearing with Jacob. Jacob also realises this and gets desperate. I can definitely understand that spark of desperation that leads someone to act out differently to their normal character, he truly feels hopeless. I think as well it’s easy to forget the role religion plays in these books. The thing that sticks with Edward (no sex before marriage) is a fundamental religious belief for him, while his patience is something he felt is a virtue and therefore works on it. Religious undertones could also explain the bizarre ability all characters have for forgiveness.

“But! Couldn’t resist being a much, much nicer person because... pretty much everyone is nicer than Edward..” Ok, I’d Definitely read that book! xD

The imprinting still makes me nauseous. I'm sorry you had to read that garbage.

Having never been able to get the 1st chapter after multiple attempts, I'll take your word for accurate since you were so spot on for the previous Twilight books. That said, Edward was obviously possessed by Cedric Diggory which caused that 180 degree change in attitude toward Bella.

Out of curiousity, are you going to do a short review of the interquel "The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner", which occurs during this story from the perspective of one of the fledgling Vampires created by Victoria, before you move onto your title drop installment?

How awesome would it have been, when Bella, due to Edward's constant stalking and dickishnis,as well as Jacob's abusive transformations, would have dedicated her life to become a badass monster hunter?

Meyers' ability to write sexual assault in a realistically distressing way is definitely worth a discussion. I think pretty much all of the female vampires we get a backstory for (outside and inside the books) are victims of sexual assault, the problem lies within her attempts to give them happy endings through their transformations into vampires

Let's just say it out in the open: The werewolves were totally mishandled as characters in the Twilight series! From not researching the actual tribe Meyer uses in the books and a white person writing about an actual Native American group without any input from said group, imprinting, the imprinting-on-children thing, and that as characters, they come off as the most prejudiced characters in the series against vampires (seriously, read Midnight Sun. Edward reading Billy's thoughts when the Black's come to visit Charlie was just so.........awful). Also, Charlie giving Bella a hard time about dropping Jacob out of her life in the first chapter just drives me crazy. He should know how much she's tried to talk to him based on the fact that the beginning of the book references that he had to carry a note from her to Jacob and back because Jacob has refused to answer the phone when she's tried to call him. So why is Charlie giving her grief when she's made all the attempts and Jacob is the one refusing contact?

I want full versions of all the ending songs in these videos. They are just too good for there not to be a full version. Dew it. Dew it now.

"Look how she massacred my boy"--you are a hero, sir

Just a random note, but I'm starting to think Bella's desperate need to become a vampire would have been done so much better if it were out of fear than love. Let me explain. Let's say, instead of her mom re-marrying, she straight up dies and it's a sudden death (say, a car accident) that triggers an overwhelming fear of mortality in Bella. Seeing her once happy and healthy mother suddenly in an open casket reminds her that she, too, will die one day. She doesn't know when or how she will die and she doesn't know what's on the other side and that terrifies her. Cue Edward. Keep him a vampire, but make him more monstrous. In fact, make him *so* monstrous that the average human being would fear him, but not Bella. Make Bella fall in love with Edward not because he is beautiful, but because he is the embodiment of death, something she understands more than the average human being. Make her fall in love with his monstrosity instead of his beauty. Maybe even go as far as have her condoning his abusive behaviour to show just how lonely, frightened, and desperate she is to escape death, but above all things, make her desire to become a vampire out of her fear of dying. There. I fixed Twilight.

All of the “accidental horrors” like the domestic violence, forgiving assault perpetrators, sexism, racism, confederacy references, etc. in such a mainstream series is a clear (albeit disturbing) portrayal of just how NORMAL and CASUAL these topics are in our culture. How they pass in normal conversation and you may not even notice if you’re not paying close attention. It’s insidious.

*Ah man, the book series that lead into the creation of the horrific psychological horror disguised as erotic BDSM in the form of Fifty Shades of Grey, which itself has given way to inspire a new horror that is '365 Dni', one that is an adaptation challenge that is too much for even the reputed Dominic Noble to handle himself, less he lose his literal mind unlike with the former series! :O*

I have to admit I'm still hoping for a Lost in Adaptation series, but I totally understand if he doesn't want to watch the films.

With the tiny ponytail now I feel like Dom could do a cosplay as Jim from Treasure Planet. Actually, that wouldn’t be too bad an idea if he ever does a book to film adaption for treasure island.

I liked Jacob in New Moon despite his faults. It really seems like Meyers made him an asshole to make Edward come off as a better option for Bella. I really wish Bella would've dumped Edward's abusive butt long ago. His excuse that werewolves are dangerous is hypocritical since vampires are dangerous too. Did he forget why he left in the 2nd book?