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So I was reading xlormp, and all the people on Team Christopher (and I am included on that team; Christopher actually makes me question my sexuality) got me thinking about all the Jacob/Bella shippers, and how stupid they are because if Bella hadn’t ended up with Edward, that would have rendered the entire first book completely pointless. I mean, even more pointless, since it was pretty much pointless anyway. But as far as I could tell, if it did have a point, it was basically, “OMG, EDWARD/BELLA 4EVER!!!!!111!!!!” So if, after all that, Bella ended up with Jacob, that would be stupid.

But then I started thinking about it more, and actually, I kind of wish Bella had ended up with … well, not necessarily Jacob (who is pretty awesome in New Moon, but then goes all Edward “I-will-get-myself-killed-because-my-life-is-meaningless-without-Bella’s-love-even-though-she-is-a-whiney-angsty-bitch-and-I-could-do-so-much-better” Cullen in Eclipse, which is way creepy, and also like Edward, he may or may not watch Bella while she sleeps. Also, domestic violence FTW [though that’s also one of Edward’s many negatives, so it doesn’t actually stop Jacob from being a better {though still bad} choice]), but someone other than Edward. Because even though from a narrative point of view, that would make the entire first book pointless, from a reality point of view … that’s life. I mean, how many people actually end up with the person they were in love with at seventeen? How many people’s “first love” ends up being “the love of their life”? How many people marry their high school sweetheart? And how many of those actually work out? So actually, I think it would kind of be brilliant if Bella didn’t end up with Edward.

But of course, that would never ever happen because reality does not exist in Stephenie Meyer’s world, clearly. And I mean realistic characters with realistic emotions. Obviously I expect vampires, and werewolves (exploding werewolves, lol!), and whatever. My favorite genre is fantasy, people. I get all that. But what makes good fantasy is an element of reality – the believability of it, if you will – and Twilight doesn’t have that. Twilight really doesn’t have anything – plot, realistic characters, good technical writing style, good examples of healthy relationships – except some unexplainable addicting quality I really can’t explain. I mean, I know this series is horrible, and I still kept having to slap myself to keep from getting sucked in to New Moon. Why is this, people??? Can someone explain it to me? Please?

On a related note, I’m super excited to go see the film with Amy soon. I could use some amusement in my life right now.