Re: Rosfic and Twilight
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 5:13 pm
I've only seen the movies so I can't comment on the literary aspect of the books but from what I have gotten from word of mouth about the writing quality it always sounded abysmal. Granted it is all in the point of view of a 15-16 year old girls' dairy entries sort of thing but I was just never moved to actually reading the novels. All I got from the series I got through the movies. I do think there are several similarities between everything but I find myself not being able to like the Bella and Edward pairing just because I find the character of Bella to be so completely deplorable. She has no life outside of Edward and she just sits in her room screaming for him for like five months and that just was not healthy in any possible way. But I think I could have gotten over that if the Bella character proved that she had some semblance of love or caring for people other then Edward. I found Eclipse to be so painful because it just underscores everything that Bella is willing to due just to be with Edward. She has no desires, dreams or goals for herself other then to let Edward suck on her neck for all of eternity and I find that to be so offensive. It's like with this novel series Meyer has set women back like hundreds of years.
Bella doesn't care about her father, her mother, her friends, family, a career, higher learning/education, etc. She doesn't want any of these things because she just wants Edward. I find that to be so repulsive in a way because Bella isn't even a full person, let alone her own person. She has simply made herself an extension of Edward and his wants, needs and issues and she continues to give up who she is, her potential, her feelings, her wants, dreams, desires in order to be with him and that isn't love. I know a lot of people have said that Edward is an abusive character and an abusive boyfriend to Bella in his actions (coercing her into situations, manipulating her into staying away from people he doesn't want her around, isolating her from her family and loved ones, etc.) but all I have to say to that is that Bella likes him that way and she doesn't have a problems with it and she most likely wouldn't want him to act any other way. He is perfect to her and has no problems or faults in her eyes it seems.
I don't care for Bella and Edward safe to say and while I do think there are superficial likenesses on the outside I don't think their relationships or personalities are anything like Max and Liz from Roswell. Liz at the very least is more rounded and more of her own person and I think Max is more of his own person too in a way.
As to Midnight Sun and Rosfic, I can see it. But I have always felt that Edwards' eyes were a brighter hazel/brown then Behr's Max were.
Bella doesn't care about her father, her mother, her friends, family, a career, higher learning/education, etc. She doesn't want any of these things because she just wants Edward. I find that to be so repulsive in a way because Bella isn't even a full person, let alone her own person. She has simply made herself an extension of Edward and his wants, needs and issues and she continues to give up who she is, her potential, her feelings, her wants, dreams, desires in order to be with him and that isn't love. I know a lot of people have said that Edward is an abusive character and an abusive boyfriend to Bella in his actions (coercing her into situations, manipulating her into staying away from people he doesn't want her around, isolating her from her family and loved ones, etc.) but all I have to say to that is that Bella likes him that way and she doesn't have a problems with it and she most likely wouldn't want him to act any other way. He is perfect to her and has no problems or faults in her eyes it seems.
I don't care for Bella and Edward safe to say and while I do think there are superficial likenesses on the outside I don't think their relationships or personalities are anything like Max and Liz from Roswell. Liz at the very least is more rounded and more of her own person and I think Max is more of his own person too in a way.
As to Midnight Sun and Rosfic, I can see it. But I have always felt that Edwards' eyes were a brighter hazel/brown then Behr's Max were.