Writing in a backstory about taking care of her mother doesn’t change the fact that the character Stephanie Meyer presents throughout Twilight is incredibly immature. Why is she immature? Because she’s putting her life in danger and obsessing about a creepy old man whom she has nothing in common with, but it’s okay because he happens to be beautiful and perfect.
Did everyone miss the part about getting frozen in time? For the most part he’s still 17 too. He can’t change without a drastic incident. And her mother and father both approve of the marriage. What more do you want? So I’m assuming you’ve never told a couple that wants to live together that they should just get married. I’m assuming you’ve never supported someone getting married before, say 30? Because 20 y/o’s are pretty immature still.
It’s about making good choices.
Show me how her choice is bad. She is in a loving relationship, with someone who wants the best for her. He wants her to get into heaven, stated very explicitly. He wants her to go to college.
People that are in unhealthy, obsessive relationships are devastated when they get separated too!
Prove that they are obsessesd, not in love. I read it as they are in love. But adults never want to admit that teens and young adults can be in love. It’s always labeled obsession or lust.
This is romantic hullabaloo. Ask anyone in a successful marriage will tell you what they appreciate about their spouses, not something inexplicable, yet ‘unbelievable’.
Well, apparently not retyping the entire chapter was a mistake. The inexplicable part is the vampire who resists drinking human blood to be good, and other things that she can’t tell Jessica about.
If this isn’t evidence of a dysfunctional relationship, I don’t know what is. In mature, healthy relationships, people may admit that they are weaker about certain things, but overall they must believe that one is not better than the other.
And the relationship does mature. That shows up more at the beginning of Eclipse and in Breaking Dawn. But I think it’s a good example that they see the good in each other, rather than thinking they are better than the other.
Perhaps, but that’s not much to base a relationship on.
You keep claiming they have nothing in common. I listed the first thing that came to mind. They are also both big readers. People in a relationship don’t have to share every interest.
As a 32 year old man who’s dating a 23 year old woman (and she actually is quite mature, unlike Bella), I can tell you that age differences do make a difference. Naivete is part of being young, and although life experiences can prod you along in some regards, age matters. It would be pretty presumptuous of me to say that I would understand the needs of a 50 year old woman, let alone a 100 year old perfect sparkly woman.
Again, FROZEN IN TIME. Oh good, so a real person wouldn’t choose to marry a vampire, what an example you are. People can and do marry at 18 and 19. That used to be very common. It is possible to be that mature at that age.
A few final points. Lord of the Rings doesn’t have a strong female character, does that mean we can’t let our kids read or watch that? Of course it’s not really realistic, IT’S FICTION. And Bella is going to go to college. They just have to wait 7 years while Renesmee grows up. At least she’s staying home with the kids, I thought people valued that. And I have never looked to Disney or anything else as teaching me how to live my life. I look to them for ENTERTAINMENT. Sure, it would be nice to have the prince in shining armor, but as a girl who grew up with Disney I in no way expect that. How about we teach kids that the only book they should base their lives on is the bible, the rest is for fun?
I’m not saying that anyone has to let their kids watch it, but at least think about it reasonably and don’t ignore the good in the books. And don’t listen to every negative opinion about it. People bash Harry Potter just as much because he’s a rule breaker.
