What? A woman determined to do what she believes is best for her, to make a life for herself and her soulmate, vs. a murderer? And don't give me that crap about how Bella is just a teenager in puppy love. Sure, if she were a real girl, that'd probably be the case. But guess what? Characters are as the author writes them, and that is what Bella is. Shit like this annoys me so bad.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

does it really matter? not at all, like you said, Bella isn't real. Neither are any of the Harry Potter characters. People have the right to their own opinion, but you don't have to be so rude. It's just an opinion, an it's just a book.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

That's just my opinion. How was it rude?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

(twisted_memories):"And don't give me that crap about how Bella is just a teenager in puppy love. Sure, if she were a real girl, that'd probably be the case. But guess what? Characters are as the author writes them, and that is what Bella is. Shit like this annoys me so bad" that is pretty rude. I understand if you didn't mean it to be, but they way you said it made it sound extremely rude.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

It's slightly frustrated, but I don't see rude. Swears and cusses, when used appropriately, can emphasize feeling, which is what I did.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Moreover a woman who will fall into depression after her boyfriend leaves and uses her best friend to fill the void, trying to KILL herself when she thinks he's gone.. is a better role model than a loyal follower of an evil man. Sure, loyalty is a good thing, but would you really want teenagers to follow her footsteps and try to kill themselves after their boyfriend breaks up with them?

by Anonymous 14 years ago

But you're not considering the characters as the authors wrote them. Bella didn't go into a depression when her boyfriend left, she crashed and burned when her soul mate left. She never tried to kill herself, she tried to do something crazy to fill the void. She tried to do her best at living with half herself gone. That's who the character is. She tried her hardest to survive, and that's admirable. Now, if Bella were a real life teenager, it'd be a totally different story. But she's not, she's what Meyer wrote her to be. See the difference? And Bellatrix isn't a loyal follower, she's an evil murderer, only following Voldemort out of fear, not loyalty. That's how her character was written.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Bella tried to jump a cliff due to her obsession with hearing Edward's voice... doing dangerous things and risking her own life is doing her BEST TO SURVIVE? So if that's how Meyer wrote her to be, that's a good role model? A person without that wants to risk her life to hear her boyfriend again? A role model is a role model whether they're written or as a person. I'm not saying that Bellatrix is a better role model, I just don't see how Bella is a good one at all.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Hey, she's just not that bright. She didn't know she was gunna get hurt, she saw other people do it and thought it was safe. She never once had a suicidal thought. Again, not her boyfriend, her soul mate. There's a difference. It's like (though obviously not on the same scale) when people say Romeo and Juliet were just stupid kids. No, they weren't. If they were, that's how they would have been written. You never said that Bellatrix is a better role model but you agreed that she is. So... I dunno, stop thinking of Bella as a normal teenager and think of her as the character Meyer wrote her to be. A determined woman willing to do anything she can to have the life she wants and deserves.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

She still wrote her as an obsessive woman over her soul mate.. or boyfriend, whether or not she was determined or ruthless or whatever.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

Well... Yeah, I'll agree to the obsessiveness, on both character's parts.

by Anonymous 14 years ago

None of these fictional characters should be role models.

by Anonymous 12 years ago