I feel like most of fans (at least on tumblr anyway) are super disappointed in Taylor, but also know that complaining incessantly about her actions does not do anything considering she is no longer in this specific online space. Us complaining to each other doesn’t really do anything.
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Rewatching New Moon. Does anyone else find it ironic that Renee gave Bella a scrapbook and Charlie gave Bella a camera for her last human birthday? So she could document her senior year aka life? And the first picture she takes is of her fellow seniors aka human friends? And her next gift is the dreamcatcher from Jacob, another human friend?
Not to mention the gifts are for Bella. Not only does she not allow Edward to give her a gift, but the very next gift she gets from Alice is a dress to wear for her party that she doesn't want later that evening. This gift is for Alice.
Rosalie gives her a necklace that she then tells Bella that Alice picked out. Again, not for Bella.
Then Emmett gives her a radio and installs it in her truck. Something to upgrade "that piece of crap". Not for Bella.
Carlisle and Esme's gift of tickets to go see Renee is a gift for Bella but Esme says the line: "Plus you've been looking kind of pale lately." Again with the physical (aka superficial) emphasis.
So it basically boils down to this:
her parents - gifts for her life, to make memories
Jacob - gift to help her with bad dreams, he got it because he saw it & thought of her
Jasper & Alice - gift to help dress her appropriately for the party she didn't ask for
Rosalie - gift to accessorize that Rosalie didn't even pick out for Bella herself (this gift is picked out by Alice - Rosalie is also one of the ones who doesn't want to see Bella become like them)
Emmett - gift to dress up her truck because it's not good enough
Carlisle & Esme - gift for her to see her mom which is thoughtful (reiterated by Carlisle's line of "Something to brighten your day") but also unintentionally on Esme's part, emphasizes Bella's looks (and can also be seen linking back to the later scene of when the Cullens vote for her to become like them or not & C/E purposely choosing this gift to urge her not to in a way)
So it's all connected in this film which Chris Weitz (and yes, Melissa Rosenberg, grumble, grumble) is not given enough credit for.
Especially when you look at the birthday party scene attack vs the scene with Paul fursploding, and then the later scene of Jacob and Edward getting into it after Jacob phases.
Edward pushes Bella out of the way at the party, hurting her worse, when it become apparent that he could have moved to confront Jasper while the others got Bella away, or be the wall in between them that then pushes Jasper back.
Jacob phases before he gets to Bella, jumps over, and after standing protectively in front of her, rushes to confront Paul. The battle takes place away from her and moves away. Bella is not hurt.
In the near ending scene, Jacob grabs Bella's arm which prompts Edward to act and push Jacob away. Jacob phases and begins to rush toward Edward. This time, Edward moves her away for safety (indicating that he's learned) and tells her to run. Jacob stops rushing him when Bella maneuvers around Edward and gets in between them, telling them both to stop. Neither hurt her.
So not only does it show the contrast between the two supernatural beings but it also shows the difference in Bella's relation to them when it comes to her safety and being around them. While they address Emily's scars with Jacob saying Sam got angry and she was standing too close, we see clear indications that yes the wolves can get angry, but with Paul and then Jacob, we never see Bella get injured in a similar manner. And she was a lot closer to Paul fursploding than Jacob & Paul was a hell of a lot angrier.
Plus the contrast shows how Bella is not able to protect Edward physically as she is or protect herself, around vampires. With Jacob, she is able to warn him and tell him to run though had Paul given chase, she wouldn't have been able to protect either of them as she is, around werewolves. In the forest scene, she isn't able to protect either of them technically but they both give her the power (and choice) by stopping when she asks them to, these two particular individuals.
Edward (and certain Cullens by extension) realize the fantasy is up in this film and Bella is still a fragile human. While Sam worries and forbids Jacob from seeing Bella (before he finds the loophole) to keep her safe, once Bella finds out the truth, she is never in danger with the wolves. (and I would even argue she was safe in that Paul scene; I truly think Paul did that because he was angry and as a scare tactic) They live in reality (hence the whole 'why are you dating a bloodsucker' thing) and they never lose sight of the fact that Bella is still a fragile human (until she isn't). (and let's not even talk about the fact that Sam aka one of the wolves found Bella in the woods as well as Jake and the Quileutes helping Billy to look for her while Edward left Bella in the forest alone and unprotected and lost, knowing Victoria was looking to get even with him, and the Cullens vanished beforehand at his urging)
I just love the way they showed the obvious contrasts here in this one film, which of course leads not only to Edward's proposal in the end as well as Bella's initial choice, but also into Eclipse where Bella will have to choose to finalize that choice.
Which is interesting because:
In the party scene, Edward didn't give her a choice, and barely a thought. He reacted. (for further contrast, watch how Carlisle moves Esme out of the way without hurting her though she's not the target and can clearly take care of herself; also watch how Emmett doesn't move Rosalie out of the way because again she's not the target & she can take care of herself)
In the Paul scene, Bella was given the choice to run and she did. Jacob reacted but still kept her in mind.
In the forest scene, Bella was again given the choice and both Edward and Jacob kept her in mind.
Very interesting indeed.
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that ivan loves till is the most obvious thing about them
but. does ivan know that…?
the ivan that regards his own feelings as shallow, the ivan that learned how emotions are expressed only from copying others… does he even know that the love he’s felt for so long is love?
probably not. and part of the reason is the one he loves himself
because the easiest example he has of love is till's feelings to mizi. till outright calls it love, and ivan watches him so much he has to be aware of this
and till’s love to mizi is totally unselfish, right. he doesn’t seem to actually want much from her—just that she's still there and still "mizi"
but ivan can't be satisfied with just watching
he… wants. ivan wants till’s attention, till’s affection—
surely this selfish wanting can’t be love
...no wonder he was never able to express his feelings straightforwardly when he belittles them so much
but he can’t stand not having anything either, so he does… whatever he does instead to get any scraps of attention he can, from someone he's convinced doesn't care about him at all
only showing affection when till can't see it, right until he knows he's going to die
but ivan's feelings for till are all he still has of himself... to think of them as shallow...
I've seen this translated as "I should've been kinder" to him (till) or to her (sua)
but really, the one he should've been kinder to was himself
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ok, but, the series so far is doing a phenomenal job at showcasing just how prideful and unjust the gods are towards their children, how it's making the viewers look at the gods with contempt and asking 'how could you ever think to do this to your own child?'
Percy's anger at Poseidon's abandonment (even if Percy is his favorite son, he grew up without his father and only 'earned' his attention when fighting Clarisse, like Percy said. Then, it's only when he's falling to his death in Athena's temple that he finally intervenes, but only sending a nereid in his place.)
Annabeth blatantly stating that she knows her mother will protect them - not only in a sacred temple, but a temple to her mother nonetheless - only to boldly accept that she's willing to die as punishment for her mother's wounded pride (yet here she is, a girl with no family besides Luke, who still had faith in her mother to guide and protect her. especially after the entire encounter with Medusa, Annabeth still stood by her mother's side and how 'just' she is)
Clarisse desperate for some form of recognition from her father, desperately fighting the new kid so that she can get some speck of glory because this unclaimed child killed the Minotaur while she's done nothing but try to live up to her father and be a 'proper' daughter of Ares (only to have her only gift from him broken, lose the fight to the new kid, and not even considered for the quest despite being one of camp's most skilled and proficient fighters)
All of this just... building and building on how unjust the gods are to their own children, how those demigods suffer as they try to earn their parent's attention - not love, attention. We are only halfway through the first season and it is so deliciously setting up the precedent for why Luke will betray Camp and the gods, why others are drawn to his beliefs even when he's less Luke and more Kronos.
Because, really, with the way the gods have treated them so far, could you really blame any of them for turning their backs in the hope of a better future?
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