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come-on-darling-honey · 1 year

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stupid and heartbroken. [Embry Call x reader]

You and Leah Clearwater have something in common, heartbreak and a inclining to stupid decisions. Slowly you and Leah find the secrets of the Reservation that took your best friend, Embry, slowly unravel themselves to you. But not without a little blood, tears, and love.

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PART ONE PART TWO PART THREE

Chapter three: explanations at Emily’s.

Embry, Bella and I rode in the front of the truck. I sat between them. Bella and Embry made light conversation. Jared was in the back; I could imagine how it felt to have the wind gliding across him. It’d be better than having Embry and Bella stuffed in next to me, my thighs touching Embry’s.

“Drive me home.” I said, my throat dry. I didn’t want to go to Emily’s. I wanted to go home. I didn’t want any part of this. “Or take me to Leah’s.”

Embry’s voice was soft as he told me that Emily’s house was safe and that they needed to explain to me what I saw. Bella assured me too. I didn’t want any part of this. I looked at Embry, he had deep circles under his eyes. His posture frail and his nails had obviously been bitten. He looked horrible, a small part of me was bitter that he deserved to feel like shit. That it wasn’t fair what he did. But an even smaller part of me felt a hallow ache within my heart. That ache grew bigger as we turned into Emily’s. it felt weirdly good to sit next to him, to be within his space, he sat straighter than he had in weeks.

I’d only been to Emily’s a handful of times when I wasn’t close with Leah and went to buy the vegetables she sells. The house was covered in flowers and plants, it was beautiful. Jared went in talking with Bella about something I couldn’t be bothered to listen. I’d decided I would sleep in Bella’s truck and would do nothing about what has just happened, I’ll sleep then Bella will come back and drive me to Leah’s.

“Come on sleepy head.” Embry said, lightly pulling me out of the truck. Clearly aware of my plans to sleep away the issue I was avoiding. I wanted to burrow within myself. Curse Bella for making me come all this way but I felt so perfectly seen in Embry’s arm.

“I really hate you; you know.” I whispered to him, keeping my voice steady and monotone. I wanted to be mean. To hurt him. He sighed and said he knows. I didn’t hate him, it’s like what Leah said. You are angry at what the situation is not the person you love. I was certain she didn’t love Sam anymore. Any crumb of that had been washed away. But she loved Emily, deeply and unequivocally. She was angry at her and had told me she felt physically sick when she last saw her but knows she’s grieving the relationship they had. When all of this first happened, before I’d met Leah, she’d been so angry at what had happened she’d trashed Sam’s place. Turned it upside down. She didn’t regret it though; she’d do it again. She just wished she’d stayed longer to spit in his face. Her mom had told her that she shouldn’t take her anger out like this, the people around Leah expected her to cry. Leah didn’t cry, Leah screamed. I hurt with my words, she hurt with her actions. ‘It’s like they underestimate how I am,’ she’d told me once, laughing about how Jacob’s dad compared the pair of us and how we didn’t cry. She was methodical and cruel; it was addictive to watch.

A soothing voice called my name as I stepped inside, Embry’s arm still wrapped around me. Emily’s long hair framed her face, dark and straight. She had a large scar that dominated her face and arm but was still as beautiful as ever. She hugged me. I was completely stunned, my arms hesitantly wrapped around her. What the fuck. She whizzed back to the kitchen. I stayed to the door. Bella was sat at the table talking to Jared and now Embry who looked back at me.

“Please come sit.” He gestured to the chair beside him. I sat next to Bella instead. Jared winced and Embry looked away, they started talking about wolves and vampires, debating speed and agility. Then Sam came in, complimenting Bella’s ease with this information. I watched as he made a beeline for Emily, kissing her lips and then her scar. He held her waist with such a gentle tenderness I wanted to vomit. Someone called my name again and my eyes moved up to glare at Sam as he spoke, asking how I was feeling. I didn’t respond. Filling the silence Jacob and Paul came in, Paul apologised to Bella and Jacob took Bella outside to explain something. Jared and Paul spoke so loudly I felt as if Sam wouldn’t ask me again. I didn’t want to talk to him. Or be here. I didn’t want to be involved with this [HE(1] shit. My ribs began to tighten, lungs constricted, and it felt like they were filling with salt water again.

“I take it you don’t want to be a part of all this, I get it.” Sam said, his voice strong and stern. I hated that I felt comforted by his presence like he was my older brother.

“I don’t know what this is.” I was surprised at how solid my voice sounded, I was convinced it would be weak and fail me. Sam sat down beside Emily and tried telling me the legends. “I already know the legends.” I interrupted; I expected him to be annoyed at the very least at how rude I was being, but he didn’t he was calm. He looked relived that I’d even stayed here. I could just get up and leave but I didn’t know where Bella was, and I couldn’t just leave her alone.

“Well, they’re all true, and we’d appreciate it if you didn’t tell anyone.” I was about to make a snide comment about no sane person believing me then he added “not even Leah.” The entire kitchen went silent. I guess her name didn’t get mentioned much. “He carefully explained imprinting to me, like he was explaining how to diffuse a bomb as a whole town waited in pained agony. I looked at Embry, his eyes weak. Bile rose in my throat. I looked away, not knowing why I was still here.

Fuck this. My fingers burned as I dug my nails into my palms. I saw Embry move out of the corner of my eye. He shifted in his chair, swallowing something painful. I needed to find Bella and leave, give them a false promise and tell Leah everything, not leave her in the dark like Sam did. I felt drawn to Embry’s side, despite everything, despite myself. I wanted to burrow myself within him, know him better, understand him utterly. Let him give himself to me. As the door opened, I was saved, Bella’s cold hand on my shoulder to let me know she was ready to leave. I got up, quick, abandoning the table. Voices calling my name, Embry’s stood out even though it was the quietest. Maybe I was just too focused on him. I practically ran out of the front door, telling Bella how ‘shitty’ and ‘stupid those shit asses’ were.

“Bella take me to Leah’s.” I could see the apprehension in her face before I looked at her, my gaze still firm on the lush greenery. “Now.” My voice was solid. An old oak tree. Rooted in the grounds of dirt and pain, sweet and bitter. She didn’t protest, sucking in a breath she turned the old truck around heading back into the heart of the reservation, the Clearwater’s. It was late afternoon at this point, the hours went by so fast I barely noticed. Sue was in the front of the house setting up for a family party, one that I’d been invited to of course. As I got out of the truck, I muttered a half-hearted goodbye to Bella, slamming the door a little too hard. I hope she knows I’m not angry with her, but I wouldn’t tell her.

“Go get Leah to come help me.” Sue said as she stopped me for a hug. She smelt like citrus and sandalwood, she smelt like home. My spirits would’ve been lifted if I couldn’t shake the image from my head. Embry sat at that table, slight yet large, eyes dark, pained and never leaving me. Party decorations swarmed the home, some cousin’s birthday or uncle’s anniversary. Leah’s door was shut completely, as usual. But when I opened it, her voice echoed in an angry yell. I walked through and saw her sickly figure. Sweating and panting, red nose and dark eye bags. She was taller somehow, leaner, stronger. She exhaled when she saw me. Not noticing the reclusive way I held myself.

“Thought you were my mom.” She said turning around and grabbing something from the floor. Her pillows and blankets, she must’ve thrown them off as she slept. Her movements were heavy, sluggish. It reminded me of Embry before this all happened. “Pick an outfit for me,” she said, a smile forcing her lips. Leah wouldn’t tell me if she was sick, that I knew. But this would just be the flu. Only the men of the tribe turn when forced to and Leah wasn’t a man, all the sleepovers we’ve had I knew that much. I picked out a T-shirt and baggy jeans, taking one of her dresses to wear myself. As we changed, she started to just look at me.

“what’s wrong?” I laughed.

“I’m so tired.” Her fingers began playing with the duvet as she sat down on her bed, now made. “Like I keep getting so angry it’s like nothing else is even happening. I keep fighting with my mom, more than usual. And..” she trailed off looking out of the window. I sat next to her grabbing her hand and placing it in my lap.

“And?”

“And I can tell you’re hiding something from me.” Shit. How the hell could she tell? If werewolves are real witches are and Leah Clearwater was a mindreading witch. After a few seconds of not saying anything I can’t hold it in anymore, screw Sam Uley. Fuck Embry and fuck all this shit. Leah is the only person who deserves an answer. All I can think about is her, when I eat sleep and breathe all it is, is Leah. How we spoke about the apocalypse and if it ever happened that we’d survive and get a farm, killing anyone in our way for each other.

“I am. I need to tell you now” before I can, before my lungs can bring in air again Sue bursts into the room, talking about family being here and how we both need to get out now, she grabs our wrists and pulls us away. Leah and I look at each other, I with desperation and Leah with a festering anger that is morphing her face. The afternoon air hits me with a welcomed delight. Which is suddenly vomit inducing once I see Sam Uley and his pack of puppies stood around the garden, talking with neighbours or family members of the Clearwater’s.

“I’ll tell you later.” I whisper once Sue lets us go. “I promise.” She doesn’t look like she believes me. I wouldn’t either but I have to tell her.

The sweet afternoon falls into a dark evening slowly and painfully but I stay by Leah’s side throughout, begging for a spare moment where one of the pack aren’t in earshot but those assholes are always fucking near. It’s actually fine when its Quill, at least he entertains us but when it was Embry near I wanted to cry, slouched and frail he stood forcing a choked laugh at Harry Clearwater’s joke. It wasn’t funny. I knew he was watching me, when Leah’s arm went around me, he straightened, it seemed like a spike of jealousy mixed with pure raged flew through him. Leah was so warm, like burning warm but it was freezing, and the dress didn’t offer much for warmth.

“Can I talk to you?” A voice asked, pulling me out of my thoughts. It was the one I couldn’t stop thinking about, Embry.

“She doesn’t want to talk to you, fuck off.” Leah almost shouted, her voice rumbling from the deepest part of her chest. I assured her it was fine and mustered all my might to stand up, holding my own arms for warmth as I left Leah’s side.

“I’m sorry for how this happened, I didn’t want you to find out. But I did even though I didn’t want to.” He rambled trying to sort through his mind. I couldn’t interrupt him even if I tried. “But I don’t want you to think this is the only reason I like you, that the truth is I’ve felt this way since we were kids and nothing changed it. That I’m sorry I left but if I’d you know, in front of you. I think our situation would be a lot worse.” I think of Emily and the scar across her face and body. He’d felt like this for so long but when did he know. Know that he… and I…

“When.” I demanded, staring into his eyes with a fire so uncontrollable it burned me. “when did you know it was me,” this would be a really bad time to vomit but oh god it was just so much. I could smell the fire and the food, hear everyone talking about different things and feel his breath on me, warm and hot. His hands on my waist and arm. Letting out a shaky breath he told me the one thing that had been crushing me since the day it happened.

“I was there when you were cliff diving, I was phased and watching you, and” he breathed onto me, his forehead pressing against mine. “And I knew then, I’m sorry.” I looked into his eyes, into him. Seeing him for himself for the first time in weeks. It felt as if my head was lighter, a feeling no drug I’d tried could emulate. As our lips connected, moving in a sweet and perfect sync his hand that held my arm moved to the back of my head. We moved closer, his warm body melting into me. My head was fuzzy, light and sweet. Tongues moved in a fluid motion, as one. His warm arms around me, one of mine cupping his cheek the other raking through his hair.

But before we could move apart on our own accords my body was gently thrown behind him, screams and yells followed two seconds later. A tree log was thrown in our direction, Embry deflected it. The lights were a blur as I stood up, his arm around me. Leah was shaking, screaming at her mom, as her body shifted, morphed. Bones snapped and changed, she was a wolf. Large and scared. This wasn’t supposed to happen. She ran into the wood line. Sam, Paul and Jared all ran after her shifting into the woods. Harry Clearwater fell to the ground, hand gripping his chest. We ran over, I pulled Seth away. His eyes were huge and scared he couldn’t look away.

end of chapter three.

an/ sorry for the late upload! i thought i uploaded this last week! I've been struggling recently but writing this made me feel so much better, i hope it makes someone feel at least the smallest bit better for reading it. Has anyone else watched all of TLOU? Our beloved actor Graham Greene was in it! I'm planning to rewatch the game plays of part two. Leah and the readers friendship is borderline romantic, they care for each other so deeply and intimately it would be hard to ignore it. Asks are open! colourblind is coming. i love you, take care. -em x

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panlight · 1 year

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Maybe it's just me, but I feel like Sam didn't have to end up with Emily. The imprintee is the one who decides what relationship they want with the shifter, right? It seems like Emily was being selfish in immediately being his lover when she could've asked Sam to be a friend/brother figure to her and be happy with Leah, whom he never stopped loving. I am ignoring the "not seeing anyone else but them" thing here since it's obvious that Sam never lost sight of Leah. Sure Sam can care a lot about Emily but she was the one who had the choice in their link. She didn't have to be his girlfriend/fiancée! She acts like she feels bad for hurting Leah but she could've done things differently. Peacefully! I am not a big fan of Sam either but looking at it from other perspectives, Emily is not a saint or martyr in any of this. Leah deserved so much better 😞

That's what we're told, that theoretically the imprintee has a choice. But with Sam and Emily's story in the guide it seems like SM kind of walked that back because she realized it made Emily look bad.

So in the guide, she DOES tell him to go back to Leah, etc. But he keeps coming around, because imprint compulsion:

I mean guess this is saying if she had said "leave and never come back" he would have done it? But does that mean some part of Emily felt compelled to be with him, too? Because after this she starts to get fascinated by the stories he tells her about wolves and vampires, and spends time with him, and meets the pack, and then hear rumors about herself and realized what this must look like to Leah and she's furious at herself and again tells Sam to go back to Leah and that he's just like his father, running away from his responsibilities.

And then Sam is so upset that he can't control himself and phases; he tried to get away from Emily, to warn her, but she didn't understand and stepped closer. As a wolf he is physically so much bigger than as a human that he's just too close and the hand he held up to warn her turns into claws. Then while she is recovering from her injuries and he's suicidal, Emily forgives him and realizes she felt "lonely and incomplete" without him. Which, aside from how terrible this all is on so many levels, seems to imply she felt some kind of pull, too? At least on some level?

So yeah SM says they have a choice, but when Emily tells him to go back to Leah he can somehow refuse her, and when they are apart, Emily feels "lonely and incomplete." So how much of a choice do they have, really?

Honestly I feel terrible for all three of these characters; Leah certainly deserved better, but so did Sam and Emily. I feel like this whole story was meant to a) introduce us to the idea of imprinting (but what make it so terrible then?! this doesn't make people happy, it ruins a bunch of lives! Harry Clearwater dies as an indirect result of this!) but b) also to be a warning to Bella about hanging out with supernatural creatures -- look what happened to Emily! But using the suffering of Indigenous characters to teach a white girl a lesson is not a good look, and it's a lesson that Bella doesn't heed and doesn't really apply to her, anyway. Bella has plot armor so she's never going to end up with a scarred face like Emily or broken heart like Leah. Bella ends up looking like "a freakin' supermodel" with eternal true love.

#asks #tw: suicide mention #tw: domestic abuse mention #kinda

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livelaughlapush · 2 years

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No One Can Understand, How Much I Love Leah

(This might be a bit biased for me because I’m a big fan of the actress who plays her, Julia Jones. She is a really good actress)

Many people have been saying this, especially on tik tok, so I’m gonna say it here.

But there was something about Leah that I honestly really liked, and I wish for more for her character. I really saw her character as being relatable while also misunderstood, having bad things thrown at her, and also having a lot of potential. Her character is incredibly empathetic, and her anger is understandable.

Speaking on the movies, Leah is going through a lot, her dad just died, her mother is now a widow, she has to look after her little brother because he had just turned, along with herself, her boyfriend left her for her cousin, who was also her best friend, and now she is stuck with him, while also having to obey him. (and she has a psychic connection with said ex-boyfriend, and a bunch of other dudes) she was, and is the only girl in the packs, and none of the guys in the pack really liked her nor do they want her there, and they do not seem to care about what she is going through. And she knows that everyone in the pack thinks of her as the “pathetic ex girlfriend.” Which is not fair, especially when compared to Bella.

To me, Leah was just a Young girl who was just trying to do what was right for herself, her family, etc. while now struggling with uncontrollable enhanced emotions, and an uncontrollable enhancement in her physical body, while still going through so much trauma.

When she leaves the pack she doesn’t regret it. That scene with her finally opening up to Jacob, really spoke. She’s finally Letting things out, and there is someone who actually cares to listen. And worse none of the boys seem to apologize for what happened.

That scene makes my inner tween scream out. I loved that scene, it honestly made me really want Leah Clearwater books, her life before Turning, her life after turning, etc. Maybe Leah is finding new love, maybe being happy by herself. The story should have ended with her overcoming everything, being proud of being the first female wolf, the writing for the wolves was not done great,

Man, Leah (and the pack) deserved better.

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ashcal99 · 9 months

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The oc being a werewolf would be so cunty.

Their species hating each other. The forbidden love combined with Rosalie's stubbornness. Rosalie deserves someone who loves her unconditionally 😭. She's such a complex character, I wish Stephanie Meyer handled her better instead of reducing her to a shallow, jealous blonde.

EXACTLY!!! That’s why I had decided to write a Leah Clearwater male oc fic too. Genuinely think these characters were robbed of their stories. The fact that they brush past their trama without it really deepening the characters much is my biggest pet peeve of the series by far. 🙃

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house-of-slayterr · 1 year

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Firefly Family AU Children as Twilight Characters:

Tag: @oceansrose2002 @myers-meadow-selfship @vincent-sinclair-deserved-better

Otis: Charlie Swan

Baby: Rosalie Hale

Doe Eyes: Esme Cullen

Ghost: Alice Cullen

Blinky: Bella Swan

+ Macy: Leah Clearwater

#firefly family au #house of 1000 corpses au #otis driftwood #manon driftwood #doe eyes driftwood #ghost firefly #selena firefly #blinky firefly #Blinky #baby firefly #Texas chainsaw au #Macy love-Hewitt

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lanaturnergetup · 1 year

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please talk about something subtle you've put in a story that you hope readers pick up on

omg! first of all, HI, and what a nice ask to get 🥺

i put in so many tiny things in my stories, mostly as little treats for myself. for example, the name of one of my OCs, leah from back to school, was a tribute to leah clearwater from twilight who is the only character from twilight who DESERVES BETTER than that shitty-ass narrative, lmao

but in terms of things i hope people pick up on, and that they did pick up on, the most recent example example that comes to mind was the way i wrote angelina's dad in my george/angelina chaptered fic: he's been injured by curse damage and will never fully recover, but he's fine nonetheless. he's an active part of her life, an involved parent, and his chronic pain doesn't take away from his personality or his capacity as a dad. it was really important to me to write, even tangentially, about chronic illness and pain, and i tried to keep it subtle and not get on my soapbox about it!

#♡

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felixschokehold · 1 year

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Disclaimer: List is due to change over time as new things are learned about each character.

Bias|Favorites

Ultimate Bias: Felix of the Volturi

He is TALL.

He has very little scenes in the books/movies but the back story I’ve given him and literally just my own story of him has made me very attached to him.

I also love Daniel Cudmore as Felix and I am perpetually Dead^TM.

Cannot help but to love fictional homicidal men.

Edward Cullen

Edward (and Bella) call to my BPD/bipolar so fucking hard. I understand the obsession. The mania. The self hatred. The lack of confidence in someone loving you because you don’t feel “good enough”.

Love the vigilante vampire side story. Homicidal? Check. Justified killings? Double check. Love it. Living for it.

Leah Clearwater

An absolute badass.

She deserved much better.

Demetri of the Volturi

In the books he’s also Tall.

In the movies he’s very charming and funny (i.e. shoving Felix to hoard food).

I feel very sorry for him since Aro literally kidnapped him from Amun’s coven.

Emmett Cullen

Everyone’s fave himbo.

Felt very protective of Bella as a brother very early on (Midnight Sun describes this during driving away from the baseball scene).

Marcus of the Volturi

His entire life was ruined by Aro and I feel so sorry for him.

He had the greatest love of all time and it was ripped from him.

Is absolutely done with everything and is ready to die at any moment. Mood.

Jane and Alec

Literally just two innocent children.

Aro also basically ruined their life and turned them without their consent (afaik).

Forcefully bound and kept content by Aro.

So much pity for them. My children.

Paul

Anger issues. Same.

Have you seen him?

Indifferent

Alice Cullen

Continuously and borderline obnoxiously tries to force Bella into her own picture of femininity.

Literally is okay with loving a non-repentant Confederate soldier.

She is nice but just kind of rubs me the wrong way ig.

Carlisle Cullen

Created his own “family” without any consent from them as they lay dying.

Sam Uley

Seems like a hardass, but was probs just trying to be a leader and do what was best.

Esme Cullen

She is wholesome but not my cup of tea.

Some motherly figures make me feel weird because mine is dead lmao.

The Pack

Unnamed members above and below go here, just no reason to like or dislike them.

The Denali Coven

I understand where Irina comes from. Kate is pretty cool ig. Tanya is alright. Eleazar and Carmen are hot af. I just don’t feel any certain way for the whole clan.

Anti|Non Favorites

Ultimate Anti: Jacob Black

Imprinting on a child; Smeyers writing imprinting as how wolves “find their mate”, and the “future” Alice saw in the movie of them acting kind of romantic to each other has made me have a very vile taste for Jacob Black. Pre-wolf Jacob? Totally cool. Post-wolf Jacob? Absolute fucking incel.

Aro of the Volturi

Aro doesn’t “recruit”, he straight up kidnaps. He uses Chelsea and Corin’s powers to remove vampires he wants from covens they’re in and ties them to him for ultimate loyalty. He killed his own sister, Didyme, because he didn’t want Marcus to leave as he and Didyme were mated and wanted to dip from the Volturi. Aro is enslaving and kidnapping vampires on the reg.

Caius of the Volturi

He is the only member of the Volturi that Aro has not forced to stay. Caius stays on his own, he only uses Corin’s ability to cure his boredom when he isn’t committing mass murder or punishing lawbreakers.

Rosalie Cullen (Hale)

Supreme Bitch for literally no reason.

Pro-lifer.

Treats Bella like absolute garbage and almost gets her own brother killed because “Bella I eNvY yOu”

Rene

Was never a real mother to Bella, Bella had to mother her.

Selfish.

Just annoying and a terrible person lol.

Charlie Swan

Didn’t do anything in the movie when Jacob kissed Bella without consent. In the book, he praised Jacob for kissing Bella.

ACAB.

Jasper Cullen (Hale)

I only put him here because he’s a Confederate soldier with no remorse.

Probably a racist.

Quil

Also imprinted on a child.

#this is going to be linked to my pin #just my opinion lol #twilight saga #characters #my post #own post #this list will be edited and added to as time goes on

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lostchildofthenewworld · 1 year

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Top 5 characters who deserved better.

Rhea Royce

Leah Clearwater

Elia Martell

Tenten

Oscar Francois de Jarjayes

#anon ask

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shellku · 1 year

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Unpopular Twilight Opinions

- Jasper is hot. And Alice is Hot. And they are amazing couple.

- The baseball scene was HOT. Bi-awakening level hot for teens everyone.

- Alice while she relies perhaps on her visions to much is amazing. She truly loves her family and is extremely clever.

- Alice had a horrible past and does not let her treat others poorly. She deserves a medal for some of the shit she has to put up with trying to keep her chaos family alive. As does Jasper.

-Carlisle is a hypocrite and enabler. Not ultimate evil. But he is an enabler and a hypocrite.

- Esme should have put her foot down more. A LOT more.

- Charlie deserved better and truly loves his daughter.

- Charlie isn’t stupid he’s just a good person. Who really loves her daughter.

- Jacob wasn’t wrong for finally telling Charlie some of the truth. Even if some of his reasons weren’t Noble.

- Reneé may love Bella but her selfishness is ridiculous.

- Edward didn’t even try to truly get along with and spend time with Bella’s human friends until after she has a major depressive episode. Also would have been great practice because his human acting needs work.

- Angela Webber is a great friend. If anyone should have been in on Bella’s secrets and helped with the cover story it should have been the loyal, intelligent, and kind hearted Angela.

- Forks was weird. Like the high school itself was a bit odd. But the movie captured the randomness and idiot-ness of teen boys perfect. “Bella look it’s a worm”.

- Charlie should have never pushed Bella to give Jacob a chance.

- Charlie should have made more of an effort to bond near the beginning even if it was really uncomfortable. It was not his fault. At the same time a teenager is a new place with little guidance is a bit of a recipe for disaster. Especially after her first ‘run away back to Arizona’ episode.

- Imprinting is NOT romantic. No. So much no.

- Leah Clearwater deserves better. So much better.

- Rosalie deserves better. And more credit for her amazing blood control.

-Also while Rose can be shallow sometimes. Her wanting to protect the family and protect others (Bella) from what happened to her is NOT selfish. She also supports Bella and accepts her much more after Bella A) becomes part of the family and B) assures her that she’s made her choice and isn’t acting impulsively.

- Bella when originally asking Edward to be a vampire was not considering all the consequences. Therefore it was reasonable for some of the family and Edward himself to tell her NO.

- Jasper is an empath and so when everyone experience blood lust at Bella’s birthday it was truly not his fault. Having to experience

- It’s amazing he’s not a completely psychopath. Who thought it was a good idea to send a empath to high school over and over again?

-The Cullens cover story is stupid. And they do a horrible job of ‘ blending in’.

- Bella is a parentified child who suffers from depression. This set her up to have a higher chance of toxic relationships.

- Jasper is by far the best strategist of the Cullens. And one of the most protective members.

- Rosalie is underrated and had serious trauma. She needed her families support and her having issues with Vampirism is legit.

-Rosalie and Emmett are adorable.

-Emmett is Awesome! Despite his difficulties with the diet he genuinely tries and seems to be on all accounts a good person. He adores, loves, and respects his wife. He supports his siblings and always does his best to keep the chaotic family going with positivity and genuine kindness. As well as humor.

-I would have loved more Tennessee and Texas references. Jaspers is a Texas man first. And Emmett realistically also would have an accent. Is Emmett a Dolly Parton fan? I think so.

- I love the Cullens. But they are very problematic as both a coven and family. Dysfunctional abound. Also … they aren’t the Volturi but they aren’t saints. I don’t know where Edward gets him catholic guilt complex from but they are vampires and they all have killed. They aren’t angels.

- Alex Volturi is scarier than his sister Jane.

- Seth Clearwater honestly handles the craziness so well. Also considering his age? All the kudos. However, I wish we saw him chew someone out. Like Sam. I wanted him to chew out Sam. It would be glorious.

-Paul’s actually pretty cool and grew a lot as a person in a short time. He still hates vampires but he hasn’t really seen a reason to trust them yet either?

- The wolves should have had their own book. There was so much going on.

-Embry’s dad? Should be Sam’s father. I think them all doing some group therapy and supporting Embry would have been great.

- Jacob’s sister irritates me. She isn’t mentioned much but honestly comes off a bit self centered and uncaring towards what her brother is going through.

- Jacob, while he gets on my last nerves, was dealing with a lot in New Moon and did not have the same guidance as others. His ‘alpha’ was Sam Uley for crying out loud.

- Sam Uley is a bitch and needs to be punched in the face and taught some facts. He should have let Leah go long before he was forced to.

- In New Moon when Bella is depression she is also experiencing legitimate withdrawals from being on the receiving end of Vampire ‘dazzles’ for so long.

- I don’t think Bella is going to be a good mother to a hybrid teen who is ‘matched’ with Jacob. The amount of therapy needed for that. (Cringe)

- I honestly think Nessie is set up in a situation to be spoiled and entitled beyond belief. Not sure how that would work out realistically but it’s extremely problematic at best. I’m not just talking about the wealth. I’m talking about the charms/ instant gratification/ and growing up with your imprint enslaved into worshiping the ground you walk on from birth.

- Jacob should not have imprinted of Nessie.

- why did no one in Forks mention something like ‘Buried in the Backyard’ or ‘20/20’ much? The amount of weird astound there is frankly weird. It would make more sense if everyone knew they were vampires and just didn’t mention it.

- Actually Angela Webber should have known. Come over during Breaking Dawn and been like ‘oh shoot. I’m sorry. This is one of those vampire things isn’t it?’ And when everyone starts panicking and Bella accuses you knew?!?!?! She’s just very calm and like “yeah. It was obvious but it would be impolite to say anything. “

- There is not enough therapy in the world.

- I know that Edward can’t control his ‘gift’ but he can’t judge people for their every thought realistically. It’s not only not healthy but a huge invasion of privacy.

- Edward should have accepted some of the things Bella did is because she is from a different time and that was never going to change. Also he was far to controlling.

- On the other hand, when Edward said NO to sex he had legitimate reasons and Bella was wayyyyy to pushy in some scenes.

- The movie cinematography is top notch. *chef kiss*

- The soundtrack is Epic. And borderline iconic.

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Rosalie and Leah Clearwater deserve loving Sapphic relationships and I think they would love each other. They are both such misunderstood characters and they would bond over hating men and not being treated fairly or getting the recognition they deserve. Emmet would love his wife’s girlfriend in a platonic way, Emmet and Seth would be their biggest supporters! And also best friends I see the Himbo to himbo bond. I’m conclusion Leah and Rosalie deserve better and I love them thank you for coming to my Ted talk!

Oh absolutely. Leah and Rosalie deserved so much better.

I love Rose and Emmett together but, I would have loved to see a Rose and Bella romance

#tin talks

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I’ve recently found myself drawn back into the twilight series, more specifically my favorite character Leah. Although every time I do, I end up so devastated because of the abuse she was put through by SM/the characters. I’ll never understand how someone could be subjected to such cruelty. And how many people could turn a blind eye to it. I’m not proud of it but I also feel such hatred and anger towards Sam and even more Emily. I just recently read more about the situation from the guide for the first time, and I hadn’t realized just how awful they were. I saw red. It truly breaks my heart to read about others validating Emily and Sam’s “love”. I was literally in tears sobbing reading about their betrayal. It’s unacceptable. The injustice of it is infuriating. I always felt that people disregarded Leah and Sams love as less real, or more easily discarded. “That situation sucked for Leah.” “Yeah that’s not great”. But I always felt it was more severe than that. It always tore me up to imagine Leah being the one that was always a side thought. I always felt her love was real, and big, important, and true. More true than whatever bullshit SM tried to feed us with imprinting. She deserved to have the love she wanted with the person she wanted. I know it sounds so irrational, but seeing the destruction it caused, one cannot say Leah deserved better and then in the same breathe ratify Sam and Emily. It is in direct contradiction. If she deserves better, then they cannot be! It breaks my heart to see anyone validate or co sign Sam and Emily ending up together, in this version or any other. Leah’s not disposable and her love was not expendable. I’m sorry for the rant 😩 but urghhh! I just always felt so protective of Leah ♥️

The treatment of Leah will always be grossly unfair. It's pretty clear that the Leah/Sam/Emily mess was originally created as a way to explain and present imprinting; SM wanted to show how random and unbreakable it was, and to do that she needed the shifter to be in a happy, committed relationship that he then had to end to be with the imprint, to show there really was 'no choice' and that's it's a magical thing. Jared/Kim wouldn't make that point.

But then she kept making things worse for Leah. If she felt she needed this break-up to 'show' imprinting, fine, whatever. But then she made Emily also Leah's cousin and best friend. She made Leah phase, and made Leah's phasing the cause of her father's fatal heart attack. She made the rest of the pack shun Leah and have an attitude of like "why can't she just accept that Imprinting is Great and Sam/Emily are blameless?" and pretty much none of them ever factor in her father just died as a source of her anger and distress and make it JUST about Sam. (But again I think this comes from the Bellacentricity of the story; Harry died so Edward could call the Swan house and hear about Charlie planning a funeral, so it doesn't 'matter' to the Clearwaters and Quileute characters the way it SHOULD have since he was an important member of the community).

I always loved Leah, and I think the consensus of the present day fandom, of the Renaissance, is the same. But I remember Back in the Day, eons ago, people complaining about how mean Leah was to Bella and I was always like . . . literally WHAT?! because if you step outside Bella's POV even a little, it's clear Leah has about 2892374823 justifiable reasons to be upset about how her life has been disrupted and ruined by the 'monsters and magic' and I can't blame her one bit for lashing out. The one tiny shred of support she gets is her mother cutting her hair short in solidarity. That's it. Who else is she supposed to turn to? She can't go to Sam, they broke up. She can't go to Emily, she's with Sam now. She can't go to her father, he's dead. The Pack resents her presence as the only woman and she has to hear that resentment in the Pack mind, along with Sam's fairytale fantasy love for Emily.

The thing I keep coming back to about Leah is that, unlike Bella, she had no choice in any of this. Bella had a choice. Bella chose to move to Forks. Bella chose to stay with Edward when she found out he was a vampire. She chose to take him back. She chose to marry him. To continue a dangerous pregnancy. To become a vampire herself. To keep her father in her life. Bad things happened to her, sure, but they were almost always the results of choices she made. She had some semblance of agency. Leah had none. Leah didn't chose to break up with Sam or cut ties with her best friend, The Magic Of Imprinting made that choice for her. She didn't choose to become a wolf shifter or join the pack, it was something that just happened to her (indirectly as the result of Bella's choices). Leah doesn't get to choose to keep her father in her life, that choice was made for her by a heart attack. In some ways Leah is the anti-Bella, although I don't think SM planned that at all.

#asks #long post

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