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I think people think love is juvenile. Especially romantic love (I know I did). As I’ve gotten older though, I’ve realized why all the poems, songs, and stories exist. Love’s not juvenile, it’s revolutionary.
Bella giving up everything for love isn’t crazy to me. Because, once you have it, you’ll do anything you can to preserve it. To keep it. Because nothing becomes more precious than that.

Ironically, Edward's presence in her life gives her something to live for while simultaneously driving her toward death.
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PT 2 | I do think this is a very fair assessment of Bella's strengths and traits that we don't hear about from Bella herself because she is so self-effacing. Though she may not crave human company, she very much doesn't want to see anybody else in pain if she can help it.
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PT. 1 | Edward realizes that, due to her shyness, the only time Bella steps out of her comfort zone is to help someone else, and this leads him to conclude that Bella is "kind and self-effacing and unselfish and brave. Though Edward may not be the most reliable narrator either, given his obsession with Bella,

I love this view of Bella

Off the record, Pappademas asked me how Twilight fans have been able to do what society at large seemingly hasn't: wrestle with and work through deeply problematic media that means something to us instead of abandoning or "cancelling" it.
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I love this.

Ok the twilight saga is wayyy more unhinged than I thought (as someone who has only read the first book) 😅