TA TALKS BACK: A TWILIGHT REALITY - NO SUCH THING?
January 6th, 2009
TA forum member Drives like a Cullenhas written a piece about our perfection fantasy due to reading Twilight.
I’ve been spending a lot of time on the forum boards the past few weeks trying to get a sense of what everyone else loves about the saga that has me engrossed. I have to admit that the chance at immortality has me somewhat enamored, but I will leave that for another time.So far, I have heard a number of different reasons for their adulation; Edward is soulful; Jacob is warm and comforting; Bella is easily relatable. I agree with all of these, but I can’t help but wonder if the triangle is really as cut and dry as people seem to think. There are a lot of Team Edward and Team Jacob icons running around. I try to be Team Switzerland as much as possible, but being a single woman with romantic baggage, I have to say that while I long for an Edward, I find comfort in a Jacob.
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Go Team Switzerland!!!!!! xD lol
There are an interesting range of comments here- and I would agree that one reason these books are so enjoyable is the fanatsy of it all.
However,I have had one Edward/Bella-style relationship in my life, that lasted 2 years and ended badly. (I have had 2 multi-year relationships in the Bella/Jacob mode which ended, but not badly.)It seems I can have one or the other, but not some of both, with the same person.
But when I muse about my experienceS, its the live-every-day-like-it’s -your-last, E/B-style one that remains the emotional high point of my whole life, the one that I want to experience again, the time when I felt like I really and truly lived up to my emotional potential.
Team Switzerland all the way! I am lucky enough to have that in my marriage, My husband is my Edward and my Jacob all rolled up into one
This is one woman’s (Steph’s) fantasy relationship; I have never found a male like Edward, who actually acknowledgs Bella’s kindness, appreciates her maturity and sacrifices, shares her preferences and respects her knowledge, AND watches out for her well-being above and beyond his own desires, let alone takes the time for a slow cultivation of his knowledge of her and the possibilities of a relationship with her before he decides he loves her. This could possibly be due to the era he hails from; the idea of courtly love is an old-fashioned notion. Or it could be because they don’t fall into bed right away. Admit it, most men we know just want a Barbie to take to bed, and to be their maid. They don’t want to get INTO a girl this much; it’s work!
I think that the reason the romance between Bella and Edward is so captivating is because there is a lot of danger involved. Lets be honest, how many real relationships involve near death experiences and having to protect each other from death. I think when danger is involved it makes you realise how much you care for that person and how much you want to be with them for the rest of your life.