Wednesday, March 24, 2010

On Bella Swan (Blog Reply)

My response to a great blog I read by Chris Foukas.

check it out:
http://foukasin.blogspot.com/

Wow, you had me rolling!  Very, very funny... and let me just say, I've read all the books, and I'M TOTALLY WITH YOU.  Not only that, but my biggest problem is with Bella's character.  I mean come on! I also disagree with the previous comment.  If you analyze her character, she's the kind of girl that no one in their senses should feel attracted to (unless she at least shows intentions of changing, of course).  She's plain. Not only does she not care about the way she looks, but she still acts like she's too cool for the rest of the world. She's not friendly, she's somewhat of an anti-social, introverted, geeky, clumsy, lacks empathy, doesn't know what she wants out of life, doesn't focus on goals of herself,  she just happens to be somewhat smart and able to memorize cool book quotes (geez, so what?).  But come on, really?  Typical men aren't even attracted to smart women (duh lol).  Most are intimidated by smart women, so yeah, so unrealistic.  She's not described anywhere in the book as physically beautiful or attractive (by a neutral character anyway), and you can't argue with me that she has a great personality because that is just NOT the case.  She's fake to her friends, and condescending. She avoids what any positive, happy person would consider enjoyable activities or things like: prom, birthday party, presents, even food at times.   She’s portrayed to be so mature, but then again, she acts like a normal irresponsible teenager too (jumping off a cliff, the whole motorcycle incident, her fatalistic and over-dramatic romance, etc.) She's so concerned about Edward and Edward only.  The typical female when in love, she wants to be all about him, change to be perfect for him and "fit" in his world (become a vampire).   She contradicts herself by being so aware of the vampire's physical beauty when she doesn't even wear make-up or ever say anything that would indicate that she cares about her looks.  I just see somewhat of a discrepancy there.  Isn't this another reason why she wants to become a vampire?  to not get old and be ‘beautiful’ forever?  Why doesn't she start by wearing a little make-up, wearing more age appropriate clothes, fixing her hair?  About her weird personality, please don't try to defend her by stating the situation she lives concerning her divorced parents, and how poor Bella is the way she is because of the situation, because it is NOT that tragic. That's why I don't get why everyone in the story is so in love with her.  Ugh!  You mean to tell me that Edward, who's been alive for over a century, who has had the opportunity to travel all over the world and meet all kinds of people (perhaps a combination of beauty and brains) ended up in love (oh so in love) with someone like Bella? I mean with his "power" I'm sure he could have found someone with better insights than Bella.  Oh yeah, he can't even hear her thoughts... Why? Well, maybe because there aren’t any worth listening to.  LOL, ok, ok. So yeah she's smart, and she's mysterious; she might represent a challenge for him and that's what he's attracted to, but still, she’s so overrated. haha, Ok I'm like going on and on... I might have to create a blog myself
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