Breaking Dawn: Chapter 30 - Irresistible
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zelda_queenZeldaQueen: Well, there are only three more chapters after this one so I'm happy. What do we get?
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Chapter 30: Irresistible
ZeldaQueen: Oh, this does not sound good.
Well, with all that's been going on, poor Bella's empty head is now plumb full of questions. She's wondering specifically about this J. Jenks dude and why Alice wants Bella to track him down. She also wonders if there's the possibility that he's not somehow going to be helpful in saving Renesmee. Bella dear? This is all about saving your stupid baby! That's why the Volturi are coming and we all know that this is why Alice ran off!
Bella also worries about Tanya and Co making the same mistake Irina did and starting a fight. I'm...not too sure how that would work. Like I said, Renesmee is breathing and has a beating heart which vampires don't have, plus she grows about three inches a day. It really doesn't sound like it should be that hard to prove. Well, we have to have some sort of conflict, even if it is faux conflict. On that note, Bella also begins to worry about how useless she'll be in any upcoming fights. She wonders if she'll be able to handle any of the Volturi "[o]r was [she] doomed to be totally useless?". Hint - it's that one! Seriously folks, remember the days when Bella went on and on about how if only she were a vampire she was so certain she could be able to protect herself and save her friends and everything? Bull I said then and bull it is now.
Bella tells us how she put Renesmee to bed at the cottage (in the most boring manner possible) and then goes back to Edward for answers. She mentions that it's very hard to keep secrets from him anyway, even with her mind blocked to him. *Rubs head* How is this healthy? Well, it doesn't matter. She literally gets two words out before Edward jumps across the room and they have sex. No, really.
"He spun and was across the room in what seemed like no time at all, not even the smallest part of a second. I only had time to register the ferocious expression on his face before his lips were crushing against mine and his arms were locked around me like steel girders.
I didn't think of my questions again for the rest of that night. It didn't take long for me to grasp the reason for his mood, and even less time to feel exactly the same way. I'd been planning on needing years just to somewhat organize the overwhelming passion I felt for him physically. And then centuries after that to enjoy it. If we had only a month left together… Well, I didn't see how I could stand to have this end. For the moment I couldn't help but be selfish. All I wanted was to love him as much as possible in the limited time given to me.
It was hard to pull myself away from him when the sun came up, but we had our job to do, a job that might be more difficult than all the rest of our family's searches put together. As soon as I let myself think of what was coming, I was all tension; it felt like my nerves were being stretched on a rack, thinner and thinner"
ZeldaQueen: FOCUS, BELLA, FOCUS!!! Your daughter is apparently in grave danger and you all are anxious and upset and you just got done angsting about how you don't know how to fight and probably will be dead weight in battle and all you and Edward can think about is sex? I know Meyer's trying to get the "we're going to die, let's have one more fling" bit going, but has it ever crossed any of these people's empty heads that if they spent this time screwing to, oh I don't know, think of battle plans or strategies or train or something, they'd probably stand a better chance of not dying!
GOD!!!!
ZeldaQueen: And on top of all of that, it's horribly harlequin and reminds me of Victoria Todd. *shudders* Well it's over, thank god, and they hurry and get dressed so that they don't miss their guests. As this goes on, Edward wishes that he knew what Alice wanted him to ask Elezar, so he could ask it beforehand just in case they get freaked out by Renesmee and leave.
As they leave the cottage, Bella asks Edward to teach her how to fight. He starts to flip his lid and tells her that if it did come to fighting, none of them would stand a chance, basically implying that it would do no good to teach her. EXCUSE ME? WHAT SORT OF LOGIC IS THAT??? If someone's coming to kill you, whether or not it's futile, it's best to know how to help yourself out in battle!!! Are you so desperate to have you wife dependent on your heroics that you don't want her to learn to take care of herself Edward? Hmmm? It's only one of the reasons she's been whining about being changed!
And in yet another rare instant, Bella and I agree on something. She points out to Edward that futile or not, it's rather assholish to leave her unable to defend herself. No, she doesn't use those exact words but if she had a spine, you know she would.
" I wondered what I could do that would have any hope of making a difference. I was a tiny bit special, in my own way–if a having a supernaturally thick skull could really be considered special. Was there any use that I could put that toward?"
ZeldaQueen: Yes Bella. You can use that super-speshal thick skull of yours to head-butt Aro. He'd go down like bowling pins. And a tiny bit special? Dear, you're a Sue. Please stop trying to hide it.
Bella and Edward start talking about the Volturi members and their fighting abilities, which they should have done last night, but I digress. Bella says that Edward gives his lines "emotionlessly, like we were talking of a basketball team". Given how boring these characters all are, I fail to see how that's any different than usual (that, and "emotionlessly" isn't a word). Turns out that Alec and Jane are the "offensive players" and that their defensive players "rarely see any real action". Let them hang around Bella and Edward for a few seconds, they'll see plenty. Meyer also uses this opportunity to remind us about everyone's powers - how Jane has the power to mentally burn people and that Alec is pretty much the "antidote". He can completely shut off everyone's senses and just leave them standing there. Also, Jane can only fry one person at once while Alec can get a ton of people.
Bella starts to show something akin to survival skills and actually forms something of a plan - since Aro and Jane can't get through her thick skull, perhaps Alec can't either. Bella bets that he's completely dependent on using his powers for fighting and thus would be useless at actual hand-to-hand. If that's the case, then she could take him down and give the Volturi a huge blow in battle (no, not that kind of blow). Edward of course wigs out at the thought of his Lady Love fighting at all and goes on about how it's so unlikely that Bella could be trained enough to try that in a month. *tiredly* Edward, what did I just yell at you about just giving up? Bella shows a rare instance of common sense and a little independence and points out that it's the best chance they have. When he keeps freaking out, she actually tells him to be reasonable and I'm kind of pleased with her actually once again sticking to her guns and not crying about how they are doomed, woe is them. Edward finally agrees but makes her promise not to sacrifice herself for them. Don't worry Edward, Meyer didn't get her pet Sue through three books and that terrible childbirth just to kill her here.
And...what do you know? Bella continues to actually be useful and starts figuring out battle plans for taking out Alec and Jane. She then starts trying to figure out what other Volturi members she could be immune to. She decides to leave the "huge" Felix to Emmett (despite the fact that she bested Emmett not too long ago) and decides to take down Dimitri so that Renesmee would be able to escape and so Alice and Jasper would be free. Because of course they only ran away out of fear and not because they might have a plan or anything. Edward interrupts to inform her that he'll be killing Dimitri as a favor for Alice. And since Bella wasn't actually saying any of her plans, this is just yet another example of how True Loves always think exactly the same things. Just look at Peter and Charlotte.
Bella asks Edward why Alice would have them ask Elezar anything and he replies that Elezar used to be a member of the Volturi. Wait, wait, wait a second. You've spent all of this time wondering what you would need to ask Elezar. You know that the Volturi are after you. And you knew that he was a member of the Volturi. You don't suppose it has anything to do with the Volturi, like why so many are coming for one Immortal Child or what their weaknesses are or anything, do you? Bella meanwhile drops her semblance of sense and gets all angry at the thought of the "beautiful dark-haired man" being in the Volturi. Because only ugly people can be Evil Catholics Vampires. Edward assures Bella that Elezar is very gentle and left the Volturi when he met his wife, Carmen, and that the two were both very compassionate and easily fit into Tanya's Vegetarian Vampire routine. Uh huh. Once again, True Love cures all ills and the Volturi are just so evil that the one good member leaves. Bella meanwhile finds it hard to believe that anyone can be a member and be good. How understanding of her.
It turns out that Elezar wasn't a warrior, but had a power which Aro liked - he could sense what powers other vampires had. Hmm, doesn't this sound like a convenient plot point set-up? Usually Aro used this power to figure out if a vampire had a power worth taking in or if a human would have a power when they were bitten. Bella is surprised that they just let Elezar leave and Edward replies that "The Volturi aren't supposed to be the villains, the way they seem to you. They are the foundation of our peace and civilization. Each member of the guard chooses to serve them. It's quite prestigious; they all are proud to be there, not forced to be there". Wah - ? I'm befuddled. This entire series, Edward and the other Cullens seemed to be terrified and cautious around the Volturi. From what we've seen, the Volturi use any and all excuses to kill people, including Bree and Bella. And now Edward is basically patting Bella on the head and going "Oh, you silly girl, I know they might seem evil to you but they're not really!" I could understand if they looked bad to Bella but other vampires saw them differently. It would be like a cultural difference. But from what I understand, every other vampire is terrified of them as well! How does that make sense?
Well, finally stuff starts to happen as they get ready for Tanya and Co to arrive. Bella, Jacob, and Renesmee wait in the dining room while Edward waits in the hall to let them in. Bella tries to remember what the vampires were like at the wedding, but once again goes on about how fuzzy and murky her human memories are and can only recall that they were beautiful. Bella, that's kind of a given with these vampires. Renesmee is also un-childlike and feels sad about how she's not human, vampire, or werewolf. This might actually have been kind of sad, but it's almost immediately skipped over in favor of Bella going on about how special her daughter is.
Tanya and Co get there and Edward lets them in. The visitors figure out pretty quickly that something's wrong and Edward starts to go on about how they're all in danger, yadda yadda yadda, but he needs to show them something and to please be open-minded about it. One of the women asks him "Where's your Bella?" (because of course women are the property of their husbands) and Edward goes on about how she's just so special as a newborn. Edward asks them to listen and they hear Jacob's heartbeat and some kind of "thrumming", which they assume to be a bird. Erm, does a child's heartbeat sound like a bird's fluttering? They are then asked to smell and immediately they catch Renesmee's Unique and Special scent which gets them all surprised. Edward once again tells them to hear him out before they act and they promise and he has Bella bring the baby out.
Immediately of course everyone wigs out and Jacob speaks for me when he mutters "oh please". Edward has to shout at everyone to remember what they heard and smell because apparently these people can't continue to hear a heartbeat, feel heat, or smell a strange new smell from two feet away. This calms everyone down and we get Edward's shorthand explanation (which leaves out how he wanted the kid aborted and tried to get Bella to sleep with Jacob) and then there's a jab at Tanya and Kate for sleeping with me. Apparently there are few human survivors to their "trysts", which begs the question of why no one seems to notice an awful lot of men disappearing wherever this coven lives.
Carmen starts to stop being ridiculous and goes to examine Renesmee. She's quickly sucked under the Sue Spell and goes on about how pretty the baby is and how she has Bella's eyes, etc. Renesmee uses her power to show Carmen everything and Carmen is all amazed and says that Renesmee's givft "could only have come from a very gifted father". *scowls* I'm not even going to go into that one. Elezar, Tanya, and Kate are also shown and long story short, everyone is oh-so-amazed and astounded but of course believe Edward now.
Tanya figures out that the danger is the Volturi and Bella notes that only the Volturi have a chance of defeating her family and thus are the only ones who could be dangerous. Why you arrogant - AUGH! Edward tells them about how Irina started it all and instantly Tanya and her covenant all start getting angry with their sister for doing that. Once again, lovely how family ties are so important here, Meyer. Irina just saw what she thought was a very dangerous creature that caused the death of her mother and very narrowly caused the death of her sisters and herself. While I agree that it was stupid of her not to find out more information before running off, she was obviously conflicted and meant the best. And Tanya and Kate just start jumping over her for this.
Edward informs them that all of the Volturi are coming - once again taking time to specify the wives - and this freaks everyone out. Elezar wonders why "would they put themselves and the wives in danger?”. And the wives? I'd be offended, but all I can think of is one of the vampires shouting "Save my friends! And Zoidberg!".
Tanya quickly jumps on the "we're all doomed, woe is us" train, saying that there's no way to beat the Volturi. She adds that the four of them probably deserve to die after Irina betrayed the Cullens like that. What?!? What sort of out-of-date common sense is that? Tanya and Co aren't Irina, they didn't tell her what to do, and they had no part in what she did. That's like saying that Mark and Nate Phelps deserve to be dragged through town by wild horses because of what their dad does. And like I said Irina made a mistake. She was not actively going out to hurt the Cullens! Would it kill you to stand by your sister and not jump on the "oh, the Cullens are wonderful, we must agree with them if we want to be right" bandwagon?
Edward tells the coven that they just need to act as witnesses, saying that Renesmee is indeed not an Immortal Child. Everyone agrees to this of course and Tanya and Kate express a desire to fight if the Volturi insist on doing so. We get beat over the head once more with how danged irresistible Renesmee is, as Carmen insists on carrying her around, and Bella hopes that this irresistible-ness is enough to ensnare Aro. I guess this is supposed to be what the title refers to. Meyer, for future reference, the title ought to be what the entire chapter is about. Not a few sentences towards the end.
Oh, and Bella is actually starting to feel good about this all and then the little emotional development we get is flushed right down the tubes because she remembers "Alice left, we're doomed oh woe is us".
ZeldaQueen: Right, three chapters to go! I can make it! Hang in there people!
Onward to: Chapter 31: Talented
Back to: Chapter 29:Defecation Defection
Return to: Table of Contents
Projection Room Voices: "Chapter thirty, in which more vampires show up and Renesmee is a Sue"
ZeldaQueen: Let's go!
Projection Room Voices: Starting Media in 3...2...1...
Chapter 30: Irresistible
ZeldaQueen: Oh, this does not sound good.
Well, with all that's been going on, poor Bella's empty head is now plumb full of questions. She's wondering specifically about this J. Jenks dude and why Alice wants Bella to track him down. She also wonders if there's the possibility that he's not somehow going to be helpful in saving Renesmee. Bella dear? This is all about saving your stupid baby! That's why the Volturi are coming and we all know that this is why Alice ran off!
Bella also worries about Tanya and Co making the same mistake Irina did and starting a fight. I'm...not too sure how that would work. Like I said, Renesmee is breathing and has a beating heart which vampires don't have, plus she grows about three inches a day. It really doesn't sound like it should be that hard to prove. Well, we have to have some sort of conflict, even if it is faux conflict. On that note, Bella also begins to worry about how useless she'll be in any upcoming fights. She wonders if she'll be able to handle any of the Volturi "[o]r was [she] doomed to be totally useless?". Hint - it's that one! Seriously folks, remember the days when Bella went on and on about how if only she were a vampire she was so certain she could be able to protect herself and save her friends and everything? Bull I said then and bull it is now.
Bella tells us how she put Renesmee to bed at the cottage (in the most boring manner possible) and then goes back to Edward for answers. She mentions that it's very hard to keep secrets from him anyway, even with her mind blocked to him. *Rubs head* How is this healthy? Well, it doesn't matter. She literally gets two words out before Edward jumps across the room and they have sex. No, really.
"He spun and was across the room in what seemed like no time at all, not even the smallest part of a second. I only had time to register the ferocious expression on his face before his lips were crushing against mine and his arms were locked around me like steel girders.
I didn't think of my questions again for the rest of that night. It didn't take long for me to grasp the reason for his mood, and even less time to feel exactly the same way. I'd been planning on needing years just to somewhat organize the overwhelming passion I felt for him physically. And then centuries after that to enjoy it. If we had only a month left together… Well, I didn't see how I could stand to have this end. For the moment I couldn't help but be selfish. All I wanted was to love him as much as possible in the limited time given to me.
It was hard to pull myself away from him when the sun came up, but we had our job to do, a job that might be more difficult than all the rest of our family's searches put together. As soon as I let myself think of what was coming, I was all tension; it felt like my nerves were being stretched on a rack, thinner and thinner"
ZeldaQueen: FOCUS, BELLA, FOCUS!!! Your daughter is apparently in grave danger and you all are anxious and upset and you just got done angsting about how you don't know how to fight and probably will be dead weight in battle and all you and Edward can think about is sex? I know Meyer's trying to get the "we're going to die, let's have one more fling" bit going, but has it ever crossed any of these people's empty heads that if they spent this time screwing to, oh I don't know, think of battle plans or strategies or train or something, they'd probably stand a better chance of not dying!
GOD!!!!
ZeldaQueen: And on top of all of that, it's horribly harlequin and reminds me of Victoria Todd. *shudders* Well it's over, thank god, and they hurry and get dressed so that they don't miss their guests. As this goes on, Edward wishes that he knew what Alice wanted him to ask Elezar, so he could ask it beforehand just in case they get freaked out by Renesmee and leave.
As they leave the cottage, Bella asks Edward to teach her how to fight. He starts to flip his lid and tells her that if it did come to fighting, none of them would stand a chance, basically implying that it would do no good to teach her. EXCUSE ME? WHAT SORT OF LOGIC IS THAT??? If someone's coming to kill you, whether or not it's futile, it's best to know how to help yourself out in battle!!! Are you so desperate to have you wife dependent on your heroics that you don't want her to learn to take care of herself Edward? Hmmm? It's only one of the reasons she's been whining about being changed!
And in yet another rare instant, Bella and I agree on something. She points out to Edward that futile or not, it's rather assholish to leave her unable to defend herself. No, she doesn't use those exact words but if she had a spine, you know she would.
" I wondered what I could do that would have any hope of making a difference. I was a tiny bit special, in my own way–if a having a supernaturally thick skull could really be considered special. Was there any use that I could put that toward?"
ZeldaQueen: Yes Bella. You can use that super-speshal thick skull of yours to head-butt Aro. He'd go down like bowling pins. And a tiny bit special? Dear, you're a Sue. Please stop trying to hide it.
Bella and Edward start talking about the Volturi members and their fighting abilities, which they should have done last night, but I digress. Bella says that Edward gives his lines "emotionlessly, like we were talking of a basketball team". Given how boring these characters all are, I fail to see how that's any different than usual (that, and "emotionlessly" isn't a word). Turns out that Alec and Jane are the "offensive players" and that their defensive players "rarely see any real action". Let them hang around Bella and Edward for a few seconds, they'll see plenty. Meyer also uses this opportunity to remind us about everyone's powers - how Jane has the power to mentally burn people and that Alec is pretty much the "antidote". He can completely shut off everyone's senses and just leave them standing there. Also, Jane can only fry one person at once while Alec can get a ton of people.
Bella starts to show something akin to survival skills and actually forms something of a plan - since Aro and Jane can't get through her thick skull, perhaps Alec can't either. Bella bets that he's completely dependent on using his powers for fighting and thus would be useless at actual hand-to-hand. If that's the case, then she could take him down and give the Volturi a huge blow in battle (no, not that kind of blow). Edward of course wigs out at the thought of his Lady Love fighting at all and goes on about how it's so unlikely that Bella could be trained enough to try that in a month. *tiredly* Edward, what did I just yell at you about just giving up? Bella shows a rare instance of common sense and a little independence and points out that it's the best chance they have. When he keeps freaking out, she actually tells him to be reasonable and I'm kind of pleased with her actually once again sticking to her guns and not crying about how they are doomed, woe is them. Edward finally agrees but makes her promise not to sacrifice herself for them. Don't worry Edward, Meyer didn't get her pet Sue through three books and that terrible childbirth just to kill her here.
And...what do you know? Bella continues to actually be useful and starts figuring out battle plans for taking out Alec and Jane. She then starts trying to figure out what other Volturi members she could be immune to. She decides to leave the "huge" Felix to Emmett (despite the fact that she bested Emmett not too long ago) and decides to take down Dimitri so that Renesmee would be able to escape and so Alice and Jasper would be free. Because of course they only ran away out of fear and not because they might have a plan or anything. Edward interrupts to inform her that he'll be killing Dimitri as a favor for Alice. And since Bella wasn't actually saying any of her plans, this is just yet another example of how True Loves always think exactly the same things. Just look at Peter and Charlotte.
Bella asks Edward why Alice would have them ask Elezar anything and he replies that Elezar used to be a member of the Volturi. Wait, wait, wait a second. You've spent all of this time wondering what you would need to ask Elezar. You know that the Volturi are after you. And you knew that he was a member of the Volturi. You don't suppose it has anything to do with the Volturi, like why so many are coming for one Immortal Child or what their weaknesses are or anything, do you? Bella meanwhile drops her semblance of sense and gets all angry at the thought of the "beautiful dark-haired man" being in the Volturi. Because only ugly people can be Evil Catholics Vampires. Edward assures Bella that Elezar is very gentle and left the Volturi when he met his wife, Carmen, and that the two were both very compassionate and easily fit into Tanya's Vegetarian Vampire routine. Uh huh. Once again, True Love cures all ills and the Volturi are just so evil that the one good member leaves. Bella meanwhile finds it hard to believe that anyone can be a member and be good. How understanding of her.
It turns out that Elezar wasn't a warrior, but had a power which Aro liked - he could sense what powers other vampires had. Hmm, doesn't this sound like a convenient plot point set-up? Usually Aro used this power to figure out if a vampire had a power worth taking in or if a human would have a power when they were bitten. Bella is surprised that they just let Elezar leave and Edward replies that "The Volturi aren't supposed to be the villains, the way they seem to you. They are the foundation of our peace and civilization. Each member of the guard chooses to serve them. It's quite prestigious; they all are proud to be there, not forced to be there". Wah - ? I'm befuddled. This entire series, Edward and the other Cullens seemed to be terrified and cautious around the Volturi. From what we've seen, the Volturi use any and all excuses to kill people, including Bree and Bella. And now Edward is basically patting Bella on the head and going "Oh, you silly girl, I know they might seem evil to you but they're not really!" I could understand if they looked bad to Bella but other vampires saw them differently. It would be like a cultural difference. But from what I understand, every other vampire is terrified of them as well! How does that make sense?
Well, finally stuff starts to happen as they get ready for Tanya and Co to arrive. Bella, Jacob, and Renesmee wait in the dining room while Edward waits in the hall to let them in. Bella tries to remember what the vampires were like at the wedding, but once again goes on about how fuzzy and murky her human memories are and can only recall that they were beautiful. Bella, that's kind of a given with these vampires. Renesmee is also un-childlike and feels sad about how she's not human, vampire, or werewolf. This might actually have been kind of sad, but it's almost immediately skipped over in favor of Bella going on about how special her daughter is.
Tanya and Co get there and Edward lets them in. The visitors figure out pretty quickly that something's wrong and Edward starts to go on about how they're all in danger, yadda yadda yadda, but he needs to show them something and to please be open-minded about it. One of the women asks him "Where's your Bella?" (because of course women are the property of their husbands) and Edward goes on about how she's just so special as a newborn. Edward asks them to listen and they hear Jacob's heartbeat and some kind of "thrumming", which they assume to be a bird. Erm, does a child's heartbeat sound like a bird's fluttering? They are then asked to smell and immediately they catch Renesmee's Unique and Special scent which gets them all surprised. Edward once again tells them to hear him out before they act and they promise and he has Bella bring the baby out.
Immediately of course everyone wigs out and Jacob speaks for me when he mutters "oh please". Edward has to shout at everyone to remember what they heard and smell because apparently these people can't continue to hear a heartbeat, feel heat, or smell a strange new smell from two feet away. This calms everyone down and we get Edward's shorthand explanation (which leaves out how he wanted the kid aborted and tried to get Bella to sleep with Jacob) and then there's a jab at Tanya and Kate for sleeping with me. Apparently there are few human survivors to their "trysts", which begs the question of why no one seems to notice an awful lot of men disappearing wherever this coven lives.
Carmen starts to stop being ridiculous and goes to examine Renesmee. She's quickly sucked under the Sue Spell and goes on about how pretty the baby is and how she has Bella's eyes, etc. Renesmee uses her power to show Carmen everything and Carmen is all amazed and says that Renesmee's givft "could only have come from a very gifted father". *scowls* I'm not even going to go into that one. Elezar, Tanya, and Kate are also shown and long story short, everyone is oh-so-amazed and astounded but of course believe Edward now.
Tanya figures out that the danger is the Volturi and Bella notes that only the Volturi have a chance of defeating her family and thus are the only ones who could be dangerous. Why you arrogant - AUGH! Edward tells them about how Irina started it all and instantly Tanya and her covenant all start getting angry with their sister for doing that. Once again, lovely how family ties are so important here, Meyer. Irina just saw what she thought was a very dangerous creature that caused the death of her mother and very narrowly caused the death of her sisters and herself. While I agree that it was stupid of her not to find out more information before running off, she was obviously conflicted and meant the best. And Tanya and Kate just start jumping over her for this.
Edward informs them that all of the Volturi are coming - once again taking time to specify the wives - and this freaks everyone out. Elezar wonders why "would they put themselves and the wives in danger?”. And the wives? I'd be offended, but all I can think of is one of the vampires shouting "Save my friends! And Zoidberg!".
Tanya quickly jumps on the "we're all doomed, woe is us" train, saying that there's no way to beat the Volturi. She adds that the four of them probably deserve to die after Irina betrayed the Cullens like that. What?!? What sort of out-of-date common sense is that? Tanya and Co aren't Irina, they didn't tell her what to do, and they had no part in what she did. That's like saying that Mark and Nate Phelps deserve to be dragged through town by wild horses because of what their dad does. And like I said Irina made a mistake. She was not actively going out to hurt the Cullens! Would it kill you to stand by your sister and not jump on the "oh, the Cullens are wonderful, we must agree with them if we want to be right" bandwagon?
Edward tells the coven that they just need to act as witnesses, saying that Renesmee is indeed not an Immortal Child. Everyone agrees to this of course and Tanya and Kate express a desire to fight if the Volturi insist on doing so. We get beat over the head once more with how danged irresistible Renesmee is, as Carmen insists on carrying her around, and Bella hopes that this irresistible-ness is enough to ensnare Aro. I guess this is supposed to be what the title refers to. Meyer, for future reference, the title ought to be what the entire chapter is about. Not a few sentences towards the end.
Oh, and Bella is actually starting to feel good about this all and then the little emotional development we get is flushed right down the tubes because she remembers "Alice left, we're doomed oh woe is us".
ZeldaQueen: Right, three chapters to go! I can make it! Hang in there people!
Onward to: Chapter 31: Talented
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Return to: Table of Contents
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Date: 2010-03-21 03:21 am (UTC)The typo expresses your feelings about this book, I take it? XD
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Date: 2010-03-21 03:35 am (UTC)But yes, it does. Freudian slip, I'd imagine. XD
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Date: 2010-03-21 03:51 am (UTC)Wasn't Carlisle, the vampire of goodness, a member of the Volturi? (Or at least hanged out with them). I'm pretty sure this was said to Bella. If I'm correct then... what's with this series and its bouts of amnesia?!
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Date: 2010-03-21 03:59 am (UTC)flawed maninnocent woobie, but his ex-boyfriend DID have a career as a Dark Lord who wanted to subjugate Muggles and was aDark wizard with a Fred-and-George-like or Marauder-like personalitymanipulative narcissist whogot along wonderfully with DumbledoreMANIPULATED poor woobie Albus through his innocent, pure-hearted crush*SOBSOBSOB*'. Only in a platonic way, since this is Meyer speaking. :P(no subject)
Date: 2010-03-21 04:40 am (UTC)The last book pretty much killed any like I had for the guy because he placed himself before Harry, the 17 year old about to face "the Devil" himself. At the beginning of the series i understood where he was coming from and liked him, but that last book "sheesh!" (This is my personal opinion, to each their own)
To be honest I like the series, but that last book was my "Why God why?!' before I met Twilight. (As much as I hated that last book, it did have its good moments)
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Date: 2010-03-21 04:52 am (UTC)But to be fair, Dumbledore was in a pretty nasty position at the end of the sixth book. He was a gonner anyway and he was trying to keep Malfoy's soul intact. Granted I'm not sure why he felt the need to pass on the whole Deathly Hallows thing (unless it was to explain the Cloak a little more), but that's just me. ^^;
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Date: 2010-03-21 02:44 pm (UTC)And I'm not saying have Harry spit on his grave or something, but even at the end I felt he still glorified him (and by extension the fanbase) and that was what irked me about the whole thing. I knew people who wanted a mentor like Dumbledore if they ever were on Harry's position. Actually he's totally point 4 of limyaael's mentor rant:
http://limyaael.livejournal.com/554442.html
He's a terrible mentor for putting himself before Harry and that whole last book was terrible for me. For the first time on that series I closed the book and hit it against a wall and a table (4 on the wall, 2 on a table).
The Deathly Hallows thing was so random that it was a major cause of annoyance. I would have preferred HP and the Deadly Horcruxes or HP and the awesome rebellion back at Hogwarth led by Neville that is more interesting than going around camping (I guess that title needed to be in very small font). It wasn't needed at all! Love is what defeats Voldermont and he was already powerful and evil without a special wand. Plus gathering those soul fragments was already a chore! It felt like JKR was focusing in having 2 epic adventures and falling short on both of them.
And what I want to know more than anything is why the hell did they store the cup in Hermione's bag but not the pendant? They are both cursed and the idiots are like "Well we can't store it in the bag so lets wear it." Was there a line I missed in there that said the pendant had a "Anti bag" spell or a "must be worn at all times" spell? I'm serious, did I missed something? What made it so much more protected by wearing it versus storing it? I will apologize to this whole part of the plot if it had a reasonable explanation and I was just too frustrated to catch it (Hey, it happens).
That whole thing bothered me because it felt like JK was forcing drama versus common sense. I would never wear something like that knowingly because it's already been shown that Voldermont can posses people via those horacruxes. UGH!!
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Date: 2010-03-21 04:14 am (UTC)Now, I could forgive this as different social ideas. Lots of things are gray in this world. Maybe Carlisle left because he disagreed with them and went on his own, but the series doesn't do that. The characterization is all over the place. The Volturi are our friends/they are evil! It all depends on what is convenient to tell versus who they are as characters.
It would have been better if the Volturi were friends in an ironic way like PatF has Facilier and his friends. XD
And I really should do a hypocrisy count in Twilight. -_-;;
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Date: 2010-03-21 05:35 am (UTC)Oh, like the poisonous, evil friend type of thing. XD You know, Meyer could have done something where Carlisle didn't know at first how the Volturi worked but then left when he found out, so it would make sense that he wasn't lumped with Elezar. But we don't know that.
Eh, if you do that then you'll probably go higher than the Airhead count. XD
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Date: 2010-03-21 09:12 am (UTC)And wow, I can't believe Bella actually grew a spine in this chapter. Methinks Wardo doesn't want her to fight so she doesn't show everyone what tiny testicles he has in comparison.
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Date: 2010-03-21 03:29 pm (UTC)I think it's more that Edward doesn't want his Dearly Beloved to get so much as a scratch on her, because she crumple and die. Because it's not like she's a vampire with super-tough skin and her mental power-blocking and enhanced senses and whatnot. *rolls eyes* I'd love this spine-grown Bella a lot more though, if I didn't know that this is just more of Meyer's terrible foreshadowing. "Oh, there's definitely going to be a fight! Yep! Huge fight on the horizon! I'm going to have to kill people so I'll need to know how to fight! Of course!" And then...yeah.
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Date: 2010-03-22 01:08 pm (UTC)Bella is a vampire. She is now fast and strong and nearly invincible. You've spent chapters upon chapters describing how strong and amazing she is. So, it's utterly ridiculous for Edward to still be jumping around and insisting that Bella shouldn't fight. Yes, she's a novice, but she's not an infant. What Edward's doing is *not* chivalrous, it's patronizing and degrading. If he really loves her that much, then he would appreciate her strength and be proud that she can fight for herself. She's his wife; not his three-year-old daughter.
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