Twilight Graphic Novel: Part 2
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zelda_queenZeldaQueen: Well, there's the first part of this thing for you. Now on to the next.
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Part 2
ZeldaQueen: When we last left Bella, she had just been dazzled by Edward's sparkly appearance.
Well, lunch is over and we move on to Biology. Bella informs us, via narration, that Angel has a partner for lab and the only person still *ahem* single is Edward. We are then treated to way too many panels of Edward looking pissy and Bella looking terrified of him. I'm serious, I can understand her being confused or a bit unnerved, but she looks freaked out of her mind. It reminds me of in movies, when the heroine accidentally witnesses a guy murdering someone and then has to sit next to that guy at a meeting and pretend she doesn't know what he did.
ZeldaQueen: Yes, I know this is supposed to be Edward acting like she smells so tempting/terrible, but I really don't get that sense. As a result, it honestly looks like Bella has some nervous tic where she sniffs her own hair.
So we get a few pages, before this.
ZeldaQueen: Keep in mind that this is after roughly two pages. So...
First of all, we get the implication that class is all of two minutes short, just like in the book.
Second of all, we get roughly two pages of those two doing nothing but look at each other, Edward glaring around pissily, and Bella being a shaky wreck. This doesn't convince me that there's tension, it convinces me that a bunch of trees gave their lives for a worthless purpose.
Also - look at that top panel and just tell me it doesn't remind y'all of the first page, where James is heading over to kill Bella. Just try.
As in the books, Bella wangsts about how that wasn't Edward's normal behavior (except, as we'll see, it totally is) and why in the world he would be so mean to her. She heads by the school office, where Edward is screaming about how he needs to change classes. Again, as in canon, Bella continues to wangst about how this random guy must hate her sooo much, and how it pains her, blah, blah, blah. Same shit, different song.
ZeldaQueen: I suppose this is supposed to be a visual representation of Bella's nummy stink and how the world goes all blurry for Edward as he sniffs it. All I can think is that they're having some Pocahontas-esque spiritual experience.
As Edward leaves, we get a close-up of Edward's Angry Eyes and another panel with a close-up of Bella's scared face. For some reason, we also get a speech bubble asking "How did your first day go, dear?" while Bella replies "fine". I guess it's the secretary asking that (even though we don't see her at all in any of the pictures), but the way the speech bubble is placed implies that Edward is the one asking that. Given the later daddy-daughter vibes, that really isn't a pleasant thought.
We then get a montage of Bella's next day at school, which of course gets accompanied by her endless narration of text, directly lifted from the book.
ZeldaQueen: Oh look, it's Harry Potter!
So yeah, when the school day is out, we jump ahead to her having dinner with her father. They have their canon conversation where he kisses Cullen ass, and then we jump to the next day of school.
ZeldaQueen: Is it just me, or does this look like one of those "And Now You Know!" announcements you find at the end of anvilicious stories?
Anyway, that up thar is Mike proposing a trip to La Push in two weeks. Everyone agrees to go, and because we are spared any narration at that point, Bella actually comes across as being halfway pleasant. They head off to lunch, and we get this -
ZeldaQueen: You know, I'd like to pretend that that's where this particular scene just ends. Because that's actually kind of nice. Everyone's in a good mood, and Bella actually looks halfway interested in something going on.
ZeldaQueen: ...And then canon set in. Curses. I love how Bella feels the need to go on about how horrible snow is, while everyone else is clearly pleased about it. I mean, I'm not saying to go with the crowd on what they enjoy, but this just comes across as Bella being a downer yet again. Makes you wonder why people want her around.
Anyway, nice to know that Jessica still has a sense of fun. Why am I not supposed to like her, again?
So yeah, Bella heads off to the cafeteria and Jessica goes with her. As they enter, Bella notices that oh look, there's Edward and gets accordingly pissy.
ZeldaQueen: Jesus, what's up with Jessica's face in that panel?!?
And then we jump on to Biology! Hey, I bet if they didn't cram this thing full of pointless scenes of people staring at each other, there would be room to make better-done transitions.
Anyway, I'd like to call this section Edward Cullen Is Creepy.
ZeldaQueen: Erm, yeah. Exhibit A.
So yeah, Edward introduces himself and it honestly sounds like a scripted love interest in a dating sim. I keep expecting to see options like "Introduce yourself", "Smile", or "Kick him in the knees" superimposed on the panels.
And yeah, this is just as dull as in the book. The only thing worth noting is, like I said, how creepy Edward is.
ZeldaQueen: Yeah, is it just me, or does it look like he's going to hit her for displeasing him? Now I feel all icky!
ZeldaQueen: Okay, that's just terrifying. Edward doesn't look seventeen, he looks like a creepy adult man who's about to kidnap a teenage girl and do unspeakable things to her in his basement.
Oh, and this is a trend for the entire scene, ladies and gentlemen. Edward never looks genuinely happy or kind or friendly or loving. He either looks smug as Hell or reeeeeeally scary.
ZeldaQueen: Seriously, is he unable to smile without his eyes being all narrowed like that? Are vampire eyelids fixed like that permanently?
ZeldaQueen: For fun, let's pretend that Bella just said she'd run away from him if he didn't stop harassing her. Wasn't James supposed to be the creepy stalker?
And no, I don't think Bella's so sweet and strong and loving to look past how creepy Edward seems and fall for him. I think she's too stupid to live because she either doesn't notice it or doesn't care.
Onward to: Part 3
Back to: Part 1
Return to: Table of Contents
Projection Room Voices: Starting Media in 3...2...1...
Part 2
ZeldaQueen: When we last left Bella, she had just been dazzled by Edward's sparkly appearance.
Well, lunch is over and we move on to Biology. Bella informs us, via narration, that Angel has a partner for lab and the only person still *ahem* single is Edward. We are then treated to way too many panels of Edward looking pissy and Bella looking terrified of him. I'm serious, I can understand her being confused or a bit unnerved, but she looks freaked out of her mind. It reminds me of in movies, when the heroine accidentally witnesses a guy murdering someone and then has to sit next to that guy at a meeting and pretend she doesn't know what he did.
ZeldaQueen: Yes, I know this is supposed to be Edward acting like she smells so tempting/terrible, but I really don't get that sense. As a result, it honestly looks like Bella has some nervous tic where she sniffs her own hair.
So we get a few pages, before this.
ZeldaQueen: Keep in mind that this is after roughly two pages. So...
First of all, we get the implication that class is all of two minutes short, just like in the book.
Second of all, we get roughly two pages of those two doing nothing but look at each other, Edward glaring around pissily, and Bella being a shaky wreck. This doesn't convince me that there's tension, it convinces me that a bunch of trees gave their lives for a worthless purpose.
Also - look at that top panel and just tell me it doesn't remind y'all of the first page, where James is heading over to kill Bella. Just try.
As in the books, Bella wangsts about how that wasn't Edward's normal behavior (except, as we'll see, it totally is) and why in the world he would be so mean to her. She heads by the school office, where Edward is screaming about how he needs to change classes. Again, as in canon, Bella continues to wangst about how this random guy must hate her sooo much, and how it pains her, blah, blah, blah. Same shit, different song.
ZeldaQueen: I suppose this is supposed to be a visual representation of Bella's nummy stink and how the world goes all blurry for Edward as he sniffs it. All I can think is that they're having some Pocahontas-esque spiritual experience.
As Edward leaves, we get a close-up of Edward's Angry Eyes and another panel with a close-up of Bella's scared face. For some reason, we also get a speech bubble asking "How did your first day go, dear?" while Bella replies "fine". I guess it's the secretary asking that (even though we don't see her at all in any of the pictures), but the way the speech bubble is placed implies that Edward is the one asking that. Given the later daddy-daughter vibes, that really isn't a pleasant thought.
We then get a montage of Bella's next day at school, which of course gets accompanied by her endless narration of text, directly lifted from the book.
ZeldaQueen: Oh look, it's Harry Potter!
So yeah, when the school day is out, we jump ahead to her having dinner with her father. They have their canon conversation where he kisses Cullen ass, and then we jump to the next day of school.
ZeldaQueen: Is it just me, or does this look like one of those "And Now You Know!" announcements you find at the end of anvilicious stories?
Anyway, that up thar is Mike proposing a trip to La Push in two weeks. Everyone agrees to go, and because we are spared any narration at that point, Bella actually comes across as being halfway pleasant. They head off to lunch, and we get this -
ZeldaQueen: You know, I'd like to pretend that that's where this particular scene just ends. Because that's actually kind of nice. Everyone's in a good mood, and Bella actually looks halfway interested in something going on.
ZeldaQueen: ...And then canon set in. Curses. I love how Bella feels the need to go on about how horrible snow is, while everyone else is clearly pleased about it. I mean, I'm not saying to go with the crowd on what they enjoy, but this just comes across as Bella being a downer yet again. Makes you wonder why people want her around.
Anyway, nice to know that Jessica still has a sense of fun. Why am I not supposed to like her, again?
So yeah, Bella heads off to the cafeteria and Jessica goes with her. As they enter, Bella notices that oh look, there's Edward and gets accordingly pissy.
ZeldaQueen: Jesus, what's up with Jessica's face in that panel?!?
And then we jump on to Biology! Hey, I bet if they didn't cram this thing full of pointless scenes of people staring at each other, there would be room to make better-done transitions.
Anyway, I'd like to call this section Edward Cullen Is Creepy.
ZeldaQueen: Erm, yeah. Exhibit A.
So yeah, Edward introduces himself and it honestly sounds like a scripted love interest in a dating sim. I keep expecting to see options like "Introduce yourself", "Smile", or "Kick him in the knees" superimposed on the panels.
And yeah, this is just as dull as in the book. The only thing worth noting is, like I said, how creepy Edward is.
ZeldaQueen: Yeah, is it just me, or does it look like he's going to hit her for displeasing him? Now I feel all icky!
ZeldaQueen: Okay, that's just terrifying. Edward doesn't look seventeen, he looks like a creepy adult man who's about to kidnap a teenage girl and do unspeakable things to her in his basement.
Oh, and this is a trend for the entire scene, ladies and gentlemen. Edward never looks genuinely happy or kind or friendly or loving. He either looks smug as Hell or reeeeeeally scary.
ZeldaQueen: Seriously, is he unable to smile without his eyes being all narrowed like that? Are vampire eyelids fixed like that permanently?
ZeldaQueen: For fun, let's pretend that Bella just said she'd run away from him if he didn't stop harassing her. Wasn't James supposed to be the creepy stalker?
And no, I don't think Bella's so sweet and strong and loving to look past how creepy Edward seems and fall for him. I think she's too stupid to live because she either doesn't notice it or doesn't care.
Onward to: Part 3
Back to: Part 1
Return to: Table of Contents
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Date: 2011-05-09 06:46 pm (UTC)Also I don't blame Jessica - wouldn't you wanna be stone if Bella was your "friend".