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I’m here all alone! LOL So, I can’t wait until Saturday to go get my copy of Eclipse!!! That will totally make my weekend

Yeah, I think she definitely loved him as a friend. But I think if Edward never returned she would’ve fallen for him deeper. I know she supposedly loves him too, but it just doesn’t seem as much like romantic love to me. I guess I just can’t accept anything but Bella and Edward!

think of it as Friday night That helps me! But then I have to shoot a wedding the whole day on Saturday so I can’t watch until SUNDAY! (pouts)

Yeah, me, too. “I guess I just can’t accept anything but Bella and Edwad!” Yes, I believe Bella loves Jacob as a dear friend, and she nearly accepted him as more because she was close to giving up on Edward returning and because “to save my pathetic life”. Much of what Bella does is self preservation. We see this mentioned in the books over and over (although non-Twi-hards might not get it from the movies.

The reason that Eclipse bothers me so much (although I like a lot of it) is Bella’s suck-facing-oh-I-love-Jacob-too moment that nauseates me and Jacob’s obnoxious forceful behavior. We were lead through two and a half books that Edward was EVERYTHING to Bella and I never felt that Bella cared for Jacob romantically at all. Suddenly she is hot for him? UGH! Especially after telling Edward hours before that “there is nothing I want more than you”. These last chapters just bug me and although SM says that Bella (and Jacob) are young ( does that mean that all young are stupid and thoughtless and cheating idiots?? Personally, I don’t think so), I always puzzle over that Bella seems to be two different women. It seems like Bella behaves maturely with Edward and the Cullen’s but behaves like a headstrong, thoughtless child with Jacob. She even says she feels younger when she goes to La Push….

Sorry, I’m ranting. Eclipse does this to me! Back to the self preservation topic: does Bella do what she does -keeping Jacob within reach for instance- because somehow, someway, she KNOWS that she (and all those she loves) needs Jacob to save her life? A very difficult tightrope Bella walks. We need to ask Jasper the military strategist if he understands!

Absolutely!

Glad I’m not the only one that grinds her teeth about the character’s behavior in Eclipse! I know it’s only a story but it just bother’s me so much. I wished SM would have dealt with Bella & Jacob’s relationship differently so they wouldn’t come off as _______. You can fill out whatever discriptions in the blank .

And most definately “No” in regards to Bella taking off on Edward like that. No way, no how. Again, it makes her awful and so not the character we’ve come to love. Bella would never walk away from Edward–before the gagging tent scene, it is Edward that tells Bella that he will walk away to give her privacy. Bella doesn’t walk away from him. EVER!

And Jake, Bella has told you over and over and over, since New Moon, she can’t have the relationship with you that you want. It’s always Edward! For Heaven’s sake, why force yourself on someone who doesn’t want you that way????

I hate how they play up the “love triangle” and Bella’s “choice.” It’s NOT really a choice for her. I like how Bella put it in the book that for her & Edward it was like Sam & Emily. Not a choice.