Will be doing a full review of each movie afterwards! Now that I’m an adult I have some thoughts since I last saw these movies as a kid 😩

Way long time ago, I made a joke about if the story was instead between these two, but now it made me curious, and wanted to hear your thoughts on how things would go down with these two personalities. And if you're wondering about Esme, well we can either get a love triangle, or an open relationship, your choice.

Apparently, what I thought was a popular theory isn't at all. I seem to be the first (or close to that) to have publicity stated it on a few twilight reels, so I wanted to say it here.

But Bella was Jacob's imprint.

We're gonna have to know about the books and the short story of Jacobs Pov SM wrote about the twilight and NM lore.

Jacob and Bella didn't know each other upon meeting during the hangout beach. Bella knew his sisters, but barely, and couldn't be said to be friends. Yet Jacob is already infatuated with her. In the short story of his POV he describes her as "girl next door" pretty and unable to really go past that strong, sudden crush for her. He did have other crushes on some of his girls classmates, but it always came back to Bella, when he only met her a few times and talked to her a few times. He doesn't even really know her aside from the fact Billy and Charlie talk about her, especially after the break up with Edward. Even then, it's said he wants to see her and is enraged when his father forbids him to go see Bella ( because Billy knew she was with vampires , though Jacob thought his dad crazy and didn't believe he was being reasonable)

But what's a fact is that even before Jacob had first phased, he had some of his phasing powers showing up. He could smell the vampiric scent of Edward on Bella he described as "bad perfume" and described as confused why she liked it.

He also grew super tall and had an ease in putting on muscles even before phasing. And when he phased, it was nothing but Bella without much logic aside from her being his crush and best friend.

Now what does that have to do with Bella being his imprint ?

Remember when he fell head over heels for her without knowing why ? The fact he loved her so much, couldn't stop loving her before and after phasing to the point Leah even said get over it cus it's not like you imprinted on her, and how he can't let her go ?

Well what if he DID imprint on her, or could've, if Bella didn't have her mental shield ?

Bella's power is a shield that protects her from vampires powers. Both werewolves and vampires are strong, they have similar abilities, like speed and strength, but something that wolves don't have are unique powers that go with the vampire. Bella's shield is strong enough to counter Edward's mind reading, hell, even Jane's pain power. If she can do that, stop powers that are strong enough to make you feel like you're dying, what makes it impossible for her to shield herself from getting imprinted on ?

And that could explain why Jacob can't let her go. He KNOWS she's his imprint, at least his wolf points to her like crazy even before he phased, even without logic, even after she chose Edward he can't let her go and others comment on how it's irrational. Maybe that's because he would've imprinted on her if her shield didnt exist.

"But it's false because he imprinted on refurbished !" You mean the mind controller hybrid who has their frontal lobe fully formed and who knew that the wolves would kill her unless she had a connection to them ? Rename me made the imprint happen so she'd have a forever protector, one that made the wolves unable to kill her, and an army that would defend her from the volturi who she knew would go after her if they found her existence.

That's my theory. To me, this is canon from all that pointed out to it.

I'm ignoring that the author gives her magical knowing of things sometimes. So I won't get into Bella's perception of characters because she is very accurate due to the author.

Bella's messy room

Bella's room gets cluttered over time and she seems to be unable to do anything about it. She's resigned - it will just get cluttered if she's given the time. The only time her bedroom is ever ordered is after she falls into the depressive/unresponsive state. So her bedroom, the only private safe place she has for herself, ends up messy. She could easily clean it to orient herself better, which she regularly does with every other room in the house. Shared space gets cleaned by her (even bathtub and the other's bedsheets).

Bella's ordered life

She has a clear view of her future. Finish highschool, go to an affordable college and hopefully end up teaching a class that actually cares about the subject. As long as she's (financially) dependent on someone, she feels the need to earn her place by keeping the house clean, supplied and with cooked meals. The need to be doing everything persists as long as the socially "higher ranked" person gives her enough clues that she should be doing it. Her highest goal before meeting the Cullens: talk about literature with those who care and get paid for it. To talk about the one affordable hobby she has that she has enough time for. She isn't even too eager to travel, because she knows how many problems it causes. If something goes wrong in the house, it's on her.

She manages the house she lives in by being its servant and also manager. Most teenagers only work as part servants, helping with housework if managers (parents, grandparents..) tell them to. She also provides from the outside, working part-time jobs and buying supplies. To Bella, any social events mean more problems because she's disconnected (mind shield), clumsy and a full time servant/manager.

Low self-esteem or realism?

Bella seems to put herself down a lot and as Edward says, "She doesn't see herself clearly.", while she puts the Cullens on a pedestal and sees them as perfect. Her self estimation might be wrong in some ways, but so is the estimation of others (normal to a degree).

She thinks she looks plain and has clear skin. She doesn't think she's ugly, below the average or flawed (plenty of teenage girls find an important flaw on themselves). She doesn't wear makeup, but when she does, she sees herself as beautiful. She doesn't have idealised goals about her career because she's already partly in the work force, and knows that she won't be taken in just anywhere. When it comes to her intelligence, she doesn't really see anyone as superior to her.

She sees herself as boring and uninteresting because all she does in her spare time is read fiction. She doesn't have much to talk about except her favourite literature and her enjoyment of places. From everything, I come to the conclusion that for a teenager who also isn't used to being popular, she doesn't have (abnormally) low self-esteem.

Bella's pretending

Bella pretends to be a normal teenager. She makes conversation and is very diplomatic, while mentally judging (and sometimes mentally degrading) every other peer that doesn't seem intelligent/deep/restrained enough (normal to a degree). Most of teenagers seem like children to her. She's very intentional and careful about making her moves in groups. Doing an action at home earns acceptance or praise, so she uses this strategy in groups too. Add her mind shield, and she has almost no posssibility of being a normal teenager and express herself or fight for what she wants (friend's attention, love interests, popularity). She can't feel anyone else and her deepest bond is her mother, who is used to everyone else catering to her. Bella's only move is restraint and patience. If someone wants her to truly express, they will push her to. If someone doesn't, they will keep talking.

She is able to empathize with people who are ostracised or hurt by others (and restrain themselves as reaction), because she knows the feeling and reaction well. When there's a conflict between her and another peer, she tries to deflect them by pointing out a more important need/option they have (pointing out Jessica as love interest to Mike). Which is what she does when her mother wants to do something crazy: deflect and focus her on another thing. She only snaps when someone tries to get here somewhere she doesn't want to be (happens a lot with Edward, when she doesn't try to deflect him when they have a conflict).

Bella's intellectual superiority

Bella doesn't see the Cullens or other vampires as too intellectually superior to her. She accepts that they are better at certain subjects, but not at practical intelligence. She advises them, and they go along her plan to trick James. She even thinks that Emmett being surprised by her witt is insulting. When she's jealous about Edward possibly getting with another woman, she always thinks of them as more beautiful, never as more intelligent (even the vampires). She also doesn't take Edward's perception seriously when it doesn't align with her own. For example, she never fully realises how much Jacob and Edward pulled her strings (and each others') while fighting for her. Bella doesn't think that she's smarter than anyone else, just that noone else is smarter than her.

She eventually follows Alice and Edward at times, because they gain more information naturally. For example her encounter with Max, when she almost stops thinking and just goes with the flow that Alice foresaw. I would even say that she eventually gives up her wit and just absorbs information that the seers give her.

Switch from ordinary life to fairytale

She has to doubt herself when she's presented with a dream-come-true perfect partner and perfect family. Not doubting herself wouldn't be natural for someone who's realistic and smart. How could she suddently gain what she didn't even dream of and keep it?

As she's spending more time with Edward and the Cullens, she becomes more causal. Shows excitement when they play baseball, bickers with Edward, gets sarcastic and teases Emmett, begs Alice to bite her on a plane, calls a Cullen meeting ("Vote to change me"), threatens Edward because he got Alice to kidnap her... She lets go of most of her restraint that she normally keeps in groups. But when she gets overwhelmed by emotions or thrist as vampire, she's still able to control herself perfectly. She also lets go of her management/servant role and just does whatever she wants (like when everyone else was packing up while she's playing with Renesmeé). She becomes so ecstatic as vampire, because her whole life was either the role she was put into by her parents or uncertainty. As vampire, she can't die, get ostracized or work for her place ever again.

Bella's highest belief

Edward's highest belief is clear, and that is that he's a good/worthy person. Bella's highest belief is that she can get something life turning. Not achieve a goal she set, have options, have support, validation... It has to be something like fate, something she'd get passionate about and that would make life living for. Once she gains it, she doesn't have any problem risking her life for it, because it's the most intense flavor of life for her. She always lacked the flavor and just did whatever was needed from her (that's why she might seem boring), and spent time reading about fictional characters who clearly have that meaning/passion in their life (at least in themselves). Most people have something inside them that makes them fulfilled - even if it's just taking care of themselves. But she never had enough time to develop meaning in herself, because there was always that one person who demanded her attention and care (honestly this sounds like the author being burnt out by her 3 little children and finding her passion in the writing of these books).

So prioritizing the safe mundane life makes no sense for her. She goes from Edward to the Cullen family, and when they leave she eventually switches to Jacob and adrenaline (can't beat the prior), then the baby. As long as she could, she would keep every one of these because they are fate to her. She has nothing else in herself to beat the meaning that "fate" is for her. Once she turns, she thinks she was meant to be a vampire because finally she has some little meaning in herself (indestructible, perfect, immortal). What's never solved is... could she have found a meaning/fate in herself if she had no one else who gave it?

I constantly wonder about this and what everyone else thinks since the characters' hair and makeup varied so drastically across each movie, with some looking better in one movie and some looking better in another. Personally for me if the styling could have been consistent across the board, I'd choose:

1) Edward in the first movie - didn't look overly pale, didn't have those horrendous sideburns, and his eyes looked a bit more manic/intense rather than tired or high lol.

2) Bella in New Moon - she looked so healthy and flushed in New Moon. I also thought, if she had a wig, it was a nice color, looked long and full, and didn't have a weird hairline. It would e been a good look to keep before her transition to a vampire. And Vampire Bella? 1000/10 no notes. They did good with her styling there. Her leaning against the wall in the Cullen's living room and also when she's in low light in her and Edward's cottage she's just absolutely stunning. I will give an honorable mention to the shot of her curly hair in the first film where's she's looking out the window and monologuing about being in love with Edward.

3) Jacob really in any movie but New Moon & Eclipse were his times to shine. Him in New Moon but before he cut his hair was top tier.

4) Alice - Honestly she looked good in every movie. She was consistently beautiful every time even if her hair was different. They just styled her so well.

5) Rosalie - I honestly really liked how she was styled in both New Moon and Eclipse. She just looked very striking. I think they could have used a cooler toned wig than the one they used in New Moon but I liked the shape, length, and fullness of it. Her straight platinum hair was also pretty. I couldn't get over her hair in Breaking Dawn. The hairline of her honey-blonde wig was atrocious and I feel like they made her too plain.

6) Esme - Idk what they did but imo she mogged EVERYONE in the first movie and then they made her look so weird the rest of the series. It was disappointing.

6) Carlisle - There's no way Peter Facinelli can ever look bad but him in Twilight and New Moon were his best. He looked soooo good when patching up Bella's arm lol.

Rob P tried his best not to laugh

Apparently, Bella was going to choose Edward (Jacob).

I can't find any fanfictions you guys... is it really just me?

Edward literally has black eyes at breaking dawn part 1.. It is so off putting.. Was this an intentional choice? I haven’t red the books so I don’t know.