The song for this chapter is Maps Of The Problematique by Muse:
[audio:https://twilightguy.com/music/mapsoftheproblematique.mp3]
The Twilight Guy hath returned! I am very happy to say that I have dueled with the Flu and come out victorious. While I was sick, I kept myself alive with a regular dose of Stephenie youtube videos, as you can see from the last post. Really, she is AWESOME there on stage. I watch her and try to learn exactly how she handles it.
Yesterday, whilst recovering, I dropped in on some people in a few of the Twilight chatrooms I’ve been invited to. Intending to remain anonymous, some admin tore my mask off in mere seconds and exposed my identity, shortly after which I fled to grab some dinner and a breath of fresh air (chatrooms these days are warzones!). So if you were there and wondering if KN was really me or just an impostor, yes I was there. Next time I’ll go as Squidworms or something and see if you recognize me then. But anyhow, on to Chapter the Sixth!
I know Stephenie had fun writing this line: “The bouquets of brilliant anemones undulated ceaselessly in the invisible current…” There is a thing with writers that makes us love flowing sentences filled with big words we don’t get the chance to use in public. Words like ‘flourishing’ and ‘alabaster’ and ‘oscillococcinum’ .
A bit further on, suddenly there is YET ANOTHER guy who is showing interest in Bella. I’m losing count of her admirers. Then someone mentioned that his name is Jacob, and I went immediately alert, since this is a name that I have heard before, and just typing it is probably eliciting squeals in some people (yes, I know who you are because you told me you would).
The strongest line I have seen in this book so far came on page 121, and it’s when someone asks why the Cullens weren’t invited. A nameless person then speaks up and says:
“The Cullens don’t come here.”
Obviously, there is a very strong reason the Cullens don’t come around that part of town.
The reason I chose the song Maps Of The Problematique (besides that awesome Muse guitar intro) is because it sounds like it would perfectly start in the film when Jacob starts talking about why the Cullens can’t come near. It almost makes me think they are so much on edge, a war could break out any minute.
And Bella thinks a Suburban with nine people in it is stuffed!? She should try riding with nearly the same amount of people and a screaming little pig in the back, who constantly leaps out of his box and tries to hop over the seat. Not that it’s from personal experience or anything. No, that would make you people think I spent years of my teenage life as a backwoodsman, wouldn’t it? What hick lets a PIG named Mabelene ride in the back of the suburban?
What a laugh. Hilarious story in no way from personal experience (I’m expecting a scathing email from my dear mom any second now 😉 ).
Anyhow, this chapter, like many of you told me, is easily the one where the action really starts to crack open. Immediately, at the mention of werewolves and vampires and their conflict, this is deviating off the strict form of romance and into the world that Stephenie has so masterfully built. I’m always a sucker for a good story with supernatural happenings, but when you throw in the fact that the werewolves and the vampires don’t get along, and they’re living in the same area of the world, I begin to get excited. Onward through the book!
Oh, and I’m curious- striking Edward and Jacob out of your heads, which do you think is cooler– vampires or werewolves?
——-NOTES——-
–For all you people who asked about my book, there’s a cool new teaser site for The Farfield Curse which I think turned out awesome. You can check it out over here. There’s a hidden page if you click around.
–I will most likely not be able to make the Frisco signing. But take a ton of pictures for me! I’ll hopefully get to meet Stephenie some other time in the future.
–The petition to get Stephenie on Oprah is past 2,000 people! Great work everyone! If you haven’t done it already, be sure to go sign your name to it!
163 Responses
Sorry, i just had to say something…
HAHAHAH EDWELLA!!!! LOVE IT GIRL!!!!!!
Yes, i love edward more too….:-)
Ok, i’m gonna go now…
I would have to say, actually, not counting the characters, werewolves are cooler. There’s something about Stephenie’s werewolves in particular, just huge wolves, that seems awesome to me. I prefer that myth to the vampire one, which is pretty darn creepy! Lol but I do prefer Edward to Jacob, as great as Jacob is.
Kabel, I did poke around, and I must ask… did you really compose the main theme yourself? I love it. It is going on my Ipod.
PS: Kaleb, you ought to make a page on facebook.
id have to say its hard to decide between vampires and werewolves.
on one side you have vampires. im not entirely sure what makes them so attractive, maybe its the fact that they thirst for your blood, maybe it makes you feel dangerous?
but then you have totally awsome werewolves. big tank boys/girls who can transform into a giant dog!?
who needs a car when you can ride a giant dog to school/work.
park it outside of school and youd be envied by everyone else!
id have to say i prefer vampires. its hard to explain. but i just find them more apealing 😛
It may intrest you to know that my computer crashed yesterday. I am now on a slow computer BUT I did come here first.
Werewolves are of course cooler.
Remember
Jacob rocks,
Edward just feels like them.
hah you think saying jacob would cause squeals? as if!
jacobs an immature puppy. keep reading the books and you’ll soon learn to dispise jacob the way most twilight fans do. Although at the houston book signing there was a girl walking around with a petition for Mike Newton. I think after several death threats she gave up :]
TEAM EDWARD!
vampires scare me. always have, but i find them more interesting than werewolves
i’ve been a vampire girl ever since Buffy’s age old romances with Spike and Angel.
plus, i’d like to slap Jacob.
just you read Eclipse. o:
heyy!
hehe…
i totally love what you have done with your site.
it keeps me going these days.
when there are no new set pics…considering that the movie is done filming.
your site gives me reason to keep going :]
but i figured i would say that the unnamed person is actually sam uley. but im sure it doesnt say that is his name until page 123 :]
goodluck on your book.
im anxious to look into it.
Uhm werewolves are immortals too.
Bella its an inmature girl, and sooo f***ing selfish, she dont deserve Edward or even Jacob, too much for her?
There comes a time in a girls life when she has to ponder the following question “which do you thinks cooler vampires or werewolfs” well i seem to have found myself pondering this question today. It took me exactly .000000001 seconds to realize my descision…
VAMPIRES!!!!
Compared to werewolfs there is no competition who wants a friend who sheds all over you??? wouldn’t you want a strong beautiful “boy” you could hold hands with?
Hmm, technically i have to say that vampires are cooler, and werewolves are hotter. 😀
Vampires are definitely cooler… Werewolves tend to be arrogant jerks who don’t like to share. I’m using several book series to form this opinion 😀
Werewolf
Werewolves are cooler. I like the fact that they are protectors.
And, you are freaking hilarious.
BARNEY FIFE, ftw.
I think i’d prefer to be in love with a love, the yummy smell sounds absolutely lovely. but i would definately rather be a werewolf. i couldn’t imagine living forever without chocolate and children and what not.
I have to know, what is the music on the front page of the Bran Hambric Web site? It nearly intoxicated me, haha! I had to play it over and over again.
Now I feel a tad dumb. I just looked around the Web site and saw that there was a listing of a couple tracks from the soundtrack. I just never expected a book to have a soundtrack, so I had no idea to look for that. What an interesting idea! More authors should do that. Music really adds to the experience of reading. And listening to the music later after reading something can bring back the feelings one had during the work, it’s just a great sentiment. Well anyway, I will have to look for your book when it comes out!
Hey there, I’m a new Twilighter. It took me about a week to hear about your site. 😛
Anyway so now I’m catching up on all your chapters, it’s really fun reading so far! And my vote is unequivocally for werewolves. Even after reading all three books, I would not want a vampire for a boyfriend even if he is Edward Cullen
werewolves.
Jacob is so much better.
Dude, that is MY ARM in the picture!
You didn’t buy licensing rights to put MY ARM on the net!
Shame! Shame!
Eh, whatever. Keep it. 😉
– Jaden
Well, technically, vampires are physically “cooler” ; )
I have already posted but i think that the vampires kick ass.
I have become very prejiduce against the werewolves and for all you Jacob fans out there sorry but i think that Jacob should go die in a hole.
(YES i do know he is important to the story but he makes Edward mad therefore that makes me hate him!)
Vampires are awesome. I do love Edward more though…. that COULD be a bit of an influence =3
pfft, 9 people in a suburban, even with a pig, is nothing.
Try 9 people in a Pontiac Firefly!
I chose vampires.
Not the horrid ones, but the vegetarians, like the Cullens and the ones in Alaska.
Because even though they didn’t choose this life, they chose to be good. The whole being a vampire thing was forced upon them , and even though it is gloomy for some, they chose to be the vegetarian vampires.
Vampires are way, way, way better!!!
Ahaha, commenting for the first time. Really wanted to but… *shrugs*
I just HAD to here. I am absolutely obsessed with the vampires! Seriously, it is so worth becoming one!
I have got to be honest, even being a normal vampire (aka, not vegetarian) sounds cool to me. *grins sheepishly* I wouldn’t mind.
I read the posts “Some guys never learn” and, quite frankly, I wished I was a vampire. Not that I don’t do that often, but this time it was specifically so I could kill your *cough* admirers. Really, who flames for no (valid) reason?
May comment again in future, your take on Twilight is hilarious.
Kudos for reading it at all!
Oh, and sorry about the (obviously) fake email. I don’t need a reply though, and, for my own peace of mind, I don’t give out my email.
Again, well done in regards to reading Twilight.
Hi, how I can send PM?
Hmmm… I gotta say, although I am a loyal Team Edward member, that in general I like the idea of werewolves more. So, werewolves vs. vamps: werewolves. BUT, Edward vs. Jacob: Edward!!!
Vampires are way cooler. Plus I can’t stand Jacob. This was one of my favorite chapters in Twilight.
I do believe I love werewolves more than I love vampires, but it’s probably because I’m biased through my love of wolves. 😛
kk.i know this is way late, but seriously?
VAMPIRES!
I’ve sort of had an obsession with them since I was five…
And besides, who wants a big hairy thing next to you forever? Ew.
pyre
i live and breathe pyres
I’m a firm Edward fan club member, however I’d definitely rather be a werewolf. Being able to change form and escape and just RUN with all that power and grace? That’d be amazing.
Right before i clicked to go top the link i saw that this blog go 136 comments instead of the usual 70-ish, and i read it so fast i had to go back and re-read it because i could’nt remember what i wanted to comment on.
And vampires.
ALL THE WAY!
i might still have Edward in my head, but him and the other voices get along well, so i won’t kick him out just yet.
I just realized unless you know me that could come off a bit scary, and so could some things in my other comments.
hmmn.
But althought i ♥ imprinting, Vampires are just cooler. They dont eat, dont get old, dont get fat, look PERFECT all the time, have perfectly white teeth, and thier perfectly pefect perfectness is a constant tank in my side.
i know, i know, tank??
but thorn is much too little a word to describe my jealousy, and my mind immedately goes TANK.
No comments neccesary.
Oh, and did i mention vampires GLITTER??
I know most people use sparkle, but glitter is so much more dynamic.
And this glittery thing is the dealbreaker between Vampire and Werewolf, for me.
Hey, I’ve let my pygmy goats named Shadow and Cloud ride in my suburban…
VamPIREs..!!
Werewolves, please!
At least they are only monsters half of the time! (This only if you take Edward, Emmett, Jasper and Dr. C out of the picture!)
Vampire
I would rather not turn into an animal and stay beautiful and immortal
merdique!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, vampires are cooler but werewolfs are hotter, and that's a fact!!!
vampires!! 😀
I have always been a huge fan of vamps… I gave them up as I got older and 'more mature'… I even tried to avoid this series… but here I am… guess I'm still young at heart 🙂 these vamps actually impress me even more… I like the differences.
Hello, I have just today stumbled upon your website and have just started reading your opinions about the chapters. I myself enjoyed the books, but haven't read them in a while. I let my mom borrow them who is a state away a few months back and she is JUST NOW reading them. I have recently been itching to reread them so Eclipse is fresh in my head so I can nit pick the movie and because I am starting to forget certain parts of the books!
Anyways, to answer your question at the bottom: I very much love the vampires. I have been infatuated with them since I was very little and instead of writing it off as I got older, I got more interested. I love Interview with a Vampire due to the classic traditional vampire story and that got me permanently hooked. However, I also like the Werewolves in their own unique ways. Being that I love wolves in general, my last name is actually Wolf. Spelt as is, no double FF's or an E at the end. Nope, just Wolf. But I would much rather be a vegetarian vampire. 😀
Its really turning out to be a new scenario.
Its really turning out to be a new scenario.
They're both really awesome for they're own reasons.
***sort of spoiler alert if you haven't read past this chapter***
Werewolves are especially awesome in these books because they are the big ugly gross wolf-like things that only change at a full moon. But Vampires are also really awesome in these books because helloooo NO WEAKNESSES!!! A human could never kill one, not with a stake to the heart, trapping them in sunlight, holy water, crosses, galric, etc. they are awesome!
But If I had to chose to be one, I'd probably go with Vampire. I'd feel off animals because the thought of feeding off humans is just way too horrible, and I would be forever young ^.^ which is always nice. plus I'm already as pale as pale gets being a ginger so, there wouldn't be much of a change there, and id get super awesome speed, strength, senses, and the possibility of another special power. Whats not to love? Yes it would be cool to be able to turn into a wolf, but no matter how strong, and no matter how fast, they are still so much more vulnerable, Vampires can only die in one way! (rip apart and burn the pieces.) Werewolves, they can be stabbed, beaten, ripped apart, burned, frozen, pretty much any realistic way humans die, just if it's force it takes more force. in a battle between a vamp and wolf, (one on one) vamp totally has more opportunity for making the kill, and thus would probably win.
wow i turned this into a rant…..I'd choose Vampire. lol
–Mickey
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In the book this was Bella's first meeting with Jacob. But I also like how they met in the movie at the begining, with their dad's playing around.
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