The song for this chapter is I’ll Stand By You by The Pretenders (suggested by Giada)
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As Halloween is rapidly impending, I have started to ponder some good haunting movies I should watch while I gorge myself to blotation on leftover candy (hopefully including Reeses, if the little goblins and witches don’t bang down my apartment door and take it all). I’m thinking of Nightmare Before Christmas (again) or Pan’s Labyrinth (very much again) or Hellboy II (first time) or perhaps all three (whoopee). It would make my week wonderful. Which is far more than Bella can say about her week in this chapter.
Things have obviously not been going well for her. She is still torn between her best friend and her true love: a triangle that has plagued many a character in many a soap-opera. Meanwhile, Edward has gotten mighty thirsty, and Bella is insistent that he head off with his brothers and bag a few mountain lions (and we all know my experiences with mountain lions).
Due to multiple previous examples, I keep on expecting Bella to get into some sort of trouble while Edward is not around. I am sure that Edward is thinking along the same lines, because of how carefully placed Alice is, within 10 minutes of Bella in case anything ‘interesting’ happens in Edward’s absence (AKA, Bella tries to speak with Jacob / takes up that cliff-diving hobby again).
Even though Bella seems safe, I get this strange feeling that Victoria is already formulating a plan. After all, she has outwitted both werewolves and vampires for months. What sort of super-powerful vampire is she?
It is so interesting how Bella found a loophole in Alice’s powers. She hadn’t at all been intending to head on over to see Jacob, especially with Alice only ten minutes away and ready to stop her if she tried. But the catch to this is that Alice wouldn’t have time to read Bella’s thoughts and get on the trail before Bella had already crossed the border line.
Jacob, of course, is very happy to see Bella. But, as usual, things begin to turn sour as questions are raised, and Jacob again tries to convince Bella she is better off with him.
He does, however, have one slightly irritating habit. Jacob simply cannot wrap his brain around the fact that the vampires have names and that he should probably call them by it. Even dogs have names, and people will rarely if ever holler out DOG! and expect an animal to come running. So, in watching Jacob’s conversations closely, I have devised the following chart that tells me which vampire he is talking about:
The fortune-telling bloodsucker — Alice
The big one –Emmett
That redhead — Victoria
The blonde – Rosalie
The other blonde — Jasper
Their leader — Carlisle
That big fat ugly rotten no-good stinking horrible bloodsucking scoundrel from the deepest and stinkiest depths of hell — Edward
It is like in a way, Jacob is showing yet again how low he thinks of the Cullens: he hardly ever uses their names, because to him they are lower than animals. I did, however, find it rather amusing that Jacob has such anger against supernatural creatures, when in fact he is the one who will suddenly rip his clothing to shreds and turn into a big hairy wolf.
Speaking of wolves, I was rather confuzzled by the flier that originally got Bella’s attention: SAVE THE OLYMPIC WOLF. What is it about the Olympic Wolf that needs saving? What is it about the Wolf that makes it Olympic?
As I was expecting, magnets appeared in this chapter. I remember mentioning this as an analogy before, which was followed by shouts that I’m either reading ahead or an undiscovered psychic. Reality is, it is easy to compare this little love triangle to magnets. Bella’s love is something that simply cannot be split across Jacob and Edward, no matter how hard she tries to force it.
Jacob does bring up and interesting point that I have actually pondered, whilst reading New Moon. What if Bella hadn’t jumped off the cliff? How many things would be different if you change one action?
This type of thing always intrigues me. It is a regular habit of mine when I am bored and cannot sleep to trace back certain things and wonder what would happen if I made a different decision. If I hadn’t sent my email query at the exact time I had, at 8 in the morning on May 17 of 2007, I might not have gotten the attention of an agent for my book. If I had in fact awoken on April 17 of 2008, the day after starting this site, and taken it back down (as I had planned to do), I would not be writing this right now.
Similarly, if Bella had not jumped off the cliff, and sent Edward spiraling into self-destructive depression, would the vampires had really come back to Forks? Because of this one, small change, would Bella still be with Jacob, instead of Edward?
And woe! Mike Newton is brought up again. I don’t think there ever was a person who was discussed more behind his own back than Mike. He is practically famous amongst vampires and werewolves, and he doesn’t even know it. Every conversation eventually leads back to something along the lines of, “Well then, I’m going to stick with something NORMAL for a change…like Mike Newton!”.
Question for the comments: what do you think would have happened if Bella had not jumped off the cliff in New Moon? Would Jacob’s idea be correct?
——NOTES——
– Apologies for the no-posting of TwilightGuy Reports this week — had a calculus and government exam. And we all know how much I adore calculus.
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Nope Bella wouldn’t be with Jacob. I truely believe that Edward would have come back for her. Just like he said at the end of New Moon.
Edward cares enough about Bella and does not want any harm to come to her, so he tries to stay away to take himself out of the picture. But he can never stay away long enough.
So Edward would have came back. Jacob would be in the same spot he is now. Just friends with Bella, wishing for more.
Hmmm…. I think that Edward would have come back anyway. I’m pretty sure he said so himself in New Moon that he was done trying to live without her and was days away from taking action. As demonstrated in New Moon, Bella’s life without Edward doesn’t make sense and vice versa. It’s too hard to think of what might have happened exactly, but I think it would have all come to the same point. However, it’s hard to say all this while remembering that just before they left to Italy, Bella was about to jump into something with Jacob. She might have started something with Jake, but, inevitably, Edward would have come back. And Jacob would have been more broken-hearted than ever and more bitter than ever towards the vampires, Edward particularly.
The flyer is in regards to Charlie and the Forks polics trying to kill the giant wolf that is supposedly killing campers in the woods. There are protesters leaving flyers everywhere petitioning to save the wolf even though it has killed people. It’s called the “Olympic Wolf” because the story takes place on the Olympic Penninsula.
🙂
I believe that Edward was going to eventually break down and return to Bella, as he said he would have. They can’t live without it each other, no matter how hard they try. But I do wonder what would have happened if Edward had come back without the cliff incident.
“Even dogs have names, and people will rarely if ever holler out DOG! and expect an animal to come running.” – That is very true, good comparison.
At first I thought you were calling Jacob a dog haha.
“That big fat ugly rotten no-good stinking horrible bloodsucking scoundrel from the deepest and stinkiest depths of hell — Edward”
HAHAHA. I wish that was written in the books, how funny.
Thanks Jennifer, for the explanation on the Olympic Wolf, I was wondering about it for a while.
I always trace back events in my life and wonder “what if?” I had done something differently. But I try not to do it often because the future is much more interesting than the past 🙂
I think that, because Edward would have come back anyway, she would have been as happy as she’d allow herself to be with Jake, but she would go back to Edward with open arms. Jacob would have resented her even more than he did (or does, actually), and it could start a lot more problems…
Oh, I smell a book in that. 😀
Edward stated in New Moon that he was barely fighting thru an hour at a time. He would have come back…even just to check on her….Even if Bella had been able to try to give herself to Jacob (as she stated broken and wrecked)she would not have been truely happy….Edward would still have found her broken and unhappy but trying to be happy. I think he would have tried to get her back and no doubt she would have returned to him. Their reunion was inevitable.
Great post, Kaleb!! I loved the image of the wolf. And also, I loved that name for Edward! How classic. At one time I was writing a Jacob Black fanfiction set in Eclipse and my friend and I would sit around and think of really goofy slightly corny insults that Jacob might use regarding Edward… Some of them were these: Fanged Freak (since it is a commonly thought that vampires have fangs.), Popsickle, Casper, and then the fun quotes we created such as “you know you have issues when you’re face is whiter than your teeth”, “good news for the teachers,if they run out of chalk, there’s always you.” and “not everyone can pull of that freshly dead look, but good job.”
As stupid as these insults are…we were easily amused by them at the time! XP
Anyways…to answer your question…. I’m going to be different here. In all honesty, I don’t think Edward would have come back…atleast, not as soon as everyone is thinking. I believe that-at some point- he would have felt a need to see Bella. But I don’t think he would have come back as soon as he did. I think, after a few years, he would come back just to see how Bella was doing. Of course, he would know not to show himself-he knows that Bella is better off without him in many ways and wouldn’t want to change her happiness by forcing himself back into her life (or dazzling his way back into her life…either way). This leads us to how Bella may have been happy….
Jacob is pretty correct in assuming that if Edward had never come back, he would still be with Bella without a ton of problems. I mean, had it not been for Bella’s daring jump without Jake, they would probably end up together. As far as I’m concerned, even though Bella was using Jake in New Moon just to hear Edward’s voice in her head, she would have ended up falling for him. It’d be hard not to. I mean, if I was left broken-hearted, I would definitely fall for someone who is willing to help me mend that tear or heal the ache. I mean, are we all really that stupid that we’d look at ourselves and think-if we were in Bella’s position- that we would never love again? Get real. Many people learn to love again. It takes time, and someone willing to wait. And Jacob would have waited. But of course, Edward comes back and everything ends up the way it is now….
But, there’s always the “what might’ve been” thoughts that we all have. And in Jacob’s case, they haunt him…they motivate him to fight for what he wants… and in the end, they could possibly destroy him…
Sorry for the long comment. But when the questions concern Jacob Black, I am always in for explaining what I think. Hope I don’t annoy you with all my opinions Kaleb! lol… I can’t help it!
Keep up the good work!!!
Sorry. I haven’t been on in about two weeks because the computer has been down. But it is SO refreshing to be back. Let me say one thing…EDWARD IS BAD!!!!!! BAD! BAD! BAD! Ok, so now that we understand that he is overprotective, over-sadistic, over-MANIPULATIVE, and BAD. I don’t care if he’s hot, so is Jacob. With Jacob, if you licked a finger and pressed it on his skin it would sizzle. Also thank you for the red writing. That and the pictures are my favorite, i mentioned that in another previous comment or e-mail, but when you write in the red, it’s hilarious! Thank you for continuing, it’s all fantastic!
Edward would have come back for Bella. Period! He was in too much pain being away from her for him to stay away much longer. Bella would have been sad about having to abandon Jacob, but she would have done it. She loves Edward too much to choose Jacob over him. Bella jumping off the cliff was just the catalyst for Edward coming back sooner.
edward would def. have come back, found bella, a LITTLE happy with jacob. maybe stay to watch her sleep, in which she would speak his name, his heart would be warmed(figuratively speaking) and he’d go to kiss her and she would wake up and see him there and they all live happily ever after…
If Bella did end up being with Jake she would have realised after a month or two that hes not the one for her. Sure she loves him but not the same as she loves Edward.
Not jumping of the cliff wouldn’t change anything for Bella. Edward still would of come back in the end, even if it was just to make sure she was okay and getting over him. He would realise that she’s better off with him and get over his arrogance and stay, effectively getting rid of Jacob once again… YAY!!!
Oh man. You know he would have. He doesn’t have enough self control, I don’t think. I think Alice would have seen something eventually anyway . . .
And I think “Olympic Wolf” refers to the Wolves that are native to the Olympic Peninsula.
I don’t know for sure . . . but thats what I think =)
Edward would most certainly have come back. However, as he mentioned, he wouldn’t have made contact with her if she was happy with Jacob. Then again, he might have done upon realizing Jacob’s slightly unusual ability to become a wolf.
I love the chart. First time I read Eclipse, I actually had a mental one of these going. I was just thinking, “Is ‘the other blonde’ Carlisle or Jasper?” Then I realized he spoke about ‘the leader’. What was strange was how he called Emmett ‘the big one’ when he’s hardly normal sized himself. 🙂
Mike Newton! How could there even be a series without him? I mean, there goes half the dialog. Ahaha. It is pretty weird how they all know about him. And how he’s considered normal. Oddly enough, when I look at the series I think, “Man, that Mike is a weirdo.” Ahahah.
Great post, keep reading!
Well, as Edward had said in New Moon, he was going to come back and check on her later. I don’t think that after Edward came back to check her he could ever leave. Just the mere sight of her would make him want to stay. Although Bella was learning to be happy, not even Jacob could fill the hole Edward had left in her heart. Patch it up maybe, but never fill it. If Bella had never jumped I’m sure she would have done something else idiotic that Alice would have seen and of course, Edward being Edward, he would have rushed to ensure Bella’s safety.
I just can’t really see any situation in which Edward would not have come back… maybe it is just the fact that I need him in the story to sustain my sanity…
P.S. I cannot wait until Twilight Live!!! I got you a present Kaleb.
It takes some guts to call those Reeses “candies” XD. I’ve triede them when I was in the states (I love peanut butter :9) and I must say, you American people definitely have a serious form of Food Perversion… I love you all XD
By the way… what on earth means “blotation”? o_o I searched it on my faithful dictionary and allover the web and nothing came out
Dudes, EDward would soo have come back. DIdn’t he say that he probably would have? If not…Jacob would still be hers. And I don’t like that idea.
Thank god Bella did cliff diving and Edward returned. I don’t like the idea of having them separated.
Now to your ‘what if’ question. I hate this kind of questions. Things happened and can not be changed. In terms of Bella and Edward – he would have come back and she would be together with Jacob. For sure. So things would be really really complicated. I am not really sure how to answer this question. I think it would always rely on the fact WHEN Edward would come back. When it would be in a short amount of time after the ‘not-happened-cliff-diving-incident’ she would have come back to Edward eventually. I mean Bella has strong feelings for Jacob too but as others already mentioned she is not whole without Edward. Nevertheless when Edward would have taken months or even rather years to come back than would Bella stay with Jacob. For Jacob. And even when I love the couple of Bella and Edward it would be the right decision. I understand why Edward left but it is kind of arrogant to leave for such a long period of time, do a really nasty and cruel breakup (‘You are not good for me’) and expect everything will be normal again.
But that are just my guesses. I think we can see how strong Bella’s feelings are when Edward is going to Italy. She did not even think twice and ignored Jacob completely. It was a really good situation in her house which have shown us who is the more important man in her life. When she would stick with Jacob it would a)because she really likes/loves him to and is happy with him and b)she doesn’t want to hurt Jacobs feelings.
I am babbling. I should really stop. Good question Kaleb – I hope someone will understand me post. It this isn’t the case than I have a good excuse. I am German and I have a lack of words in English 😉
Einen schönen Tag allen noch 😉
Lol! Kaleb this is your funniest blog yet! I love your nickname for Edward:) And the “Olympic Wolf”! lol! It’s true Mike does get talked about a lot…I wonder how many of us are being talked about by mythical creatures right now…hmmm…
And Edward totally would have come back… it might have just taken him a little longer
I think that Bella would have started to go with Jacob, she was so close to giving in by the time Alice came back. However Edward would have come back shortly and unless he specifically found her with Jacob, he would have begged her to take him back and she would. Neither one has any real power over the pull they have to each other. The only real difference is that it would’ve hurt Jacob even more.
I hate to think about this. Bella and Edward just belong together. They are like peanut butter and jelly-you separate them, and it just doesn’t sound right. I think that Edward would have come back soon enough that Bella wouldn’t be too much deeper in her relationship with Jacob. Or, at least, thats what I like to think. I do think, however, that even if she were with Jake, she would have taken Edward back in a heartbeat. Jacob was always just…there during New Moon. He helped her, which is great, but he never had that same kind of pull that Edward and Bella have on eachother. They are like two pieces to a puzzle that just go together. If Edward came back, Jake or no Jake, Bella would have taken him back.
Thinking about this, there’s a really good fanfiction if anyone is interested by the title of “Sacrifices” that explores this exact question. http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3940174/1/Sacrifices
If Bella had not jumped off the cliff, Edward would have shown up eventually (just like he said he would have). According to Edward, if he found Bella happy, he would leave her be. If he found out that she was happy with Jake, though, he made have made an appearence, as we all know how little trust he has in the werewolves.
Long story short, if Bella hadn’t jumped off the cliff, Edward would have still come back. Jake wouldn’t be able to fill the whole Edward left behind, and Bella would run to Edward all over again.
I think that Edward would have come back to Forks, even if she hadn’t jumped off the cliff, but I’m still undecided as to whether or not Bella would have “moved on” with Jacob. I think she would be happy with him, but if/when Edward came back…total misery, because she wants to be with Edward (who obviously wants to be with her), but she’s not going to break Jacob’s heart,either, by just saying, “Oh, well, Edward’s back now, so, see ya.”
So, in short, yes, I think the Cullens would end up in Forks again, but I’m still fuzzy on what would actually happen with Jacob/Bella/Edward if they did.
What might have happened had Bella not jumped is discussed again in a much later chapter. Dun dun duuuuuun!
I think that Edward would have come back soon but it would have made everything a lot more complicated because she would probably be in a reationship with Jacob. This question is not the one that haunts me however. THe one that is disturbing is what if Bella had answered the phone and not Jacob??
I totally agree with many of you, Edward was coming back whether she jumped off the cliff or not. Have you read the New Moon extras mainly te phone call between rosalie and edward? he basically says he was going back cause he couldnt take it anymore. He even tells her at th end of New Moon that he was coming back to check on her.
‘What if’ questions are always interesting, i have asked myself that many times about my own life but we shouldnt stay stuck in the past. there is a reason for everything and if the cliff diving didnt bring them together something else would have, she was doing all these things to hear him.
Bella may have been happy with Jacob but i still believe that her feelings for him would never be as strong as her feelings for edward. she may have eventually fallen in love with jacob but it wouldnt have been fair for jacob cause her heart will always belong to edward, he deserves better than what bella can give him. i feel that during new moon bella was trying to convince herself to love jacob more than she did, love him more than just friends (she even mentioned loving him like a brother) but she could never take the final step b/c they arent meant to be, bella and edward are meant to be. Jacob’s soulmate is out, he just needs to find his imprintee hahaha
just like edward was forever changed when he fell in love tiwh bella, so was she, and time and space wouldnt have made a difference
From what we know of Edward, he couldn’t have stayed away for much longer. In Stephenie’s extra “Rosalie’s News,” it is clear that Edward was having a worse time than Bella.
“I’d made a promise. Bella deserved a life. I’d made a promise. Bella deserved a life.
“I repeated the words like a mantra, trying to clear my head of the seductive image of Bella’s dark window. The doorway to my only sanctuary.”
There is no way that he could have stayed away for much longer. And when he did return, even if it was just to check on Bella, he would have come at night, peeked through her window, listened to her screaming in her dreams. And he would stay. Because Bella’s happiness is more important to him than anything else, and because he is a little selfish. Even though he believes that staying away would be the right thing to do (even though we all know it’s not), he will stay for Bella.
And Jacob… as far as I’m concerned, Jacob is handling things on the fine line between very mature and very immature. I mean, he hasn’t gone to kill anyone (yet), but he’s name-calling. Jacob doesn’t understand Edward, and because of that, Jacob will fail in his attempts to win Bella.
Also, Bella just wouldn’t be happy with Jacob. So it’s Edward all the way.
By the way, thanks for being so awesome, Kaleb. It brightens my day to open twilightguy.com and see a new post. I think it’s ironic, but my grandma is reading the books at the same pace you are. She just started Chapter 5 of Eclipse. Good luck on Imprint!
Bella would be with jacub because, edward said he was done liveing day by day. he was trying to get by for an hour at a time. he would have come back and him and bella would be back together.
Bella and Edward would have eventually made it back together even if it wasn’t for the cliff diving incident. I mean lets face facts here, this is Bella we are talking about!! If it wasn’t cliff diving, eventually she would have put herdelf in another situation that would threaten her life creating the same type of chain of events. Plus Edward said it himself that he was getting ready to come back anyways because he couldn’t take being away from her any longer. He would have seen how miserable she was and he would have stayed. Jacob can keep on deluding himself that things might be different or even perfect for him if she hadn’t jumped off the cliff, but reality is it just would have prolonged the inevitable.
All I’m saying is thank goodness you found your agent and thank goodness you didn’t take down this site! Trying to imagine a world where I don’t know Kaleb… well… that’s a crummy world!
Edward still would’ve come back anyway – he said so himself in New Moon, that he couldn’t last much longer and was going to have to go back to see Bella pretty soon – and once he saw her, there’s no way he would’ve been able to stay away.
Love the question… personally, I often wander down “what if” roads. What if the Cullens hadn’t been living in Forks when Bella moved there? Would she and Jacob have hit it off eventually, and fallen quite naturally into romance? What if Edward had done what he intended in the first place, and simply left and never returned? What if what if what if?
I love the books as they are, but I must admit, I do think Jacob would’ve been massively healthier for Bella. He gave her room to make mistakes, even if she got hurt (better she learn from it and move forward than never experience it at all, seems to be his opinion). Edward was always hovering like a nursemaid. True, it’s because she’s as fragile as a soap bubble in his eyes, but even soap bubbles deserve a chance to float along their way until fate smashes them on a twig or the ground.
Edward would certainly have come back. He was as miserable as – if not more miserable than – Bella, and if Bella had been happy (or passably so) with Jacob, Edward almost certainly would’ve left well enough alone. But I doubt his obsession with her would’ve waned, ever. So he’d have ended up her silent stalker, waiting for Jacob to make one misstep, I think.
But what do I know? 🙂
Sorry if I’m giving anything away, because I’m not sure if it’s in New Moon or Eclipse, but Edward says that he was missing Bella so much that he was about to give up and come home, but then he got the call that Bella was “dead”.
Edward said that he was about to come home anyway, so I think they would be together, but their relationship wouldn’t be so strong, if you know what I mean?
No matter the timing or the actual event but all things would be just were they are now. Things may have been more complicated but i don’t believe that Bella could have ever fully let herself be with Jacob. The fact is that nothing can seperate those who are truly meet to be together. That would be Edward and Bella
Jacob asks this question of Edward later on in Eclipse. You’ll see. =]
From a writer’s standpoint, you sure have many aspects of the series covered. I didn’t realize you were so far along and I figured I’d share my response to your thoughts, too.
I caught the one about the magnets and swore that you must have read ahead. How very perceptive and I’ve been thinking ahead in other chapters of this book as well. There are two scenes coming up that thrill me to read, but have got me thinking about Edward’s motives toward Bella. I won’t spoil anything, but bear in mind that I think there is more going on than meets the eye with him. Nothing bad, just… Edward being Edward.
Also, Happy Halloween, Kaleb! Good luck with your exams. I am just so thankful I’m out of college now. No more exams and papers for me!
I think Edward would have definitely come back for Bella if she hadn’t jumped off the cliff. After all, he was dying without her! It would have resulted in two options, most likely: one, he would see how zombie-fied she got, and beg for her forgiveness, or two, he would have seen her with Jake and gone to the Vultori begging to die anyway. Bella would have gone after him again– Jake, even though she loves him, is no subsitute for her love for Edward. There’s just no comparison.
I really do feel bad for Jake. The odds are just against him in this book.
I very much hold the view, if not that then something else would’ve happened. If not the cliff, then maybe something else with the motorcycles, or another equally dangerous thing that would’ve caught Alice’s attention. No matter what Bella and Edward were going to be reunited in some way.
Happy Halloween, and Good Luck with your exams!
Yo K-Dog! (Ok, gangsta part done, I sound WAY too white, lol)
Anyways, I personally believe Edward would have come back, he was in too much pain without his other half to continue without Bella. He tells her this is New Moon I believe. I think Edward had gone way too far with Bella by New Moon to stay away from her without feeling the effects of it.
P.S.- Give up looking for the magnets until the end of the book, then you will realize why we call you a Pschycic.
Have a great Halloween! I “get” to work that day, so eat an extra Reeses for me!
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What is so funny is that jumping off the cliff was very much a “Jacob’s Bella” things to do. And it still drives Edward back into her life.
I think that if she hadn’t jumped she would have given into her caring feelings for Jacob. But I think along the way she would have realized Edward does love her, just as she knew deep inside. She wouldn’t be able to give as much of herself as she intended, then, to Jacob. It would be a real mess. Then, of course, Edward would come back. Not because a lot of us wanted him to, but because that is just how he is. If Edward is there Bella is beside him.
It really is difficult to watch Jake fight fate this whole book … NM we had a sun and a wolf. This book we just get a stubborn selfishness.
OK, Edward says he was going to come back anyway. That’s cool. But it wouldn’t be them same. The drama that… grr… this is really hard to explain without spoiling…
If Edward had randomly appeared and begged for Bella back she would have been more reluctant. She may or may not have chosen Jacob. But if she chose Edward it would have been a totally different relationship… possibly doomed to fail.
Stephenie knows what she’s doing!
The Olympic Wolf? I’m pretty sure those would be Jake and his friends. They would be the native wolves to Olympic Peninsula.
AS for Edward, I think he would have come back. He had nothing without Bella. The only reason he would have left her alone is if she looked happy and she was only happy when she was with Jacob. And Edward wouldn’t have watched her closely with Jake around. I bet he’d watch her sleep and listen.
I don’t think that Bella not jumping would have changed anything long term. Edward even told Bella at the end of New Moon that her face was always in his mind and that it was only a matter of time before he came back begging her forgiveness. So he would not have been back as quickly as he was but I think he would have been there soon. Bella and Jake may have had a bit of a chance then though – but it would not have lasted because Bella would never have let Edward go.
Love the part about Mike Newton. If you want a better understanding of why Edward dislikes him, read the Midnight Sun excerpt on Stephenie’s website. Edward doesn’t like Mike’s “impure” thoughts about Bella. Also, please read the New Moon phone call extras on the site. You know that Edward would have been back within days or weeks. They were each missing part of themselves and nothing could heal that. Jacob was a bandage, not a cure. Remember when she finally ran to him in NM, and Bella said the hole was gone – not healed, but as if it had never been. This isn’t the only love triangle in the series, so you do see some other what ifs.
Love those wolfie eyebrows!
I’m not sure how Bella would have delt with that. I mean, I KNOW Edward would have come back for her, eventually, but what if he was too late?
Um. Well. Bad? That would have made this whole series SO much more agonizing. I seriously have no clue. I think Bella could have been with Jacob… ish. But I have a feeling she’d just be sort of half there, dead inside, and eventually Jacob would get really upset. I think he’d end up leaving her, mainly because she was dead inside.
Great post!! Since when do you channel Jacob??? You have him down. Oh, and I love the Olympic wolf – I’ll be watching for him at the next winter games…lol
What if…Edward hadn’t been in Forks? No werewolves would have been necessary and a very natural and ‘normal’ relationship between Bella and Jacob would have blossomed. They would have fallen in love – and I can’t say more or I’ll spoil it…..
But, because Edward and Bella had met and fallen in love, I believe no other outcome was possible. She may have ended up with Jake for a while, but the pull to Edward was stronger. Stephenie uses Wuthering Heights well in this storyline. You need to read all of Eclipse to see what I mean….there is a very meaningful conversation later that will tell you a lot!!
I know you love a thread that flows through all of a story, continuation of a storyline…you will see how everything starts to come together later in this book – and then Breaking Dawn…..hurry up will you!! I can’t wait to hear you make the connections!!
Nope, because remember in New Moon, Alice said that Edward is so depressed that he was about to come back. He could not take it anymore. If Bella would not have jumped, he would still come back. Although, maybe Bella and Jacob’s relationship would have been a lot more complicated.
Okay, now back to writing my paper on Norway 🙂