The song for this chapter is Hysteria by Muse
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Finally — my glorious two-week break is complete, which means back to work, back to writing, and back to the next chapter in Eclipse! I will admit my break was quite a joyful one (besides the being-sick half the time part) but it’s always a welcome time to get back to a schedule and start again with the new year. On to Chapter the 15th!
In the previous chapter, Jacob just informed Bella of the fact that he is in love with her, which did not cause much of a reaction in me besides a hiccup (I attribute this more to eating my snack too fast instead of surprise). The fact is that I knew, as well as Bella, and everyone who has read this far, that Jacob is madly in love with her, and would greatly welcome a runaway train flattening every shiny silver Volvo in the surrounding 500 miles of Forks.
But Jacob’s proclamations of love aside, Bella doesn’t buy into it quite so quickly, though she doesn’t outright turn him down either. Bella is a hard person for me to understand. I figure she is doing one of three things:
1. She loves Edward but still thinks she is not good enough for him; thus, not completely getting rid of Jacob leaves someone around to go to if Edward leaves again, OR
2. She loves Edward but can’t stand to hurt Jacob’s feelings, even though her relationship with him doesn’t, ahem, sparkle as much as her relationship with Edward; thus she wants to say she doesn’t love him, but can’t bring herself to do it for fear of crushing him, OR
3. All of the above.
I am personally going for option 3. Considering the fact that no matter what happens, someone will be hurt, I find it slightly disappointing that Bella would continue to lead Jacob on when she knows she won’t love him like Edward. But, she is human, and sometimes humans have a hard time making decisions, especially one’s involving love — whilst the possibility of something actually blooming between her and Jacob looms over her head every time she thinks of cutting ties with him altogether. The key line here is:
Bella to Jacob: “But I don’t want you around for the same reason that you want me around.”
Decoded means: “I want to be Just Friends.”
But you can’t have it both ways. It’s like getting a pet chinchilla (Jacob), feeding it and letting it nibble the ends of your fingers, and then each day at 2 o’clock tossing it out into the foggy streets of London so you can go play with your real pet, a disapproving rabbit (Edward). Eventually, the rabbit will be jealous of the hours you spend with the chinchilla; and the chinchilla will feel as if you’re just using it, and join Her Majesty’s Navy on a trip far away in order to forget you. There can never be two number 1’s in a person’s life.
I did notice one thing that made me feel better about Bella, and that is the fact that she is beginning to realize what she is doing to poor Jacob:
If I wasn’t mean — and greedy, too — I would tell him I didn’t want to be friends and walk away. It was wrong to try to keep my friend when that would hurt him.
Which is true. Bella is in a very hard position, because either leaving or staying will both end up hurting Jacob. Oh, what a predicament.
I find it endlessly funny how Charlie is so blatantly Team Jacob. It’s as if Jacob can do anything he wants because Charlie wants him and Bella together so much:
Charlie: “Why did she hit you?”
“Because I kissed her,” Jacob said, unashamed.
“Good for you kid,” Charlie congratulated.
“So, can I have $500?” Jacob went on.
“Sure,” said Charlie, already pulling it out.
“And the deed to this house.”
“Right here.” Charlie already had it signed.
“I’ll be taking your patrol car on the way out,”
“Sure thing,” Charlie chuckled. “Here, take my left arm and half my furniture while you’re here.”
As I read this chapter, I also wondered what exactly Edward was going to do when he showed up at the house. After all, I know that I would not be pleased in the slightest to know that the guy my girlfriend was hanging out with ultimately led to her breaking her hand. Especially when said hand was broken trying to whack some sense into his head because he tried to force a kiss in. No, I would not be happy at all.
which, as I found out a few pages later, is what nearly happened. When Edward accelerates his Volvo even more than its already-insane speed, you know he is not pleased.
Question for the comments: if Edward and Jacob did get in a fight, who do you think would win? Remember, they’re both fighting for Bella, so it would be worse than usual. Or, do you think they would both end up dying in the process?
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153 Responses
Edward would win, methinks. He’s already shown how far his love of Bella goes, and I’m just not sure there’s any competing with that level of protectiveness.
Given that werewolves are more vulnerable to injury than vampires, and coupled with pure jealous rage, I definitely think that Edward would easily take Jacob in a fight. Also, Pet Chinchilla vs. Disapproving Rabbit is now my new favorite analogy for Jacob and Edward.
EDWARD!undoubtedly.I agree with Emily….Pet Chinchilla vs. Disapproving Rabbit LOL..!
hahaha.. that was funny!! mm… definitely EDWARD, are you kidding me? he’ll do anything for her!!…
Hahaha I laughed when I read the part where Charlie tends to side with Team Jacob rather than with Edward.
“take my left arm” lol!
But a fight between with Edward and Jacob…I think it’s sad to say that the fight wouldn’t last too long because I think Edward has more of the chance of winning. I mean in the second book New Moon… when Laurent was killed, it took more than one werewolf to tackle him down and be rid of him.
I think Edward would win (and not because he is more likeable or anything), I just think that when Bella is involved, Edward is the one with the stronger feelings. Match this with a century of experience, I don’t think Jacob has a chance..
Although, he may manage to rip off a few limbs. Still, in the end I think Edward would win.
Hahaha, I think it is 3, all of the above as well. Despite her epiphany in New Moon, I think she’s still a bit nervous that Edward will leave her again.
“I want to be Just Friends.” – The colours made me laugh a lot 🙂 I was waiting for the sparkling sound effects..
“There can never be two number 1’s in a person’s life.” – This just about sums up everything!
It’s very true, there can’t be no matter what and Bella knows this (or she is starting to now)
I also love the pet chinchilla and disapproving rabbit metaphor, clever 🙂
I would be very irritated at Charlie for being so obvious about his preference. But it is hilarious!
This post is hilarious and insightful, glad you’re feeling better!
Definitely, definitely Edward. There is no question about it. Werewolves still wound, they just heal incredibly fast. Vampires are virtually indestructable. Hence, an EPIC FAIL by Jacob, WOOT!
Bella absolutely drove me crazy in this book with Jacob and Edward, and it only gets worse. Stephenie does a good job with it in Breaking Dawn though in explaining things.
The fight, Edward is a lot more admirable, so as long as Bella liked Jacob, he would leave and not hurt Jacob. If Bella quit caring for Jacob Edward would win for sure. Jacob could only win with several others helping him.
I believe Edward would win. Even though the werewolves have tools to take down vampires (their teeth), Edward has been in his body longer than Jacob has had his werewolf powers. In a matter of experience and outright rage,Edward would be more likely to hurt Jacob than vice versa.
Its hard to say who would win because Edward honestly doesn’t want to kill Jacob, because he knows how that would hurt Bella. Jacob would stop at nothing if it turned into a fight. But to me, Jacob seems alot like a new born vampire–werewolf style. He’s inexperienced and would make a mistake i think. Edward has got mind-reading and 90 plus years of experience. But he’d also be holding back a bit, to try to not kill Jacob. But ultimatly Edward would win.
Pet Chinchilla vs. Disapproving Rabbit XD i laughed so hard at that.
ok I think that Jacob would win… and here are my reasons:
.Although Edward is physically stronger than Jacob, He wouldn’t want to hurt Bella by killing her best friend.
.Jacob has been wanting to rip Edward’s head off since he saw Bella the first time after Edward had left.
.Edward wouldn’t fight as hard as Jacob because he still wants Bella to have a human and normal life without him, because he still thinks that is what’s best for her.
But if they did fight I would want Edward to win, but I wouldn’t want Jacob to die because he’s doing what he thinks is right and best for Bella too.
just something I forgot to say in the last comment.
Lol I love the metaphor of the pet chinchilla and the disapproving rabbit.lol I had no idea what a chinchilla even looked like till now and it’s so adorable I wish I had one. ( however this does not mean I would like jacob for a pet. hehe)
I thought the colours in the “Just Friends thing was pretty darn awesome and so was the pun about Jacob and Bella’s relationship not having the same ‘Sparkle’. hehehe, I couldn’t have put it better myself. 😀
that was a great chapter review, Kaleb. Thank you so much.
Oh Edward, hands down, would win! First he has far more experience fighting and is just a tad less destructible. Couple that with his love for Bella and his protective nature and you would have one scary homicidal vampire that would risk everything to destroy Jacob. Though, I bet they’d both look a little worse for the wear!
Being logical….
I would say Jacob, he’s stonger.
and it would piss the fangirls off too.
I think I shall go with number 3 too. It was pretty unacceptable seeing how things were between Edward, Bella and Jacob. But can’t really blame Bella because Jacob had provided her friendship when Edward was gone.
‘Just Friends’ was colored for a reason? ;D! I like the example of Chinchilla & Rabbit. Although I can’t imagine a rabbit getting jealous. Hahah!
As for the question. Edward shall win the fight. Edward’s love is very strong beneath the calmness he holds. Besides, it gives him reason to hurt Jacob. Why not just do it?
I think it’s pretty annoying if I have some guy confess to me that he loves me (when he knows I already have a boyfriend whom I love dearly), and then talks me into choosing him. And then kisses me without permission. And when I broke my hand, he laughs with my dad like it’s the coolest thing he has ever done. Like, “I’m so proud I kissed her!”
OMG I forgot to say Welcome and Glad that you’re feeling well! We all miss you! It feels like ages waiting for another chapter! 😀
Edward – hands down. Jacob would need to take the split second to phase and Edward would already be done. It’s not prejudice, by the way because I know that Jacob fans all around are rooting for Jacob, (I’m a red-hot Team Edward member), but it’s tactics. When you have as many brothers as I do you start to try to figure the advantages and disadvantages of an opponent and stuff like that without even consciously thinking or hearing about it.
And glad you’re feeling better! I liked the train bit. Though the chinchilla analogy was quite comical : )
Edward, definitely. Not being biased here. It’s just fact. I mean, all the Quiluete legends say how it takes two wolves to kill a vampire. I don’t care if Jake is better than most wolves, Edward reads minds.
Great post. 😀
For some reason, your chinchilla vs. rabbit analogy has put a comically absurd image in my head of you throwing a terrified chinchilla out of a window…
As far as Jacob vs. Edward, I’m going to have to agree with irunwithvampires.
Edward would totally win. He is faster, stronger, and smarter than Jacob. And he can hear what Jacob is planning to do.
Ah, Kaleb…this is one of my favorite chapters…I am really looking forward to what you think when the, well, I won’t give it away. You are right, she doesn’t feel worthy of EC and yet, if you look back in New Moon, you can see she almost gave into Jacob loving her…she said it was effortless and she wouldn’t have to work for it.
In a fight, I gotta give it to Edward…I am with Ben and Tyler..$10 on Cullen. Edward was right to tell Bella that she would regret sicking him on Jacob later…he would be all too eager to get rid of Jacob, but, like Heathcliff and Cathie, he knows Bella values Jacob and cannot cause her pain by separating them.
Edward, of course not only is her older and smarter, he can read Jacobs mind and act before he does. I suppose it doesn’t help that I am blindly Team Edward!
One more thing. I am glad you are feeling better and I have missed your reviews and the posting from guys changed by the series. Keep em coming and take better care of yourself
Edward would definitely win. He loves Bella too much to just lose a fit over her.
Jacob…Edward…ahh!!! I can’t answer that! I would love to think Edward would win, because, well, I just like him more. Well, also Edward is a really good fighter…it says multiple times in the books, and he’s 107 years old, so he’s got a lot more experience, and he can read Jacob’s mind, AND he would be fighting for Bella…I feel bad to say this, but I really do think Edward would win. I’m also positive that Edward loves Bella more, so he’d fight to the death for her. But they didn’t get into a fight, so that’s good. I love Jacob…it wouldn’t be very cool if Edward killed him. And I really don’t think Edward would want to kill Jacob, because Bella loves him. Sure, if Bella wouldn’t be extremely unhappy with him, he would love to kill Jacob. Haha 🙂
I am on Team Edward, so maybe I’m biased, but I think Edward would win. They both have equal brawn, (as far as I can tell) but I think Edward has more sense. He would have a strategy.
If Edward couldn’t read minds, I think that the fight would be almost even. Given that he can, however, Edward would definitely win.
Edward would no doubt win the fight. He can read minds and strategize. Meanwhile, it takes a whole pack of wolves to take out one vampire. It’s obvious odds aren’t in Jake’s favor. Besides, vampire venom is fatal to wolves. All Edward would have to do is bite Jacob, duh.
i dont think that edward and jacob would fight. i think that if bella decides she would want to be with jacob and not edward then he would leave it alone and go away, away from bella. and if jacob insisted on a fight and bella still wants jacob, then i think that edward wouldnt fight back because it would hurt bella if she hurt him. so i dont think that either would win because edward wouldnt fight.
**cough cough** but MY opinion is..if a fight DID suddently break out…ur….yeah…edward would win…**cough**
by the way, this is one of my favorite entrys. very hilarious. :]
oh and i sooo agree nicole!
haha. the whole thing was hilarious! and i totally agree on the colors thing for ‘just friends’ haha. youre so funny. :]]
this was hysterical. funniest post EVER.
love from nyc,
katie
I think, if the fight was kept solely between Edward and Jacob, Edward would definitely win. Aside from the fact that he has far more experience and the ability to read thoughts, there’s also the fact that Edward wouldn’t simply be fighting for ‘a girl he loves.’ He would be fighting for his ‘la cantante,’ which I believe would trump any human emotions Jacob feels for Bella.
If you want to get right down to it and take a vampire’s nature into account, you could probably akin a fight between Edward and Jacob to a fight between two vampires- one of which wants to bite a girl simply because he can, while the other has already claimed the girl as his ‘la cantante’. That ‘la cantante’ thing is going to factor in, in a big way, if it were to come down to a fight of instincts, I think.
But… realistically, I think a fight between Edward and Jacob would probably end up turning very bad, very quickly- for Edward. The moment Jacob fursplodes, probably with his own rage and intent to kill, the rest of the pack is going to know and come running to Jacob’s aid. That would certainly throw the odds completely out of balance (well, if the fight were to last long enough for the pack to get there =P). I’d like to say that the Cullens would somehow magically know that there was danger if this were to happen, but I somehow doubt that would be the case- Alice wouldn’t be able to see Edward or Bella if the wolves were around, and unless she was specifically looking for either of them, she would probably never even have an inkling of something being wrong.
And… I think I have thought entirely too much about this. =]
Edward can read Jocobs mind so he would know what he is going to do before he does it. So my bet would be for Edward. But Jacob wouldn’t go down without realy hurting edward so it would be close. I’d rather neither on them fight though.
I am very much Team Edward,but putting that aside for a moment, I would still say Edward, For starters, he can read Jacob’s thoughts, so he would be able to dodge any attacks. Secondly, he is pretty much immortal, and is alo very skilled. The only way that Jacob would only be able to get to Edward would be to bring up the whole situation that happened in New Moon. But I’m not saying what for those people who haven’t read it yet, (i.e my friend) So yeah, Jacob has a small chance, but Edward would win in the end. We are talking about fighting over Bella here, so c’mon, he would fight dirty and we know it… 🙂
I’m not entirely sure. On one hand, if Bella tries to get them to stop fighting, then Edward would get distracted to make sure Bella wouldn’t get hurt, so Jacob would kill him off. Also, Edward is too much like Heathcliff in the sense that he WON’T hurt Jacob because Bella loves him in a way. But, Jacob also would try to keep Bella safe, so I think there is a chance he might lose, especially if Edward is convinced that Jacob needs to die.
lol. i remember when charlie said that, i pretty much burst out laughing when i read that too.
now, about ur question, just imagining the two of them fighting sends shives through my spine. If Stephenie would have put a fight scene between the two of them, it would probably very violent. I love jacob’s character, but like many ppl, im team edward. Therefore making me say edwad would win. but then again i want to explain my answer. And the reason is becuase even though Jacob is a strong werewolf (lol. did i spell that right??) he is still kinda new at it and if he were to fight edward, edward would probably have more control of himself instead of jacob, who would most likley fight recklessly…well atleast somewhat reckelessly….ahhhh. I dont know. lol.
so yeah. great post kaleb! and im glad u had a good break!!
vivs!!
Hilarious post! Ahhh so many things to comment on…
Bella is being insanely selfish. She is best friends with Jacob, but she can’t have both in her life. Without question she chooses Edward, but she still wants Jacob, and in a way she doesn’t care how much she hurts either of them, because she wants them both in her life (magnet metaphor comes into play here, so sorry Bella, pick one and move on). I have many more comments on this subject, but I can’t say anymore without spoiling anything else.
The chinchilla/rabbit comparison is single-handedly the greatest comparison ever known to the history of mankind. Genius, Kaleb, genius.
Sadly, that is probably exactly what Charlie would do. Grrrr! Every character makes me mad in this book >=0
Loved your picture with Mabel. I think I see a little Kaleb eavesdropping in the bushes. Now, now Kaleb, you know you don’t like eavesdropping. Remember what you heard when Bella and Angela were having boy talk a few chapters back? I thought you would’ve learned your lesson *tsk tsk*
For your question: I think Edward would win, but loose a few limbs in the process. It would be very close, but Edward would win, because he can read Jacob’s thoughts. It would only be close because Jacob’s rage seems to be a very powerful thing.
Nice post, and I’m glad to see our favourite little twiguy is better!
edward! he has all that experience and practice over time. jacob is still young and impatient. and i’m sure jacob would try to show off and get himself hurt. edward would just get straight to the point.
*giggles pre-emptively*
tehehehehe
(at least i hope im giggling pre-emptively and that the bit im thinking of hasnt already happened…i cant check cos my friend has Eclipse…dang!)
i think Edward, he loves Bella more, and therefore would probably go all Hulk and get even stronger just to keep her. Add in the fact that he’s been a vampire for 100 years, Jacob’s been a werewolf a few months…even if he is “a natural”
my moneys on Cullen xD
whoa…long comment lol
Phew! I finally caught up, I have only discovered your existence since two weeks or so, I know I must have been living under a rock (guess I am just not a Twi-hard)
So I am really liking your insights so far, although I don’t always agree. And I have been wondering for quite some time now, what it is exactly that you are studying at uni. I’m a student ‘Language & Linguistics’ myself but due to the fact that our system in Europe is different from yours, my exams start this week and last until the 31st! So yes I should be studying and instead I am reading your blog! Smth must be wrong with me!
So I don’t really agree on your reasons why Bella keeps hanging out with Jake, Bella fell in love with Jake in New Moon, just because it wasn’t the head-over-heels kind of love doesn’t mean it isn’t love. She said it so many times eg. ‘it’s so easy hanging out with Jake’… I think many relationships are grow out of a friendship. So she doesn’t want to say goodbye ’cause yes it will hurt Jake, but it’ll hurt her just as much. Referring to Jake’s anger in New Moon when he said they couldn’t be friends, Bella said that he hadn’t been healing her hole, no he had been digging his own hole.
Anyway on your question: Edward, definitely, age, experience and mind-reading!
I don’t think Edward would fight Jacob because he knows how much Bella cares about him, but if he had to, Edward would win. I think Edward is stronger and more experienced. Plus, he has the advantage of being able to read Jacob’s mind…Bella was annoying me at this point in “Eclipse” when she just could not let Jacob go. It’s time to move on once your friend tells you he’s in love w/ you & actually kisses you while you have a boyfriend. I think she knew that she should probably stay away from him after that and she did punch him in the face when he forced himself on her, so I’ll give her credit for that. If I had been in her place, I would’ve been very angry as well.
OME of course Edward will win! I’m not just saying that because I’m Team Ed but because when it comes to Bella he would do anything to have her… also his venom is lethal to wolfs. Jacob doesn’t stand a chance!
So I just discovered your site, and it’s pretty awesome! I’ll be sure to check in regularly! XD
Hmm I’m not really on any team particularly. I liked Edward more because of how much he loves Bella and how absolutely devoted he is to her and how he protects her so much.
But I also like Jacob because he too is in love with Bella and is just trying to protect her from what he thinks to be-the worst demon-thing possible to ever walk the earth.
The two can’t stand eachother and seem to be very jealous of the other.
But I have to say that I think Jacob would win. Yes, Edward could read Jacob’s thoughts. But ultimatly, Edward loves Bella too much to do anything that could and would possibly hurt her. He knows how much she needs Jacob, therefore, he would ultimately let Jacob kill him. Edward would do anything to keep Bella happy and he knows that fighting Jacob and or hurting Jacob would cause pain for Bella. However, I don’t think Edward would let Jacob kill him. I think Edward would just do his best to jump around and dodge Jacob’s hits and scratches. Ultimatly untill Bella either said, “Edward win!!” or “Jacob win!” It would be an endless battle going on forever untill one of them got to exhausted to fight, in which if Edward got too tired to fight, Jacob would kill him, if Jacob was the one who got too tired to fight then Edward would probably either walk away and have his wounds tended to or tie Jacob down somewhere so that he himself (Edward) would get a chance to take a break and ask Bella who she wants to win and what she wants him to do.
But personally, I’d hope that Edward would win. Him and Bella are meant to be, together forever <3333333 They just love eachother tooo much <33333333333 Yay BellaXEdward!!!
Frankly, I think Jacob would win simply for the fact that Edward killing Jacob would displease Bella and he would never displease her. Edward would clench his teeth while Jacob tore him to pieces. However, if Bella was angry and wished for Jacob to die or be injured then Edward would with out a doubt fulfill her desires.
Jacob. Edward wouldn’t kill Jacob. He’s too considerate of Bella’s feelings. But I think that then Bella would kill herself, causing Jacob to kill himself. Nobody wins.
Oh,and that picture of Thomas the Tank Engine nearly made me pee myself. XD
Hahahahaha.
Edward would definitely win. He loves Bella more, so he has more will 😀
It depends whether Bella still loves him. And since I think Bella will always have at least SOME feelings for Jacob, Edward would never kill him.
I think if Edward really wanted to, he could take on Jacob without much of a fight. But Edward would just severely hurt him- probably knock him unconscious with some broken ribs and a leg or something…
I love Jacob, but his brute strength can’t compare to a century of experience and the advantage of mind-reading. There’s just no way…
I really don’t like this question…. No response.