Pieces of the Memories (Drabble Set 12)

[audreyii_fic]

Title:  Pieces of the Memories
Author: audreyii_fic
Fandom: Twilight (Team Jacob)
Rating: T
Characters: Swan Family, Black Family, Clearwater Family
Genre: Humor/Angst/Friendship
Warnings: Occasional language.

Comments

[nessataleweaver]

*eyeroll* Eddie is a fucked up dead dude - sorta like Doctor Who likes to try and solve the problems of the universe. According to Hamish and Andy (radio comedians here in Australia) he also uses miniature scaffolding to hold up his hair.
I still can't figure out why, if Eddie was so keen to join his Juliet in death, he didn't go to her fucking grave to say goodbye, then just stroll across the treaty line and wait.
After all, you're the one who informed me that Sam had already phased when Bella and Jacob met up on First beach back in Twilight - Carlisle's no fool (he just had bad taste in children) and if I were negotiating that treaty, I would make sure I was notified whenever a new lot of Quileute boys started turning into giant wolves, even if they refused to give the actual names. So Eddie would have known there was at least one person (given James/Victoria/Laurent's rampage, and the six months between the first two books, probably at least two, if not three) hanging out around Forks who'd be quite happy to indulge his little death-wish.
But then, without Eddie going off to Italy, Bella wouldn't come to the attention of the Volturi, and she wouldn't be able to force Eddie into changing her (and in the end, it wasn't even the reason!) which meant SM would have to make Bella actually think about spending eternity at 18 and still in the throes of both hormonal free-fall and her mid-life crisis.

[audreyii_fic]

sorta like Doctor Who likes to try and solve the problems of the universe.
Aww, don't compare Edward to the Doctor. Edward doesn't do a damn thing to help others. The Doctor tries and... uh... often screws up.

If I were Bella and Edward had a TARDIS to offer me, I'd rethink kicking him to the curb.

I still can't figure out why, if Eddie was so keen to join his Juliet in death, he didn't go to her fucking grave to say goodbye, then just stroll across the treaty line and wait.
Because... um... because... Hey! Look over there! Italy!

her mid-life crisis.
Quarter-life crisis. She started writing these in her late twenties, IIRC. Of course, I'm in my late twenties and know better, so there's no excuse. *shaking my head*

[nessataleweaver]

*makes face* sorry, I misspoke. I meant Eddie is a fucked-up dead due IN THE SAME WAY that Doctor Who likes to try and solve the mysteries of the universe. I meant it as a metaphor, not a comparison. Probably because there IS no comparison. The Doctor is one of the most awesome beings in the universe! Eddie... is not.

Ooh, Italy! (actually, I loved Rome when I was there on a family trip. My Mum jokes they had to drag me out by my ponytail) But yeah, you get my point!

and I actually meant BELLA's mid-life crisis. I've had the idea lurking in the back of my mind since I re-watched the original twilight movie (fast-forwarding through most of the Edward scenes) and there's an interview with SM, where she comments that moving to Forks was the first time Bella had the freedom to act and feel like a teenager - she'd been too busy taking care of Renee as well as herself, before.

Mid-life crisis usually happens when someone undergoes a dramatic event that either eliminates a huge responsibility or evokes a major lifestyle change, right? Well, combine that with late-adolescent hormones, and I really don't think Bella had a prayer of getting out of Twilight without some kind of major-league drama. Eddie's just her equivalent of a ferrari and a boob job combined! (although personally? I think she would have been much better off with the Ferrari and boob job.) The poor girl was basically doomed from the second Eddie realised she was his blood singer, and Carlisle didn't send him away.

But seriously? why didn't they leave someone behind to protect Bella during NM? given that James used Bella's mother to lure her out to him, didn't it ever occur to anyone - even former soldier Jasper - that Victoria might think of using Bella as a lure for Edward?

Oops, sorry. I'm not very involved in the fandom per say, but I can't imagine that exploring the plethora of plot holes and logic failures hasn't already been done. Please ignore.

[audreyii_fic]

Ohhhh, good. See, I was about to go on a Doctor defense. (Though Ten had a Jesus complex that got on my nerves. I'm a Nine and Eleven kind of girl.)

Dude, I would have VASTLY preferred the Ferrari and boob job. But that's a really interesting take on it. Hmm...

why didn't they leave someone behind to protect Bella during NM?
Because... because... um... Look over there! Italy!

Yeah, we've done lots of exploring of plot holes (more like plot canyons), but we never get tired of it around here. And every time you think you've finally hit everything, you see something new that doesn't make sense. Twilight is the gift that keeps on giving. Like mold.