An insight into Carlisle's character, courtesy of a character from "Shiki"

[sweettalkeress]

So, this past Halloween I had the
privilege of watching an absolutely-amazing vampire horror anime
called “Shiki.” I've already spoken of “Shiki” here, but the
reason why I bring it up is because now that I've seen the show in
its entirety, there is one character who is leading me to a deeper
understanding of what likely makes Carlisle Cullen tick.

Comments

[gehayi]

. He treats the people he transforms into vampires as though they should be grateful he turned them, and indeed, there's no reason to think he ever asked their permission, except maybe in Edward's case.In fact, he didn't ask any of them. He found Esme when she was dying from a suicide attempt as the result of losing her son and post-partum depression. Edward's mother asked Carlisle to turn Edward while he was dying of influenza; Edward had no say whatsoever. Rosalie was dying on the street as the result of a brutal gang rape; Carlisle happened to spot her and thought that someone so beautiful dying would be a criminal waste--especially since he believed that she would make an ideal companion for Edward. (She didn't, because Edward was disgusted at the thought of having someone "impure" as a partner. Way to victim-blame, Wardo.) Carlisle never asked Rosalie if she wanted to become a vampire; Rosalie herself told Bella in Eclipse that Carlisle only told that she was becoming one after the transformation process--and its attendant agony

[behindgrey_eyes]

Edward was disgusted at the thought of having someone "impure" as a partner. ACTUALLY?! :| I did not know this. Just another thing to add to the list of how stupidly fucked up Twilight is.

[gehayi]

Yep. See below. It's openly stated in the text that Wardo is dismissive of and disgusted by Rosalie.

[gehayi]

Where was that stated?

Chapter 7 of Eclipse. Here's the passage. Rosalie is telling Bella--who isn't interested--what happened when she was turned into a vampire.

"Then I was in a bright room, and it was warm. I was slipping away, and I was grateful as the pain began to dull. But suddenly something sharp was cutting me, my throat, my wrists, my ankles. I screamed in shock, thinking he'd brought me there to hurt me more.

Then fire started burning through me, and I didn't care about anything else. I begged him to kill me. When Esme and Edward returned home, I begged them to kill me, too.

Carlisle sat with me. He held my hand and said that he was so sorry, promising that it would end. He told me everything, and sometimes I listened. He told me what he was, what I was becoming.

I didn't believe him. He apologized each time I screamed.

Edward wasn't happy.I remember hearing them discuss me. I stopped screaming sometimes. It did no good to scream