Breaking Dawn: Chapter 5 - Isle Esme

[zelda_queen]

ZeldaQueen: Right, next chapter! And…we’re moving on to the honeymoon! Well, maybe something interesting will actually happen. And maybe buckets of ravioli and nuggets of gold will fall from the sky.

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[aikaterini]

/As she goes to get out of the boat, Edward scoops her up and carries her inside, apparently unable to wait for her to walk to the door. She’s not a baby! Stop carrying her everywhere! Oh, and it actually says that he was “cradling [her] in one arm” while carrying the bags in another. That’s nice. Now he’s actually using terms associated with children to describe him carting her around./

Yeah, the infant imagery creeps me out, too. *shudders*

The morning after scene was so ridiculous. Oh, yes, Bella can perfectly remember that last night was awesome, but can't manage to remember the parts where Edward gave her bruises? How wonderfully convenient. She must have a very selective memory or something.

And yes, I did feel a little sorry for Edward because he did feel genuinely bad for hurting her, but I did feel uneasy about the implications nonetheless. Just how did Edward not notice that he was bruising her until after they were done? Why didn't he stop in the middle? Was he that into it that he didn't notice? It left me feeling very uncomfortable.

But, of course, Bella immediately got back into her habit of ticking me off. She has to be one of the stupidest, most insensitive characters I have had the misfortune of reading about. She sees that Edward feels guilty about hurting her, yet immediately jumps to the conclusion that what he's really doing is dismissing her because she didn't satisfy him. YOU'RE COVERED IN BRUISES! You don't think that THAT might be bothering Edward? Yes, I know, you don't care because you're the same idiot who took off a neck-brace because you thought that it looked stupid, but not everybody is as shallow as you!

And then she sulks like a spoiled little brat because all she wants to do is sleep with Edward again, even though the reason why he refuses to sleep with her again is because he HURT her! Just like he told her that he would, again and again throughout this whole cursed series! He TOLD her that he would most likely hurt her and yet she has the nerve to get mad at him because all she cares about is getting laid. She treats his concern for her like an annoying little quibble. She basically tosses her hair and says, "Ugh, Edward, who CARES if you gave me bruises? What's the big deal? Who cares about you possibly breaking my legs and disabling me for life? Why are you being such a worrywart? Man, you are such a drag. Just get back into bed with me already!"

She doesn't care about Edward's feelings, she doesn't care about the possibility of getting hurt again, nope, only her sexual needs matter. Can you imagine what the reaction would be if the genders were flipped?

[zelda_queen]

Bella sort of did remember, but she just remembered Edward gripping her arms a bit more tightly than usual. I just find it hard to believe that she would be so bruised and only feel mildly sore. There's a difference between exercise and bruising.

And yeah, it's really sick. I honestly don't know how Meyer doesn't realize how nasty this all is. Does she and her husband secretly engage in S&M sex or something?