I loathe you, Bella Swan. @ 03:38 pm
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Hahahaha, so my friend and I were discussing the series, and he (yes, he, because he's amazing) asked me why I hate Bella so much. I'm just posting my response to that on here. Be warned; it's a rather long rant. :]
And now: Why I hate the character Bella Swan!
"She's RIDICULOUSLY helpless. Seriously, she's the epitome of the damsel in distress. She's always getting herself in some mortal danger, and then Bam!, here comes Edward, her knight in sparkling-skin armor, to save the day. Every single time. Not to mention that on top of being stupid and getting herself in dangerous situations, she's clumsy as fuck. I don't know how many times I've seen the phrase, "I braced myself for the impact with the ground, when two strong, granite arms wrapped around my waist and rescued me at the last minute!" How very cheesy. Not only can she not defend herself, she can't even walk! How did she possibly survive all these years in a city ten times bigger than Forks without the help of the mighty Edward? Unsolved mystery of the universe, if you ask me.
Another thing that bothers me, is if you've ever read the exact description of Bella, it could EASILY be describing the author, Stephenie Meyer. Wish fulfillment much? I mean, putting yourself in a story in which "the main character" (cough-you-cough) falls in love with a too-gorgeous "perfect" vampire. Come on, that makes me think of some fat, goth, fourteen year old girl sitting at her computer writing crappy stories about her breath-taking romance between her and her unattainable crush, which we all know is never actually going to happen in real life.
I also hate how she acts like she's so afraid of attention, but she still manages to be a complete attention whore throughout all of the books. Example: In Breaking Dawn, she COMPLAINS about how embarrassing it is to be driving around town in the totally awesome car that Edward bought her! Are you kidding me? I'd be like, "Yeah, go ahead and stare. I know my car is the shit." She makes me angry. Oh, but then, for an example of an attention whore moment, in Eclipse when Edward wants to fight for her, she's all, "I've already gone crazy once, and I can't stand it if you leave me!" Blah blah fucking blah. Of course, nothing happens to her beloved Edward in the end. But, also of course, she tries to do something stupid again and be a hero (and fails entirely) by cutting herself with a rock to distract Victoria. Way to go, emo Bella.
In short, she's a stupid, helpless, clumsy, whiny, annoying bitch. Extreme dislike."
Man, I can talk for a long time about fictional characters. I need a life. xD
PS- The funny thing about this whole rant, is that I'm actually excited about the release of the fourth book. We'll just call it a love/hate relationship.
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