Twilighters!

Disclaimer: Before I begin this I would like you'll to know that I will not tolerate any hate mail. I am open to criticism and I think everyone's point of view is important. But no character bashing please. And girls, cmon, twilight happened a long time back now. It's old news. Get a fresh view. Get over it.

Yes, I know every single girl has probably read this series. And so have I. So you can stop right there if my lack of knowledge has got anything to do with your silly comments. Some liked the books better, some liked the movies. Personally, I didnt like the books. But I thought the movies were well done. What I mean by 'the movie well done' is that the they didnt cut off a lotta parts, which is what normally happens to a lot of books that become movies and the casting was done well. But the biggest thing that every Twilighter is at loggerheads about is-

Edward or Jacob?

The first thing that everybody does is list the good qualities about them and decide which one is better. What girls dont understand that they are both different people and a girl would go for someone which has the highest points on her checklist.
Edward is a vampire, very romantic, protective, goodlooking and says all the right and mushy things that every woman wants to hear her man say("Take care of my heart..ive left it with you" practically made every girl go awww).
Jacob is funny, always happy, fooling around, a great mechanic and is every girl's personal sunshine.And obviously a wearwolf. He never takes things seriously and takes life as it comes.

Of course, they are stark contrasts. Edward's very intense and Jacob-loose and easy. They are the 2 different types of men that appeal to women. Of course, lets not categorise though. Men are far more diverse and complex. But I'm just talking about the characters here.

Even if i hadnt read the books and you told me both their characteristics- I would take Jacob.

However, instead of arguing whose better, lets see it from Bella's perspective?
How did she weigh the pros and cons?
Was she really in love with both of them?

Throughout the first book, if one is not a mushy person or gullible, you would be tired of reading her endless descriptions of Edward. I dont even want to count the number of times the word 'perfect' was used everytime his character arrived. The description was in the same vein but with just different vocabulary. At one point you wanna go "OK! I get it..He's absofreakinglutely beautiful and you are sexually deprieved."
Edward is also filthy rich, unlike Jacob. I really do not think she loved Jacob. Since all the books were (mostly) from her perspective it made you realise that she only described Jacob in slightly more detail when he had his growth spurt and his hair was cut. Hardly anything for a girl to swoon over.
Bella was also very keen on becoming a vampire.
Why?
Puh-lease, dont give me that shit about being in love. And that true love is when you give up everything for that someone.
Let me burst that tiny bubble you'll are living in and tell you to look past what the writer is trying to grill into your tiny conforming heads.
Vampire pros and cons.
You have to kill and drink blood and you loose your heart.
But instead, you get- 'immortality', 'eternal beauty' and 'inhuman strength' AND 'hot rich boyfriend'.
Wearwolf pros and cons.
With wearwolf Jacob you get, 'to be normal' and 'age and die'.
Ooo! Such a difficult decision!
Bah!
I look back at those books and question myself
Who would i have chosen?
Jacob.
Why?
Well, I have a number of reasons.
-Edward always spoke of running away(and he did) which would get me highly pissed off.Why dont you damn well do it since youre a vampire and can run faster than me? Stop your stupid whining!
-Planning out every single moment of my life. Cmon! You may have everything else..but i have a brain!
-Overprotective. Let me not go there.*cant breathe already*
-Watches me sleep the whole night since he cant.Dude, that's seriously creepy man.
-Drinks blood*barf*
-Cold skinned and thirsty for my blood. Im sorry, but I rather be with a person who doesnt wanna rip my skin off and someone i can kiss properly and not be afraid of poisonous fangs
It makes me smile to see how girls do get easily hooked onto someone who is absolutely perfect. Is it because we can never find those perfect guys in the books? Or is it because we cannot accept flaws because we fall in love with these characters?
All im saying is that this author knows what we want. And the fact that she gave in too much made me fishy. Bella's superficial nature is easy to read because its so plain and clear in all of the books.
When someone asks me what i want in a guy,
All I can say is that I don't have a checklist. But I definitely know what I DONT want.
That's a start.
Not bad for a 19 year old.