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This Is The Skin Of A Horse Girl

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edwardskhakipants asked:

i love that your recent headcanons are about making edward more monstrous. like yesss, let's give that emo freak something to really hate himself for.

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Yes, LET'S

Edward in canon is Different but we rarely get to see him be monstrous in a way that Bella really has to grapple with. Edward knows he's capable of incredible destruction, and even if he does his best to communicate that to Bella... she might believe him, but she rarely has to confront that reality. A lot of the danger is presented in Edward warning her he's dangerous, or dealing with other vampires. I get that the vamps being so overpowered means if we saw him slip at all, that's the end of the story. But we have a taste of it with Edward destroying the honeymoon bed to keep from biting/killing Bella, you know?

Like. I wish we would've seen some real consequences to him not feeding regularly when he was away in New Moon– that his and Bella's reunion had to be cut short by Alice catching up just in time to restrain Edward from attacking Bella despite himself*. I wish that being werewolves' ~natural enemy~ wasn't just name-calling and complaining about the smell, but having to visibly restrain himself from attacking Bella's best friend. I wish the horrific reality of compulsive telepathy made him twitchy and paranoid instead of ~one step ahead of everyone all the time~. I wish Edward had to sometimes take breaks from being in Bella's proximity because his throat fucking burns. I wish the skin/scent of a killer actually compromised Bella's judgement/behavior enough that they both have to wonder/hope that Bella's feelings are real (why yes, I am looking directly at Undertow here)

I care about this so deeply because it's the difference between Bella saying "You're not really a monster. I love you." versus "You are a monster and I love you." and boy oh boy do I prefer the latter

*the whole "you being my singer is no longer a problem at all because now I know what it feels like to lose you" thing SUCKED, ok. Where's the fun in that? he was starving and hadn't been around her scent for months. SUFFER

#twilight#edward cullen#hoa5#rewrite fodder
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What if a human’s blood singing to a vampire indicated that they were soulmates. No one in-universe has figured it out because Edward’s the first vampire to ever resist the scent long enough to get to know his singer

#pre-determined romantic matches or wtv typically aren’t my jam but it’s fun to think of the implications#and by ‘’fun’’ I mean OOF because how many vampires slaughtered their would-be mates#I feel like it’s got juuuuuust enough Christianity-flavored suffering to fit into smeyer’s world#you must overcome the most extreme temptation to reap the ultimate reward or whathaveyou#twilight#hoa5
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Every so often I remember the huge wave of criticism by normies that Twilight is too toxic and angst-ridden when the series first became a ~phenomenon~.

And every time, I laugh— because here I am just so thankful I’ve found a corner of the internet where people want to make it more toxic and angst-ridden

#me: hey guys what if we inflicted more suffering on Bella and Edward by [idea]#the freaks in my phone: yes… YES… >:)#twilight#making it the FUN kind of toxic that’s full of yearning and drama#replacing the not fun toxicity that’s all ‘’women want children by default :)’’#hoa5
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Reblogged waxnostalgicc
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“The power dynamic between Edward and Bella is heavily skewed it’s not healthy” is such a funny argument because that's... kinda the point

Everything about Edward is designed to draw in and kill a human. He’s got loads more life experience than any of his ‘peers’ (100 years of own lived experience + all the thoughts around him). AND YET he kowtows to this woman who is, by many measures, average. Bella’s a snake charmer. Bella’s a lion tamer. He’s the gun but she pulls the trigger. Edward’s strength and speed is Bella’s strength and speed because he’s wrapped around her little finger. There are different kinds of power. Edward's got physical power, but Bella's got her own power of him (and vice versa; they're crazy about each other). His power is at her disposal. That’s the spice. That’s the source of tension and the satisfaction.

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@waxnostalgicc Edward would 100% commit war crimes if Bella asked, as long as doing so doesn’t put her in danger

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I hope the next ~Twilight Reimagined~ is just Twilight from Jasper’s POV and he’s keeping a mood journal on Edward’s behalf.

Just a daily log of the roller coaster that is that boy’s emotional state, complete with commentary: “his aura was absolutely rancid today. Loathing (probably at himself), jealous paired with confusion (does he not know he’s jealous?), and of course the usual vacillation between smugness and chagrin as he struggles to talk to the human girl. Never have I so acutely bemoaned the loss of my ability to get drunk.”

#jasper hale#twilight#edward cullen#hoa5
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when i first got into Twilight a couple of years ago I was trying to avoid spoilers since I was watching through the movies with my dad (his idea btw) anyway pretty early on I came across the name renesmee and fully thought for WEEKS that that was the ship name for Bella's mom and Edward's mom. didn't even question it.

#This is beautiful thank you for sharing
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So I get the feeling that a lot of fandom agrees that Bella immediately being the most perfect vampire is just… not very compelling writing, yeah?

Smeyer tried to ramp up conflict with external factors (Bella worrying she’ll want to mail her own daughter, Charlie visiting right away, coming across the hiker’s scent) but they all dissolve into non-issues so quickly that it turns into more fawning over how exceptional she is. Good for her, boring for readers

I don’t actually hate the “I was born to be a vampire” sentiment, I think it had potential, but having it manifest as “I was born to be an extremely human-friendly vampire” is a little odd. I feel like it would be just as rewarding to have her be an excellent vampire— powerful gift, strong and fast even for a newborn, even great control over the bloodlust, ymmv— but provide also a little narrative balance by having too much of a good thing.

This could mean she has a new, equal-but-opposite “clumsiness”: Clumsiness comes from a lack of control/awareness/stability in the limbs, right? Her proprioception and reflexes were off as a human. So as a vampire, why not have the pendulum swing in the other direction? Make her have a hard time dialing down the uncanny inhuman demeanor. She has a harder time at playing human than most vampires. She’s always forgetting to visibly breathe, sigh, fidget, etc. Her movements are a little too fast, a little too lithe. She’s always crushing stuff in her hands.

Idk. Just. Something to make her a little monstrous, even if it’s not the typical struggle of the bloodlust (though that’s not a bad option!). “She got everything she ever wanted with no repercussions or drawbacks” wasn’t remotely satisfying or interesting

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I love your idea of her being so fast and strong, strong than Emmett, faster than even Edward, but then she's like TOO FAST and TOO STONG, even for her own exterodinary reflexes.

So she'll rocket through the forest but wont be able to pull up in time and goes skidding into trees, sending enormous pines crashing to earth.

She hits a baseball and shatters the bat, absolutely annihilating the ball.

She shuts the door of Edward's Aston Martin and cracks every window.

She's constantly scaring the living shit out of everyone in the house 'cause she just appears out of thin air, silently, even to them. (She loves doing this to Emmett every chance she gets).

There's so many possibilities that could have been sooooo fun to work into the story and deepen her connection with the other.

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You see the vision! Being the most bestest vampire to ever vampire should be more isolating, not less. Edward should’ve been right to be afraid to turn her into a monster. Make her a little too monstrous for the monster family.

She’s so strong (especially as a newborn) that she needs to be almost as careful touching Edward as he had to be about touching her human self. She gets a taste of the stress he had to endure. They joked about this in canon and I was annoyed when nothing came of it

Her gift was already so strong as a human. Have the transformation boost it in such a way that it’s actually inconvenient (she doesn’t just shield herself, she fully shuts down the gifts of vampires around her?) or even dangerous (she can essentially “shield” one’s mind from their own body, making them pass out— or worse), and Bella has to work to not be a danger to her loved ones

Maybe her thirst/control isn’t much worse than the others’, but she still has a harder time being around humans because she gives off stronger “world’s most dangerous predator” vibes. Her eyes aren’t just gold, they glow just enough to maybe be noticeable by humans in low light. Hell, she scares vampires a little (I love that detail, @okay-letsdothisonelasttime, you’re beautiful). The Cullen family’s concerned that no matter how well she eventually learns to act human, she’ll always be a little too off-putting to humans to ever really blend

Edward’s delighted that his girlfriend is extra indestructible, but also anguished because he hates to see her struggle

Instead of a misunderstanding over a baby, the conflict with the Volturi could be “uh. you guys created a vampiric WMD and insist on trying to blend her in with human society. She makes your coven too powerful for our comfort and she’s a risk to our kind remaining secret”… which has a little more oomph than “no, no, we birthed a vampire baby. no one bit a human baby, you silly gooses”.

#overly gifted Bella was RIGHT THERE!!!!!!!!!#her gift already manifested as a human!!!!!!!#hoa5#Edward Cullen and his slightly-eldritch nightmare girlfriend#it’s a Superman situation in that everyone’s like. thank god all she wants to do with her life is read books and kiss Edward#she could flip vampire politics on its head if she were so inclined#Imxnxxndn the mental image of ‘’Hi I’m Edward Cullen and this nuclear warhead with literal glowing eyes is my girlfriend Bella’’
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Reblogged cullenfucked
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“I want the relationship that’s healthiest for Bella” why. This is a book about vampires and werewolves and codependency and secrecy that kills you. If Bella were meant to be a normal happy healthy human girl she wouldn’t be in the story in the first place. This is fiction, she isn’t real, characters in stories don’t need to be healthy or live in reality. She deserves to suck blood and live forever if she wants idk

#bella swan
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