MIDNIGHT SUN is a work of ART | Twilight from Edward's POV Explained

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[@AmandaTheJedi]

Might mess around and read it again right now...

[@reneekuijpers5160]

Why tho

[@krussyarts]

Yes.

[@Naomi-vf5kn]

I can relate to this...

[@amywonderland9297]

Can I get some clarification on what you said about the 50 shades of Grey series? Personally I hated it, but I also don't see anything wrong with someone developing a story from a fanfiction they wrote?

[@AmandaTheJedi]

@@amywonderland9297 Oh, it's more a joke. There are a lot of similarities between Twilight and 50 Shades (obviously) but when EL made Grey (50 shades from Christian's perspective), it really felt like she must have gotten the idea from Stephenie and Midnight Sun, considering the whole thing came from Twilight to begin with. I do think there were some issues with the original publishing of the 50 shades books because they lied about them being vastly different from the Fanfiction she had already written and what she had self published previously.

[@trippyspoons3445]

Edward: oh my god I can’t read her thoughts Bella: no thoughts head empty

[@HealthyObbsession]

She’s a Mary Sue and some how bland as hell

[@AlexandraStubbs]

She has small brain.

[@sarahharman9879]

This made me laugh more than I should have

[@maix139]

😆

[@ruthiecoltrane6640]

🤣

[@apersonaversion]

"Like a stalker. An obsessive stalker. An obsessive vampire stalker." Reads like, "The poison. The poison for Kuzco. Kuzco's poison."

[@Hu2Kay]

This was literally goin thru my mind when she mentioned it omg lol 😂

[@darklyclad]

Such an underrated line lol

[@savannahrae9122]

"That poison?"

[@KeshetAylonit]

I wish there was a heart react for youtube.

[@alopiaspelagicus1628]

I love you for this comment. Oh man that's exactly it

[@xxDeeMmmVeexx]

Robert Pattinson, the day Midnight Sun hit shelves: “I feel.... a disturbance.”

[@sierraarmstrong5163]

Most underrated comment 😂😭

[@nataliedolezelova3246]

Xdds

[@rizkyanandita8227]

The man work hard removing the stench of this franchise from him. Now he got to be a cooler Bat based character.

[@parkeraguirre]

The real Reason Robert Pattinson took the Batman role...

[@dacikamex]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@katsudrako2921]

Imagine if Edward tries to read someone's mind and all he hears is the Wii music

[@corahtheskeleton8062]

Why did this make me laugh so much??!

[@moonbow9855]

Imagine being a Gen Z mind, three songs playing in the background, constant adrenaline, bad humor, frogs and monster energy

[@soobinsboi]

@@moonbow9855 but like also the myriad of intrusive thoughts like 🤕

[@michellemuneton154]

ok but why is this me i just saw a video with the wii music and its been playing on repeat in my head since

[@tropicalpop3593]

Hahaha this is a great comment

[@AG_KEMPER]

*13-year-old Me has entered the chat*

[@LoveNeko64]

12 year old me in 2005. Ooh boy!

[@graysonoliver2632]

🥳 14 year old me joins chat

[@bearheart2947]

I didn't start reading those books til the first film. When I was 13

[@pramabanerjee2767]

13 year old was a huge fan of the books... Weird the stalking and age part didn't effect me then... Teenage is problematic...

[@aru5169]

How about me i'm just a 7 years old girl 😩

[@jesse85]

“Because she LOVES Bella, even though she hasn’t talked to her yet.” Okay Alice, that’s a mood.

[@starryeyes999]

Alice rlly said: l e s b i a n

[@Arguing.With.Idiots.]

Alice is a precious bebe

[@Xehanort10]

That's the Mary Sue power at work. The ability to make everyone love you for no reason.

[@JC-kh7jn]

I really want a tv series on Alice especially after MS, just so I can watch Ashley Greene play her again. I miss her

[@talynhastime9343]

How can a sentence be so cliche and unbelievable yet STILL a mood? 🤔

[@rqettfxc]

The fact that he thought Charlie was slow because he only caught a few of his thoughts but Bella wasn’t when there was radio silence is sending me 😂😂😂 Listen, don’t do Charlie like that, Edward. He’s the only logical character in this mess. Lmao

[@Muskan-rs7ws]

Except for that time when he was ok with Jacob kissing Bella without her consent. That scene still makes me mad

[@jobangharekhan2601]

@@Muskan-rs7ws true

[@phamvietlong5409]

@@Muskan-rs7ws I mean, emotions can screw everything up. He was too blindsided by his hatred for Edward (first, for the Arizona runaway fiasco, her 6 months of depression, then going to Italy), that he didn't even think that his encouragement for Jacob was wrong. He just wanted to spite Edward after all the negative affects he had on Bella, whether intentional or not.

[@totallywireddd]

The movie Charlie from the first movie is gold. And a DILF.

[@ia490]

@@phamvietlong5409 not much of an excuse imo

[@nazarisreyes6037]

The fact that it has more of the Cullen family and less of Bella makes it 95% better than the rest of the saga, also, means we're closer to Rosalie's book: A story of vanity and vengeance 😉

[@JC-jd1us]

Roaslies backstory is infinitely more interesting than the Twighlight saga

[@georgeferrett1799]

Also Jasper being a barely restrained monster making him a really promising possibly interesting character that Meyer did nothing with. He needs a spin off to.

[@JC-jd1us]

@@georgeferrett1799 agreed. Ugh so frustrating that there's all this hidden potential but nothing done w it

[@cjd5235]

Glad I'm not the only one who wanted more Rosalie and Jasper. 🤷‍♀️

[@nazarisreyes6037]

@@cjd5235 Tbh every Cullen is more interesting than Edward, Carlisle was a vampire hunter turned vampire who tries to kill himself due to self-hatred and went through a journey to craft a life and family that he's proud of, Alice has always been a psychic and was in a mental institution for it where she was tortured before being turned into a vampire, etc...

[@narutardourannote]

Edward bringing grease to Bella's house so the windows wouldn't squeak is my favourite random detail

[@DeanLovesCas]

I reread Twilight and Bella said at some page "I opened the windows and was surprised that they didn't squeak since they hadn't been opened in years" and I laughed so much, knowing why they didn't squeak

[@noelbernabe8704]

@@DeanLovesCas know. Cool that Meyers had these Midnight Sun elements in her head back when she was writing the first book. It is fun to revisit the first book after reading Midnight Sun and looking for bits of continuity like that.

[@DeanLovesCas]

@@noelbernabe8704 yes absolutely. I have read somewhere that Stephenie said that in every scene of Twilight she knew exactly what Edward was thinking (and the other people) and what he has doing and it's just so amazing how she put them all together. Another example, the scene in the cafeteria when Edward says something like "Jessica just analyses all my moves and is gonna tell them later to you" but in Midnight Sun we find out that the reason he looks away distracted for a moment is because of Rosalie yelling at him in her thoughts, not Jessica. That's not the same as the window, but still a detail of many that made the book even more interesting

[@GabrielaArandaSevero]

joe goldberg

[@PresleyRoxy]

I find it extremely disappointing that after giving Rosalie one of the most interesting and tragic backstories, (in my opinion anyway) Stephanie just makes her vapid.

[@sisiasian8781]

Yes Rosalie deserves better actually. I agree

[@sarhahillsburg5142]

I would absolutely LOVE fur her have her own book/story told in full. Same with Alice cause she seems interesting as well.

[@lightworthy]

the girls in these books have the best backstories, but no, we need to sympathize with the confederate soldier and as much as i love his character that is Not the best thing to focus on in itself let alone in a story full of amazing stories of women’s lives that get the smallest amount of explanation and tie in to the plot

[@oveliagirlhaditright4023]

I got the feeling with the new Rosalie scenes-like when she was coming around to trying to give Bella a chance-that Meyer regretted how she'd handled Rosalie and would have changed it if she could, but that her hands were tied by having to follow the original book. But I could be wrong.

[@talynhastime9343]

Kyra Proulx yeah what is up with that. I wonder if Jasper kept his prejudice of black people all these years, cuz you can’t have a character’s backstory be a Confederate vampire soldier and NOT think “hm, what are his thoughts on race relations?” Cullen was also born in a time before black civil rights but he didn’t fight in a war to keep slaves. I will give Jasper the one benefit of the doubt and assume he was like most Confederate soldiers-poor, fighting to defend from what they were told was an invasion by the North to assimilate them to Northern living (which yes did include abolition of slavery). But Jasper arguably lived the longest as a “villain”, so... how did these conversations end up going? How long until Jasper stopped referring to black people as the N word, because YOU KNOW HE DID ALL HIS LIFE, YOU JUST KNOW HE DID. Does he think the word in his head? Does Cullen have to hear it and inwardly cringe every time? I have so many questions and it speaks volumes of how much lack of foresight Meyers had when creating this character.

[@alexandriablue7809]

I actually found it really interesting when Edward said that Charlie had almost the same “blocking” thing that Bella does

[@AmandaTheJedi]

yeah I liked that too. It's not completely the same, he just can't get full fleshed out thoughts. And then Renee's are so loud that they almost wordlessly command the people around her

[@dancincoolkid]

Why would he have never mentioned that to Bella though? Because this is the first I'm hearing about it. Is that explained in the book?

[@alexandriablue7809]

dancincoolkid yeah I don’t think he ever mentions it to Bella, but he first notices it during the car accident scene.

[@AmandaTheJedi]

@@dancincoolkid Probably because she came up with it way after Twilight was done.

[@weemil]

ayy maybe he just wasn't sure if it really was blocking or him being slow, and didn't wanna take the risk of offending charlie's intelligence right to bella's face? that'd be kind of an explanation

[@SatomeAlexiana]

I've always thought Jasper had the most underrated power. Like the dude could literally take over the Voltori by just making the King's and their Guards all feel immense pain or sadness so strong they couldn't move. After that it's just a few seconds of head ripping and we have a new Vampire king....

[@laceylee6797]

Thank you!! I always just thought about how he could've manipulated the volturi's emotions to calm them down in breaking dawn? To avoid even a potential fight? Or what you said.. Or when Edward thought Bella died, why didn't they invite him over and as they told him, jasper calm him down?? Then no one would've gone to the volturi and there really wouldn't have been an obstacle to keeping Bella a human (besides her i guess). Also, would thirst be considered an emotion like desire? Because if so, can't he then control vampire thirst? That would be pretty OP. Like what all counts as emotions he can control? Also, that one girl in Part 2 that could blind people to their real surroundings, instead of focusing in bella's shield, why didnt they help her expand to using it on multiple people? Then blind the entire volturi and bam, easy win. Sorry but the powers in this universe are insane and can easily be so OP. Like a vampire controlling fire?? (the egyptian guy), isn't that one of the few things that can kill a vampire?? And he can CONTROL IT????

[@laceylee6797]

@Cela Whitney I still think Alice would've been better for Jasper though, he went through a lot and Alice is able to look into the future and see if he's about to break and view each scenario to dictate what's the best course to help him. Bella deserved someone that would be better at taking care of her but so does Jasper. I can't really see Bella being optimistic enough to counteract his war-torn mind that's probably very depressed like Alice is able to. Although, since finding out about the confederate army thing I've been a little iffy on him, wish we saw maybe some more of his human life to find out how he got there. If it was a racial thing, maybe have some sort of redemption...

[@Isa-cq5dp]

im pretty sure it’s cause as edward describes it he says it’s a SUBTLE gift, and i feel that from from the way jasper uses it in the books, it is indeed. i don’t think he showed any capability of overwhelming anyone with his power and it also just seems to help him read a room well, also since the cullens and the voltori are aware of his ability it would be pointless to really use it on them? he really only uses it when bella’s around to make her feel comfortable or ease her nerves. if he tried to calm the voltori they’d probably be more pissed.

[@SatomeAlexiana]

@@Isa-cq5dp In the books I'm pretty sure the only reason it was described as 'subtle' was to make it seem like a weak gift that was out shined by Edwards. I mean he went from a man nicknamed the "God of War" who could calm and intimidate a room full of feral newborns, to a man who only used it on a bland, emo, teenage girl to make her feel less awkward. And just because they know he is the one projecting the emotion, I've never seen any of them say they could stop feeling it, or just ignore the feeling he was make them feel. After all if he made the Voltori feel pain so unbearable they couldn't move, what are they gonna do about it? Sure they could also start feeling rage for making them feel pain, but it doesn't mean they can do anything about it further than that.

[@Simone-nu1zd]

He was the best character until Stephanie decided he should be a confederate soldier.

[@ValeBarrientos]

Let's be honest the most interesting characters of Twilight are the other cullens and their stories. This is the 3rd time she writes the same book, when she could've done a spin off with Alice and Jasper, Rosalie and Emmett, or Esme and Carlisle. That would've been interesting. We are done DONE with Bella and Edward, she needs to move on.

[@alepuddin3232]

Or even make a series about all the other characters lives. I get it that the saga was about romance but there’s so much more potential in other story archs. Found this book and interesting perspective but like you said same story written again and again

[@KHOiloveromeo]

I’m still waiting for that Host sequel

[@bakeymykakey]

i think this was good in the concept that edward was able to read everyone’s minds so everyone’s perspective got included

[@J_young_824]

Ale Puddin how about tanya secretly inlove with edward but in the end bella wins edward's heart.

[@naryainc]

I feel bad, because she clearly feels that she didn't finish the story but doesn't know what to do with it. She completely dropped the ball in 3 and 4, made the characters too perfect and ruined all the excitement and made the end uneventful.

[@adrianassongcovers8451]

ALSO CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT LAURENT ACTUALLY THINKS ROSALIE IS GORGEOUS AND WONDERS IF SHE HAS A MATE? Because that was one of the biggest shocks in the entire book for me.

[@IllJustKeepSwimming]

ME TOOOO!

[@IllJustKeepSwimming]

And that jasper can make someone's view of others so boring and redundant looking that they don't notice them, like camoflauge.

[@adrianassongcovers8451]

Emma Masters I know! When he did that it reminded me a bit of Bella’s shield.

[@robinlillian9471]

Rosalie IS physically gorgeous, and it's not like SHE was in any danger. Why would Jasper try to hide her? She was a great distraction from Bella, and she obviously enjoys attention. No doubt she regularly makes a spectacle of herself. If males were busy looking at Rosalie, he probably hoped they wouldn't notice Bella. The book makes a point of how expert Jasper is with his powers. This would have been obvious to him. It's no accident that no one noticed HIS wife during that encounter.

[@adrianassongcovers8451]

Robin Lillian I know that Rosalie is drop dead gorgeous, but the way Edward thinks of her sometimes blinds us of that fact. It’s good that Laurent thought she was gorgeous, because we definitely needed to be reminded of that. And yes, I know Jasper only did it to distract the nomads.

[@dreamiinotdream730]

Alice has infinitely more chemistry with Bella than Edward and Jacob combined. I would’ve definitely liked to see that instead.

[@beastofbussycreek]

Twilight needs more lesbians

[@annabelcrescibene4257]

Love this idea

[@happyjellycatsquid]

Makes me sad for Jasper but yes, definitely yes, ohhh god we do need that

[@savanna8103]

the only reason that doesn't seem that good is because you can tell how much alice /loves/ jasper. like the way jasper and alice's love is described, it makes it hard to picture them apart.

[@JC-jd1us]

Compromise Alice + Jasper and Bella have a three-way realtionship.

[@Bellawhereyoubeenloka]

It can be said that he fell in love with her so quickly because he was constantly seeing Alice’s thoughts about what they would be..it must have been making him crazy

[@kaepiper]

so now we wait for a book about the weirdest relationship of all: renesmee & jacob.

[@PA-od3ro]

I hope not

[@lala-4458]

I wonder how she would write that shit down bc im expecting backlash if it were to happen lol

[@mariamyupperz7614]

there's a cool fanfiction out there

[@astralbodyody]

Mariamyupperz any recommendations?

[@Peppermon22]

Rin X sheshomoru?

[@irinakermong1217]

I went from being slightly annoyed at Midnight Sun's existence to being happy it makes Amanda happy.

[@Morning_Starr]

I saw that shit on audible and got so excited for her 😂 (and for the video that I knew was coming)

[@ashleighmikaelson507]

I feel like IF Bella's mind was easy to read like EVERYONE else, Edward wouldn't have been even interested in Bella lol ... I really liked the backstory for WHY he cannot read her thoughts... it was inherited by Charlie! well, Edward can feel emotions from him and get a general idea about what he is thinking BUT he cannot read his mind like everyone else's!!

[@rinblue269]

(Time has slowly been releasing Robert Pattinson from the screams of the fangirls. Finally he can walk down a street without mobs chasing him. The nightmares had disappeared some time ago.) Robert woke up, sweat drenching his face. His breathing was completely ragged but it slowed as he took in the faint silhouette of his bedroom. Faint but familiar. He felt sick, like his stomach had suddenly grown tired of its home and wanted to exit through his throat. Queasy would be a fitting description. Had he eaten something bad the day before? Then he remembered why he had awoken so startled...he had heard them. ...They were back, the howling shrills. He rushed out of bed, nearly buckling from the head rush. Robert scrambled for his laptop and fumbled with the lid. It couldn’t be that day, it couldn’t. Not so soon. He had been dreading it, but it couldn’t- it just couldn’t be that day yet. ... ...The screen didn’t lie. The 4th of August. The book’s cover, displayed ever so proudly next to the date. The pomegranate, cut in half, so unsettlingly similar to his heart which he could still feel was stuttering. The insufferable lump in his throat found its old perch. Midnight Sun...a new book. Not just an addition, but an additional novel from his character’s soul perspective. The fangirls had been awoken, as had their screeching presence in his sleep. The day of reckoning had arrived.

[@jessydriver9058]

I think Adam Driver has a lot more fangirls nowadays than Rob

[@officAllie1991]

You deserve all the likes. Also poor Rob.

[@officAllie1991]

@@jessydriver9058crazy you say that because yeah he's what rob was for me at 16...

[@yourself79]

@@jessydriver9058 gurl, you know it, I'm one of them 😂💙

[@pauli7051]

This deserves more likes

[@teachersophia]

I can't believe I'll be taking my almost 27 years old ass to the book store to buy this.

[@sandranorman5469]

I am 73 and I bought this and read it in 24 hours.

[@frenchloverstalker]

I'm 117 and my care home put me in a van and drove me to the bookstore, wheeled me inside and I bought this book.

[@shashareid3132]

I’m literally sitting here thinking the same thing.

[@owlislike]

i mean.. it was written by a grown woman so.... read what you want lady!

[@andreatorres1287]

Same

[@evanrigel954]

regarding jasper in school, i subscribe to this fan theory: jasper has magic empathy, he picks up on and feels the emotions of others. at bella's party, he would have been feeling the thirst of 6 other vampires, including edward, who has a magic obsession for bella's blood. key point-- in the book jasper was hanging on okay until edward literally threw bella into a glass vase to "protect her". now she's bleeding bigtime, and it's more plausible for jasper to break. so unless there's a major accident at the school he should be okay (it's still super irresponsible of all of them, even with alice's magic future vision things can go wrong. i don't think she saw the Accident (tm), and that would have been a disaster for all the vamps if eddie hadn't stepped in)

[@booksbymarbles8168]

I thought that was cannon? That he could feel others emotions? and in turn manipulate their emotions? Or am I remembering wrong? In the book (Twilight) when Edward was telling Bella about his vampire family, didn't he say that was one of the reasons that the vamps who recruited him for the army liked him, cause he could rally a crowd or calm them down? I might be mixing this up with some other character from a different fandom though...

[@Atlas_P_Body]

I found the loudness of Renee's thoughts interesting as it possibly relates to Renesmee's abilities. In "Breaking Dawn" they talk a lot about the role genetics play in the special abilities vampires have. It's even touched on here with Charlie and Renee. But when you combine Bella's shielding abilities, her mother's mental loudness, with Edwards mind reading, I see how you could get Renesmee's abilities. I bet if we ever get "Breaking Dawn" from Edward's perspective, we would learn that Renesmee's thoughts are louder than usual when she's trying to share them and quieter than usual when she's not. But that's just a Theory... A Twilight theory. :)

[@keta6518]

Atlas P-Body i REALLY would love a breaking dawn in edwards eyes aaa

[@antonellafernandezcastella9184]

Breaking Dawn from Edward’s perspective would be wild considering everything that happened with the Jacob, the pregnancy and the vulturi....

[@keta6518]

Antonella Fernandez Castellano i know right, and stephanie says if shed write breaking dawn from anyone elses pov, it would be alices. i may be biased but, i definitely think it would be way inter in edwards pov because he goes through a LOT in that one

[@xgise]

You blew my mind, I didn't think about Renesmee's abilities when Edward met Renee

[@aliensubs__]

i would LOVE to see breaking dawn from edward’s perspective

[@cremetangerine82]

12:49 - Why is there deeper symbolism and metaphors on the covers than in the books? The comparison of Bella to Persephone is brilliant, along with the previous covers: “Twilight”: the apple (“forbidden fruit”) “New Moon”: the bloody flower (the birthday when she gets a paper cut) “Eclipse”: fraying red ribbon (Bella’s break from Jacob) “Breaking Dawn”: the queen’s pawn (Bella as vampire)

[@lindseywilliams9411]

Who would have thought that Midnight Sun would make me feel pure hatred for Bella's "friends"? They are terrible terrible people in their heads... except for Angela. She's always a sweet baby angel.

[@Xehanort10]

The problem is that Meyer only portrayed them as horrible people to make Bella and Edward look better.

[@noelbernabe8704]

@@Xehanort10 In part, I think Bella had horrible friends so Bella wouldn't look so bad choosing to leave then all behind. That said, in hindsight I think most of my friends in high school were pretty horrible too so who am I to judge.

[@rose1742]

I love midnight sun, it’s so disturbing. It’s like Lolita meets the series “You” meets Frankenstein angst. He’s a just a somewhat relatable villain at this point. Makes me like him more actually now that I understand he’s just kind of a psycho lol

[@gingerwiththespice-8069]

Lolita meets “you”. That’s perfect lol

[@fiachdubhe401]

It reminded me of the Frankenstein angst too! ^^

[@lkcullen1918]

YESSS I was driving myself insane trying to figure out why something about this was lowkey disgusting me so much. But your comment totally nailed it. There's something Lolita-esque goin' on there

[@rebeccacasey6027]

“He used to think Charlie was slow...” He used to think the sheriff of the town was slow. The sheriff. Charlie, literally the best person in the series. I’m conflicted as to what this means about Edward but I think all the options still end with Edward’s a bad person.

[@primmoore6232]

Edward is used to reading people's thoughts clearly. Charlie's come across as muffled fragments. If this is the first time he's had trouble hearing someone he assume the problem was a slow brain, not a shielded one.

[@talynhastime9343]

PRIM Moore I gotta wonder what a severely autistic head sounds like. I’m high functioning and it’s always piqued my curiosity too. If Cullen put on some makeup to make himself look older he could’ve gone to college to do music therapy with special needs kids/adults or something, be able to read their minds and just pass himself off as especially gifted and insightful. The world could USE a man like him.

[@primmoore6232]

@@talynhastime9343 - Aspies have such intense thought patterns! You have just suggested story line that would be WORLDS more interesting than the angsty teen romance. Each of the Cullens and other talented vampires putting their skills to use to benefit others. Jasper would help calm those out off control. Esme would be great in a NICU. Great idea!

[@twinrovas]

Talyn has time wow.... i’d read the shit out of THAT book 😂

[@keta6518]

edward isnt a bad person... WHAT... hes literally one of the best people, y'all scrutinize him for his NATURAL urges as a vampire yet he controls himself and wants better for bella and himself. anyway, if you read the book then you know that edward didnt care for ANYBODY, it makes sense that he didn't particularly care for charlie, why would he? until bella came, he hadnt cares for any human in a very long time

[@HannahTheHorrible]

“In a high school where there’s...paper everywhere” made me literally lol

[@savagenature1]

Midnight Sun Is Released Robert Pattinson: Just When I Think I'm Out, They Pull Me Back In OR Robert Pattinson: I'm Batman and I'm Never Going Back!!!!! NEVER!!!!!!!!

[@linanae1]

I don't see him going back. Ever

[@techiepartoriza43]

Midnight Sun is just Twilight but in Edward's POV

[@Grace-ms7un]

Batman is edwards kill murderers arc 😂

[@savagenature1]

@@Grace-ms7un Except Batman has his no-kill rule... although there were a couple of Riddler's henchmen that he definitely killed in self defense

[@Grace-ms7un]

@@savagenature1 nobody said he reported everything lol

[@b.castilho4011]

I am sad that he was not having a fit because of her menstruation. That was my headcanon for so long.

[@TheWipal]

like how is out man jasper even in school with a bunch of girls in full period swing

[@b.castilho4011]

TheWipal If my memory serves, it’s because menstrual blood is dead and vampires don’t crave it. Mormon biology for ya.

[@mitrazaker7483]

B. Castilho you have solved a problem that has been bothering my for over 6 years!!! Thank you🙏🏼🙏🏼now if you would be so kind as to give an explanation for how Edward gets aroused when there’s no blood flow it’d be great

[@TheWipal]

@@b.castilho4011 honestly sure I'll take that morman explanation 🤣 after Googling it, like, it is fresh blood... but it has alot of other stuff in it also.... humans really do be doing too much 😶😵😫

[@TheWipal]

@@mitrazaker7483 I Googled that the other day! what they said is that they do have venom soooo i guess thats what flowing aroung in his body to... you kno... 👀👄👀

[@hunterfox6176]

So when are we going to get the "Charlie Swan: Monster Slayer" novels?

[@amandadean3513]

Omg I just had “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” theme song, roll through my head! 😂🤣

[@thomasraines1396]

The world wouldn’t be able to handle their greatness.

[@shadezeverim3654]

Yeah make him the new Mr. Argent from teen wolf.

[@thomasraines1396]

I wouldn’t mind Alice and Bella in all honesty mainly due to the fact Alice is awesome and deserves the world, I see as sort of the Luna Lovegood of Twilight: both are seen as crazy but are honestly extremely sweet but still have this fierceness about them. Also another reason I’m fine with it is that Alice would 110% treat Bella as the most precious thing on Earth without coming off as a stalker peeper like Edward.

[@rhaelicent]

Yess omg 🥺 Alice has always treated Bella so well and their personalities would be an interesting match.. as in (for example) all the shopping, since Alice loves it and Bella hates it lmao & etc

[@nnzulu7684]

Alice is too good for Bella

[@gromitmuggromitmuggromitmug]

Gross. No.

[@katgreer6113]

luna lovegood of twilight...as a twilight and harry potter fan, that's very interesting and funny to hear.

[@Jess-qq5et]

Oh for SURE Stephenie Meyer knew what she was doing with that Georgia to Florida comment. Pure pettiness and I’m totally here for it!

[@veri.contrary]

I’ve high key been waiting for midnight sun, my 13 year old self is screaming!! Twilight has always been a point of nostalgia for me too, I simultaneously love it and love clowning on the writing and characters, etc. So glad you did a review on this!! 🥳

[@athenajaxon2397]

Same here I love it both ironically and unironically

[@cristenkray5192]

I love how this book was literally just You, but with vampires and werewolves.

[@emmadixon8071]

I just finished reading this book and i actually liked it a lot more than the other books. The Cullen family is actually really interesting, and knowing more about Jasper and Alice was really really cool.

[@katatonic3450]

I’m going thru my twilight phase and I’ve become so obsessed to the point where I tried to learn the lullaby that Edward wrote for Bella lol

[@ladys8615]

I did on piano. Became one of my repertoires lol

[@lorenareyes5392]

We all do that, even look for clair de lune

[@Grace-ms7un]

I organizing my cds by year and my favorite within that year 😂❤

[@VolatileSupernova]

Midnight Sun just gave me a HUGE appreciation for Emmett, i always liked him, but after Midnight Sun I have so much respect for him.

[@theblackbaron4119]

I'm convinced that Stephanie Mayer never interacted with another human during her highschool time. Or she really doesn't know how to write men or women.

[@baseliacaliga425]

It's both

[@Whitneypyant]

She had Jacob imprinted on a baby.

[@Whitneypyant]

Beans stop defending it. Freaking gross and weird.

[@rebeckiecousin]

Beans stop defending a potential pedophilia situation 🙄🤢🤮😤

[@TheMimilija]

Well, what can you expect from that poor mormon

[@kateinthegrass]

Who did that pomegranate photography and why do they hate us?

[@kimbooley90]

God, it really is so ugly and unpleasing to the eye, lol. I hate looking at it.

[@penneyburgess5431]

I think it represents the Greek myth of Persephone. She ate six seeds and therefore had to stay in the underworld for six months out of the year. For Bella the apple was the forbidden fruit, being Edward. In reality, from Edward’s perspective, he is offering her fruit of the dead. It’s beautiful symbolism.

[@emdove]

I actually really like the cover 😂

[@megastar4470]

I like the cover, it gives me hannibal vibes

[@alphawolfsquadronthe3rd218]

Penney Burgess Dang, that’s beautiful. I never thought of it that way. I always thought the apple was just there

[@fluffbowl]

Oh no, I can feel myself itching to read Alice x Bella fic

[@annabelcrescibene4257]

Me too

[@ravendangernavy3575]

anyone know any good ones with decent writing?

[@Jose-xf7kq]

I'm so about this. Like, not as a romance, but as a weird psychological fiction about a stalker who gets into an abusive relationship with his stalk-ee. Like, if this was marketed as noir for angry middle class boys instead of romance for nostalgic millennial girls, the genre suddenly changes and the book makes sense

[@the1dbumblebee317]

There is so much...wrong with this comment. Girls don't read thriller books? Girls only read romance books? Did you read what you wrote before you posted it??

[@Jose-xf7kq]

@@the1dbumblebee317 I'm talking about marketing norms, not real trends dood

[@clementine1827]

Ever think about how if Edward didn’t stop the car Bella would literally be dead

[@JM-vr1br]

And than we could have just followed Edward and his awesome family. Oh no.😂

[@Xehanort10]

Team Tyler's Van.

[@thomasraines1396]

Is that such a bad thing?

[@thomasraines1396]

Xehanort10 we could a story about the lead up to Tyler getting his van and it would be interesting then this.

[@judithvelaquez7094]

I'm kinda disappointed that there won't be Edward's pov of new moon that's the only thing im curious about tbh

[@xoMrsWentzxo]

That would’ve been a lot more interesting than a rewrite of Twilight

[@jaimelowe4246]

“That’s a lot of fan fiction I’ve read” Cue violent 9th grade flashbacks

[@FarrenCroft]

I'm not the only one who seriously disliked Twilight but had a crush on Alice, am I? AM I?

[@xxdaemochibixx120]

Meeee i even cut my hair like her in the first movie for years

[@Mad-ik4fq]

Yep, I think she was my first ever crush

[@zaighnut]

Alice was the best part of the franchise ♥️

[@pauli7051]

SAME. My mom made me watch it with her and I was just looking at Alice and Rosalie the whole time.

[@keta6518]

Ur Mom yall let us like it in peace 😩

[@nuckingfuts1432]

My favorite parts of this book and what I think make it a worthwhile read (and SO much better than "Grey"), and also different from the unfinished version that was released was all of the extra stuff that we didn't see from Bella's perspective, for one, Bella. For some reason, her personality comes off COMPLETELY different than Twilight- she's actually a fleshed-out character, you see her personality much differently. You see inside the minds if everyone around Edward, which I especially thought was interesting when we were able to see the full extent of Alice and Jasper's powers (side note, I'm in love with Jasper now?) I also think that Meyer's writing felt very much the same, but perhaps slightly more mature. There is much more detailed descriptions of Edward and Bella's physical attraction to eachother, whereas in Twilight I was always irritated we only got "made my heart race, ran out of breath, made me dizzy, etc". If you are a reader that is okay with long inner monologs, and I mean pages and pages of thoughts between dialog and action, and you enjoyed Twilight, give it a read. I for one, waited TWELVE YEARS for this book and I wasn't disappointed in the slightest

[@laureneverett9224]

A part of me wishes Stephenie would have just omitted the whole stalking/watching her sleep part from Midnight Sun because that's one of Twilight's biggest criticisms... but alas, she just made it worse by having Edward justify it lol.

[@moonstone6164]

I actually think she made it better because she showed how he even thought that is was creepy and how much he tried to both protect her (with his levels of anxiety I get why he has a more extreme need of protecting her at all times) and to keep it as not-creepy as he could. I feel like this showed that he was aware of the creepiness of the nightly stalking that the original Twilight book. In that he didn't seem to judge himself for it

[@saturnssubliminals]

I kinda think that was the point lol

[@martad.9429]

I think she made it better. In Twilight is not mentioned how creepy he is, he looks like a prince in shining...skin (?). But here, we see Edward is far from perfect, he has big mental issues.

[@martad.9429]

Also, let's remember usually vampires get in girl's bedrooms to kill them. He's a vampire after all, he must have some creepy trait.

[@TheSlipperyNUwUdle]

While I agree, I gotta respect a woman that doubles down and sticks to her resolve even if she’s wrong.

[@livmashupmansen191]

Amanda: She’s going to be your shiny new toy, Eddy!

[@fealubryne]

I've never been into Twilight or books in that vein, but I gotta admit that your reviews are my favorite and while I still laugh at some of the cornier parts, you actually help me appreciate some of the better aspects.

[@goddyssincognito1565]

@Fealubryne “in that vein” 😂😂 - and they’re vampires! 🤣 🤣🤣OMG such a perfect pun! Lololol!!

[@MrChupacabra555]

I've always wondered: Twilight vampires are of course stuck at the physical development of when they were turned (I guess, haven't read any of the books). Do they also remain frozen at the emotional level of the age they were turned? This would explain why a 100+ year old man would still hang around a high school, and be willing to date high school girls, instead of older, more emotionally stable women.

[@bonniejames5663]

I could’ve swore that’s why turning babies/toddlers into vampires is illegal in twilight lore because they don’t age or mature but idk how it works for them ? It would serve as a good explanation I think though

[@jacinthberyl5817]

It's true that they don't mentally age either but you have to take into consideration that some 17 year olds are mentally older than others. Some kids just have more mature minds than their peers.

[@jessicasharpe1925]

Men are just essentially eternal 12 year olds. And it always depends on the circumstances that change you mentally. It's not that the brain continues to grow physically. it does shrink after a certain point due to age. If anything, theoretically we could assume the "abilities" are really just the brain opening up after turning into a vampire and accessing sections we previously couldn't.

[@dcasey714]

Yep, that's pretty much it exactly. I remember reading years ago that Jane, the Volturi girl who could project pain onto others, was wanted by the Volturi since she was a child, and they actively waited for her to grow into her teens before turning her so that she would be mature enough to carry out the work they needed her for. Same thing with the immortal children, they never mature enough to control their thirst and emotions and therefore one bout of anger can lead to a massacre

[@martad.9429]

Their brain is frozen like everything else. Except one part 😏

[@fvunders]

“How kind she is to other people, how s e l f l e s s “ is this the same character we’re talking about here ???

[@nessyness5447]

she was so selfless she didn't give two fucks about ignoring her friends and then remember their existance when edward was not there. attempting suicide without thinking how her death would impact her parents or friends just to see edward's hallucination, and she could not care less about abandoning her parents with no further explanation just to become a vampire.

[@fvunders]

nessy ness she really is the most selfless character ever to exist w o w

[@nessyness5447]

@@fvunders the only selfess thing she did was moving with her dad to give her mom and step some newly wedded privacy and i bet she did it only because she didn't like her mom's new husband

[@nessyness5447]

@Ade Olorunmaiye i literally can't think of anything selfless she has done ...

[@Xehanort10]

@Ade Olorunmaiye What? She's as selfish as they come. Treats her dad and friends like shit, doesn't give a damn about anyone but herself and her obsession Edward, acts like she's better than everyone else. She did bitch and moan about going to Forks. She told her mother she wanted to go while acting like she was being dragged there against her will and complained about where the clouds were in the sky of all the petty things.

[@ArcaneEther]

Despite its numerous flaws, I still really enjoyed the Twilight series. I've always thought that Meyer has some great concepts, but lacked the ability to flesh out those concepts into fully realized plots. She'd be better off as a member of a writing team for a live action series, like something on Netflix, where other team members could take her raw ideas and polish them up.

[@TheCheat420]

When a friend of mine made a post about this book the other day all I could think about was how excited I am that you'd be making this video haha.

[@marianaladeiraalves]

The mysterious CD had HAUNTED ME since 2009, and I always thought I was a LP one. I'm so happy to know it was!

[@BreakingMercury]

I don’t want it to end at Twilight, I want four full blown books from his point of view 😂

[@moonbunnycakes]

New Moon would be pretty short haha.

[@nagablackwing4700]

That's an understatement!

[@delusionalmilkshake]

@@moonbunnycakes just drinking and crying

[@doclewis8927]

Yikes...the "romantic protecting peeper" IS definitely how a lot of real life stalkers think of themselves. I've had to deal with more than one. Ex-partners and an ex-friend who wanted more than friendship. Thankfully, I knew who my stalkers were and could get rid of them by moving from state to state (more than once). The ex-friend was the one I worried about the most because he paid someone on the internet to find me (back when it was actually harder to find people online) and he called me asking about the place that I worked. Totally freaked me out. I was ready to call the cops until he said that he was in one of the Carolinas but I stopped answering the phone and got caller ID so I could see the phone number that was calling. I'm still afraid he'll show up some day even though it's been nearly 20 years now.

[@user-ms2hr3oq2z]

AMANDA U BEAUTIFUL HUMAN. Thank u so much for talking about the Quileute tribe and their goal to move to higher land!! Imo Stephanie herself should donate some of the proceeds from the release of midnight sun Bc the way she protrayed native creation stories as scary stories was trash. The Quileute nation deserves better.

[@Melissa-bm9to]

It's so cute like she kinda roast the movie and the book while LOVING IT

[@bella-tt9hk]

the intro is just iconic

[@lilybliblablubb5023]

I was a fan of the books when I was 14 so this book is like taking a trip down memory lane. Plus is it just me or is it actually quite funny seeing him think about his murder plans? 😅 Like most people were probably expecting at least some love vibes but he's just sitting there thinking how he could enjoy her blood the best just as I think when the best time to order pizza would be XD

[@NoiseDay]

I was pleasantly surprised when I heard that

[@syrisa]

Is it bad that I'm just staring at the Digimon in the background and thinking where I can get one? Also are they trying to redeem the murderous stoker that Edward kinda is? I am going to get the book.

[@demonoflight]

The Digimon are made by Squishables, worth checking if they still have them on their website.

[@syrisa]

@@demonoflight thank you

[@No-899]

I just want to say one thing: a book about literally any of the other Cullen’s would’ve been more interesting than another version of the same love story we’ve already read

[@heynae2016]

10:56 Seeing how Alice is so nice to Bella all the time this came as a surprise but at the same time not. I'd love to read that

[@jadewolf22]

Omgggg I remember reading this actually on her website sometime in the 2010s with a blurb about how she would never publish it and wanted to have people read it there instead of the leaked photocopies… I was so obsessed

[@movieblocks9164]

I was exposed to twilight by my mom in 2008 when I was like 3 and I actually went to see the last one in theaters because me and my siblings all thought it was an action franchise because my mom just skipped the.... *Stuff* and I never realized that it was a romance saga until we saw the last one in theaters and there was a lot of.... *stuff* and no action. And they just said the final battle was a vision and not real so that really upset me.

[@littlemissmello]

I remember the first one coming out and my brother and our two (male) friends went to see it because we knew it was about vampires and we thought it was going to be a horror or something and the thing I remember most about that was that we all biked back home afterwards and I kept saying over and over again "but the baseball scene was cool, right?" I did end up reading the books soon after though

[@taurusblack9282]

I was 7 when the first movie come out and my mom introduced me to it too. It was a fun experience as a child

[@subtlefire7256]

If you know nothing more about Twilight than that it's got vampires, it's really easy to misjudge the premise. Happened to me, too. I read the book back in 2009 when the hype was renewed due to the first movie coming out. I was 14 and everyone in my class was talking about it. I've always liked creepy stuff and it was around that time that I started reading and watching horror, so I thought that it might be something I'd enjoy and could talk about to people (something that's always been difficult and frustrating for me), so I was rather excited about it. But boy, was I wrong.

[@ceciliejensen7506]

That could be so easily avoided though. Like, just watch a trailer?

[@movieblocks9164]

Cecilie Jensen dude I was 3.

[@H.annahPaige]

"mans rolled up with some WD-40" had me on the FLOOR

[@Planet-dad]

He didn't just decide he loved her though bc she said his name? When he watched and noticed her interactions with people in the school he learned how selfless and caring she was. He fell in love with with her personality, her humor, the way she talked about her family, how she treats others even if he thinks they don't deserve it. I think he genuinely did care about her.

[@jayachandrakapu9289]

Finally someone said it!

[@caoimheglynn-manley3439]

She’s said she still wants to write 2 more books set in the twilight world, and that she was considering doing it form Jacob/Renesmee’s pov

[@krystalcanfield3553]

I liked seeing the past from different events in Edward's life because it gives more insight to why he feels the way he does.

[@emilamaa]

Honestly the "man's coming in with WD40!" Had me cracking up

[@alexapulido9494]

I'm just silently going to continue crying over the bottle cap because once he destroyed it, all his thoughts shifted into "yup, im leaving bella so she can have a chance at a human life" and that PAINS ME SO MUCH to read all that thought process that doesn't stop till the end of the book i-

[@nicoleg2544]

I’m not a fan of Twilight, but I am gonna read the hell out of this book. This sounds like The Trash to me. Like the best trash there ever was written, and does that make me trash for enjoying it? Maybe. But I will read this book and I won’t even feel a tiny bit guilty for it.

[@mrpurple11]

Good for you. No shame in liking trash😁

[@odd-eyes9463]

I'm in the middle of writing a book, so taking the time to read is difficult. I grew out of Twilight, but, I hope you'll enjoy it.

[@cybotico_]

That intro is amazing

[@dekaalopez]

ok but alice coming back in new moon after bella throws herself from the cliff and them bonding + getting together is literally the plot from ‘the edge’ by fembuck: a fanfic even i - who have always loathed twilight - read and loved and remember to this day hdjskdhhd

[@sumedha9072]

Somewhere in my heart,I can feel Robert Pattinson letting out a demonic screeching at this . A really loud and painful one.

[@ablackcatcrossesyourpath6222]

I can’t be the only one who just lost it while she was reading Edwards completely unexpected plans to kill everyone in his biology class😂😂😂

[@stspapergenius]

in regards to 05:02, tbf he's probably feeling the bloodlust of everyone else in the room too. I don't imagine most humans are craving blood like the cullen family :P

[@sansastark1967]

20:03 tbf, Alice uses her power to get the timing perfect so there are no lethal injuries

[@cocobeans3742]

11:55 He loved her before that, and was heartbroken because he thought she could never love him back, that’s when she said his name.

[@CarAmeL624]

I know Stephanie Meyer said she wont write anymore Edward perspective books but man would I love to hear his perspective on the rest of the books. To make it easier, New Moon and Eclipse could be one book because of his role in both. 😁👍🏽👌🏽 Might I say, that I found Bella 100% more likeable (likely because of how he sees her), but maybe because the movies made me forget possibly how bright, witty and funny she was, on top of being selfless I would love to see..... *SPOILER ALERT* 1. His time away from Bella in Brazil 2. His Volturi encounters in Italy 3. When he finally decided that he would be ok with Bella becoming a Vampire 4. All of the Jacob arguments and jealousy 5. The wedding and the honeymoon 🙈 6. The birth of Renesmee and Bella's transformation 7. The final standoff with the Volturi

[@xgise]

I've been thinking about it and I think New Moon could be two novellas, the first one covering what happened since the ending of twilight up to some time after he leaves Bella. I don't think we need to see all his pain and how terrible it was for him, his mind would probably be a very dark place. The other novella should pick up some time before he finds out about Bella's "suicide", describing briefly what he and the rest of the Cullens have been doing since leaving Bella and then covering how he feels thinking Bella is dead and decided to go to the Volturi, until after they return to Forks. Actually, I think everything you mentioned could be covered in a collection of short stories from his perspective. Maybe adding some stories from the perspective of other characters.

[@Nafaustu]

Your sponsor read had literally the best transition i've ever heard. Bravo.

[@All-Hail-Gayle]

I heard someone ask for it in Barnes & Noble. Felt like I was in a time warp.

[@trin9264]

I love that your making donations to the tribe thats awesome thank you!!!Just finished the book yesterday! And honestly it's gold. I dont care what anyone else else says, it's pure gold. ❤❤❤

[@queenm7992]

I don’t know if anyone remembers this line and finds it as funny as i did but u was a cracking up when Edward thought “I could have stopped Bella from running right into me, but I’ll admit- I didn’t want to” 😂

[@emmacasalino9919]

“mans rolled up with some wD40 “ 😂😂😂

[@jasminepolanco3454]

Yes please to reviewing “The Host” movie! Would LOVE to hear more of your thoughts on why Stephanie Meyer decided that another abusive love interest was the picture of an ideal relationship.

[@vincentforresterstott1083]

Thank you for the donation to the Quileute Tribe!

[@KatarnandKanos]

I like your reactions to Alice. From what I know of the series and characters, she is a genuinely adorable and endearing character and should get more focus.

[@thomasraines1396]

I see as the Twilight equivalent of Luna Lovegood from Harry Potter: both characters are honesty insanely adorable and all around sweet who deserve more attention.

[@mars-th1ee]

Amanda's twilight videos are my one true guilty pleasure.

[@18becbec]

Thank you for donating the ad revenue to such a worthwhile campaign! Not thank you for somehow making me want to read this 😂 That Georgia bit had better be a dig, I swear to god... Oh and I'm so glad Edward's on board with Alice being Bella's... girlfriend... 😏

[@fruityrat694]

"This is of course the time where Edward makes stinky face when she walks into the classroom" That was worded so fuckin well I love it

[@PassableClown]

‘Man’s rolled up with some WD-40’ when I tell you I CACKLED

[@justtry8552]

You know tou're a fan when you're not a fan of Twilight and become interested when Amanda is talking about it.

[@heretowatchcats2978]

my favorite part of this video is the raycon ad.. that effort to insert the ad is so funny it's genius

[@pennysmith750]

I love that in this book we could learn more about Jasper's powers. Like the whole James scene. James didn´t feel scared when he saw all the Cullens together but the moment he ACTUALLY saw Jasper, he knew he was lost. Like, he saw him and lost all hope, that's just how scary/ powerful he is.

[@thomasraines1396]

Damn that’s some real mind fuckery right there.

[@sofiaperilla7036]

Yeah!! But also i kinda didnt get that part, why was he so scared tho? Because if James didnt notice Jasper in the clearing why would his mere presence terrify him like that? Or was it because he was using his power to make him feel so?

[@helleaas7861]

He was using his power :)

[@anjallieatherton3399]

Does anyone else think her story getting leaked was like a turning point in time where we could have gone on to two different realities? Maybe this 2020 stuff never would’ve happened had the original book idea never leaked

[@twilightsky1580]

What 2020 stuff?

[@anjallieatherton3399]

TwilightSky15 just how it seems like the end of the world with the protests, the rising tensions with China, and the pandemic

[@keta6518]

lol i love the book but its not THAT powerful, pretty sure this stuff still would have happened because it needed to happen this year, unfortunately. thats just how life works

[@cariparkerr1_girl369]

I read the chapter that Stephanie released on her website soon after it was revealed that Catherine Hardwicke was the one that leaked MS. I loved it so much that it inspired me to rewrite New Moon from his POV because that was the movie I had the most troubles with... having been in Bella's shoes there. I wanted to know what he and his family were doing and how he was feeling while they were away. I essentially took NM and wrote side by side with it whenever he was with Bella and you could get her side, but I filled in his side of the story. I never published it anywhere because I was terrified of getting copyright struck, but my few friends that read what I had written (up to where Bella saved him before my life got turned upside down) said that they liked it more than Twilight and New Moon as it was much darker... having took my cue from Midnight Sun. Seems like such a waste of time now.. but I do love what I wrote when i look back on it. I agree with you that this was amazing.... and probably how it should've been done from the start. Now I want them all from his POV.

[@katzeartist5833]

I spit out my water when you said 'Drugging a Woman', can safely say I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT