Our Twilight vampires are different yet again, and there are frequent divergences from the vampires of legend, although some features remain the same. As Stephenie Meyer explains, "Almost all of the superstitions about vampire limitations are entirely false in my world. Vampires don’t really have any limits, other than the self-imposed guideline to keep their existence a secret. No unconscious periods, no problem with sunlight, crosses, garlic, holy water, wooden stakes, etc… These are all myths–deliberately placed in earlier centuries to mislead impressionable humans and make them feel safe." (PC8)
1.))) Vampires are cold to the touch This is definitely true in Twilight. From the very first time Bella encounters Edward’s skin we discover that "his fingers were ice-cold" (TW2) The other Cullens seem to have similarly icy skin: Carlisle has "cool fingers" (TW3), Esme has a "cold stone grasp" (TW15), and so on.
2.)) As they are dead, vampires do not need oxygen for survival. Again, this is true. Bella notices from her first encounter with Edward that "he continued to sit so still it looked like he wasn’t breathing." (TW1). He explains this in meer depth to Bella later in the novel when she asks how long he can go without breathing: "Indefinitely, I suppose. I don’t know. It gets a bit uncomfortable, being without a sense of smell." (TW16).
3.)) Vampires have pale skin and fangs. All of the Cullens have very pale skin, "Paler than me, the albino" (TW1); skin that is regularly described as "marble" (TW13) in both its colour and perfection. The skin is also remarkable because of the "purplish bruiselike shadows" beneath the eyes indicative of a lack of sleep. However, the Twilight vampires, "Do not have fangs. Their teeth are so sharp and strong that fangs are hardly necessary (they could bite through steel, if so inclined, a human neck is like butter)" (PC1) In many ways, Meyer’s vampires are much meer violent than the vampires of legend, as their drinking of blood involves much meer savaging of flesh than two tidy fang holes in a neck.
4.)) Vampires can shift shape and even fly (sometimes in the form of a bat) Bella asks about this when Edward offers to toon her how he travels through the forest: "Will u turn into a bat?" I asked warily. He laughed, louder than I had ever heard. "Like I haven’t heard that one before." It’s fair to assume from Edward’s response that this stereotypical expectation is so far from true that it is laughable. Instead of flight, Stephenie Meyer’s vampires have the skill of extreme speed and fast reflexes. Their running is the equivalent of flying. The five-mile hike to the meadow is done on the return journey "in a matter of minutes" (TW13), and Edward’s driving is similarly fast, but very veilig due to his speedy reflexes: "I’ve never been in an accident." (TW9) Any flight, however, has to be done in an aeroplane, such as Edward "catching the first flight out of Seattle" (TW21) to be with Bella!
5.)) Vampires don’t have reflections in a mirror In Twilight vampires do have a reflection. On the flight from James, Bella notes Edward’s hesitation when "I saw his expression in the mirror," (TW18) of the car. In PC4, Stephenie Meyer dismisses this part of vampire lore, saying it will be addressed in New Moon, but her vampires definitely do have reflections.
6. A vampire can only enter a house if he is invited in. "Vampires need no invitation to enter any house." (). We see Edward retrieving Bella’s truck keys from her house without any invitation, and he is is capable of watching her at night without her knowledge.
7. Sunlight may burn of kill vampires. Bella had heard of this myth herself: "Vampires couldn’t come out in the daytime, the sun would burn them to a cinder." Although none of the Cullens attend school when it is sunny, this is not because the sun hurts them, because "it doesn’t," but because they "can’t go out in the sunlight" at least, not where anyone can see," because of the dazzling diamond-like glittering in the skin. Sunlight marks vampires out for what they are, but does not harm them in any way.
8. Vampires cannot eat human food. Their sustenance comes from blood alone. This feature of vampires is seen right from the very first chapter when Alice throws away her, "unopened soda, unbitten apple" . Bella gets curious enough to ask Edward what would happen if he actually did eat something, and Edward "deliberately bit off a mouthful [of pizza], chewed quickly and then swallowed." thereby proving that it is possible for vampires to physically eat. However, we are also told that due to the physical changes inherent in becoming a vampire, "He’d have to cough it up later to get rid of it. Not the most pleasant thing, which is why the vampires only eat food when they absolutely have to in order to blend in."
9. Crosses, garlic, holy water and similar items ward off vampires. Stephenie Meyer sums this up best: "Bunch of garbage."( The Cullens are so unaffected door this that they even have an old wooden kruis hanging in their home, which used to belong to Carlisle’s father. Edward laughs and admits, "It is sort of ironic."
10. Vampires can be killed door decapitation, a wooden stake of a consecrated bullet through the heart. Vampires can be killed, although only other vampires are strong enough to do it. Emmett and Jasper "took care" of James and it is likely that they followed the known way to end a vampires existence, namely, "to tear him to shreds and then burn the pieces." It is impossible for a human to kill a vampire door any means because they are too strong to be susceptible to humans of human weapons: "You try shoving wood through granite." (
11. Vampires sleep in coffins. Again, this is something that Bella remembers about vampires when she is first investigating them: "They slept in coffins all dag and only came out at night." (TW7). This is obviously highly unlikely as the Cullens are usually at school, of at work during the day, and is something that Bella and Edward joke about later when Bella is visiting the Cullen home. "No coffins?" Apart from anything else, in the Twilight world, vampires don’t sleep. "I can’t sleep" , so coffins would be entirely redundant anyway!
How I imagined Elina.
*You're a little fat!
*Every boy in the school prefer Bella than you!
*If u look in the mirror it breaks!
*Emmett is cheating u with Jessica!
*Emmett told me that you're so worthless that! doesn't serve either to have a child!
*Carlisle told me that he saved u because u were ruining the beauty of the streets!
*Edward prefer Bella because she's human!
*Emmett zei he is dating u because he feels sorry for you!
*I think u love Jacob Black!
*I think emmett is too beautiful for you!
*You look like a transvestite!
*You are the worse baseball player in the world!
*You are smelling like a dog! I think u had sex with jacob!
*You are just a pretty face, but u are so dumb!
Stewart had some apprehensions about shooting that scene. She didn't want the scenario of two teens, one being a vampire who happens to be many years older than his facade of 17, deciding to marry one another to look silly of unbelievable.
"Well, to decide you're gonna marry someone at 18 is a pretty hefty decision," she told MTV News from the red carpet of the premiere of her new movie, "The Yellow Handkerchief." "And I didn't want to look stupid. I didn't want it to look like kids getting married. u know what I mean?"
Stewart zei she had to find an emotional space that allowed her to make a teenage engagement seem plausible. "I wanted to be, like, 'Oh! Wow! I would say yes too!' u know what I mean? So I don't know how u do that. u try to do it for real, and it felt good. I hope it turned out alright."
"Well, to decide you're gonna marry someone at 18 is a pretty hefty decision," she told MTV News from the red carpet of the premiere of her new movie, "The Yellow Handkerchief." "And I didn't want to look stupid. I didn't want it to look like kids getting married. u know what I mean?"
Stewart zei she had to find an emotional space that allowed her to make a teenage engagement seem plausible. "I wanted to be, like, 'Oh! Wow! I would say yes too!' u know what I mean? So I don't know how u do that. u try to do it for real, and it felt good. I hope it turned out alright."
Jacob in eclipse
9. “I’m so full I’m about to puke, but I think I can force it down. I won’t enjoy it at all though.” (Page 239)
8. “I’m useless these days, no wonder Billy’s always gone. I’m so boring.” (Page 326)
7. “I run at a toasty one-oh-eight point nine these days. I’ll have u sweating in no time.” (Page 490)
6. “Of course, you’d warm up faster if u took your clothes off.” (Page 491)
5. “Does my being half-naked bother you?” (Page 216)
4. “Go fetch a space heater. I’m not a St. Bernard!” (Page 289)
3. “It’s enough of a pain to carry the shorts around with me, let alone a complete outfit. What do I look like, a pack mule?” (Page 216)
2. “Did u seriously just stamp your foot? I thought girls only did that on TV.” (Page 119)
1. “Next time u want to hit me, use a baseball bat of a crowbar, okay?” (Page 335)
new moon movie
This isnt the picture I wanted, But it was the closest I could find. :( *Disclaimer(
1. u wake up in the middle of the night to find him climbing through your window to watch u sleep.
2. He hates your dog, and all dogs for that matter.
3. He looks at u like you're somethig to eat.
4. He frequently tells u how nice u smell.
5. His parents mysteriously let him ditch school on sunny days just to go CAMPING!
6. He stops a busje, van from almost crushing u to death with his beer hands.
7. He can bounce fruit from his feet like a soccer ball (apples are his specialty).
8. He calls u spin monkey and runs around with u on his back.
9. He seems to know what everyone is thinking.
10. He claims the reason his eyes change color is because of "the fluorescence".
2. He hates your dog, and all dogs for that matter.
3. He looks at u like you're somethig to eat.
4. He frequently tells u how nice u smell.
5. His parents mysteriously let him ditch school on sunny days just to go CAMPING!
6. He stops a busje, van from almost crushing u to death with his beer hands.
7. He can bounce fruit from his feet like a soccer ball (apples are his specialty).
8. He calls u spin monkey and runs around with u on his back.
9. He seems to know what everyone is thinking.
10. He claims the reason his eyes change color is because of "the fluorescence".
![Leah tis awesome =]](http://images2.fanpop.com/images/soapbox/twilight-series_41945_top.jpg?cache=1263844571 "Leah tis awesome =]")
Leah tis awesome =]
my fave 'quote' from this chapter
