Not to say that Twilight is feminist but it’s MORE feminist than TVD is.
Really it’s just that TVD almost purposely makes itself more problematic than Twilight, which is astonishing considering the control issues between Bella and Edward…
In what way? because there’s two creepy douchebags to boss her about instead of just one? i have (to my horror) read articles supporting the idea of twilight as a feminist novel…
n terms of man characters I would say Bella is given far more agency in her narrative than Elena is, particularly in the final book of the “saga” (I hate calling it that). For a show that specifically points to Elena making choices, she’s not allowed to. In the last book Bella got to decide to get married, to keep the vampire baby that may or may not kill her, etc. Twilight isn’t feminist, in my opinion, not without some interesting interpretation but Bella is given more of a choice in what happens to her than Elena is. Bella decided to be turned and was very adamant about doing so. She really, really wanted it and she got it. At the end of the story, Bella had EVERYTHING she wanted and she’d gone through some hell to get it.
And Bella was the main character of her story, from beginning to end. Her story wasn’t told for Edward or for Jacob (even when we got Jacob’s POV - and wow was that terrible because I actually quite despise both Jacob and Edward). Bella’s POV - whatever you can say about it - was her own. In TVD Elena isn’t even the main character except in promotional material, the writing proves that. It’s focused on Damon and Stefan.
And as eleusinianmystery put it: “Bella wanted to have sex and keep her baby. Bella had sex and kept her baby”
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In terms of man characters I would say Bella is given far more agency in her narrative than Elena is, particularly in the final book of the “saga” (I hate calling it that). For a show that specifically points to Elena making choices, she’s not allowed to. In the last book Bella got to decide to get married, to keep the vampire baby that may or may not kill her, etc. Twilight isn’t feminist, in my opinion, not without some interesting interpretation but Bella is given more of a choice in what happens to her than Elena is. Bella decided to be turned and was very adamant about doing so. She really, really wanted it and she got it. At the end of the story, Bella had EVERYTHING she wanted and she’d gone through some hell to get it. And Bella was the main character of her story, from beginning to end. Her story wasn’t told for Edward or for Jacob (even when we got Jacob’s POV - and wow was that terrible because I actually quite despise both Jacob and Edward). In TVD Elena isn’t even the main character except in promotional material, the writing proves that. It’s focused on Damon and Stefan.
Elena’s not going to get free from the Salvatore dungeon any time soon. Stefan and Damon team up with Caroline, Bonnie, and Matt in an effort to torture Elena’s humanity out of her by stealing her ring and exposing her to sunlight. But there’s a problem. They’re trying to use fear to inspire emotion, but Elena’s not afraid, because she knows that while everyone else might have reached their breaking point with her, Damon still won’t ever let anything truly bad happen to her. He can’t help but save her. (x)
OH MY GOD
No wonder NBC held onto Phelps’s story for so long - Lochte is a nightmare when he opens his mouth/wears clothes/decides what his hair looks like
Literally what in the hell is he talking about?
Bless his heart.
ART THO
