NOTES/THOUGHTS/REACTIONS:
So more boring conversation continues from last chapter. Yay. Bella actually asks how he and the rest of the pack are doing. It seems they are taking wonderfully to the whole being a werewolf thing. Quil, in fact loves it. Um...I'm sorry, this is like a complete turnaround from New Moon, isn't it? Most of them were acting like it's this big burden. but now, no it's apprarently only Jacob and Sam who were having the issue about it. Great. Once again, Meyer completely ignores what she's written before. Bella asks about Sam and we get this confusion:
"That's a long story."
"I told you a long story.
From Eclipse, Chapter 5
Huh? When did she tell Jacob a long story? All she did was talk about how perfect she and Edward were for each other and Jacob couldn't possibly get it? Did I miss something? Apparently. But whatever, this is the perfect excuse for Meyer to introduce us to Sam's backstory. She does so (but not before yet another pointed conversation about how Edward is far superior to Jacob because you know, he's MATURE about wanting to kill Jacob, whereas Jake is just being an ass because he makes no secret of it. Once more, double standard for vampires vs. werewolves). Anyway, we learn that Sam was the first to change.
He of course had it much worse because he had to figure it out on his own. We also learn that when he changed, he was dating Leah Clearwater to which Bella is shocked about. Wow, people date before they find their true love?! People obviously as in love as she and Edward are didn't find each other right away?! How shocking and unromantic. Sorry, but that's seriously what she makes it out to be.
This, then also brings up the imprinting subject. You see, werewolves have a soulmate. The minute these guys see their soulmate, all bets are off, this is the one for them. Never mind if the other person doesn't feel the same. Never mind if they are INVOLVED with someone at the time. They see them, that's it. Makes a whole lot of sense, doesn't it? Except...it doesn't. Especially seeing as how Jacob goes on to say it's an exception to the rule, yet later in the series practically the whole damn pack finds soulmates. Lets not even go into how illogical and unfair the imprinting part is to the woman the werewolf imprints on.
I want to go into why I detest the Sam/Emily/Leah thing. Number one thing? Emily and Leah are cousins and supposedly best friends when all this went down. Sam as I said, is dating Leah at the time. She was super worried about his transformation and helping him through it and they were evidently working out. But the minute he sees Emily? Boom. Forgets about her and is completely besotted. What does Emily do in return? Loves him back! Some best friend, huh? Now there is some rot about her supposedly not having a choice in the matter, um...YES SHE DID. She could have stayed away from him. But no. She gives in, they're getting married, and she has the nerve to have Leah be her bridesmaid and everyone is going on about how Leah is being such a good sport about all this! Just...WHAT?
Oh, and somewhere between all this, Bella learns that Jacob now is not aging. Some crap about him now being physically 25...what? Putting that idiocy aside, there's this lovely rant:
"Am I the only one who has to get old? I get older every stinking day!" I nearly shrieked., throwing my hands in the air. Some little part of me recognized that I was throwing a Charlie-esque fit, but that rational part was greatly overshadowed by the irrational part. "Damn it! What kind of world is this? Where's the justice?"
From Eclipse, Chapter 5
Well first, I'm glad at least Bella KNOWS she's being stupid. But that's undermined by the Charlie insult. I'm sorry, since when does CHARLIE have fits? Non-legit fits like the one you're throwing you utter BRAT? Second, I feel your pain. Really I do. How awful for you to AGE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE. Must be tough. God, not only is this series sexist, anti-feminist, and slightly racist, it's agist as well. Lovely. Third, Bella, how about feeling some sympathy for Jacob? He's probably not particularly thrilled with not aging because he's not age-obsessed like you are. But you're so damn selfish I bet you didn't think of that.
Needless to say, I kind of loathed this chapter. It had everything I hate about this series: ignorant bigotry, illogical things that border on stupid, selfish and bratty Bella, "true love trumps all other love, deal with it", women don't get a choice in the matter; it's just the way things are, being old sucks! Just, UGH. Hated chapter comes to an end with Bella promising to visit again.
WORD LIST: none that I could see
GENERAL ANNOYANCES: Imprinting-MAKES NO SENSE. It also reeks of "man choose woman, woman must take man even if she doesn't want too".
Sam and Emily and the utter WRONGNESS of the whole situation, yet Meyer keeps saying it's okay because they are "soulmates". Even though it's not exactly Emily's choice.
How can a body rapidly and physically change to age twenty-five? Yet still be sixteen? This makes NO SENSE.
Bella. Jacob. Nuff said.
Yet more "Edward is perfect" from Bella and her double standard concerning vampires vs werewolves
The nerve of BELLA snickering at the thought of "love at first sight", yet who was it that fell for Edward in like a week?
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