Team Edward discussion
Discuss Breaking Dawn!!

I have no idea how Bella was able to conceive a child if Edward has no sperm.
As for the alien language, I'm assuming they were speaking Portugese since that was what was being spoken through out the trip. And the lady was telling him basically about the legends and that she was going to see death because she knew that Bella was pregnant.
And I haven't heard that about the A Mid Summer Night's Dream thing.

Don't even get me started on the name or the imprinting.
I hated this book.
I really wish she would have stopped at 3. I was so excited to read about Bella and Edward an her changing and them being together. I feel totally let down. I wish she hadn't pushed her stupid Mormon views into it. I am going to have to sit out, pull away from the message boards. My love for Twilight has diminished. I hope with some time when i calm down I'll try to see it from a less bias perspective.
I dont mean this to piss anyone off. its just one opinion. I'm just really sad....hoping for what could have been.....


(in my opinion, please dont be offended)

It felt like she was saying, you have to find "Mr right" to be happy, and its OK to abandon your family because, as long as you have a boyfriend you"ll get the perfect marriage and cottage and you'll be beautiful and your kids'll be beautiful and your new family will love you and everyone will be all happy and daisies. Everyone paired up in the end. it was all cozy like you need a partner to be happy.
I'm sorry if I'm a pessimist but I do think that A LOT of young adults are impressionable, and with babies being the new accessory in Hollywood, it gives the wring impression. All of these stars, a lot of them young (Jamie lee spears)are having kids like its the cool thing to do. Problem is THEY have the $$ to take care of them. It costs 150 - 200,000 dollars to raise a child to the age of 18 now. I just dont think with everything out there, their should be yet ANOTHER excuse to encourage teenage pregnancy. Its OK to drop a baby off at a fire house no questions asked! Then the kid gets thrown into the system not even thought about again. If it live

Sorry for the rant. AGAIN its just my opinion. I'm not trying to attack anyone personally. I'm just disappointed in Stephanie.
You should check the Amazon reviews because I'm def not the only person who feels this way. Way more 1 star reviews that 5.

And I don't think Meyer wrote this book as any kind of "lesson" or anything for her readers. Of course it doesn't matter if these things can't happen to us. As long as we enjoy reading the story, no harm done. Can't we distance ourselves from Bella and her characters, knowing we're not them? Or should Meyer have made everything go terrible and horrible and wrong, like Edward dying and Bella aborting Renesmee and then getting all depressed because there's no meaning in her life, just to show us not to do that? No! This was written for our enjoyment, not our life.
LeiAnn I agree with you completely.
One thing...the woman was speaking with Edward in Portugese. And then all of a sudden Bella says that the woman suddenly CHANGED her language and spoke in a different, alien language. So it obviously wasn't Portuguese. What language was it?

The problem is she really believed what she wrote and wasn't trying to make a "lesson" of it. But unfortunately some people might take it that way. There in lies the problem.

As for the Midsummer Night's Dream there are 2 girls in love with one guy. another guy in love with one of the girls. The second guy ends up with the other girl not the one he is in love with. and the other two end up together. Sorry I can't remember the peoples names to make is less confusing.
They never say the Edward does not have sperm. The say that womens bodies don't change to carry the baby. There is no room in their stone bellys to carry the baby. That is why Bella could carry it and Rose can't.

I was only offended that you think Stephenie was trying to push some religious agenda on us. Mormons don't believe that finding "Mr. Right" entitles you to leaving your family behind and everything will all be magically peachy keen. In fact, they don't believe that finding "Mr. Right" is the most important thing in the world. Well, I'll be honest, there are maybe a few silly girls that might think that, but it's not what the church teaches. Marriage is really important to us, but in that you shouldn't enter into it lightly at all.
I LOVE BREAKING DAWN!! I THINK THAT THE AUTHOR GOT EVERYTHING PERFECT!!! LOL

yea that sex part was alittle to much.


I was hooked on the book from the moment I got it saturday evening, (I would have gotten it at the midnight premier but I was flying in to NY) and then finished it the following morning.
I was disappointed in all of the Stephenie Meyer's other endings, butI think she wrapped this one up nicely
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PS: I love her new talent!!!

I think it's funny that Bella's age is coming into question. Didn't everyone go through this with the first book when we found out how old Edward truly was? So we took the point with us that love is love. We had to, or we couldn't enjoy Edward and Bella's romance.
Besides that Bella was an adult, she'd graduated from HS. Everyone makes their own decisions after that point in their lives.
The trend (on a larger scale) in the world today is to wait to be financially stable with a career and home, finished with college, etc before we have children. Women all over the place run out of "time" to have kids, then regret it.
Being a mother is a big responsibility (which Bella didn't skirt) and it isn't always fun, but it is the most amazing thing in the world. I love my kids more than anything and I would do anything to protect them. I don't mind that Stephanie portrayed a little bit of the "magic of motherhood" in this book. Maybe teens will think twice before dropping their babies off at the fire dep. because that's not what Bella would do. Who knows, may be that's not such a bad thing.
But I'm a mom, so maybe it was written more for mom's, who knows?? Kind of like the HP books, they were children's books in the beginning, but by the last few... not so much. Too dark. But kids still enjoyed the magic, only adults complained (resulting in book burnings etc).
I have enjoyed reading all the Twilight books. Not because of the message (although it did remind me of how much I love my husband) but because they were fun and entertaining to read. I liked the unpredictable 4th book. I was way off guessing what would happen, I like that. If I could have guessed I would have been disappointed.
Do I think that teens will want to run out and have babies because Bella did? Probably the same girls that did it because their favorite celeb. did. Those would be the same that aren't taught differently at home. Let's not forget about the responsibility of parents. This book is great, it opens up a channel for parents and teen daughters to talk about an important decision in a low risk non-confrontational way. Teens are smarter than what they get credit for. We all (even as adults) do stupid things in life from time to time; lets not go out and say "the book made me do it!" That's a little over the top and takes away individual accountability.
I have enjoyed reading your posts, to see what others thought of the book. It's interesting. I personally would give this book a 3 or 4. I enjoyed reading it, but there were a few things that bothered me (loose strings with resolution etc). I have enjoyed Stephanie Meyer and her Vampire stories!
wow that's alot of typing.........

I thought it interesting that when born, the babes immediately try to bite whoever is holding them, as if that is the only way to save the mother and they are acting on instinct. Interesting, again, that it is only the males who are venemous.
As for the Midsummer Night's Dream allusions, I think Alice makes a great Puck, spiky hair and all. I don't think you need to worry too much about it all fitting together exactly--just enjoy it for what it is.
I also think she was a better newborn because of her special ability as a shield; she is a born protector, even as a vampire, so her actions were pretty consistent with that role. And since her shield was always protecting herself first and foremost, she was able to keep herself from actions that would have been traumatic in the long run. Her abilities just outstripped her vampire instincts in strength.

Oh, and anyone who hasn't found their true love won't get the whole Bella-turned-sex-fiend thing. It just gets better and better when you're with someone you love with your heart, mind, and soul--your body just can't help it!

I loved the book and thought it was a great way to end the series.
me too, i just wish that they did have the kid during the honey moon, i wish that they waited, but yet i am glad that they didn't orelse the book would be boring.

Yet for some strange reason, people are freaking out about the sexual content. This is why middle America scares the hell out of me. Violence...I'm sorry, extreme violence (and you cant get any more extreme than a super fetus inflicting unimaginable damage on a pregnant woman)can somehow get completely dismissed, yet a few suggestive dialogs and we have a problem?
This has got to be some of the most tame romantic content I have ever read, I've seen more explicit in Disney!
I really hate to break it to whomever may disagree, that sex is just as natural and beautiful as child birth. I'm sorry if thats a hard concept to wrap around but violence isn't natural or beautiful. Too many people let that stuff slide with their kids. They'll let them watch a mans head explode on TV but the sight of a naked woman causes angry mobs... how backwards is that?!?!

"Breaking Dawn was BAD. I was hoping an epic battle at the end, but they all stood around talking for awhile and then the Volturi left. BORING. Bella Sue turned into Sparkly Vampire Bella Sue and apparently passed the Sparkly Sue gene onto her child the Loch Ness Monster. I don't think I can express how DISGUSTING it is that Jacob imprinted on Nessie (and the Quil/Claire crap is just as disturbing). How unfair for Jacob -- he gets actual growth and development and some redemption after the hatchet job done on his character in Eclipse, only to have it waste away on the half demon mutant spawn. Blechhhhhh. Then Stephenie introduces us to a bunch of worldly vampires (with the Amazons wearing animal skins -- seriously, Meyer, please stop with the stereotypes) and they're described in thorough detail, only to have their stories GO NOWHERE. Nobody dies, Bella doesn't have to sacrifice anything. It's the ultimate fanfiction.
I completely agree!

You're obsessed with the book, and well, so are a lot of other people, myself including. But if you hate it so much, then wouldn't you want to not be obsessed with it, since it means you have to think about it a lot, causing you needless pain because of your hate for it? I suggest you stop talking about it, stop thinking about it, and just forget it. There's no point being hateful...it's just a book. It is not a threat to your physical body, unless you starve yourself in protest, or your mind, unless you go insane with your obsession, but either way if you are harmed by this book, it most likely is yourself at fault, since it will be you inflicting pain upon yourself, not the book.
There are better books to be obsessed with, don't waste your breath/finger muscles on people who won't be moved. =)
P.S. don't try argue with me too, I'm not to be moved either, a waste of your precious effort.
Oh and technically this is meant to be a Young Adult's book, so if 8 year olds are reading this book, it's their own fault, not anyone else's. And there are a lot of more violent books out there, which are for younger kids. Like the Brian Jacques Redwall series, animals slaughtering and beheading each other...I read those when I was 8...it's not like you don't see such violence on TV too. And what's wrong with a bit of blood during labour? Happens all the time. (plus Edward chewed the baby out, not the baby. ;D)

Venting after feeling like I've been ripped off then slapped in the face seems pretty reasonable to me.
And are you saying you condone the censorship of sex but not violence? Because thats what that post was about.
I'm not swaying anyone just voicing an opinion. Thats what a discussion board is for.

And I don't know how you came to the assumption that I condoned the censorship of sex but not violence because I didn't say, nor implied anything about sex. I was merely stating that an eight year old wanting to read a young adult book should be ready to be faced with violence and other such unpleasant things, including sex, that are intended for more mature audiences. And if that was the point that Aoutlawoo was arguing for then I was simply backing her point.

I could sit here for days arguing w/ you but you're right about one thing. Its not worth my time. And after reading that the moderator will have no HATE threads on this board I'm opting out completely.
Who wants to actually try and have a discussion about a book if your only allowed to have a 1 sided opinion of it.
I'm out.
-peace


i liked it
i agree with maya
i didnt really like the whole idea of renesmee
it didnt go with the other books
like now, edward is not the only thing that bella lives for
but i have to think that mayb it would have been sadder if bella got all depressed that she was unable to have kids...
i agree with maya
i didnt really like the whole idea of renesmee
it didnt go with the other books
like now, edward is not the only thing that bella lives for
but i have to think that mayb it would have been sadder if bella got all depressed that she was unable to have kids...

For those who haven't read that Shakespearean play, there was a big court trial towards the end, and the whole thing was resolved without bloodshed but through profound speeches of mercy and the intelligence/power of women (Portia/Narissa - Bella/Alice) xD. And then Shylock walks off defeated and broken without a penny to his name nor his bond, a pound of flesh.

I agree with you kaiya, I think the volturri should be stoped, but yet I still think that there should be rules for vampires.


From SM website:
Now, on to the "how is this possible?" question. First of all, of course it's not possible. None of this story is possible. It's a fantasy story about creatures that don't actually exist. Within the context of the fantasy, however, this is how it works:
Vampires are physically similar enough to their human origins to pass as humans under some circumstances (like cloudy days). There are many basic differences. They appear to have skin like ours, albeit very fair skin. The skin serves the same general purpose of protecting the body. However, the cells that make up their skin are not pliant like our cells, they are hard and reflective like crystal. A fluid similar to the venom in their mouths works as a lubricant between the cells, which makes movement possible (note: this fluid is very flammable). A fluid similar to the same venom lubricates their eyes so that their eyes can move easily in their sockets. (However, they don't produce tears because tears exist to protect the eye from damage, and nothing is going to be able to scratch a vampire's eye.) The lubricant-venom in the eyes and skin is not able to infect a human the way saliva-venom can. Similarly, throughout the vampire's body are many versions of venom-based fluids that retain a marked resemblance to the fluid that was replaced, and function in much the same way and toward the same purpose. Though there is no venom replacement that works precisely like blood, many of the functions of blood are carried on in some form. Also, the nervous system runs in a slightly different but heightened way. Some involuntary reactions, like breathing, continue (in that specific example because vampires use the scents in the air much more than we do, rather than out of a need for oxygen). Other involuntary reactions, like blinking, don't exist because there is no purpose for them. The normal reactions of arousal are still present in vampires, made possible by venom-related fluids that cause tissues to react similarly as they do to an influx of blood. Like with vampire skin—which looks similar to human skin and has the same basic function—fluids closely related to seminal fluids still exist in male vampires, which carry genetic information and are capable of bonding with a human ovum. This was not a known fact in the vampire world (outside of Joham's personal experimenting) before Nessie, because it's nearly impossible for a vampire to be that near a human and not kill her.

about the sex and violence... well, please, what book/TV program that is not for children doesn't have a bit of the two? (nowadays, i mean)
and about the messages the book has... well, if we can be influenced by a book, then we can be influenced by about everything, and it's just stupid to behave like fictional charecters some1 you don't even know wrote about.
also, it's said in almost evry Twilight book (if not in every1) that bella has more maturity than most girls her age, and we all know edward is 100 years old. so, whats the problem if they want to get married?


I, personally, really liked BD. I also right fanfictions and Renesme's character really adds some spice to thhe reading. You can have fun with her because she's not a very developed character.
Anyway, that's my opinion. And everyone's entitled to they're own.

i read BD with rose-tinted glasses on because i love the whole series and couldnt wait for the final book
some of it was boring when bella goes on a five page rant about some pointless thing n loses the train of thought in the book
otherwise very good
my friend could agree with you as she is reading the final book and really doesn't get half of it
i think the book doesn't get interesting until AFTER bella gives birth or is that just me ????

Bella's powers were that she could control whats she's doing and she can put a sheild around anyone as long as she concentrates. that was probly the best part about bella in the whole book.
I loved Breaking Dawn!! I think it was amazing. The best of the series, definitely, and maybe even the best book I've ever read!! It was so exciting and heart-racing and stunning!! I loved how everything was so unexpected. I would never have guessed the things that Meyer came up with, but I loved them all the same!! Bella's power is so cool. I love Renesmee, she's so sweet! I'm glad that Bella can have both Edward and a child. When I first found out that Jacob imprinted on Renesmee I got SO mad, but then now I realize it's a good thing.
It's funny...before I read Breaking Dawn, I really really really hated Jacob. Now I like him, as a friend. It's weird how the book changed my view of him. Maybe because he grew up a bit and is nicer, or maybe because looking through his eyes makes me see him differently. I liked how we got to see Jacob's perspective in the middle.
I love Bella being a vampire!! I feel like she was meant to all along. And I'm glad she's able to keep her connection to Charlie!! I think the reason that she doesn't have to go through the newborn stage is because she KNEW she was going to become a vampire, she wanted to, and she was prepared for it. All the others had no idea that they're going to. And that's why she still has the same human mind.
I love the ending, it was so perfect...*sighs dreamy sigh*
There's just one thing that confuses me a bit. It's been bugging me the whole book...how was Bella able to conceive a child from Edward if he has no sperm??????
Also, I didn't really get the whole scene in their honeymoon, after Bella finds out she's pregnant, and the South American woman gets all freaked out and starts shouting at Edward in that different language...what was the "alien language" that they were speaking? And why did the woman say "Morte" while she touched Bella's swollen stomach? I know it means "death," but it doesn't really make sense why she said that...and what was she shouting about, and what was Edward pleading about...? :-/
Oh yeah and one more thing...I heard that Meyer based the Breaking Dawn plot loosely on the plot of Shakespeare's A Mid Summer Night's Dream. I know the Mid Summer Night's Dream plot, but I didn't really see any shadow of that in Breaking Dawn...can someone tell me how??