Twilight Saga

I really should have been blogging about Twilight and how much I am completely in love with the saga throughout reading the books instead of looking back over the series of four and trying to put into words how amazing they are. But, I didn't.

So... last night (exactly 12 hours ago!) I finished "Breaking Dawn". I laid in bed after finishing it, thinking back to 3.5 weeks ago when I started "Twilight" and I couldn't believe that now the story is over. It's like saying goodbye to close friends! I thought back to when Bella moved to Forks and was so clumsy and awkward at her new high school (well, not that awkward...) when she saw Edward for the first time in the cafeteria and the look of disgust he gave back to her. Then sitting next to him in Biology for the first time and him tensing up the whole time. How Bella used to get nauseous from the sight of blood. So many things changed in their lives! A totally unlikely couple falling so deeply in love with one another that they would rather cease to exist than to be apart from one another. *sigh*
I enjoyed how in the beginning so many things were left unanswered, but then slowly, more things became clear. It was one of the many reasons to read like a mad person. To have questions answered. And in the end, we know everything about the Cullens, each of their histories, and overall, how to be a vampire. Now, if we only could be! haha. There were points where I wondered if I'd rather be a vampire or a werewolf (though they are technically not "werewolves", they are shape-shifters that just happened to choose a wolf). I think that there are pros and cons to both, and I honestly don't think I could decide. Both vampire and wolf can run really fast. Both are close to indestructible. The wolves hunt only animals, and vampires are drawn to human blood- though as we see, it is possible for vampires to live on animal blood alone also. The wolves have to phase into their supernatural beings, vampires are always in their supernatural state. And most vampires have a special talent. That is a definite perk. Edward's talent is probably my favorite. Alice's and Bella's are useful too, but I think knowing what a person is thinking and getting the raw, honest answer would be the best. Too bad that these things won't ever happen...
Okay, one of my favorite scene/locations was the honeymoon on Esme island. SO ROMANTIC! All alone on a beautiful island surrounded by warm waters, aquatic life, hiking in jungles. And bow-chicka-bow-wow with Edward and Bella fitting together as one! She keeps the scenes very tasteful- but still intimate. What was up with having to wait for the cleaning people to show up for the feathers to be cleaned up? I guess when you're on your honeymoon you can just leave messes for days since there's the cleaning people anyway?
So I guess how it works with vampire procreation, is basically there are never any vampire children. The only way to create another vampire (outside of using a female human's organs) is to bite (or inject vampire venom) into an adult human only. So male vampires still have sperm apparently... what is the purpose of that? Whatever- won't question it too much, because Nessie is cute. Question about Nessie though- when she was first handed to Bella, it says that Nessie, with her milky white teeth, bit Bella. I thought that was what started the process of Bella's vampire transformation, and thought, oh! how perfect- her baby caused the process- how endearing! but apparently Nessie is not venomous. Because then Edward was injecting venom all over Bella's body. Little confused there.
I feel like I'm jumping all over the place with commenting on the books. So, guess I'll continue that trend...
In the end, I totally thought there was going to be a fight, and I really wanted the Volturi to die. I thought that Edward and Bella would both die while killing the Volturi. Sure, I have more of a sad ending than was needed. But I feel like the overbearing Volturi's dictatorship type thing was and is too much. Couldn't they have just talked with Edward and Carlisle over the phone or something before rounding up the whole vampire brigade and coming half way around the world? Maybe with being the supreme court of vampires they can't be lenient with how they handle things, so they have to go all out. Executing a vampire for making a mistake. Apparently, there is no room for mistakes. It was super brave of Irina to take responsibility for her misinterpretation- but geez, did they have to kill her on the spot? She was remorseful! I guess eventually, she probably could've tried something else for vengance, maybe it was just a matter of time, and so it might've been best that she was taken out for this first mistake. I was so revved up by the speech that Garrett gave, I thought maybe all of the vampires would've ganged up against the Volturi and taken them out! But, no. They all just retreated after their first offensive strategy was DENIED by Bella's amazing defensive!! Which is fine, I am glad that there was a happy ending for everyone, especially Edward, Bella and Charlie.
I am taking Maryann's advice and starting the series over...today. Yep. I figure it would be good to be fresh on Twilight before seeing the movie in -ugh- almost 3 more months!!! Seems like so long! I am sooo glad that they bumped the date up though! It could be almost 4 long months of waiting. I am worried that the beautiful story that I have in my head will not be conveyed on the screen. Already, I had not pictured Bella or Edward looking like the characters that are playing their parts. I guess it would be hard to get a human to look like the perfect, shimmering angel that Edward is described as. It will be interesting to see if they do any sort of special effects of his skin when in the sun. Like in the meadow scene when he reveals what he looks like to Bella. I hope so. It wouldn't be magical without that. And what about the supersonic running? They'll probably do something special effecty to get that represented accurately. I really can't wait. I don't think I've ever seen a movie at midnight -like the first showing- before, but I want to for Twilight so bad!!! I wish I knew someone close by that appreciated the series as much as I do so that we could go together to the showing. But, sadly, I don't. My roomie is not into the sci-fi scene (she can't stand Harry Potter either) and my closest friend other than her lives an hour and a half away! Not to mention, I bought her the book for her birthday, hoping that she would read it, and fall in love with it so that we could go and see the first showing together, but as far as I know, she hasn't started reading it. :( sad times. So, it's looking like I'll be going alone. Still doesn't take away the excitement I have!!!!
Anyway, kind of a random post with jumping all over the place- so if I think of things I forgot with the saga, I'll post again.
Thanks again Maryann, for recommending the saga to me and sharing in the obsession!