This is my first time reading the saga, I (31F) was obviously around the hype and it did impact me through the movies. But I’d only seen the first two movies on premiere, now at 31 I’m reading the series for the first time and I have so many emotions. I’m about a 1/4th of the way through the third book and I’m so so sad that I’ve spent so much time not reading these. I wasn’t a big reader when I was a child. I got into reading at about 22/23.

After rereading the books and rewatching the movies, I finally realised that Kristen Stewart's mouth opening and heavy breathing is actually a realistic response to high-stress, terrifying situations.

Throughout the Twilight books, Bella constantly stops breathing or forgets to breathe. Stephanie Meyer didn't write this to imply Bella has a medical condition. Instead, she used it as a dramatic device to emphasize just how overwhelmingly attractive Edward is to her. Every time he gets too close, touches her, or kisses her, Bella becomes so completely captivated and star-struck that her basic human functions seem to short-circuit.

We see this pattern continue as the stakes get higher. In New Moon, after Edward abandons her, she suffers from severe depression and near-paralysing panic attacks where she physically struggles to catch her breath. Later in Eclipse, Bella holds her breath out of pure terror, both during the tense tent scene while Edward and Jacob argue, and again during the brutal battle with Victoria and Riley.

In Midnight Sun, Edward pays hyper attention to everything Bella's body does. He describes her lips as parting and her breathing speeding up into short, heated gasps

In real life, when you stop breathing out of shock or fear, your body panics and the brain's automatic survival reflex forces your mouth wide open to gasp for air.

Kristen Stewart played Bella like a real human and manages to put this minor detail in. By keeping her mouth slightly open and maintaining that breathless demeanor, she perfectly captured exactly how a real human body handles intense adrenaline, panic, and shock. When you think about it even more, given the non-stop, terrifying chaos of her life, Bella's mouth realistically would have been open all the time.

Okay first time posting on Reddit ever. But I (27 F) need to know if I’m weird for feeling this way 😅 I absolutely adore the Twilight movies just like any other Twilight lover. But sometimes, I avoid Twilight content, because it makes me both incredibly happy but sad at the same time. The happiness I feel when I see anything Twilight related can only be described as pure childlike joy ☀️ The sadness I guess can be explained as me being so engulfed into the story, I wish it were real. Anyway, I often find myself avoiding Twilight content as well because it makes me too happy? It like scares me how happy it makes me sometimes so I’ll scroll away from it. Idk if I’m even making sense. Please someone tell me I’m not crazy lol I’m not even like into all the intrigue details or lore of the movies. I don’t really care about that stuff. I just love the movies specifically as they are.

Would anyone want to watch twilight with me? We can watch independently and just press play at the same time [:

In Breaking Dawn Bella guesses that the baby is a boy (obviously it ended up being a girl) but if it had ended up being a boy, what do you think they would have named him?

My vote is for Charlisle

I’d assume Reness is full grown. Maybe Bella and Edward work? Maybe they’re all going apple picking together. Idk. Tell me your thoughts!

I’m doing a grief fuelled re-read of the series for the first time since I’ve been a teenager. Frontal lobe locked and loaded.

Now, I’m only on New Moon so there is plenty of time to change. But I’m really taken with Jacob this time round. When I was a teen I was die hard in love with Edward - pathologically so. This time I found his intensity less intoxicating and I love the kind of “normal” that Bella has with Jacob.

I think it’s also influenced by getting together with my friend after many years of on/off yearning. There’s something more attractive to me now about the familiar warmth versus that very dramatic, brooding thing Edward brings on the surface.

Anyone else having rethinks at different life stages?

i want to get a set of the books that all match, but for now i have my thrifted collection (minus a few bought new!)

HIGHER RESPECT

I think Bella's and Edward's bond is the best out of all Cullens. At least they think of their shared time as the highest pleasure - physically and spiritually (while for example Carlisle talked about the physical intimacy as "a very powerful thing", and likely focuses on his spirituality more). Bella and Edward value each other as the highest possible achievement spiritually - she is the best human, he is the best vampire. So at times, they feel unworthy of the other.

COMMON RESPECT

Bella sometimes attacks Edward or "gets defiant", but that's mostly because she has less power as human - so she has to assert herself, because she isn't given more power. Then we have the love triangle, which was very disrespectful to Edward. But then we have all the times Edward disrespects Bella:

* INSULTS\\COMPLIMENTS - calls her unobservant, unimportant, an idiot, a coward.. even if not entirely seriously, being called all that won't help someone who's self worth is already low. When does he truly compliment her? He says she's observant and that's about it. The rest he compliments is her human traits (warm, hair, cheeks, silent mind) and what she gives him (brave for spending time with him). While Bella regularly calls him good in everything, and defends his worth in conversations with Jessica and Jacob.

* MOVEMENT - forces her to get to his car, moves her around without asking, which is disrespectful when he as a vampire is so much stronger. Demands she goes on a vampire piggyride which makes her sick, forces her to birthday party and prom, but restricts her from seeing the wolves.

\* EMOTIONS - Bella is angry like a kitten, her face is very funny when she's shocked, her tears get registered and regretted but glossed over, her discomfort is amusing (after one piggyride, she gets sick and falls, which is hilarious).

* BELONGINGS - regularly insults her truck, and once it breaks, Bella thinks he might have done it. Gets her cars she never asked for and that don't fit with her. Overall, not much disrespect here because he doesn't even get into her things.

* HUMANITY - picks on her human traits a lot. He has better coordination, better driving, stronger, faster.. while her human traits are so weak and blind, but at the same time she needs to keep her humanity because of the higher respect (Bella deserves to stay pure and good).

* SOCIAL SITUATIONS - the first thing he does after meeting Charlie is joke about Bella's clumsiness, which leaves her very embarassed. Edward lets Alice do anything to Bella, and doesn't establish Bella's importance in family (lets them bet whether she lives or dies). The last interaction Bella has with the whole family is Alice getting her embarassed while Edward laughs along. The only time he demands respect for Bella from his equals is in Volterra.

* DEFENDS OTHERS, NOT HER - he defends Rosalie, Nahuel, Emmett and Jacob when Bella might think badly of them. But when Edward talks to Rosalie about Bella in MS, he frames Bella as "She will get bored of me, she isn't permanent." He also never warns Bella about Jessica, Mike and Jacob, even while knowing that their intentions towards her are hidden to her.

Even if the higher respect is the best, Edward is really not a gentleman to Bella.

Re-reading breaking dawn honeymoon scenes and Bella was genuinely so happy. Ever since she fell in love with Edward, she didn't see any huge reason to not turn into a vampire. For the first time, she was willing to delay vampirism for something: Sex. Despite being bothered about their age difference, she was ready to stay human for a bit longer.

Once he gives in the second time and they start making love for the next 2 days, she is so happy and Edward is happy too. It would have been so nice if they could have continued that (they even had plenty of headboards left) without the whole pregnancy putting a stop to their newly married bliss. They didn't even get a month to themselves. And I don't think they had sex after going back to forks during pregnancy.

Of course they again have sex after bella is turned into a vampire but at that time neither of them knew Bella would make it out alive. It's a shame that their honeymoon was cut short 🚬

I made a Twilight themed werewolf card game for my Halloween party! I was looking for something to play with my friends and I thought this could be fun, so I made a French version for myself and an English version to share ❤️

PDF LINK : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-cSIRmarLgPvAxMbSNd9FxBgNJjAW0hZ/view?usp=drive_link

The cards are 2.5x3.5 inch, perfect to stick on actual playing cards or some cardboard. I also made a top for the cards so they look more official.

The pictures are all from Google and aren't in high resolution, just chose the ones I thought were funny.

Here is the Twilight font : https://www.dafont.com/twilight-new-moon.font

Here is the border : https://ko-fi.com/s/ad2f7f3e6b

Apologies if flair is wrong.
A few days ago I commented on someone else’s post that IMO New Moon was the best book, movie, and soundtrack in the series. But what about the best score? I’m not much of a score person, but I always think of the New Moon themes above any of the other films. Score enthusiasts, weigh in here, please. Is New Moon the GOAT?

I was having a rewatch with my friend and this thought popped into my head. If Billy black turned into a wolf how would he get around with being a paraplegic? My solutions are shown above, a. They would take a rusted out truck bed and tie his legs to it so he could get around, or b. Jacob would use his mechanic skills to make a very large dog wheelchair. After a sober night in, I created these mockups and decided to go with a 2012 Tumblr aesthetic to really make it pop. Whats your opinion?

Short time ago I saw the movies again and that was beginning of the end:D now i am listening to the books, soundtracks from the movies, watching reels, well, it´s intense. One part of me is aware of the cringy stuff but the other can´t help it, it´s just my ultimate gultiy pleasure. Sooo I was wondering if there´s someone in similar situation who would like to share his feeling, opinions, funfacts etc bout this topic. If yes, please comment your preffered social media app so we can connect:)

It's autumn, I'm currently listening to both Twilight and Midnight Sun (I'm switching between the chapters) and feel like an excited teen again whenever Bella and Edward are having a moment. At first, I imagined Bella like a mix between Christina Ricci and Kristen Stewart but I wanted to draw her to have a more feasible image of her to imagine as I'm listening. I am not a professional artist or anything but it was fun and I might do Edward as well!

Oh and I know the angle is a bit odd, I confused myself there but I hope it still works

(No AI was used in any way)

For years now I’ve been seeing people purposefully misspell Renesmee’s name as a joke, but why?

I honestly think the name is really cute so I’m not sure why there’s so many jokes surrounding it. Am I missing something? can someone pls explain lmao!!

Did nobody think it was weird that these adopted kids all had the exact same weird amber eyes? 😂

edward cullen had me in a chokehold at the early age of 14. i had only watched the series yet i ran through the streets calling him my man for years. i didn't understand why bella would even look jacob's way.

it took me 6 years to crack open the books and now at 21, i am appalled. i find edward incredibly annoying. he's an egotistical, self-loathing, know-it-all who's lived inside a bubble his entire life. you mean to tell me he's lived for 100+ years and still doesn't know how to regulate his own emotions????

edward didn't need to keep redoing highschool. he needed a good therapist and some self-help books.

#justiceforjacob

Just needed to share this beauty.

Sparkle the bath and bodywork’s holiday bear

What moments in the movies that doesn’t contain any fighting do you consider intense and frightening in it‘s own way?

The title basically because I'm trying to build it in the Sims and the house does NOT have a bay window on the first floor where Bella's room is so the entire depression scene from New Moon was not actually in that house, right?

Speaking of, are there ANY reliable floor plans of the housex either the real one or the way it was portrayed in the films?