They’re the same. They have to be. Both pale, with dark features; eloquent and yet dangerous; both will live forever, while I mearly have a lifetime. Yup, the book is definitely Edward incarnate! However, I am – in no sense of the word – Bella.
This series is taking hold of me. Not just my creative imagination, my whole being. It’s as if my life is falling away as I write this; I may cease to exist by the time “Breaking Dawn” is released (August 2, 2008)! I have always been obsessed with Vampires and the risky, romantic, seductive tales that they are generally intwined with, but this feels so real. I could be Bella. I could be the girl begging for my “greek god-like” boyfriend to wisk me into eternity with him! I haven’t been able to create a better fantasy for myself in my 18 years of life.
I have read these books more quickly and with more intensity than I have read anything in my entire life! And, as strange as this may sound, I honestly believe that in doing so, I’ve brought myself more true happiness than ever before. I don’t know why I’ve become so entranced, but I have. I could spend my whole life reading about theirs and the thought of the end (of the series), almost seems as though it’s more than I can bare right now… as Edward (and hopefully soon, Bella) needs blood to prolong himself, I need this book.
OK, maybe I’m getting a little bit ahead of myself! I’m not going to kill myself when this is all over, but it’s extremely sustaining at the moment. My only fear is for the movie. OH how I already know that they’ve butchered my wonderous, dark, sensuous savior!! Come on, Cedric Diggory as Edward?! There are SO many things wrong with that I don’t even know where to begin! There I go getting ahead of myself again, of course I know where to start!!
1) The dude was Cedric Diggory – CEDRIC DIGGORY, AS IN FROM HARRY POTTER! I’m definitely no science fiction expert or anything, but I’m pretty sure there should be some rule – somewhere – about not crossing fantasy series!!
2) To put it lightly… HE’S A PUNE! (For those of you not in the know, a pune is a man with small, weak looking, boyish features.) Edward is supposed to be a vampire, i.e. gorgeous, STRONG, mysterious, broody, with just a touch of ancient wisdom. I’m sorry Cedric, these are things that you simply don’t possess and never will!
3) The eyebrows/jaw! How can anyone look at him without staring at the eyebrows? Don’t get me wrong, I actually think Mr. Diggory is quite cute, but not my gorgeous Edward! Finally, the jaw… a vampire kills people… with his teeth, this would lead me to believe that in order to play a vampire one would have to posess a strong jaw line! Apparently, the casting directors weren’t following my knowledged expertise! (Yes, this is sarcasm.)
What would appease me, you ask? I’ll tell you what would appease me : Steven Strait! For those of you who don’t know who he is, he is the man I’ve been picturing as Edward for the past – since I started reading the series. More noticably, he was the main character in “The Covenant”. Mark my words, if he was Edward, the movie would do SO much better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In closing – and changing the subject, entirely – I love my boyfriend to the core of my being, but… Steven, if you can make it to ANY major city in Western Canada, I’ll be there in a heartbeat! Don’t worry, I won’t forget the fake blood!
