#Very much enjoying my 3b1p binge this week

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I forget which episode, but @threebooksoneplot once said it would be so amazing if we could take the best Life and Death lines but give them to the regular Twilight characters.

...I wonder if anyone has done it, or is thinking about doing it? Take the very best lines from Life and Death and sneak them into the original text in a new doc? Just think how very cool it would be to be reading Twilight and come across these gems:

(Carlisle's backstory)

"The vampire told his father that he was a fool and he would pay for the damage he had caused. The preacher threw himself in front of his son to protect him...

"I often wonder about that moment. If he hadn't revealed what he loved most, would all our stories have changed?"

Edward was thoughtful for a few seconds. And then he continued. "The vampire smiled. He told the preacher, 'Go to your hell knowing this—that what you love will become all that you hate.'

"He made sure that the preacher knew what would happen to Carlisle, and then he killed the preacher very slowly while Carlisle watched, writhing in pain and horror."

(in Edward's room for the first time)

"Um... Edward?"

I didn't see his attack—it was much too fast. I couldn't even understand what was happening. For half a second I was airborne and the room rolled around me, upside down and then right side up again. I didn't feel the landing, but suddenly I was on my back on the black couch and Edward was on top of me, his knees tight against my hips, his hands planted on either side of my head so that I couldn't move, and his bared teeth just inches from my face. He made another soft sound that was halfway between a growl and a purr.

"Wow," I breathed.

"You were saying?" he asked.

"Um, that you are a very, very terrifying monster?"

He grinned. "Much better."

"And that I am so completely in love with you."

His face went soft, his eyes wide, all the walls down again.

"Bella," he whispered.

(hotel in Phoenix, Alice talking)

"Jasper was the first thing I saw. I didn't meet him in person until much later."

Something about her tone made me wonder. "How long?"

"Twenty-eight years."

"Twenty-eight...? You had to wait Twenty-eight years? But couldn't you...?"

She nodded. "I could have found him earlier. I knew where he was. But he wasn't ready for me yet. If I'd come too early, he would have killed me."

I gasped and stared at Jasper. He raised an eyebrow at me, and I looked back at Alice. She laughed.

(ballet studio)

"Wait, wait," Edward said, his head snapping up. "She deserves a choice."

His lips were at my ear. I clamped my teeth against the moaning, straining to listen.

"Bella? I won't make this decision for you. I won't take this away from you. And I'll understand, I promise, Bella. If you don't want to live like this, I won't fight you. I'll respect what you want. I know it's a horrible choice. I would give you any other option if I could. I would die if I could give your life back to you." His voice broke. "But I can't make that trade. I can't do anything—except stop the pain. If that's what you want. You don't have to be this. I can let you go—if that's what you need." It sounded like he was sobbing again. "Tell me what you want, Bella. Anything."

"You," I spit through my teeth. "Just you."

"Are you sure?" he whispered.

I groaned. The fire was reaching its fingers into my chest. "Yes," I coughed out. "Just—let me stay—with you."