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fire-fira Ā· 4 months ago
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Blue Devil #13
I actually appreciate Rojek and Smitty here because they're making a good point that generally doesn't get brought up in comics much-- at least not outright.
Of course, the fact that it's being used here (almost comedically) to emphasize how thoroughly freaking possessed Dan is almost sands down how on-point their commentary is, but it's still a good point.
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iheardarumorxxx Ā· 4 years ago
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Midnight Sun, Chapter Ten - Theory
Alright, time to jump back in. Took a couple of days off, refreshed my brain, now I think I can handle more of this asshole.
instead of answering my demand
See that? See how Eddie just goes ahead and tells us that heā€™s being a demanding little shithead? More shades of that controlling tendency that he has all throughout the series, outright stated. This is literally the first sentence of the chapter, and heā€™s not even pretending to be subtle about it.
describe it so that she would understand.
Yes, becauseĀ ā€˜I can read minds, but only if theyā€™re relatively nearby, and it gets easier to pick out voices as I become familiar with themā€™ isnā€™t clear in the slightest. See that, Eddie? I just explained for you with 23 words, instead of going off on some dumbass tangent metaphorthat takes up an entire paragraphĀ  like you do here because you think that the human mind is so small and weak that it canā€™t possibly comprehend cut and dry explanations.
The fact that Eddie thinks he needs to explain things in analogy for Bella because she wonā€™t get it if he doesnā€™t really goes against this supposed idea he has about her being smarter and so above the other pitiful hooman folk. Either sheā€™s too human to understand like everyone else, or sheā€™s smarter and more rational and would get it without the metaphor. Pick one, Eddie.
I will say, one thing that I took from the Twilight series that still sticks with me is the phraseĀ ā€˜Holy crowā€™. I do, in fact, use it unironically. Itā€™s absolutely stupid, but I like the way it flows off the tongue.
Anyway, Bella just shouted it because Eddie is bending the car to his vampire physics again and going 100MPH, which, I would like to point out, she would have absolutely realized before now if she wasnā€™t so blatantly unobservent. She would have felt it, it wouldnā€™t have taken looking at the spedomoter to realize it.
ā€œWeā€™re not going to crash.ā€
Eddie is absolutely certain of this fact, and I am too only because SM would never let anything like that happen to her little woobie vampire and her SI Mary Sue. However, letā€™s apply real world logic to this for a sec. Just a sec because this story canā€™t handle real world logic for too long, but. They are presumably on a highway, going 100MPH at letā€™s say 930 to 10ish PM. Iā€™ve never lived in Washington, but Iā€™m going to make the presumption that there probably isnā€™t too much traffic this late, though, perhaps a bit more if itā€™s a Friday or Saturday night. Perhaps Eddie can keep perfect control of his own car, even going that fast, while most likely paying little to no attention to the road because he is constantly looking over at Bella in the passenger seat. He has his mind-reading power, which he probably uses to help him drive, and maybe there isnā€™t another car directly behind him based on how fast heā€™s going.Ā 
Heā€™s still not taking the other drivers on the road into account. What if the car in front of you that you are rapidly coming up on because youā€™re going so fast sees a turtle or a deer or some other kind of animal in the road and swerves to avoid it. Since this is real world logic, even if you see it coming with your mind reading power, you canā€™t make your car stop on a dime going 100MPH. Youā€™re going to crash, and since you are going so fast, itā€™s gonna be a pretty nasty one. Your vampire body can handle that, because youā€™re a marble adonis god, but Bella over there is squishy and human. You slam those breaks, seatbelt aside, sheā€™s gonna end up through the windshield or strangled to death by that seatbelt.Ā 
Heā€™s assuming that his vampire magic strength and perfectness is gonna be enough to protect him from literally everything. It will, because this book is not realistic in the slightest, but heā€™s still a dick for not taking into account the other drivers on the road. And not taking into account the fact that Bella is clearly upset and terrified that heā€™s going so fast.
Two and a half paragraph rant over one line. Check.
Bella spills about how Jacob told her the old story about the Cullens being sparkley, evil vampires who arenā€™t allowed at La Push because the wolves will eat them. And I have to say, because this story is the entire basis for Bella knowing that Eddie and his ilk are vamps, how the hell does it take her so long to figure out that Jacob is a werewolf in New Moon? Like, I know itā€™s because sheā€™s stupid, but since sheā€™s supposed to be wise beyond her years and smart and shit, why did it not click that both sides of the story must be true.
Rant for a different book, but.
I supposed this meant I was now free to slaughter a small, defenseless tribe on the coastline, were I so inclined. Ephraim and his pack of protectors were long dead.
This is it. This is the line Iā€™ve been waiting for. I knew it was coming and it STILL pisses me off so damn much reading it. Do you see that? Do you see it? Eddie is talking about straight up genocide. He is literally talking about killing hundreds of people just because some teenage kid told an old folktale to a girl he thinks is cute to try and impress her. I would like to remind you of that line that Alice said earlier:Ā ā€œIt helps if you think of them as people.ā€ IT HELPS IF YOU THINK OF THEM AS PEOPLE, EDWARD!!! These people have done literally nothing to you! If you wanted to go, say, beat up Jacob Black for spilling your secret, thatā€™s one thing (A terrible thing that is bullshit, even if Jacob gets a jerkass makeover in a few months) but you are literally la de fucking da over the idea of going down to the reservation and murdering every man, woman, and child there because of some bullshit technicality broken treaty. HOW THE FUCK DOES ANYONE THINK THIS GUY IS THE HERO? HOW DOES ANYTHING SEE HIM AS A GOOD LOVE INTEREST? HOW IS HE A PROTAGONIST? HEā€™S A FUCKING MURDERER, PLAIN AND SIMPLE SPELLED OUT RIGHT THE FUCK THERE! It was spelled out pretty damn well in that first classroom scene, but here we are reinforcing it, and this is the guy that SM said she was willing to leave her husband for. THIS GUY.Ā 
I hate it. I hate him. Iā€™m not a happy camper.
And Iā€™m gonna move on before I burst a blood vessel from how mad it makes me.
Bella goes on to tell Eddie that she flirted the story out of Jacob, and that she doesnā€™t care. He replies withĀ ā€œHOW CAN YOU NOT CARE! Iā€™M A MONSTAH!ā€ and she just shrugs and pops her gum. Eddie is just absolutely shocked by this because how could she not care? He even wonders if thereā€™s something wrong with her. The answer is yes, sheā€™s clearly a hybristophile, but thatā€™s beside the point.Ā 
TheĀ ā€˜how old are youā€™Ā ā€˜17ā€²Ā ā€˜how long have you been 17ā€²Ā ā€˜a whileā€™ exchange is actually kind of cute, on itā€™s own. Had it been in a better book, it might have made me smile a little. But in Twilight it just felt like forced comedy, and here with Eddie being all Emo about being a monstah and also being condescending and clearly angry about Bella knowing his secret, it comes off a lot darker in tone. It could have come off as a playful exchange between people getting to know one another, and instead, itā€™s a darker tone and itā€™s almost uncomfortable. The movie had this problem, too, where they made it all dark and angsty instead of just being a cute little exchange that it should have been.
ā€œI canā€™t sleep.ā€
This is more of that thrown away world building that SM does. First it was the Vampires never Change thing and now the canā€™t sleep thing. It could have been so fascinating to explore what not being able to sleep does to the psyche of these Pires. How different vampires get used to that sensation over different periods of time. Did it unsettle Eddie at first when he was turned and just couldnā€™t sleep anymore? Was Jasper already a night owl who barely slept, so it wasnā€™t much of a change for him anyway? What do they do to fill their time? If their hobbies and interests never change, it seems like they wouldnā€™t be using all that newly acquired time to learn new skills and hobbies, even if that particularĀ ā€˜never changeā€™ plot point isnā€™t explored either and never actually seems relevant to them. Has a Pire ever tried to sleep anyway? Just lay down and closed their eyes and waited for eight hours to pass, hoping they would drift off? This is interesting lore. Itā€™s something that could have given depth to the vampires instead of being a throwaway plot point so Eddie could watch Bella sleep at night. Iā€™m disappointed. I want a good idea to actually be used well.
Edward calls Bella observant and to that I can only sayĀ ā€˜Ha.ā€™Ā 
Eddie finally realizes that Bella has the hots for him too and itā€™s so UWU and trite, but he has to go and bring up that stupid Hades and Persephone metaphor again and piss me off in the process.
The get to Bellaā€™s house and take forever with their goodbyes, and right at the end Eddie goes on about how heā€™s got this new hunger in him just looking at Bella and feeling how warm she is and shit and itā€™s just him being horny again, but nothing happens and Bella heads inside. But donā€™t worry, Eddie assures us that heā€™ll be in his usual perch in the rocking chair later that night to stalk her and watch her sleep, so everything is well.
She couldnā€™t love me the way I loved her
GET IT? BECAUSE VAMPIRES ARE BETTER THAN YOU(tm) AT EVERYTHING INCLUDING HOW HARD THEY LOVE? Seriously, so damn sick of this idea that the vampires in this universe just do everything and see everything and smell everything and feel everything just so much more intensely than the pitiful hoomans. I still have a rant about it. Itā€™s still coming. Donā€™t worry.
A casual throwaway mention of the Voltouri here, AKA the vampire Mafia that make and enforce the rules. They donā€™t actually matter or have any real power in this series, and they suck, but nice little nod to the audience as a reminder that there is supposed to be a governing body in the vampire world.
Carlisie and Eddie boy are off to take care of the rapist who almost got Bella, and the entire fucking drive, Carlisle is just sitting there thinking about how wonderful Eddie is and how he deserves happiness and itā€™s such bullshit for him to be thinking that way when he KNOWS that Eddie can read his thoughts. Heā€™s literally just showering him in compliments for the sake of it just so that Eddie can hear them and puff up his ego. I donā€™t buy that itā€™s just passive thoughts. He wants Eddie to hear them.
We all know who Carlisle and Esmeā€™s favorite child is.
We end the chapter with Eddie going back to Bellaā€™s house to watch her sleep, deciding to take it upon himself to wander around her house uninvited, and the rambling on about how Bella clearly doesnā€™t have a guardian angel because she crossed his path and no guardian angel would allow that. Then he makes some crack about being her guardian vampire, talks about how, oh, itā€™s actually a good thing that he took it upon himself to break into her house to watch her sleep because he got her another blanket because she seemed cold, and smiles to himself when she mumbles his name in her sleep.Ā 
Thatā€™s it, chapter done, Iā€™m tired. Iā€™m gonna try to crank out another one (maybe two) tonight, but no promises because this one really took a lot out of me. These characters just suck. Anyway, as always, feel free to message me or DM me to talk about the book, recommend future projects, etc. And you can always buy me a snack using the CashApp tag in my bio. Until next chapter, good damn bye.
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renthebarbarian Ā· 7 years ago
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No, but this is so great. Bones says Spock is in love with the new supercomputer (albeit as a joke) thatā€™s effectively taken over Jimā€™s position. Now that homewrecking pile of circuits has stolen his man too?!?!?!?!
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(Look at Jim all crushed that Spock would ever look at another motherboard. Donā€™t forget whoā€™s taking you home, Spock.)
But then later on in the episode, Spock proclaims that while a computer is more logical, thereā€™s just no substitution for a flesh-and-blood person like Jim at the helm of a starship.
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Subtextually, Spock is saying that Jim could never be replaced in his heart. Itā€™s one of those great scenes where Spock finds a subtle way to tell Jim that he is 1701% devoted to him that we Spirk shippers just love. (That sneaky romantic Vulcan.) Thus, Jimā€™s confidence is restored and heā€™s able to save the day when the computer inevitably goes rogue.
Itā€™s based on a joke, yeahā€”like I seriously doubt that Spock would actually fall in love with a computerā€”but as I mentioned in this post long ago, thereā€™s an interesting parallel between Spock and the Enterprise in the movies in relation to Jim. You could even say that this is foreshadowing to Spockā€™s connection with Vā€™Ger in TMP and his epiphany that heā€™d rather feel things like love and be with Jim surround himself with friends than live as a cold emotionless loner.
Listen, itā€™s 2 AM and Iā€™m probably reading too much into this throwaway line, but I donā€™t care. Whether he meant to or not, Roddenberry wrote the best goddamn love story of all time, and itā€™s because of little details like this.
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jim googledĀ ā€˜how to become the computer of your vulcanā€™s dreamsā€™ directly after this
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