#so where is Renesmee going to learn that from?

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in a better world, i think a book about nessie would have her confiding in alice about how alienated she feels from both vampires and humans (because alice is the only vampire in the household who doesn't remember being human and can't empathize with the pain of having to leave that life behind). she doesn't have a "human" life to remember, but she also isn't QUITE a vampire, either (heartbeat, can eat human food & sleep, etc.). she's Different, even to the other hybrids, who had a very different upbringing and who she might feel resent her for having two loving parents to guide her.

i could see nessie and alice going on a little self-acceptance journey, with nessie's questions leading alice to confront her own repressed feelings of Otherness. you could get a lot of great angst out of that situation! nessie has an abbreviated childhood and realizes that her relationships with her family are fundamentally different to the relationships normal humans have with their families. alice realizes how much she relies on her powers to soothe her anxieties about her own relationships, constantly scanning her futures for the choices that will make people like her the most. nessie navigating a world where she is held up as the perfect child/person for raising herself when she actually needs support. alice learning to let some things be left to chance, because it's not ALWAYS terrifying to not know what will happen next. you could absolutely make nessie a relatable narrator even with her more fantastical qualities.

but alas, i don't think it would go that way in meyer's hands.

Definitely! There are ways it could be done! But I also agree with your 'alas,' that isn't probably not what SM will do with it.

I would bet cash money that there's going to be some sort of love triangle or at least triangle-adjacent thing with Nahuel and Jacob and Nessie's isolation and Otherness is not going to go much deeper than, "ugh I'm so weak and useless because I sleep and don't sparkle" and not really address any of the actual psychological issues that would arise given Nessie's nonexistent childhood and having someone literally living to be her everything (Jacob) since the moment she was born.

I see fics and headcanons where Nessie doesn't know/realize Jacob imprinted and is horrified when she finds out and I'm always like ???? she knows?? She calls him "My Jacob," like she totally gets it. It also is NORMAL to her. She's never known anything else. If anything it might be weird when she sees enough of the world to realize that other people DON'T have their soulmate with them from birth.

There's interesting stuff in there, even if I still basically 'nothing' Renesmee as a character (I don't like her, don't actively dislike her, she's just . . . there), but I think we're going to get more fantasy romance and I think SM probably got the "it's better to be human, actually" stuff out of her system with The Host, which she was going to do sequels to, too, if I remember correctly, and never did.

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The Retrieval (Demetri Volturi)

WARNING: THIS IS DARK. TWs DO APPLY. CHILDEATH. MISCARRIAGE. STILLBORN DEATH. KIDNAPPING. HOSTAGE SITUATION. FORCED PREGNANCY SITUATIONS.

Aro's desire to be all knowing and powerful held no bounds. It had been two hundred years since the Volturi's discovery of Renesmee. Two hundred years since the obsession of hybrids began. He was trying to collect as much knowledge as possible.

Here and there, someone who seemed fertile and able to carry was taken from the tours to be held in the dungeons. Then they were the guards' choices. Though Aro was encouraging of this, he had conditions. The first being don't damage the human carriers. The second being done cause any distress or harm that will disruption the carriers ability to carry to term. The third, charm the carrier. The less trauma, the better.

Lastly, one at a time. Meaning if one guard was to change carriers. It was all to be kept track of so they knew which the offspring belonged to. It'd make any decent person squirm. Even the guards themselves if they weren’t too desensitised to humans. Impregnating the food was never an idea any species enjoyed after all.

Demetri was the best at it due to his escapades whilst others were less practiced and often caused harm or even death. He made it easier for the current times whilst the Volturi looked into other methods. Demetri didn't think of them as carriers. Rather, he considered them as forgettable flings. Demetri had the record for offspring. His recorded number of offspring being twenty-eight. Although making the hybrids was the easy part. Raising them was the difficult part. Not because of the tantrums or need for constant attention. It took a toll. Demetri, by nature, developed an attachment to his offspring each time and when tragedy struck, he felt the loss.

Majority of his children lost the genetic lottery. Their lifespans were affected and immortality wasn't guaranteed. The shortest being ten years. That child had been one of the earlier offspring to date. He stopped growing at the physicality of fourteen but one day Demetri noticed his heart didn't beat the same as it did before. One by one Demetri endured his sons organs packing in. By the time the boy passed, they tried to actually find what had happened to him. He was one of the phew where they did some level of autopsy. Bizarrely the boys organs had aged faster than his very appearance. A teenager with the organs of a well lived elder. Some got human lifespans which hurt just the same when they were gone. Then there were those who had to be eliminated. Those who were a huge liability. None of them were very easy to endure. Although a particular pattern emerged. Girls were a rarity and none had survived for various reasons, some unexplainable. It had the Volturi wondering if it was something in Demetri's bloodline yet he couldn't remember to really confirm or deny anything.

As time went on, he tried not to become attached to his children at all. Expecting to lose each one of them, which he did until luck was on his side. Ares, Sebastian And Helios showed promise when they were born. Several decades apart yet they were healthy and going strong.

Ares, the eldest living child, was twenty years old but physically looked fourteen. He had stopped growing for a few years but seemed to be starting to grow again. Demetri regularly listened to his heart and monitored him to ensure he was alright. He was considered the big brother that the other children were to follow. The second in command under Demetri himself. The children almost had a hierarchy on Demetri's perceived value of them.

Sebastian was twelve years old but was mentally around ten. He was the mediator and more eager to learn. His admiration for his father only another peg in his father's favour. Demetri wasn't as concerned about Sebastian's wellbeing as he was Ares, only because Demetri felt he had some time yet. Though there was no doubt by the time he was twenty or if something had changed in his health that Demetri would be monitoring him too.

Helios was the youngest. He looked and acted like it too. The rare occurrence that development and mental age matched. However he had inherited much more vampire traits than his living brothers. It concerned him, Helios just barely getting out of trouble. Had Helios had no respect for the laws and secrecy of vampire kind, he'd have met his fate much sooner. He was quite the hotheaded trouble maker, often getting disciplined by Demetri. His behaviour was a consistent and constant problem for his violent tendencies, anger issues and hyperactivity that made him aggressive.

All three boys had shown high probability of an immortals life span. Those were the children who he was willing to give most of his time.

Demetri was alerted of the fatality of a carrier and offspring. As he always did, he went to see the child. Another girl. He was saddened by what could have been as he was for every child but the loss didn't surprise him anymore. As he delicately stroked the baby's head, a guard spoke up. “Do you know what happened to the carrier called Angela?” He paused. “No. This carrier is named Lily.” Demetri said. The guard paused. “Angela is left blank. We don't have an Angela and…it's dated seven years ago.” That made Demetri stop altogether, still cradling the baby. “One of mine?” He asked. “Yes, there was two that year. One didn't make it, one was-” “The year one was eliminated?” Demetri asked and the guard nodded. “There's one unaccounted for.” The guard frowned. Demetri thought for a moment. “Leave it with me. Let me send off this little one first.” When the guard left Demetri looked down and kissed the baby's head. “I'm sorry, sweetheart.”

That night, Demetri sat in his armchair thinking about the unaccounted for carrier. He remembered the third but he couldn't remember what had happened to them or the offspring. He had checked the record. The name was there and that the carrier was due. He was certain that the situation with the eliminated offspring had showed the memory of the second carrier. Yet he couldn't remember anything about the carrier after that day.

A thought occurred to him. A thought that made him stiffen in his armchair. If this ‘Angela’ was unaccounted for then it's a chance she wasn't dead and she certainly wasn't in this castle. That meant someone disappeared right under the Volturi's notice.

He focused on his memories of Angela. Even if it was rather difficult to track someone he could barely recall. Although…it wasn't impossible. After a few minutes of concentration, he picked up a tenor and his stomach would have dropped. That was something he hadn't wanted because if he could track her, it meant she was still alive. Still alive…and not in the castle. Unaccounted for. He practically dived off the armchair, storming out of the room.

Demetri told Aro, Marcus and Caius that he and Felix would handle it immediately and took the three boys with him. All three having proven they were good at being sneaky back ups. The instructions were clear. It didn't matter how Angela escaped. If the child was still alive and Angela didn't hand the child over then she was to be eliminated. He tracked her to Norway and was faced with an isolated house that looked rather old.

The house itself, though rather spacious, was completely square and bleak looking. A complete lack of imagination on the architecture. This house was built purely on function and nothing more. Brown bricks, brown windows and a charcoal grey simple roof. It gave the impression that the house, submerged by the surrounding forest, had been lost to time. Perhaps due to the upkeep… if there was one.

Demetri's attention was grabbed by a woman coming out from the front of the house and toward them around the back. He remembered Angela much clearer upon seeing her. She had been changed. Somehow. That implied she had gotten some help. However, there was little time to think about that as Demetri saw a little girl clinging to Angela's side. She looked about physically six years old. However He was too busy being stunned at the most obvious thing of the child's appearance.

“A girl.” He said quietly to himself, his gaze softening momentarily. His first girl. A girl that had survived. Finally. The first girl in two hundred years. He wanted to ask how the girl survived. It took priority in his head over anything else. He didn't even care how they escaped at that point. Only that he had a daughter. A living daughter.

It was clear the poor child was terrified. No doubt Angela had taught her to fear Demetri. He wasn't overly pleased by that, though not surprised. Though it wasn't too big of a problem. He believed every child should fear their parent to an extent. Though never so much that said parent couldn't be trusted. That was the goal with every child he fathered. Each one would learn to trust him. Even if they were intimidated by his stern demeanor. Every one of his children learned it. Even Helios. He learned that he could cause the trouble should he wish it. He'd simply expect the consequences swiftly after but above all, Demetri was the boss. No ifs, ands or buts. The same went for this girl. She could fear him, she could question his intentions, she could scream and cry but what she wouldn't do was try to override his authority.

However, if there was one thing that caused him great concern was Angela herself. The carriers never survived the birth. So the one main parent was Demetri. The children did not have enough memories to really bond with the carriers. From the second they were born, the children were removed from the dungeons and he swooped in for that integral time ensuring they bonded to him. By the time they were bonded to him as their father, he could let go and ultimately they'd be cared for by others but he'd still check in. Therefore all of his prior children had only bonded with him. This girl hadn't bonded with him at all in her entirely life and had grown dependent on the carrier who was alive. That was a big complication. Therefore the carrier wasn't a carrier anymore. The carrier had become a mother.

Finally Demetri spoke. “I should have known you'd be the one to cause trouble. You always were the stubborn one.” “How can you be so sure? You seemed too occupied to keep up with the likes of us.” Angela replied coldly. “I'd be very careful how you speak to me, surrogate.” He spat. “You've caused a very big problem for the Volturi and my own daughter.” Angela jutted out her jaw in defiance but couldn't ignore her instincts warning her of the danger to come. “My daughter is no concern or business of yours. She's perfectly safe with me. Where she belongs.” She tried to force any fear from her voice but failed tremendously. She knew her wording was dangerous, having dared to denounce Demetri as her daughter's father.

Without warning, he stormed towards Angela. “You dare speak those words to me!?” He hissed. “You think I'll allow this? You believe I'll simply walk away from this?” His glare pierced her very soul. An anger unlocked that could make the forest shake. The very foundation of the world crack. “I will not rest until that girl is with me where she belongs. That is where she should be. That was the very reason you got to live as long as you did, you ungrateful wench!” Angela knew he had the experience to overpower her. She was in the latter years of her newborn status and year by year was losing that newborn strength. He had the intelligence over her too. She blurted out a response in panic that did her no favours as she fought for control over the situation. “I've told her everything about you. She knows what you've done.” She said coldly, her head held high. Demetri seemed to search her expression. His anger bubbled just under the skin. “Is that so?” He asked lowly but by no means less angry. His hand gripped her jaw tightly. “All the more reason to take her since you fill her head with things she shouldn't hear at her age.” He ground out.

That seemed to spook the little girl and she sprinted off back towards the house “Madison!” Angela cried out but Demetri kept a firm grip on her, his eyes darting towards the fleeing girl momentarily before his gaze returned to Angela. “You've done your purpose, surrogate. I'll take it from here.” “I'll die before I let you take her.” Angela gritted out. “Then die.” He said in disgust and before she could stop him, his other hand grabbed the back of her head and twisted. With a sickening crunch, her head came off.

Helios giggled and nudged the head lightly with his foot. “Ares. You come with me, we'll take care of this.” He then turned to the younger two boys. Before eyeing the house. “Get her.” He ordered. Helios giggled again, this time with excitement. Tasks like these were like playtime to ensure the hybrids would be excellent hunters. The two boys nodded and sprinted to the house.

Madison knew she only had mere minutes but she had the house to her advantage as she knew it. However she didn't realise that in this circumstance that wouldn't be enough. She especially didn't have the ability to hide her fear and her fear had well and truly overwhelmed her by the time the two boys had entered. Madison looked up at them through narrow gaps in the floorboards trying to be quiet but her sniffles didn't help matters.

Sebastian looked around with much more thought than Helios did. Helios wanted to tear the place apart, make a mess using the hunt for his younger sister as an excuse. He was famous for that in the Volturi. He justified his trouble with reasons for doing so, even if they lacked logic. Sebastian kept a tight grip on Helios’s wrist so he didn't go anywhere. “Do you hear that?” Sebastian asked lowly. “I don't hear nothin’!” Helios said loudly and Sebastian shushed him. “That's because you're not listening, idiota! Listen! Usa le orecchie!” Helios huffed and stayed quiet. That's when they heard whimpering sobs. “Okay maybe I hear that.” Helios huffed. He peeked under the couch. “Nothin’.” “If father hears you cutting off your words early, he'll be annoyed.” Sebastian said. “No one likes a snitch.” Helios chided. Sebastian ignored him walking around the living room. “It's coming from the floor.” He halted. “Non va bene.”

Minutes later, Demetri and Ares returned. “Well?” Demetri turned to Sebastian and Helios. “We found her. She's under the floorboards.” Sebatian said. That was something Demetri didn't expect. He heard the crying and noticed something the two boys hadn't. To the left of the room were three misplaced floorboards. A small child could get in, but no one else could.

Demetri looked at Helios. “Go in there and get here. Helios giggled again, already excited for the curious game of hunt. He already imagined what he could do to get to the girl. Demetri noticed and grabbed Helios’s arm and glared at him. “She isn't to be harmed.” That dampened Helios excitement some. Demetri continued. “Bring her to me, unharmed.”

Helios scrambled towards the hole and dropped in with no fear. The chase was on and sure enough he heard the scuffling of two children beneath him. That's when Demetri heard his daughter scream in fear of Helios. She now realised that Demetri had sent him in to retrieve her. He heard the two crawling and tried to follow them from above. “Don't be frightened, sweet girl. You'll be alright.” Demetri said loudly but went ignored by the girl. Suddenly, he heard Helios yelp and whine in pain and aggravated. His eyes widened. Sebastian moved to his side. “Father, I'd be able to fit in but I wouldn't be able to get out again, I think.” Demetri nodded. “Go in, I'll get you out again through a different way.” Sebatian nodded and headed to the hole. It was definitely a tight squeeze but he could do it.

Demetri heard shuffling and Sebastian spoke up. “Are you okay? Go back up. I'll get her. Father will check your face.” Demetri felt a burning rage and concern to hear his son must have been injured. “Helios!” Demetri called and moved towards the hole where Helios was looking up at him. He had covered his noise and mouth. “She kicked me!” It came out muffled but Demetri hauled him up and out of the hole by the arms. “Let me see, darling.” Demetri muttered as he inspected his sons nose and mouth for any injury. His son didn't seem injured but got a good bop to the face. He felt relief and rubbed his sons shoulders.

Demetri was distracted suddenly by a snarl, yelp and scream. “I've got her!” Sebastian yelled. Demetri moved back towards where he heard his children. His daughter was clearly terrified. “Quit squirming!” Sebastian yelled. Demetri moved to where he heard them directly below him on the floor. Suddenly Sebastian screamed in pain. “Get off! Get off! Help! She's biting me!”

Demetri lunged forward and tore at the floorboards that came away with ease. “Stop it!” Demetri demanded as he caught sight of Sebastian squeezing the girl as her jaw was clamped on his shoulder. “Get her off!” Sebastian shrieked. Helios, the violence fanatic, looked around Demetri. “Punch her in the head!” “No!” Demetri growled. “You bring her to me. She is not to be harmed!” Demetri reached in and noticed how small she was. He was thankful he hadn't given any of his sons an opportunity to hurt her. He highly doubted she'd not be severely injured. “Take her! Take her!” Sebastian cried as Demetri pried the girl from Sebastian and straightened to a stand. Madison kicked and screamed, trying to get away.

“Be still.” Demetri gritted out sternly. “You won't win this fight. You're coming home with me.” He angled her head to the side of his shoulder, holding her there by the back of her head and carrying the rest of her weight with the other. “Boys, we're going.” He said briskly.

Madison screamed and cried for her mother. That sent a pang into Demetri's chest and tried to console the girl. “Hush now.” He said soothingly low into her ear. She felt the rumble in his chest as he spoke. “You're safe, sweetheart. I'm your father and I'm going to take you home.” He kissed her hair. He forced away his anger that she'd be left with the confusion and fear. She didn't know her father or her brothers, she didn't know the castle she was supposed to grow up in. He had a good feeling about his daughter too. She seemed to be aging like her brothers but not quite catching up. He listened to her heartbeat. Quick with terror but strong. Very strong. This was a healthy child. He was confident she'd last like his three sons would. She had to. “I'm not going to miss one more second of you, sweetheart.”

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sonny's : retired drs

i have been in the shifting community for like five years, a lot of scrapped scripts are piled in the recesses of my noggin.

i choose blood ! ✶ dream smp

i'm so tired of pretending like the dream smp was corny. i mean, the fandom was. and so were the streamers. and so was the story. and the characters. however, i choose to turn a blind eye because it did something through minecraft that nothing else was doing at the time, and nothing has replicated since. and it was great. excellent, beautiful. although i recognize that my impression filtered through layers of nostalgia and headcanons. and if you know me, you might expect, i basically rebuilt the entirety of the lore from scratch. rewrote history.

who is she . . . ? my name was soap. i was part mushroom, the daughter of an ancient forest entity, psychically tapped into the mycelium network between the tree roots. i was down devious madly in love with technoblade, who was a werepig cursed by the same witch who was sally's mother. i lived with him and phil, and tommy post-exile. i listened to a lot of grimes during this time period. so, think, that informing the vibe. i was a weird kid in middle school. i would yap to anyone who would listen about ts.

death before dishonour ! ✶ arthurian legend

i went through a phase where i was obsessed with the knights. not in a weird christian way. in a feminist way. this was just after i finished reading tcp, and i needed to be a girlknight so bad. i remembered i had free will so i clung onto the round table, my funky little englishmen, my mythological blorbos. i still have never seen bbc merlin, dont want to watch that thank you. because. i dont like real british people. i started trying to learn old english. i still really fw this so i might go back to it lowk.

who is she . . . ? phoebesthus goulding la fey. i was the descendent of faery warrior nobility. had a tail and golden eyes that shone like a cats in the dark. whimsically inhuman. i was an expert swordfighter, the only knight other than lancelot to best king arthur in a joust. smaller, quicker, and deadlier than any of the others. i was op.

one giant leap for mankind ! ✶ space travel

phase when i really wanted to be an astronaut. i had just read project hail mary and thought that the astrophage were dope. and i desperately wanted to escape our solar system. this was basically a waiting room. i scripted that i just drifted between outposts and journaled. incredibly chill. the ship i drove was an old green hunk of junk shaped like a scarab beetle called a "sunbug".

who is she . . . ? i was a green, half human/alien who could photosynthesize. a spaceship mechanic with a pet raccoon named beetle. i was an orphan, obviously, with a military past, duh. i think i just really want a tail in general, because i still lowkey script one in almost every dr.

do i dazzle you ? ✶ twilight saga

im literally bella swan. like she's just literally me. that's always been the case. im legitamately an avid twilight scholar, i know all of the lore. no one truly understands it like i do. i love it all. not even in an ironic way like genuinely. and i wanted that freak discoball so bad.

who is she . . . ? i replaced bella. i divorced my parents (foreshadowing...). and i love my baby renesmee. MY SHAYLAAA.

breathe out / so i can breathe you in ✶ firebug dr

original firebug dr was actually a fever dream. it was a better cr that i heavily fixated on throughout freshman year of high school. it took place in a major, quite historical city on the east coast, except i scripted near constant cosmic peril to befall us. dark, grungy, thrilling, inspired by the batman (because that movie literally altered the culture, 2022 was crazy). this is what my currently current superhero dr is based on. scripted my hallway crush wanted to talk to me and that i never fell over when a public bus moved.

who is she . . . ? sarafina graham. the firebug. pyrokinetic. pit fighter. annoying smartass. biochemistry prodigy. fourteen year old girl. oooh good times, bad bad nostalgia.

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[thecarnivorousmuffinmeta]

What would happen if the Cullens were trapped in the town of Silent Hill?

If you're unaware, Silent Hill is a tourist town with a dark secret. It has the power to "call" those with darkness in their hearts or unresolved trauma and trap them in a nightmarish Other World. This Other World is a reflection of a person's mind plastered over the town, populated with monsters derived from a person's fears, vices and personal demons.

The only way to escape the Other World is to go on a journey the town creates for you to confront and come to terms with your past.

I'm just thinking, with all the baggage the Cullens have, Silent Hill would have a field day with them. Especially Bella and Edward.

So, who do you think would escape from Silent Hill? My money's on Carlisle and Rosalie, personally. Renesmee, Esme, Jasper and Alice I'm not so sure about. It could go either way. Bella and Edward though? Yeah, probably not.

Emmett, by far being the most grounded and, for lack of a better term, sanest Cullen probably wouldn't be drawn into the Other World. He's just stuck in a tourist town with a panicking Jacob wondering where the hell everyone is.

Interesting question, I haven't played the games nor seen the movie adaptations but I know there's a Pyramid Head.

But I can work with this premise. Alright, let's bullet point the Cullens. Who escapes from Silent Hill?

Alice

Alice has no memories of Mary Alice Brandon's traumatic past. It doesn't even seem to be repressed so much as a product of electroshock therapy in the 1920's. Alice also has very little angst about the fact that she's missing her memories and most of her problems are due to Edward's nonsense and are more or less easily solved if she works around him and the Volturi.

What I'm getting at is that Alice is never called.

She's also stuck with Emmett in this dumb tourist town wondering why they decided to vacation in Virginia.

Bella

Bella has no idea what the fuck is happening. The thing about Bella is she takes things at such face, literal, value that she would just think this is a town of monsters that has absolutely nothing to do with her. Even when it becomes increasingly obvious this is a metaphor for the choices she made, her own insecurities, and her own fears.

Bella tries to get out and gets increasingly frustrated when no solution presents itself.

She doesn't escape because she doesn't want to confront herself.

Carlisle

Ooh baby, yep, Carlisle's going. Canonically he seems to have unresolved issues with his late father, his witch burning past, the fact that he gave into loneliness and turned the others into vampires (especially when he learns that not all desired to become one and may rather have died) not to mention the whole Twilight saga which destroys his friendship with Aro and gives him increasing existential dread.

I imagine Carlisle has a horrible time in a town full of everything on fire.

However, as you note, I imagine he gets out. Carlisle in canon (for all we don't see much of him) does seem to have done a good job coming to terms with his own history and who he is. He confronts difficult things such as whether or not he should have turned the others and does vocally wonder about them to Bella. He notes that he went through great introspection over whether being a vampire made him evil and Edward notes he has great distress over what he did as a human to people who turned out to be innocent after all.

Carlisle would realize what this place is and that he has to go on this journey to confront the worst part of himself.

(True to hilarious Twilight fashion, I imagine he'd get out of this personal journey hellscape and find himself with his oblivious family who have no idea anything happened to him at all.)

Edward

Oh yes, Edward was made for this place. The thing is I think Edward would catch on very fast to what this is, that this is a place of his own personal demons (ah, hello Pyramid Head) but he wouldn't want to admit it or confront it. He would rail against it, he knows what he is and he knows he wants to do anything but confront or accept it. He saw the demon already when he nearly ate Bella in Biology, he has no desire to do so again.

I imagine as he continues to resist more terrible things happen (I am sure a copy of Bella gets eaten somewhere in here) and Edward chooses to embrace madness or the illusion rather than get through and let the monster consume him (as that's what he'd fear the answer is).

Edward doesn't get out.

Emmett

Yup, never goes.

He has no idea what's happening and where everyone went. He figures they'll show up eventually (hoping the Volturi didn't get them or something.)

Esme

Esme... you know, I think she might. Esme would find herself in a very lonely and unpleasant place, it'd take her a while, but I imagine she'd eventually realize this all has to do with her and that she never truly confronted the past or herself. She gave up on life and then immediately was handed everything she'd ever wanted and so had never had to face that.

Esme leaves and has to become a person again.

Jasper

"Ah, hello darkness, my old friend" Jasper immediately recognizes what this is and what's happening to him. Doesn't matter that it's a surreal nightmarefest, all of it's just somehow so very familiar.

I give Jasper a 50/50 chance. The thing is, Alice threw him a lifeline before and he's still clinging to it with all his might. He was never really saved from who and what he was, he just hopes desperately that Alice and the Cullens will keep him afloat.

This journey would have to show him that that isn't enough and he would have to realize as much and realize that Alice can't save him if he doesn't do his own part as well.

(Which of course, would be terrifying to him, because if Alice can't save him then Jasper sure as hell can't save himself).

Renesmee

What you get is essentially a surreal version of Bleach on the Brain by @therealvinelle.

Renesmee at first is very confused and terrified by all of this. She's separated from her family, this place is filled with strange monsters reminiscent of the Volturi, but slowly Renesmee realizes that these are her fears and insecurities, that she doesn't love Jacob and is terrified of him, and her family are strangers to her and she's not sure any of them love her.

I like to believe Renesmee would get out but it would mean letting go of the illusion of her family, the belief that she must matter to them, and learning to confront the possibility that none of them might care at all.

Rosalie

Yup, she's going there, and like Jasper she immediately realizes what this is for all she's horrified by it. I imagine Rosalie's in a state of panicked terror as she was supposed to be done with this: she'd gotten her revenge, murdered all of them, had put it out of her mind as fast as she could.

Rosalie would really struggle but I imagine eventually pull through. She'd have to recognize that Emmett can't fix everything, that there were some things she never let go, that she's still searching for affection and love she's not sure she'll ever receive (from Edward as well as Alice).

However, Rosalie's a very strong person emotionally who did face something like this once before and pulled through. She wants to get better, to be a better person, so I think she'd make it through.

TL;DR

Edward and Bella are the only one's I'd say definite no towards.

[cto10121]

Twilight Clown Takes—Part 10

Featuring “Twilight is badly written,” “Meyer did not intend to write X thing she definitely wrote,” “The series is über Mormon,” and other chestnuts. Fortunately, I do love nuts of all kinds, so om nom nom

The writing was so gibberish it was a bestselling phenomenon on par with Harry Potter.

The only thing bad about the writing in Twilight is that Meyer got a very bad editor. There are stray typos and errors in my original copies. Sadly, book editing has gotten worse since then, and I have found many modern books with similar errors.

Bella is not like other girls, all right. So much so that she constantly claims she is. Like here:

“Well, look at me,” I said, unnecessarily, because he was looking at me. “I’m completely ordinary.”

IF the dialogue in the books is like the movie dialogue…IF

“This main character is such a main character!!1!1” 😡 “Also big words make my wee lil brain hurt!!1!1”

Bella is literally so expressive around Edward and the Cullens, to the point where Alics mentions sourly she had “forgotten how exuberant” she was. Emmett and Jasper have a bet over how many people Bella could kill in her first year just on her temper alone. And re: Edward, Bella has no problem arguing and pleading and crying and ranting to him.

Also, Jacob is a different, much more immature character than Bella, so of course his POV would be different.

“Deeply desperate for sexuality” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣And these clowns claim Meyer is a bad writer. Don’t go throwing stones with your glass house, hon.

Anyhoo, Edward is the one who pushes for marriage, not Bella. Rosalie and Emmett get married every decade or so, but that’s only because Rosalie loves weddings—as in, being the center of attention. Do Alice and Jasper even have a wedding ceremony??? I don’t even think they got married in the traditional sense even once. No doubt they did, but they aren’t portrayed as a conventional married couple at all.

Other vampires that are not the Cullens do not marry at all—they are mated, which is an actually a greater and more permanent commitment than marriage in the Twilight world.

Also. The Twilight series, fearing sexuality? The Denali sisters literally went vegetarian because they loved fucking human men too much. And they are considered not only good vampires, but the Cullens’ extended family. And Renesmee nor Claire are child brides.

Twilight isn’t explicit about sex purely because Meyer realized her first book would be targeted to a YA crowd. But it is a romance through and through.

Ho boy, where to begin?

“Edward is supposed to be creepy, he is a vampire after all—” Would you like a cookie for this very obvious reading, Clown OP? That is some elementary school-level reading comprehension there.

“Failed to write an arc where the character recognize the problems, learn, and then overcome them—” Edward literally went from “She is my prey” to “I have her blood on my lips, and I am laughing at a joke she just made” in the first book alone. In New Moon, Edward made the disastrous decision to leave Bella, ramifications of which he was still dealing with in Eclipse (and he explicitly said it was the worst mistake he ever made). In Eclipse, Edward finally learns to trust Bella, fight for her love, and even decides to give her what she wants (i.e., sex) because he felt that he had been fucking it up the whole time. By Breaking Dawn, we have an Edward who finally accepts himself for who he is and learns to be happy in his vampire life.

As for Bella, she went from an introverted parentified teen so neglected she felt she had to cook and clean for her parents in order to feel less of a burden…to the powerful member of a coven who loves and supports her, saving the lives of said coven and mate from the Volturi. By the end Bella finally learns that what she wants is important and to fight for it. She learns to accept gifts and attention. She even finally describes herself as beautiful…as a human. That’s so big! That is an arc.

It is glaringly obvious, that I must question whether Clown OP has read the series or not. Most clowns do not, of course.

“The story never digs deep enough into him being a real danger to Bella—” Bitch, that’s all of the story. It’s literally 80% of Edward’s personality right there! He is too bad for Bella, it would be better if he weren’t in Bella’s life, it’s literally never-ending. A whole chunk of Bella’s motivation for becoming a vampire is because his world is too dangerous for her as a human. The whole plot of each book is Bella being hunted by a vampire, who are consistently the villains and described as monsters.

“Trying to turn Stephenie into the new J.K. Rowling—” When I picked up Twilight in ‘06 it was labeled as “Romantic Suspense.” The whole series was explicitly marketed as a paranormal teen romance, which was and is a subgenre of fantasy, with the whole Team Edward and Team Jacob thing riding strong. Twilight never tried to be something it wasn’t, and Meyer has never tried to make it out to seem like some epic fantasy. On the contrary, it was the anti fans that preferred the lore to the actual romance.

Nowadays the series is shelved under YA Fantasy, but that was after the series was completed. Breaking Dawn was perhaps the deciding factor.

Sure, Meyer was not aware of something she absolutely 100% wrote.

Bella’s parentification was canon before Midnight Sun was a twinkle in Meyer’s eye. And sure enough, when that landed, Bella’s neglect became downright glaring. But go on espousing sexist biases about female writers “not intending” certain things, Clown OP. It’s not like that isn’t a page taken from the Suppressing Women Writers handbook. When you know, you know.

Sigh. *schedules Movie Bella vs. Book Bella post*

[therealvinelle]

Why do you think fanfic writers lie in their fic tags? Like, a fic itself contains several semi-graphic depictions of het sex, and yet the tag is Gen. What is the thought process behind doing shit like this?

They're sick fucks, that's why.

To be more serious: I think few people set out to intentionally deceive their readers, and the ones that do usually want readers so badly they forget themselves. Genuine bad actors are rare, or so I choose to believe.

As it is, I suspect I'm a misleading tagger myself, at least to some.

The way I treat tags is as warnings, so I will tag ships featured in my works even if they're one-sided, background, or in the past because that way people who don't want to see that ship know to avoid my story. Edward/Carlisle and Jacob/Renesmee getting tagged in my fic Bleach on the Brain is an example of this: sucks if you clicked on the fic because you're a shipper but the way I see it, sucks worse if you don't want to see those and now you're reading a fic with father/son incest and a guy in his mid-twenties grooming a child in it. If I hadn't done this, if I'd only kept the pairings which were depicted positively, then the negative tags in that fic (grooming, sexual assault, etc) would have been assumed to be related to those and someone else would have been upset with me.

I tag this way because @theoriginalcarnivorousmuffin learned the hard way (i.e.: got hate) that tagging only for endgame will get a lot of people very mad at you, but now A/B shippers have fics depicting their ship negatively. It's a losing game.

So that's bringing me to a major reason why I think misleading tags happen (which gets a headline so I can tell myself this post is structured):

People have different ideas of how works should be tagged

Some people want to tag for everything that happens in the fic. Literally everything, if it's a smut you know exactly what goes where just from reading the tags.

This also means they might tag characters who appear only briefly in a scene in chapter 35 (the fic having 56 chapters so far and being 500k+ long), because hey, the character appears. Or maybe they're brought up a lot and are very important to the fic even if there's not much actual screentime, so a character like Voldemort gets tagged in a Harry Potter fic focused on the war without him actually appearing all that much.

On the opposing side you have the minimalists. They tag the main two characters and put three more in the additional tags so it won't go in the character tag, and add a ship tag some 30 chapters in. There are two additional tags, both are very vague. If that - I've seen people who don't tag at all, or who just tag with a single character, or just the ship - it really is up to the individual.

I've noticed the type of author (whether Ao3 was their first platform, how much time they spent elsewhere, whether it's an imported fic, and how old the author is) and the type of fic (how old it is, the author's background, and genre (oneshot, drabble, multi-chapter, 5+1, etc.)) influences tagging.

Common to all authors, though, is they try to tag as they feel is appropriate for their fic.

Which brings me to the next issue:

How do I tag?

A lot of people are confused about this.

They're confused about what tags mean - what's freeform (I honestly keep forgetting what this one is supposed to be too), when something should be tagged, what belongs in relationship or character tags vs. additional tags, what additional tags are supposed to be.

Do you, for that matter, try to explain your story in the tag ("this is a roommate AU with feelings") or do you tag succinctly ("roommate AU", "feelings", "fluff") or a combination? A lot of authors seem to prefer the first and last options, from what I can tell it's become the norm. Most authors seem to use the additional tags to connect with the reader in this way, and so you get people placing more emphasis on the additional tags than the succinct tags.

How do I tag? Sensibilities section

Then there's the question of sensibilities: what's triggering to reader A may be great stuff to reader B, with the author not realising it could be triggering to anybody and should have been in the tags, or the author thought knees brushing against each other warranted big red warnings that "they literally had sex, oh god this is so dirty. so dirty!! can't believe i wrote this. ENTER AT OWN RISK" which of course is very disappointing to the sick fucks who wanted porn.

Or the opposite happens: the author knows the subject is triggering, which means people might not click on the fic, and they want attention so badly they ah weasel out. Or option three: the author can't tag without spoiling the story, and so they either put "creator chose not to use warnings", don't rate it, and let the readers enter at their own risk or they use tags uh strategically (have a look at how I tagged Nebuchadnezzar's Dream to avoid spoiling the bloody coup d'état that happens at the end. Today I simply would have gone for no warnings and no rating, but those tags are also a solution which I think is... alright, I suppose "massacre" could have been added but it was entirely off screen so to me would have been an abuse of the tag).

In other words, everyone will be tagging differently and sometimes it's because they've no clue which tag is warranted, sometimes they're trying not to spoil their story, sometimes they didn't realise they should or shouldn't have tagged for something.

Anthologies (when someone posts their oneshots as chapters of a story)

These used to frustrate me endlessly, until I saw a "how to help readers find your fic!" post explaining that with anthologies, your readers get a notification every time you post a new oneshot and it's easy to find them all!

Which, in retrospect, is the most fanfiction.net statement I've ever seen (indeed, OP was an old ffnet dog).

Ao3 allows collections, and is unique in this: to older fandom people, putting your thematically connected oneshots together as chapters of a story used to be how it was done, having 54 connected drabbles on your fanfiction.net profile where readers couldn't filter them out nor select to view only the drabbles put together made perfect sense. And then they never adapted to Ao3's features, and other users seeing these anthologies copied the action because hey, stats.

I'm still frustrated with these people and wish they would just post their oneshots individually, but I think a lot of them are just... really really keen on the numbers on their fics going up, and not thinking about the purpose of the archive, utilising its features, nor that they're making their oneshots harder to find and annoying a lot of people.

The tag difficulty with anthologies, of course, being that if you have two oneshots in it, one with characters A and B and you tag it for X and Y happening, the other oneshot is with characters C and D and you tag it for Z and W happening, and continue like this for 30 chapters, then you have a wall of tags so everyone will see your story, good on you, but your readers have no way of knowing what's happening in your story or to which characters, and they're either patient enough to click their way through every goddamn chapter or they just scroll past your thing. Either way you're cloying a looot of tags and the readers who wanted Z and W happening to A and B are pissed because they clicked their way through god knows how many chapters only to not get what they wanted (and now they don't like anthologies either).

(Disclaimer: sometimes drabbles or oneshots are so interconnected that it doesn't make sense to separate even on Ao3, so to every rule there's an exception.)

In conclusion

Most authors are making tough choices when tagging, or they don't know how to tag, or they want readers very badly (and what you as a reader can do to ameliorate this is to comment and kudos frequently! Even give positive notes in the bookmarks when you make a new one because believe me we check!).

Or they're writing an anthology, in which case you should be very skeptical about those tags.

[chameleonsallinvermillion]

Names From Twilight

Watching the movements of names from Twilight up and down the baby name charts year after year is a particular hobby of mine. Even if I ignore other fandoms for a year, I never ignore Twilight. It's such a good cross-section of names, and also it contains The Name That Haunts Me.

Most of these names aren't given because of Twilight, naturally. Only in rare cases is there ever likely to be a connection. But the rise and fall of popularity is interesting to me nonetheless and that is what tumblr is for.

Isabella: - 10th place, with 1795 baby girls in 2023. No surprises there. It never falls far.

Edward: - 30th place, 1501 boys named. Another of those names that just won't go away. A standard reliable boy name that hasn't turned unisex yet. How can parents walk away?

Jacob: - 24th place, 1655. I imagine the majority of them are Jake most of the time.

Charlie: - there never is any indication that Bella's father is called Charles so I stick with Charlie. It came in 17th in 2023, with 2010 boys.

Carlisle: - zero. Absolutely none - or, if there are, there are less than three of them. Didn't make the charts at all. It's a pity because I rather like it as a name.

Esme: - 982 baby girls, bringing it into 47th place. E names are so popular, especially ones that feel like they belong in the early 20th century: Elsie, Esme, and so on.

Renee: - 545th place, with 71 girls. It's higher than I expected. It always is.

Alice: - she never seems to leave the top 100. I think of it as a placeholder name, something you choose when you can't think of anything else, like Rose, but that's mean of me. 50th place, 955 girls.

Rosalie: - Rosie and Rose are so popular at the moment, and double-barrels ending in Rose are booming, so it's no surprise this one is doing okay for itself. 279th place, with 161 baby girls.

Emmett: - with only 38 boys in 2023, I'm slightly surprised in Emmett. It feels like it should belong higher, up alongside Ezra perhaps or Asher and Isaiah. But it never seems to make the climb so I guess something about it just doesn't appeal.

Jasper: - 690 boys, putting it at a very respectable 75th place. I think it will probably continue to rise too.

Leah: - 169th place, with 205 girls. It's falling down the ranks a bit but that's a welcome respite.

Seth: - 229th place, with 213 babies. Not bad and fits in nicely with its companions that I loosely class as "farmboy names".

Quill: - 4107th place, with just four boys, which makes it exactly the same level as

Aro: - also with just four boys. Aro feels like a name that ought to catch on. With Arlo so high, and Arrow climbing? People are missing a chance to dazzle on the baby naming forums.

But all of this is just fluff, just leading us to the biggest and most important question of all. Carlisle didn't make the cut this year. Quill and Aro, both so ordinary-sounding, are barely scraping through. Where on this list is our girl, Renesmee?

Renesmee: - 1030th place, with 33 baby girls in 2023. 33 little Renesmees out there, just beginning to learn to crawl. Sit with that for a moment. Reflect on it.

Because Renesmee is such a new name, it is theoretically possible for me to find out exactly how many of them are alive - certainly within in England and Wales, possibly within the world so long as other countries also provide good naming data. There's a beginning point to the name, the same as Nevaeh, and we can chart its whole lifespan. If we close our eyes to the fact that sometimes children don't survive, it seems probable that everyone who has ever been called Renesmee is currently alive. I'm not sure if any of them will be teenagers yet. This fascinates me. This, honestly, delights me.

But do you want to know what doesn't delight me? The Name That Haunts Me lingers on this list still. Do you want to know what it is?

Renesmae: - 774th place, with 36 baby girls. It's more popular than Renesmee. Do you know why this haunts me? It's because it's so normal. I almost miss it on the list, every time. If I didn't know where this name comes from, I wouldn't bat an eyelid at it. Do you know how many mediocre names lurk in the lower levels of the list? How many things that feel slightly off but you could be persuaded were actually very common at some time or other? Renesmae. She's...normal. Ren, probably, to her friends. A little quirky but ultimately mundane.

It's entirely possible that a mother out there has chosen the name Renesmae for her daughter and has no idea where it comes from. People don't always research the name they choose, you know. Maybe she heard it at a toddler play place with her young son and thought it sounded interesting and pretty. Maybe she suggested it to her husband and he was persuaded. Maybe these parents have genuinely no idea that they've named their little girl after the vampire baby from Twilight. It's not likely but it's possible. It's possible.

[gisellelx]

Twilight Advent Calendar, Day 9

Dec. 9 - What is it like for Carlisle to work as a doctor now versus back when he was alone?

Masterpost/Prompts

I'm going to take a little different tack to this one, and focus a little bit on how medicine has changed, and how that has followed a bit of evolution in how Carlisle practices now that he has a family.

At the beginning of his career, when he was alone, doctors were jacks of all trades. He was the person who cured fevers, and attended births, and did surgeries. He was "on" nearly 100% of the time, and that suited him well--he needed the validation that came from people depending on him, and that need was nearly insatiable.

But then he turned Edward, and then Esme, and suddenly, that need was slaked in a different way. As a husband, and as a father, and as a patriarch, he was needed, but in a way that was less intense. He learned to slow down; to listen, to love differently, and to get his validation from other places in his life.

This change happened, coincidentally, contemporaneously with increasing specialization in the field of medicine. As the 1900s wore on, he was no longer a "doctor" but needed to be a "surgeon" and then a "trauma surgeon." He no longer needed to be all things to all people; he could focus a little more. (He doesn't, always--this is why he prefers practicing in places like Forks, where the size of the hospital still means that he is called on for a lot, but he's gotten better at it.)

He had already begun slowing down after Renesmee's birth, and for a short while, he sped up, to be of use during the depths of the COVID-19 outbreak. But as the emergent nature of the pandemic receded, he settled back into different rhythms. The newer specialty of hospital medicine has meant that he gets a lot of the same fulfillment of being a jack of all trades and focusing on patient care, but has merged it with the fast-paced, detailed knowledge he's so proud of. And, its schedules have given him freedom--either to work himself to the bone by taking on more than one job, or, as I HC he is doing now, to do work which leaves him a great deal of time for his family.

In late 2023, Carlisle's found a nice balance working as a notcturnist in a large medical system in the midwest. He works 84 hours over 7 days, then has 14 days to spend with his wife and his children, and the balance nourishes all the parts of his soul he needs it to.

[goldeneyedgirl]

I've been reading your babyfic snippets and I have so many questions about it. I love the concept, it's so cute and funny and a bit dark – since now the cullens have one more thing to protect. I think you mentioned in one of the snippets that Jasper tried to cook for Ollie (and failed) and I'd love to read anything you have about this. Also, I see Maria and Alice's mom are potential problems (?), but are you thinking about making the Volturi a problem too, aka Renesmee Cullen plot??

Don't worry if you don't have snippets to post, I'd be glad just to know your thoughts <3

Thank you :D I'm having a good time turning baby-fic into something with a Plot.

I can add Jasper trying to cook to the list of potential ficmas posts!

Neither Jasper or Alice are good cooks and rely entirely on Alice's stepfather to teach them (mostly so that they aren't forcing cooking-food scents at the Cullens, not because Esme is unwilling; Simon has High Standards when it comes to food, so he's determined to make sure Alice knows her way around the kitchen).

Alice manages okay with practice - she's never going to be an amazing, passionate cook, but she can definitely feed herself and Ollie. She has the advantage of being able to smell and taste, and Jasper can't tell temperatures as well as Alice. Jasper comes from an era where food was very, very different and everything was made from scratch, and he has only the vaguest memory of eating. But by god, he's going to try so goddamn hard to get it right.

(Esme hovering every time he's left home alone with Ollie, desperate to help, but Jasper's so determined to be able to do this one damn thing for his son because it's a basic human need. It would be hard to be a vampire that can learn anything with ease for decades, and then be faced with something that can't be mastered instantly.)

So the plot between main Hybrid-verse and Baby-verse will be different. Basically, there will be main Hybrid-verse, and a secondary fic that basically diverges into Baby-verse.

They will, at this point, have different villains. Hybrid needs a major overhaul, tbh, so a lot of details are up in the air (right now, I've reached the equivalent of New Moon in major scenes; I'm leaning towards Hybrid being one giant fic instead of divided up, but that's not set in stone either.) I need to ramble at beautlilies about main-Hybrid to see if the existing plan is ridiculous or usable, before I confirm or deny who the villain is.

Maria is not the villain in either of them; she's kind of there to stir the shit and when she's around, it's solely to remind everyone that only she may harass, torment, and manipulate Jasper and his possessions (family, friends, Alice), and anyone else who tries is added to the top of her shit list.

(Maria on discovering Jasper has a kid because neither of them was using birth control: "...I changed him because he was pretty, not because he was smart.")

[flowerslut]

I’m loving the first two chapters of Roots and the ending of the first chapter got me thinking (love the exploration of Renesmee with J&A)…do you think Jasper would ever teach Renesmee how to fight? I feel like B&E would be so against it but I could see Renesmee eventually persuading him to teach her a thing or two…not that she’d need to fight with 8 vampires & friends willing to protect her.

aw thank you! I'm glad that you (and a handful of other darling people) have been so enthusiastic about this project. it means a lot!!!

oh man, where to begin with canon!Renesmee. that girl is going to be spoiled rotten and have So Many Problems. I could talk for HOURS about Renesmee and the potential that her character has. *slaps roof of hybrid vampire* you can fit so much trauma and unexplored horror in this bad boy. but to keep this response (relatively) short, do I think Renesmee would ever be allowed to fight? funny enough, I think the real question here is: do I think Edward would ever allow anyone to teach Renesmee to fight?

Edward just went from the center of his existence (Bella) being human (meaning fragile and always one hair's breadth away from death) to having her become a vampire, which hooray! this should fix so many of his problems! now he won't be ranting to Emmett on hunting trips about the dangers of asbestos and vending machine mortality rates! big news for Edward's siblings! but color me skeptical: you know damn well a lot of that paranoid, asshole-ish, overprotective energy is going to end up shifted onto this poor kid.

I think that learning to fight is something that Renesmee has to both want and then actively seek out. so when she goes to her dad and is like "teach me to throw a punch just in case the people who tried to kill me and our whole family when I was little come back" Edward's going to go into Meltdown Mode and tell her absolutely not. Renesmee is the specialest girl in the whole wide world she is not allowed to fight her own battles! (*cue my HC that Renesmee has a legendarily messy adolescence*) but like, this spoiled kid isn't being told "no," so you know damn well she isn't going to take that as an answer

it doesn't even need to be Jasper but I'm sure that eventually she would corner Jasper or Emmett or even Alice and be like "for the love of god just teach me basic self-defense or SOMETHING." I'm sure she could even convince Rosalie with the old "dad said no but also he's not the boss of you, right? 🥺"

but I agree! it's not something that I can see the Cullens teaching her on their own volition (after all, they all seem to be in agreement that Renesmee is the specialest girl in the whole world thanks to her inherited-from-grandma special narcissism powers) but I'm sure she'll corner one of them at some point and be like "help me piss off my dad" and they're like lmfao yes bitch let's teach you how to knock some teeth out!

[panlight]

also continuing off the Informed Traits discussion, just how much of Caslisle's compassion/kindness is informed? Bella and Edward both make it seem like he's this saintly figure and pillar of goodness, but then there's moments where he does things that make you wonder if the view on him is just really rose-tinted.

Again, going back on BD where he invites his friends to witness and doesn't seem to care that they're hunting humans just outside forks/la push and let's them stay even after already knowing what their presence triggers the tribe to phase, the book also reveals that he took Jacob's blood sample to study without his consent?? Like a lab experiment???? (I learned this through a post showcasing that part in the book) Also in a podcast I listen to that discusses the plot of MS, he apparently fakes being Billy's distant relative (impersonating an indigenous person uhhmmm 😬) and, well,,,, lets just say I can see why some people think that entire phone call just gave colonizer vibes. AND!!! didn't he drug a woman to steal their car and kinda doesn't react much when they caused a massive car pileup??

On the one hand i dont mind if it's meant to show us that even Carlisle's sense of morality is flawed, but between Bella's "the Cullens are good to the core" and every time Edward talks about him in MS, it's feels more to me like another unreliable narrator trope.

This one is harder for me because, see, I want the compassion to be real because I think the concept of a vampire blessed/cursed with Super Compassion is legit fascinating! As I've said about 23470234 times, my favorite aspect of vampire stories is how they become a vampire, how you cope, the choices you make, what you accept and what you deny about your new reality. The idea that for this one guy, becoming a vampire made him even more compassionate is just the kind of twist on it that I've never seen anywhere else and I think it's really interesting, actually. A dud of a superpower, sure; the innate push-pull of vampire instincts vs super compassion compels me, though.

But obviously I can see where it comes from that it could be an unreliable narrator thing or outright lie. Or at least a show vs tell problem where we're told he's compassionate but actions suggests otherwise.

I think it falls apart in two major ways:

The protagonist-centered morality. Everything in the story is about facilitating the E/B romance. Carlisle's alleged compassion can only help that, he can't hinder it. They HAVE to move back to Forks so the story can happen, he can't say "huh maybe it's NOT compassionate to move back to a place where people know what we are and are terrified of us." He can't refuse to drug the soccer mom because they have to save Bella! He can't object to having witnesses gather in Forks and force more teenage boys to phase and put humans at risk of being eaten because we have to save Renesmee! He can compassionately offer Bree surrender, but neither he nor Esme can do any more than that to try and save her, because that would complicate Bella's upcoming wedding. The Bella-centricity of it all sits like a supermassive black hole in the middle of the story, disrupting the orbits and bending the light of the other characters.

Carlisle can't be any more compassionate than his author, and that limits him. We had a fandom discussion about this a few years ago, but basically because SM doesn't see the problems with how the Quileute characters are treated in the story, none of the characters can, either. I remember calling it the moral version of how Alice is supposed to be a fashionista, but because SM doesn't really know anything about high fashion, there's a lot of 'tell' about her being this fashion icon but the actual show of clothes in the story doesn't live up to it. Or Carlisle himself -- he's supposed to be this genius doctor who has studied medicine and science for centuries, but SM isn't a doctor or a scientist, so some of the stuff she makes him say doesn't live up to the idea she planted. SM totally missed the settler-colonial stuff, the dehumanizing language, etc etc, so none of the characters, not even Compassionate Carlisle or Power-of-Heart Esme can.

tl;dr I like to think the compassion is real but hindered by the narrative insisting on prioritizing the love story AND Carlisle being unable to be more compassionate than his author. But that's because I WANT it to be real because I think the concept is really interesting, even if the execution is lacking. I don't need or want him to be Perfect or a Saint, and I'm sure existing as a VAMPIRE of all things would naturally come into conflict with compassion all the time (examples in the book is him not wanting to kill James and it leading to the extended hunt instead; offering surrender to Bree but knowing if he goes against the Volturi they could kill the whole family; telling Sam in BD that this isn't his fight and 'don't get your family slaughtered for pride,' even as Sam insists they have to be there for Jacob and Jacob has to be there for Nessie [blargh].) and that struggle and how he deals with it when he's in a situation with no Compassionate choice is available would be great. Even that car chase in Midnight Sun could maybe work if the story gave Carlisle any room to protest until Alice insists it's the Only Way!!!! or whatever, and some follow up where like oh huh weird some random charity swooped in to pay all the medical bills of everyone involved in the pile-up and bought them all new cars. If Edward, Jasper, etc can't turn off their gifts, Carlisle shouldn't be able to either, even when being forced into uncompassionate actions. But SM doesn't care. She only cares about Carlisle, let alone his compassion, inasmuch as she needed a kindly father figure to set up the vegetarian vampire thing and for Bella to have a convenient doctor.

[busycucumbermelon]

❤️‍🔥 Our coven mate ❤️‍🔥

Pairing: Cullens x Black!Reader

Summary The Cullens move to Pennsylvania, and find out they have another addition to their family, but they’re not sure how she’ll take it 

After a while of Renesmee, learning that Pennsylvania is “where vampires originated”she’s been begging for them all to move there of course with a furry, companion.after a month or so of considering, complaining and convincing, in the end they given in and moved to Pennsylvania jake wasn’t all too Happy about the move, but went along with it for Renesmee.

The Cullens one for another glass house look sense Esme loved the look so much one of the reasons they were unsure if they wanted to move to Pennsylvania all the couples having their own respective cabins and staying in the woods, it wasn’t that different from Forks just didn’t feel as homey 

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You kissed your little sisters and little brother goodbye before heading off to work with your twin brother 

“yo sis did you hear, seems we have a few new transfer students? I think Cullens is their last name apparently it’s a couple that adopted a bunch of foster kids seems pretty sick of you ask me.” your brother started some playful banter on the way to the restaurant you work at 

“Well, that’s really nice of them.” You mumble turning down the music a bit “so how many of them are there? Are they all related?” You lean back in your chair more, trying to relax before your long shift starts

“no they’re not all related two of them are twins like us I think their last name is hale ones is Swan and the rest of them are Collins oh, and they’re all in relationships, which is kind of weird if you didn’t know that they don’t have the same last name” he leaned back a bit in his chair, slowing down a bit so you don’t make it to the restaurant too fast not ready to clock in yet

“and tell me dear Brother how do you know so much about them if they haven’t even been in town for a week” you were starting to grow a bit suspicious of your brothers behavior, and how much he knew about them. Sure it was abnormal for new people to come in town, but they had just been there for a week no way to know that much. right?

“Well, their adopted father is a doctor and he works at the hospital. I went in the other day for Sarah and Melanies, cancer treatment? Yeah, he’s really nice gave us the whole rundown …..because I was interrogating him.”you turned him, giving him a  bewildered luck “no you didn’t. He’s new in town! now he thinks we’re weirdos, God I have to go in there tomorrow with Sarah and Melanie ,why did you do that?!”

“oh well, no time to fret we’re here.”your brother chirped out fast, pulling into the back parking lot mostly used for employees

“Just because we’re clocking into work, doesn’t mean we can’t talk about this.”You give your brother a wary look as you step out of the car. Your brother doing the same, locking the doors behind him.

the minute, the both of you step in to work one of your coworkers come up to you “OK y/n clock in and then you have a table they’re new in town so be extra nice you know the drill, and scar then you’re cooking tonight make sure to make everything as best you can”you both look at each other, knowing today was going to be much longer than expected “i’m right on it” your brother mumbles, pulling up his hair and putting on an apron, you in clock for both of you, and put on your own apron, tie your hair into a loose ponytail and step outside to serve your first table 

You walk out and immediately notice which table is yours it’s a couple in all black the wife is wearing a beautiful black dress with a slit up the side and a low v line with 4 inch heels on. her elbows are on the table her fingers interlocked with her husband’s considering the rings, both of their hands are interlocked he’s wearing all black just like his wife clearly an expensive dress shirt, shoes, belt, and pants, all clearly expensive the blonde hairand pale white skin, just like his wife’s slightly contrasting with their all black outfits. They look like if they had to pull their eyes away from each other, it would cause physical pain. deep in conversation by the look of it,it hurts looking at them. They look like the perfect parents some thing you never got to have and you know you never would you take a deep breath pushing all the thoughts to the back of your mind and just remind yourself this is a 12 hour shift there first table by the end of this you’re gonna want to claw everyone’s eyes out.you walk to the table, put on your normal fake smile and going with normal routine

“my name is y/n and I will be your waitress for the night. i’m so sorry for the wait were short staffed.” Oh great now it looks like they’re eyes couldn’t be pulled off your form, even if they were tortured to.  you could tell they were eyeing you up and down since they weren’t being very subtle about it.the wife is the first to snap out of it

“Oh, that’s no problem, dear we understand”she glanced at her husband and gave his hand a small squeeze, just so he’d pull his eyes away From you. Clearly seeing that you were slightly distressed by the unblinking stare,

“well, what can I get you for drinks tonight?” “Umm I’ll have a water and a bloody Mary. dear” “and you, sir?” “a water please love” for some reason you could feel your cheeks starting to burn a little many of your customers called you dear and love and other such nicknames but for some reason it felt different when they said it, although you didn’t even know them “i’ll go get those and give you some time with the menus” they both nod and give you a small hmh, giving you the go ahead to get their drinks 

You walked back into the kitchen conversation with your brother about how in love they are, and their strange behaviors as you make their drinks.

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Esme’s Body Tencent immediately wanting to follow you, unhappy you were so far away from her.

“Carlisle?…”

his eyes were still staring at the door to the kitchen “Esme do you think?…” “I’ll have to ask Alice when we get home for now. Will try our best to control ourselves. All right, baby?” 

Esme and Carlisle ended up talking in a foreign language simply throwing back-and-forth thoughts of places they could bring you and languages. You could learn how fast do learn them. would you help Esme cook? Did you have any other family besides your brother in the kitchen with you? Would you enjoy her cooking? would your family enjoy her cooking? would you try to help her teacher Renesme? Would you treat Renesmee as if she was one of your little siblings?

would you help Carlisle unwind after work? Would you be a worried overprotective sister like your brother? Would you comfort your siblings if they had any fears with the treatments? Would they only want you to comfort them?did you go out of your way to help your family? Would you go out of your way to help them? What if the tasks were Some thing that could be dangerous for you, would you help even with small tasks? One thing they knew for sure though was whatever you would do and how ever you would behave. It would be absolutely perfect 

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When Carlisle and Esme come home Emmett was the first to greet them, sitting at the dining table legs kicked up onto the table reading a magazine Well Alice did Rosa‘s hair next to him. “so how was your anniversary dinner?” Alice chirped up

“good, do you think you could look in the future for a girl name y/n” alice gave her adopted parents a weird look before her eyes went unfocused.

“so who is this y/n?” Rose was clearly unhappy about they’re request to Alice 

“she was our waitress”Carlisle said for his wife

“And?” Emmett had a feeling to what they were suggesting

“Carlisle what if everyone felt like they were mate it to one person? what would that make that person?” Alice blurted it out rather fast clearly nerved up by her vision

Jasper walked down from upstairs pulling alice close to him Clearly interested in, what Carlisle answer would be “a coven mate Alice” “don’t tell me your waitress is our coven mate” Rosalie glared at Carlisle and esme “she is”

The tension in the room could be cut with a knife. Carlisle and Esme left their room, Alice finished Rosalie’s hair Emmett and Rosalie went to their cabin Jasper and Alice doing the same 

Truthfully, Jasper and Alice were excited to have a coven mate, maybe not about the sharing part but just from Alice’s vision, she could tell that you were amazing, and you’re going to be a perfect mate. Jasper was going to love you she just knew it,

Jasper was a bit nervous, especially if you were  mate it to him, his need to have your blood would absolutely double, and he almost killed Bella because of a paper cut. this is going to be hard he wouldn’t be able to breathe around you.

Which meant he couldn’t talk around you, you might not like him,or think he’s creepy if he doesn’t talk, or what if you just didn’t like him altogether

“Jasper don’t worry she’s gonna love you”Alice could tell that Jasper was nervous

“what can you tell me about her is there anything about me that she’ll just like or I should do more around her?”

Alice’s eyes go unfocused for a few minutes before focusing again “well she likes your hair, your accent, hell that’s something we share.” Linking their arms together “she likes my bubbly, personality, my sense of style clearly, has good taste .oh, she likes when you turn your chair around and sit in it. You have history class with her. She tends to fall asleep then, so take notes for her.” “Why does she fall asleep which period is that?” Jasper was clearly worried. are you not taking care of yourself?

“it’s first period she usually works long night shifts with her brother, so that’s why she’s so tired she has two little sisters, Sarah and Melanie, and a little brother named Carter and a twin Devine but he usually just goes by scar y/n is the only one that calls him Devine and she pronounces the same way French would say guess it” Alice, giddily informed Jasper of your family 

“close?” “mhmmm sadly, Sarah has a very weak immune system, and Melanie has cancer they go to the hospital together every Wednesday and Thursday just to check up on the health of them oh and their Carlisle’s patients now” Jasper stops, giving alice a serious look very different from his usually overly, and loved one. Jasper shuts the door behind him, finally in their cabin ”what is it?”

“How….. how does she feel about? everyone,not just us? And her family…”

“well first,” Alice’s eyes go unfocused once, and then twice she looks positively annoyed and frustrated “what darling?” jasper mumbles, holding Alice by the waist head in the crook of her neck 

“I can’t see anything?!….” She tries one more time nothing she can’t see her little mate’s future, her can’t even see she little mate at work…. It takes everything in her not to immediately go to your restaurant

It’s fine tomorrow she’ll make sure she can see you in person and that you’re perfectly fine. Not a Scratch on your body and if there is well, there’s always time to get rid whom ever hurt you whoever hurt there a little mate 

should I do part 2?







[thecarnivorousmuffinmeta]

Do you think if, at the end of Eclipse, prior to the wedding happening, Jacob stayed true to his promise to not see Bella anymore, broke his friendship with her and went full ignore mode, would Bella still fall apart? Or would the wedding, honeymoon and baby debacle (assuming they move to Not-Forks to make sure the wolves dont learn about Renesmee) be enough to distract/push Bella into moving on from Jacob?

I am curious at what was the point of no return with Jacob where Bella made herself so dependent on him that should he leave or die she would fall apart and stay apart.

I mean, this kind of happened canonically.

Bella wasn't sure that Jacob was going to show at the wedding, when he did, she was elated and surprised, but it was him saying "this'll be the last time I see you" and Bella believing that. Bella before the wedding, knowing she was losing Jacob, was nowhere near the mess she was in New Moon when Edward had left her and was doing relatively quite well.

She was focused on the wedding, nervous about it, but excited, was excited for her honeymoon even when she watched Jacob be physically dragged out of the wedding after she told him "I'm going to be pistoned to death by a vampire! :D" and she really didn't think about Jacob much at all during the entire honeymoon bit until he shows up on the Cullen doorstep and sees Bella has entered the plot of Rosemary's Baby.

Bella of course then is very glad he's there, is thrilled he's protecting her and is her friend once more through this time, and after the initial shock of the imprinting and initial rage is quite happy to have Jacob permanently in her life because of it.

The thing was that Bella knew she had to pick between Edward and Jacob, she tried to get them to agree to neutrality where she could have both, but Jacob wouldn't have it so she chose Edward. That was the entire plot of Eclipse essentially, realizing she couldn't have both and realizing that to have Edward she had to let Jacob go and making that sacrifice despite knowing it would be losing her emotional anchor and best friend.

She was extremely upset about it, devastated in Eclipse, but she got over it and made her choice.

[cto10121]

Midnight Sun Part 2!!! Possibly my favorite section; I could not put it down, especially the rescue part. I did have Des Notes, though:

“It wasn’t really a difficult ask.” Nope, no way a vampire from 1901 would say this 2020s slang in 2006. Don’t slip up, Meyer!!! Or get better editors!!!

Alice introducing herself to Edward by hugging him and calling him brother and Edward going like “Yep, legit” will never not be great

Edward lying in bed and nearly giving Bella a heart attack with his sluttishness is almost worse in his POV, omg. How the fuck does that happen

Edward reading Tooth and Claw just because Bella recommended it. Remind me again why some people don’t like Edward?

Wait—Edward describes Bella’s scent as “lavender” or “freesia.” One of Bella’s favorite scents is lavender, as well as clean laundry. And she blushed when she looked at Edward, clearly thinking about his scent. Could Edward’s scent actually…be similar to Bella’s? Is that why her scent affects him so powerfully? Holy shit.

Edward “It was enlightening and alluring to watch her in her element” (Bella *eating Cheerios*) 🤝 Romeo “See how she leans her cheek upon her hand” (Juliet: *leaning her cheek on her hand*)

“Bella had gone to the other room to calm her mother. And then the vision had overtaken Alice.” Nice way to cover up that little plot hole, very enterprising

“The image of myself astride the sleek black motorcycle was so appealing that for a second I ignored her” 🤣🤣🤣🤣 🤣🤣🤣🤣 It’s giving Terminator. Love it. Also, what a great parallel to Bella’s motorcycle adventures

Very ambivalent about the highway scene. Otoh, it’s interesting and clever and detailed how the Cullens worked together. Otoh, it’s over the top at places! Like why did they flip the car into upcoming traffic????? Why did they even have to switch cars to begin with????? Meyer really should avoid full-length action scenes (I did like the Victoria fight in Eclipse, though)

Ngl, the James hunt is probably better than in Twilight, if just because Edward is at the front of the action. Still amazing how James slipped away from them

“Bella’s blood was the opposite of pain. It erased every burn I’d ever suffered. And it was so much more than just the absence of pain. It was satisfaction, it was bliss. I felt suffused with a strange kind of joy—a joy of the body alone. I was healed and alive, every nerve ending thrumming with contentment.” The Metaphor(tm) has now become literal.

Book Edward *drinking Bella’s blood*: ✨Bliss ✨🥰 >>>>>> Movie Edward: *gnaws on Bella’s arm like a chicken wing*

“The chuckle that bubbled up from my chest surprised me. I had her blood on her tongue. It was probably tinting the edges of my irises red even now. It was drying into my clothes and dyeing my skin. But she could still make me laugh”

Jasper looks so dangerous to other vampires that James just…accepts his fate. Like welp, guess I’ll die. Iconic

“Why am I towing that ridiculous truck?” Okay, the Cullens hating Bella’s truck is officially a gag.

“For a moment, I imagined Renée as a vampire. Would her thoughts shout audibly at everyone, inescapable?” Nice foreshadowing/Easter egg for Renesmee. So there is a meaning and rationale behind the name other than Bella’s corniness.

That section where Edward watches James’ video and is so overcome with rage and despair and then starts to pray for the strength to leave Bella…that passage was so well-written I was nearly crying

Re: Edward’s decision to leave Bella, It is genius on Meyer’s part (or, well, just practical) to make the obstacles internal instead of external. Edward needs to deal with the consequences of leaving Bella and learn from his mistakes

Finished and in sum: This was great and only gets better in the re-reading. There is a lot of whinging and whining over certain aspects, mostly by anti fans, but those didn’t really bother me. Most lines were taken out of context, as they always do, and spun into something questionable; in context they were fine. Then there are those who say it is better and better-written than Twilight, but I disagree. Twilight was much better structured and less superfluous in detail than Midnight Sun, which could get bogged down in minute-to-minute summary. That said, Midnight Sun does have the advantage that all the dynamic change and development are on Edward’s side than Bella’s, as in a proper Beauty and the Beast telling. But Bella’s story does have power and is arguably more subversive than Edward’s. I think the two complement ultimately each other—the subtext of Twilight is the text of Midnight Sun, and vice versa. Reading both gets you a more complete picture…which the TV show would undoubtedly fuck up in some way if they decide to use parts of Midnight Sun. Le sigh.

[redheadjustin]

Hey it's me again I want to know if you can do a Emmett Cullen x male reader where the reader is Emmett mate and secretly a mutant where he has the power to manipulate and summon weapons and armor as well to knowing how to use any weapon just by touching it. But he keep that side of himself a secret because he knows how much people hate mutants and try to forget that side of himself. Until the Volturi threatened to harm his his niece Renesmee in his other family so he put his foot down and starts to back training on using his powers again but he mostly trains in secret. Until when the final battle starts where he joins in the fight with his husband showing everyone that he was not human. After the battle Emmett ask why the reader didn't say anything about his powers who the reader told him that he wants to forget that side of himself who Emmett comfort him telling him to never hide that part of his self again.

“The volturi will be coming.” Five simple words. You hadn’t been afraid of the volturi when you first met your husband/ mate, Emmett Cullen. Why would you be? You have faced many things as a mutant and all of them are more threatening than some old vampires from the reminiscence era. You have been trained by Wolverine, Cyclops, Nightcrawler and many others. You were a former X-Man. You had fought with Captain America, Thor, Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four. So, no, the phrase “The Volturi will be coming” does not scare you. The threat of the mutant registration act scares you more than the Volturi for God’s sake!!

No one knows you’re a mutant. Not even Emmett. It wasn’t you expected hate from the Cullens(they were vampires who would they be to judge) you knew they love you no matter what. But, you left the X-Men on……sad terms and you put that part of your life behind you and would never try to be a hero again. You would always try to help people but your last mission as an X-Man ended with nearly your entire family murdered. You left the institute right after that incident and settled in Forks and found your mate. And you could not be happier. Emmett was loving and caring and did everything to make sure you were safe and happy. 

Your relationship with the rest of the family is…complicated. You looked at Carlisle and Esme as your parents.  They had taken the role seamlessly and even helped with the funeral. Alice loved to dress you even if it’s just to go to the store. She would leave something for you on your bed on most days. You were the first male in the house that didn’t mind being Alice’s dress up doll. 

Rose was…difficult to be around. She was the one who got Emmett turned into a vampire. Rosalie wanted Emmett to be her mate. She wanted a mat very badly. She wanted love after what happened with her husband but if anything that made Emmett even more upset. You see, he was openly gay. Yes, Emmett always had balls the size of grapefruits and the guts to match. Anyone who knew Emmett knew he was gay. But, when Emmett was being mauled by a bear, none of the Cullens knew him. It was a split second decision made by Rosalie. Rosalie had felt a connection but she misunderstood it. It wasn’t a mate bond, it was only two years since she turned and she was very lonely so it was wishful thinking. So, you kept your distance.

Jasper was very nice to be around. He knew how to make you feel better without using his gift. You were around him as much as Emmett.  He didn’t mind and appreciated that you had a great knowledge of history. Edward didn’t trust you at first. What with you being able to shield your mind from him. You had to, you faced countless telepathic villains and lived in an institute with two of the most powerful telepaths in history. But, he learned to trust you as you  had helped them with the James incident. You didn’t have to worry about being a meal as mutants smell different. You stayed away from Bella. You didn’t like her as she reminded you of Emma Frost. 

But by God did you love Renesme. Your niece was the life of the party and the smartest kid you ever met. She loved you as if you were a second father. You were the one to take her out in town on the sunny days. While you hated her mother, you loved the hybrid as if she was your own. So while you weren’t afraid of the Volturi, they were coming to see if your niece was an immortal child and even if Carlisle did manage to get his friends to be witnesses they’d still be horribly outnumbered if it came to a fight and it most likely would. 

You stood in your private room looking out the window. Carlisle insisted that you had your own room so you would have SOME privacy. While you wanted to argue against it you accepted it as you wouldn’t need to find a place to hide your X-Men gear. You told Carlisle you had friends you could call to help. The head of your family seemed reluctant to involve non vampires; he agreed that the more people were there to help the better you looked sadly at the X-men communicator in your hand. You were waiting for the family and Jacob to leave the house to go hunting to make the calls. Yes, calls, as in pearl. You were calling in every favor you ever earned. The X-Men, the Avengers, The Fantastic Four, Doctor Strange, Blade, Spider-Man. You were even considering calling the Silver Surfer in. You made the call as soon as you knew your family  was out of hearing range. You sighed, you hoped you weren’t going to have to live the hero's life again but you knew damn sure there was a fight coming and you needed to help your family. “Scott? It’s me. I need some back up.” 

Months passed and you trained harder than you ever had. Your power is to manipulate and summon weapons and armor as well as knowing how to use any weapon just by touching it was something you needed to hone more now more than ever. As you had realized before you left the X-Men it also implied to anything that COULD be used as a weapon. And that included a vampire’s gift. You disappeared often to train and coordinate. You weren’t taking  any chances. You would protect your family no matter what. It was decided that The heroes you were calling in would meet you in the forest around the clearing where you and your family would face the volturi. Emmett knew you had been disappearing and thought you were just preparing yourself for if worse came to worse. You knew Emmett would be hurt thatYou hid your powers from him but it was to keep everyone safe. It was the morning of the confrontation and you were waiting for your friends to arrive in the forest. As you waited in your X-Men uniform you braced yourself for the hugs. You smirked at the famaler golden glow of Doctor Strange’s portal. 

You led the group of heroes to the clearing just as you heard Caius say “Oh and who will stop us?” Your smirk got bigger as you led the heroes into the clearing. “How about us?” You asked as those gathered turned to see you, The X-men, The Avengers, The Fantastic Four, Doctor Strange, Blade, Spider-Man and many, many others. Everyone’s jaws, even the wolves, dropped as you led the contingent to your family. Emmet noticed your uniform as you let Emmet step next to you and Captain America. “I’ll tell you later, Emmett. I promise, I’ll tell you everything. 

“You DARE to bring more outsiders when you’re accused of breaking laws already?!” Caius shouted at you as you called Blade and Doctor Strange to the front. As soon as Aro spotted Doctor strange and Blade he put his hand up to stop his brother’s rant. “Their presence changes nothing. Your family is accused of creating an Immortal child and from here you are guilty.” Aro gave a nod and the forces of the Volturi rushed towards your group of heroes, vampires and your family. You looked at Steve and smiled at the first Avenger’s nod. You kissed Emmett on the cheek and sent him a reassuring smile. “Avengers, assemble!!” And with that you and those on your side ran to meet the Volturi’s forces in battle. 

The battle was long and brutal. You used years of experience of fighting super villains and handed the volturi their asses. You spared Alec as you knew he was brainwashed unlike Jane who was simply sadistic. You were the one to kill jane. You normally don’t relish in killing your opponents but this one was special to you. You used her own gift against her as Cap threw you his shield. You looked at her in her crimson eyes and almost felt sorry for the girl. “Don’t worry Jane. Your brother’s safe with me I promise.” You said as you lined the shield up with Jane’s neck. You said this knowing that the immortal tween cared for her twin brother. You saw an almost grateful look in Jane’s eyes as you pulled the shield back and you slammed the weapon in your hands down and ended Jane’s life and the suffering of many prospective victims. 

The battle was all but over when you killed Jane and no one was hurt which was a miracle. You tossed Cap his shield back when you saw Alec rushing at you as you held your hand up. Right as everyone thought the other witch twin was going to attack you he slid to his knees dry sobbing. The sound broke your heart as it reminded you of when you lost your parents to Magneto. You knelt by the distraught boy’s side and pulled him into your arms. 

“I know it hurts, trust me I do. I lost my parents in a battle not unlike this one.” You took off the glove of your scarred hand and ran it through Alec’s hair. You got the scar when Magneto used  liquid metal to burn your hand when you went for revenge. You never explained the truth behind the scar, you just said you were being reckless as a kid and you were. You just never told the Cullens that it was because you were reckless in a fight with a supervillain. You were brought out of your musing when you heard a whimper from alec. 

“What do I do now? All I’ve ever known as a vampire is gone.” To prove his point he gestured to where Iron Man and the Human Torch were burning the bodies of the dead Volturi. You smiled as you got an idea you knew Emmet and the others would approve. “Simple, You see, Me and Emmett always wanted to be parents. It’s obvious that you can’t take care of yourself when you're this far into grief. You can stay with us and if you must feed from humans we can take trips anywhere you want. So, what do you say?” You never received a response, just a tight hug. You had just saved Alec from a millennium of depression. With that the army of vampires and superheroes and shifters went back to the Cullen house to celebrate. 

It was well into the night and the party showed no signs of stopping. You stood from the balcony in your and Emmet’s room. You smiled seeing the heroes and the Cullens getting along. You had spoken to Charles and you would be on the reserve of X-Men and the same with the Avengers. You had also received invitations for Alec and Emmett. You smiled as you saw Renesmee dancing with Kitty. Bella was having an arm wrestling match with She-Hulk. Emmet was talking with Logan. Rose was talking with Rouge about their husbands. Carlisle was talking to Hank McCoy about vampire anatomy. Esme was talking to Jean about designing houses. Jasper was trading war stories with Captain America. You saw everyone accounted for except for your husband.

“Why not join the party?” Ah, he was in the doorway. “Everyone’s been telling stories of you being a hero. “ Emmett’s tone was calm but you could tell he was hurt. You smiled as you felt Emmett wrap his arms around you. You sighed, you knew this conversation was coming but it didn’t mean it would be any easier. “More importantly, why didn’t you tell me you were a Mutant?” and there it was, the million dollar question. You had been thinking of your answer for hours but you knew that no matter what you told Emmett you would have to tell him the truth. 

“I was eleven when my powers showed themself. Some idiot broke into the house when I was alone. I was scared for my life and I wish I had a weapon and then my dad’s gun flew into my hands. I’d never handled a gun before but yet I knew how to use it. My parents knew I was a mutant when I told them about what happened. It wasn’t too long till a man named Charles Xavier came to my house. He told me that I was a mutant. I was scared as Hell but for some reason I trusted him. My parents were afraid of me. They thought I’d kill them in their sleep and they couldn’t stop me. My parents weren't home when Charles came and offered me a place at his institute. I took it. I didn’t tell my parents because I wanted to stop them from being terrified of me. I always wrote them. I told them everything. It was about four years since I’d been at the institute that I became an X-man.  I wanted to help people to prove that I wouldn’t hurt people with my powers. It was about six months before I met you that my world shattered. A villain the X-Men fought regarally decided to kill my parents as I was the only one on par with him. I was the one who found them.” You close your eyes as you remember the blood. “I was the reason they died. I went after him and he burnt my hand with liquid metal but I managed to take him down. After all that…I couldn’t be an X-Man anymore so I moved here. And met you and I forgot about all the pain. I didn’t tell you I was a mutant because I just wanted to forget about that part of my life. But, when Alice said the Volturi were coming I…had to be the hero again so this time I could save my family this time.” By the end you were crying and felt Emmett place his chin on your shoulder. 

“And you did Y/N You saved us and Renesmee. But, no more hiding. I didn’t hide from you. You don’t have to suffer alone anymore Y/N. We can be heroes together and we have Alec to help. Let me Help you love. No more hiding.” Emmett said as he helped you out of your uniform. You thought about it, no more hiding. It’s all you ever wanted all your life. You smiled as you nodded. “No more hiding. For any of us.” You leaned into your husband with a smile on your face. The world was about to see the real Y/N L/N and you couldn’t wait.

[grampstaxidermy87]

Betrayal of Blood

Pairing: Demetri Volturi x Vampire! Reader

Requested by the lovely: Anonymous.

Request: Hiii! Could I request a fic where the reader is friends with carlisle so they go help him when the volturi are coming for rigatoni, but what they don't know is that they're not on the cullens side. I'd also love it if you made the reader mates with Demetri, other then that you have free reign. Thank you!!

Summary: When an old friend comes to return a favor it may just be the very thing the enemy needed to destroy the cullens.

an: Oh darling You gave me the perfect excuse to write an evil reader, This was quite fun to write, so I hope you enjoy, my Lovelies!

"Oh Carlisle, what have you gotten yourself into this time?"

The blonde doctor was un-phased by my sudden appearance,while his family and companions all jumped at the sight of me standing in the doorway. Leaning against the wall I eyed them all with guarded eyes and a small smile of amusement.

Everyone grew silent as Carlisle approached me with a kind smile, placing a hand on my shoulder. "Thank you for coming on such short notice (Y/n), I owe you."

I waved him off with a smirk,"Call us even old friend,You know I wouldn't miss a chance like this for the world." He turned to our audience,moving his arm around my shoulders.

"This is (Y/n), they are an old friend of mine from back when I was with the Volturi, they know the ins and outs, along with any possible battle strategy they may have." They looked at me with wonder as I nonchalantly shrugged, "I still have a few loyal ears around the place, there's nothing the Volturi does that I don't know about."

Carlisle smiled gratefully at me before sharing a look with his son, The tall man approached with his wife and daughter at his side.

"Thank you for helping us (Y/n), I've heard a lot about you from Carlisle." I raised a brow, "That must make you Edward, while it is a pleasure, I am saddened we had to meet under such circumstances." He furrowed his brows and I realized he must have been trying to get a read on my thoughts.

"Ah sorry about that, couldn't risk that creepy bastard seeing anything important if he intercepted me on my way here. He's been finding his own witnesses it seems." He nodded in understanding while his wife looked at me in awe, "You're a shield too?"

Chuckling I shook my head, "No I am not, I just happened to have learned a few spells over the years during my time with a witch coven. Protection in return for protection, you know?"

Looking down when I felt a tug on my sleeve I smiled at the wide curious eyes of the reason for my journey. "And you must be my dear friend's beautiful granddaughter? What is your name Princess?" I asked kneeling down in front of her.

She blushed at the compliment, "My name is Renesmee." I skillfully hid my disgust at the choice of name behind a charming smile.

"Renesmee, hm? How lovely, darling. Now I hear you have a very special gift." She nodded and raised her hand up to my face, placing her strangely warm hand against my ice-cold cheek.

Visions flashed across my brain, showing me everything I needed to know...and more.

It was Amazing...I had never met a hybrid who showed such power in the early stages before...

I saw that they believed this child to be a miracle, a rarity that had never been seen by vampire or humankind before.

It was truly pitiful to see just how inflated their egos were.

Smiling in wonder at her I played the clueless part, "She is amazing...what was that?" Edward smiled proudly at his daughter, "She can project her thoughts into your mind, show you things exactly as she did." Nodding I looked back at the hybrid child's mother, "You are Bella correct? "She nodded and watched as I stood and approached her.

Reaching into my jacket pocket I pulled out a charm necklace, "This was gifted to me by a very dear friend of mine, she was also a very powerful witch. This will act as a power amplifier; your shield will be much more effective with this." She looked at it in awe of its beauty as I carefully place it around her neck, letting the red gem be bare for all to see.

"It's beautiful." She gently moved it so she could see it better, wonder filled her eyes.

Watching as the three walked away with Renesmee looking at her mother's new necklace in awe, I felt two pairs of eyes staring daggers at me, it was hard not to grin when I realized who it was.

"It has been too long, Stefan, Vladimir. I am glad to see you are both still in one piece." The platinum blonde scoffed, "Do not think so lowly of us that we would allow ourselves to be taken down so easily." Stefan hummed in agreement with his brother. "Why of course not my kings, you are both far too powerful for that." I cooed knowing exactly how to stroke their ego's.

Doing so perfectly as both of their chests puffed up with pride, "You always were a smart man (Y/n), I am glad to see that hasn't changed." Stefan said and all tension left the air...Well most of it anyways.

To say I hated them both with every fiber of my being would be a huge understatement.

"You know I love to keep you both on your toes, my handsome kings." Vladimir purred in delight when I took their hands and bowed with faux respect.

"Now then,would someone care to catch me up?"

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Sitting around the bonfire between the Romanians I had somehow earned the mutt's attention.

"So, what about you? Do you have any cool powers?" I cursed him silently when all eyes turned to me.

"Yes,I am not very fond of it though so I prefer to rarely use it." That answer only further roused their curiosity.

"Oh come on (Y/n), you can't keep them in the dark like that." Stefan mused elbowing my arm and it took everything in me not to rip his off. He turned to the others not noticing the deadly look in my forced smile.

"(Y/n) has the ability to control minds." I gritted my teeth when I saw the fear directed my way.

"Like I said,I'm not fond of it."

Jacob shifted in his seat,"Is that why you left the volturi?"

No.

"Yes."

"I was only a weapon to them, no longer the person I once was." The fear turned to understanding in some of their eyes. Vladimir patted my knee, "That is why we will laugh and celebrate in watching them burn to the ground." A dark and cruel smirk pulled at my lips in a way he interpreted as agreement to his statement.

"Oh I will take great joy in watching the flames."

After a few pointless chats later I stood up, making the excuse that I needed to feed before tomorrow. Waving off the warning of leaving forks to do so I disappeared from sight.

Stopping inside an alley somewhere in Seattle I leaned against the wall and waited for the sight of a human.

"(Y/n)." I clenched my fists tightly before turning around with a smile, "Stefan, have you come to join me?"

The short man didn't answer, instead racing forward and pushing me hard against the wall. I clenched my eyes shut when his lips pressed against my own, if I were human there would be bile rising in my throat.

He pulled back and licked his lips, "Oh how I have missed these lips,300 years of waiting is a bit torturous don't you think?"  Lifting my chin up so he couldn't reach my lips again I sneered, "You know I like to play hard to get...isn't that right Aro?" His brows furrowed in confusion before pain hit him and he crumpled to the ground.

Wiping my mouth in disgust I looked over towards the entrance of the alley.

The group who stood there all looked as pretentiously regal as I would expect from the Volturi even after all these years.

"You are right about that (Y/n), but even you should know you can never go too far." I scoffed looking away and stepping over Stefan's crumpled body, still writhing in pain.

Two hooded men approached, the taller of the two walked past and grabbed Stefan, holding his arms behind him to stop any escape attempts, while the other stood beside me in case I moved to attack.

Crossing my arms I gritted my teeth at the king, "Why are you here Aro, I don't need your help." One of the guards beside him hissed at my attitude but Aro held up a hand to silence the boy.

A cruel smirk formed on my lips, "Aww you didn't tell your new toys about me, I should be hurt but I honestly expected nothing less from you." Aro narrowed his eyes, "That is quite enough (Y/n), I've let you have your fun in this ridiculous revenge mission-" He went to continue but stopped when he saw the infuriated glare I gave him.

"Ridiculous? Ridiculous! This bastard and his disgusting brother killed my mother! Or are you so desperate to forget that,uncle?" I roared stepping forward and didn't even try to hide my satisfaction when he stepped back. The guard beside me grabbed my arm and I turned my glare his way,too far into my rage to notice how his body tensed.

"Uncle?" I heard the girl ask in confusion, I looked over at her with a look of pity, "So he really didn't tell any of you, shows how much he trusts you all, Darling. Hey Uncle Aro, do they know that you let the monsters who killed your own sister escape?" I mocked seeing the anger build in his eyes.

"I said enough (Y/n), now come home. Marcus has-" I ripped my arm from the guard, "Don't you dare pull the Marcus card, that man has been through enough. He doesn't need to be involved in your sick attempts at manipulation over me." Aro held his hands up in surrender, "Alright Alright, I apologize. Can we please just talk about this like adults, preferably somewhere more private." He moved to take my hand, but I shook my head and stepped away in disgust.

"No, I came here to kill these Romanian bastards and I will not stop until I watch them turn to dust." He stared at me for a moment before he sighed. "Fine then. Felix, Demetri you know what to do."

Looking over the man holding Stefan and the one beside me pounced on the Romanian filth and began tearing him apart, I watched with satisfaction as he looked at me with a look I knew as betrayal.

"M-My brother will avenge me! You will pay for thi-" he promised before his head was torn off by the shorter one.

His attention turned to me; I raised a brow as he approached before kneeling down before me. Presenting Stefan's head to me like a knight would his king. "For you, your majesty." My hands shook as I reached for it, my hands grazing his for only a split second.

But that was all fate needed to send a zap of electricity through my body, making me gasp in shock. Cracks formed on Stefan's head from how hard I was holding it, staring right into the man’s eyes it felt as though my heart would start beating again.

"What the fuck...was that..?" I breathed through a slack jaw. "I-I don't know.." The kneeling man said with equal confusion to my own.

"(Y/n)?" Aro's voice brought me back to my senses and I dropped the head, blinking before turning towards my uncle. "I-I should go back, they'll be suspicious if I'm gone too long." Aro grabbed my arm, stopping me as I passed. "(Y/n), the child..." I looked back at him.

"A hybrid, a powerful one at that. I've put a charm on a necklace and gave it to her mother, Bellas's shield is weakened now." He had the audacity to look proud of me.

"You always were brilliant; your mother would have been so proud of you." Just like that my anger was back, ripping my arm from his grasp I leaned closer to his face. "Don't you dare act like you knew her, I may just decide to come for you next once I kill Vladimir." He smiled softly, "That's the hotheaded (Y/n) I know and love." I squeezed my fists so tightly at my sides that I could hear them begin to crack.

"Go fuck yourself." I hissed before speeding out of view.

"Master, should we follow him?" Alec asked trying to shake off his shock at what had just transpired. Aro shook his head with a fond smile as he looked off to where his nephew had disappeared. "There is no need, (Y/n) has always been a lone wolf. They will tear them apart mentally before we even reach the battlefield." He turned to face Demetri who looked strangely fidgety.

Raising a brow, he walked over to the dirty blonde and held out his hand with an expectant expression, "Demetri?"

He gulped at his master's tone, holding out his hand and allowing his master to read his thoughts. A grin formed on Aro's face that he wasn't sure he liked, calculated would be the only way to describe it.

"I see, that explains a lot. Oh, Marcus will be so delighted." Was the only insight Aro gave as to what had happened for the other guards, and with that Aro dropped the guards' hand.

"Now then, let us return to the others, our plans need a bit of tweaking with this news." He stepped over the cracked head of his fallen enemy, "Felix dispose of the Romanian scum, will you?" He didn't need an answer as the giant took the pieces and disappeared to follow his masters' orders.

There was much planning to attend to.