These Are Not The Only Reasons I Love Her🤷💗

So, I just read another series where the third book pulled away from the main character and the love interest to another character and introduced a second love story.

I can't help but think how Twilight would have greatly benefitted from a format like that. Just think, instead of the love triangle in Eclipse, what if that book centered around Jacob and Leah? And instead of a plotline that ruined Bella's character, it solidified Jacob's.

If SM wanted everything between ExB to be fine after the events in NM, then fine. Bella accepted Edward's marriage proposal and tied that in a neat little bow.

Eclipse switches to Jacob's POV.

It switches back to Bella's POV every few chapters, just so we can visit Bella and Edward for a B Plot, probably centered around the family as they help Bella accept her decision.

The story is mainly about Jacob finding his place in this new supernatural world with a freshly broken heart.

He finds an ally in Leah, navigating through the exact same hardships, and becomes her friend, instead of bullying her like all the other werewolves.

Obviously, the friendship burns into something deeper.

The Victoria / Newborn plot can stay. Jacob already risks his life to save Leah. This new scenario simply makes that moment better.

Instead of the creepy tent scene, Jacob could still be forced to carry Bella up the mountain and warm her, but those moments are filled with apologies from both parties and acceptance of friendship, rather than Jacob forcing himself onto Bella.

Everything can come back together in Breaking Dawn

Edward and Bella get married. Only, Bella now never cheated on him or was conflicted to leave him for Jacob.

Jacob and Leah still break apart from the pack to protect Bella's baby.

Jacob still imprints on Renesmee, only he fights it and stays with Leah. Both of them leave the supernatural world entirely.

Edward and Bella live their supernatural HEA

Jacob and Leah live their human, domestic HEA

Yay

Carlisle, watching a news story about a bunch of idiots committing a crime and seeing his children in the background (again)

Robert Pattinson on the set of Lance Oppenheim’s Primetime on March 12th 2025 in New Orleans, USA.

"It was funny how abruptly and entirely necessary this vision had become. From that first little touch, the whole world had shifted. Where before there was just one thing I could not live without, now there were two. There was no division— my love was not split between them now; it wasn’t like that. It was more like my  heart had grown, swollen up to twice its size in that moment."

idk man, every time I see a post about how jacob was better for bella, how he accepted and understood her exactly how she was, how he could have made her so happy... i don't know how to say "yes! this is totally correct! but also missing the whole point."

the fact that bella had another option for happiness (where she wouldn't have to sacrifice anything or change herself at all) but STILL CHOSE EDWARD ANYWAY is meant to lend more significance to her decision, not to demonstrate that she somehow chose incorrectly. bella knows she has the potential to become something greater than what she is by becoming a vampire. she also knows that SHE can't make JACOB happy because she will never stop thinking about what could have been with edward. and i think this was what stephenie was trying to say with the HEA in breaking dawn.

it's not that team jacob is wrong, it's that the whole jacob/bella relationship was designed specifically to be a tragedy. stories have themes – it's not just about rewarding whichever character is the least problematic. i agree that stephenie communicated this theme really poorly, but this is how i've always personally interpreted eclipse. jacob deserved better than what he got, but he also deserved better than being bella's second choice.

Twilight aesthetic

“The outside world holds no interest for me without you.”

I have always loved this detail here: Bella's first time visiting a new country, and she is so lost and fascinated by her surroundings, and Edward just watches her. Her preoccupied face. He pulls her carefully through the crowd while she enjoys her surroundings, just keeping her safe in his arms ❤️🌸✨✨