Why did Rosalie not like Bella?
More than a decade after the release of “Twilight,” Twihards are discovering it all over again — through Edward’s eyes.
The much-anticipated companion story, “Midnight Sun,” was released on August 4, 2020. The book tells the love story of a vampire and a human girl, Bella, from Edward’s point of view.
After reading the nearly-700 page book, you may be compelled to seek out the first movie again. And it’s worth another watch. You may be surprised to find that some of the film’s more puzzling or laughable moments make more sense when you know Edward’s inner monologue.
Because Edward can read minds, his version of events gives fans further insight into why Rosalie detests Bella, Jasper’s deer-in-the-headlights appearance when we first meet him, and why the bad guys didn’t realize Bella was a human when they first met during the film’s famous baseball scene.
When Mike and Tyler try and win over Bella’s affections, Jess (Anna Kendrick) refers to her as the “shiny new toy” at school.
That’s not a line Jess says in the book. Instead, it’s how Edward refers to Bella in “Midnight Sun” when everyone starts making a fuss over her.
“The excitement over her was tiresomely predictable—it was the same reaction as one would get from flashing a shiny object at a group of toddlers. Half the sheep-like males were already imagining themselves infatuated with her, just because she was something new to look at.”
When Jasper first appears on screen, he noticeably looks a little dazed. It’s almost comical how out of sync he looks with the rest of the vampires, but that’s on purpose.
Though we never hear his thoughts on screen, in “Midnight Sun” Edward notes that Jasper was struggling with his control around humans, and in that moment, he was quite dangerous. Unlike the rest of the vampires, his determination to keep control over his senses was causing him to look stiff and inhuman.
Rosalie, Emmett, Alice, and Edward were all keeping up their guard around him in the event he faltered. Edward saw Jasper imagining biting into the throat of a young girl in the cafeteria.
Edward looks ridiculous in biology class because he was n’t simply put off by Bella’s scent. He was overwhelmed by it and was trying to restrain from killing the entire class.
Though we can infer that Bella’s scent caused Edward to act strangely towards her the first time they met, we learn the power it has over him and how painfully it affects him in “Midnight Sun.”
“Her scent hit me like a battering ram, like an exploding grenade… Instantly, I was transformed. I was nothing close to the human I’d once been… I was a predator. She was my prey of.”
For the hour they’re in class, Edward considered the best ways to kill Bella and her classmates, if necessary.
“It would be slower and more difficult, trying to take them all down when they were panicked and scrambling, moving in chaos. Not impossible, but there would be much more noise. Time for lots of screaming. Someone would hear… and I’d be forced to kill more innocents in this black hour.”
This goes on for about seven pages until the class ends. It’s why Edward leaves the moment the bell rings. If he stayed in that class any longer he may have lost control.
