Bella
Bella Umm…I don't know about you, but I have some serious problems with how some people depict Bella. (Who I will not mention. Oh! By the way: I will NOT mention any examples, whether they are good or bad, except from my story/stories. This is not saying that I am completely self-centered; I'm not. I just don't want to embarrass anyone, or make anyone feel bad. That would be terrible!) Bella is awesome, and it's a shame to see someone misuse Bella wrong. Stephanie worked really, really hard to make these characters and the plots of her books, so it's kind of shunning Stephanie when you misuse ANY of her characters repeatedly.
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"Making Bella go out with other guys that don't really make sense/ the guy is beyond reason" :
Umm…Bella is perfect for Edward, in case you haven't noticed! (Or at least, in my opinion) And anyway, don't break apart the key relationships/couples. I personally think that they are perfectly fine just the way that they are! Also, (I am going to sidetrack a bit…XD I do that quite often, actually…;P) if you add in characters, it gets confuzzling (I LOVE that word! ), sometimes. Don't add in too many, unless they are…extra characters. In my story, Midnight Forever, I added a whole BUNCH of pack members for a different pack. But I won't continue with that, in case any of you feel like reading it. But what I was getting at was: I didn't really name many of them in particular. It works if you just REFERENCE them, rather than constantly naming too many new people so that it gets confusing.
"The cutesy/'cheerleader' Bella thing…" :
Okay, first off: I have NOTHING against cheerleaders! I just don't like to be preppy and cutesy, myself, but…err…Bella's not a showgirl in Las Vegas…because if she was, I wouldn't be writing this because I wouldn't have read Twilight! (I don't read books about girls and their relationships…because what is the sense in that?!) Bella is a "book wormy girl" if anything…kind of. She has actually read Wuthering Heights, which, by the way, I am getting to! XD I think that this fact would clearly state that Bella is not an underwear model, because…well…that would just be awkward…beyond reason. Also, Bella in lingerie is considered the preppy Bella. Even though Edward would have found this attractive, Edward would have moved on by now, in any of these cases! Make it actually make sense!
"The really outgoing Bella who is a big showoff" :
Bella is a lot like me and my group of friends: we don't technically do anything amazing (well…unless you consider all of us getting 4.0 G.P.A's constantly...) but we are well known (Sorry, I had to brag…XD). Same with Bella! She doesn't really do anything (well…except for going out with the most-wanted guy by girls in the world…XD) but everyone knows her. Bella is the girl who reads her book, and when someone asks a question, she looks up, blushes, and then continues with her book without realizing that they asked a question. And then, when someone pisses her off, she lets them know. That's kind of showoffy, but not really. Just don't make her all "Ooh! I have boys worshipping me, and you're dirt!" That's not Bella. At all.
"That one preppy Bella thing…" :
Bella's not preppy. If she was, when Jacob called her Bells, she would slap his face and strut off with her millions of followers/wannabes. Not to mention when he kissed her, she would MAKE SURE Edward murdered him. I don't really think that she would be Jake's friend in the first place, anyway. Bella is…moderately calm…well…except when she is pissed, or when she is worried/overdramatic-like. But my point is: don't make Bella a drama queen. Well…at least…not ALL the time. It just makes things seem…important every time someone says something, and some things are just to keep the story moving. Put it this way: if I gasped at everything that someone said in their fanfiction, would you want me as a reviewer? …exactly.
"Bella having a baby" :
I personally think that this is so obvious, it is…too obvious…to mention. They have even specifically SAID that vampires can't have babies. Plus anyway, Edward refuses to! He wouldn't dare take that chance, considering Edward… If you don't believe me, go and reread the whole SERIES! If you can't remember this simple fact, then I don't think that you would remember much of anything else! Make sure you know your facts! GOD!
"Impossible powers" :
I don't really think that Bella would have really odd powers just to be cool in her story. Make it realistic! For example, Jazzy got his powers because he wanted to know what Heidi and her crew was thinking so that he would know what to do! It has a purpose! Also, powers don't always have to be "powers". Sort of like Rosalie and her "pig headedness", as Edward calls it. Hehe. ;) But it does make sense if you make it that way! My example (yet again, in my story, Midnight Forever) is that Bella's powers are where she can…kind of…scry, like from Eragon. For those of you who don't know what that is, it's like being able to see objects, AND their location. The only difference is that Bella doesn't have to see things beforehand to know where they are. Then, I considered the fact that powers need purposes. Then, I thought: "Bella doesn't like presents from Edward, and Edward only.' I also knew that Bella didn't like surprises. So, I clashed them together, and BAM! I came up with a power! This was a way for her to find out her presents beforehand! Alice and Bella could actually work together with these kinds of powers! YAY! I just realized that! YAY! But anyway: If you think about Bella, you can come up with a much, MUCH better power that fits Bella better. :)
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Author's Note: Oh, Bella, how we love you! Now…don't mess up on her! XD
