He said that she said that you said...
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kippurbirdChapter Eighteen, the Hunt.
Now we get to meet some of the other kinds of vampires. The terms that they're described in are very animalistic. She calls them predators exhibiting the natural respect of a troop of predators as it encounters a larger, unfamiliar group of its own kind. In fact Meyers makes a direct point of differentiating the civilized Cullens with these new vampires.
If we remember the Cullens are always dressed fabulously, in designer clothes with fancy cars and always look perfectly primped. This is because the Cullens are...tame vampires. They've been domesticated while these new ones are wild and dangerous. This is rather the cliche in discovering the good and bad guys. Nicely dressed? Good. Ragged and worn? Evil. Because obviously they're not perfect, and so not perfect is evil. And they're obviously savages because they're running around without shoes on as opposed to being a sophisticated doctor. The new vampires are Laurent, Victoria and James.
They do some small talk, the new vampires amazed that the Cullens have a permanent residence. Carlisle invites him to their place, continuing to surprise the new ones at the fact that he has a home. Then Bella gets noticed.
The new vampires are ooh SNACK!! And Edward is all MINE and growlly. And they're all, but it's snack. And Carlise is No. She's not. Laurent, the guy in charge is all, well fine. We won't eat her or hunt in your territory. James is sad face. He wants to eat Bella. I'm sad faced too. I want James to eat Bella.
Bella is actually afraid of these new vampires. This whole time Id' been rooted in place, terrified into absolute immobility So, she's afraid of these vampires, but not the Cullens, even though Edward had been telling her constantly that he's dangerous. But see he's refined and pretty and rich so he's not dangerous. These people are hillbillies and they called her a snack. Meanwhile Edward has admitted wanting to kill an entire classroom of people just to have Bella. They've only were wondering why the Cullens brought a snack. But again, since they're not the preehty Edward, they're scary. They're even described as being animal like. I think I'd prefer the animal vampires than the civilized ones. Because at least you know the animals are going to go for your throat, the civilized ones... well, they might or they might not. They'll just smile at you the entire time and you can't tell if they're thinking about eating you or not.
Emmett, Edward, Alec and Bella go back to the Jeep while the others take the new vampires back to their place by running. Edward starts driving and the four of them try to figure out what to do. Edward says that they have to get her far away from there. Edward keeps on telling her to be quiet and not listen to her when she says that Charlie will call the FBI if she doesn't show up back home. When they try to come up with a plan, Edward refuses to listen and keeps on driving faster.
It's because James wants to hunt Bella. This, rightly frightens Bella, and she says they need to warn Charlie. The interesting thing is that they have her thrashing against her harness and it reminds me of a squalling child throwing a fit in the back seat of a car. Edward knows almost everything about James it seems like. Like he won't stop hunting Bella and he won't stop until she's dead. So, they have to kill him. Emmett has no issues with this.
Bella offers another option. Let her go back to Phoenix. Tell her dad she wants to go back home for a bit. That way James would have no reason to bother her dad. Though, really, I'd hardly see that as a deterrent. After all, Charlie knows where Bella lives.
After a lot of bitching and the old, "I know that he'll know we're plotting this and so he'll know it's a fake, because we'd never actually say where we're going in front of him." Emmett calls it diabolical. They decided that Alice and Jasper will take Bella to Phoenix so that way it won't look like Edward did something to her. Then after a few days, Edward could come after her.
Plan set, they go her home.
Now we get to meet some of the other kinds of vampires. The terms that they're described in are very animalistic. She calls them predators exhibiting the natural respect of a troop of predators as it encounters a larger, unfamiliar group of its own kind. In fact Meyers makes a direct point of differentiating the civilized Cullens with these new vampires.
As they approached, I could see how different they were from the Cullens. Their walk was catlike, a gait that seemed constantly on the edge of shifting into a crouch. They dressed in the ordinary gear of backpackers: jeans and casual button-down shirts in heavy, weatherproof fabrics. The clothes were frayed, though, with wear, and they were barefoot. Both men had cropped hair, but the woman's brilliant orange hair was filled with leaves and derbris from the woods.
If we remember the Cullens are always dressed fabulously, in designer clothes with fancy cars and always look perfectly primped. This is because the Cullens are...tame vampires. They've been domesticated while these new ones are wild and dangerous. This is rather the cliche in discovering the good and bad guys. Nicely dressed? Good. Ragged and worn? Evil. Because obviously they're not perfect, and so not perfect is evil. And they're obviously savages because they're running around without shoes on as opposed to being a sophisticated doctor. The new vampires are Laurent, Victoria and James.
They do some small talk, the new vampires amazed that the Cullens have a permanent residence. Carlisle invites him to their place, continuing to surprise the new ones at the fact that he has a home. Then Bella gets noticed.
The new vampires are ooh SNACK!! And Edward is all MINE and growlly. And they're all, but it's snack. And Carlise is No. She's not. Laurent, the guy in charge is all, well fine. We won't eat her or hunt in your territory. James is sad face. He wants to eat Bella. I'm sad faced too. I want James to eat Bella.
Bella is actually afraid of these new vampires. This whole time Id' been rooted in place, terrified into absolute immobility So, she's afraid of these vampires, but not the Cullens, even though Edward had been telling her constantly that he's dangerous. But see he's refined and pretty and rich so he's not dangerous. These people are hillbillies and they called her a snack. Meanwhile Edward has admitted wanting to kill an entire classroom of people just to have Bella. They've only were wondering why the Cullens brought a snack. But again, since they're not the preehty Edward, they're scary. They're even described as being animal like. I think I'd prefer the animal vampires than the civilized ones. Because at least you know the animals are going to go for your throat, the civilized ones... well, they might or they might not. They'll just smile at you the entire time and you can't tell if they're thinking about eating you or not.
Emmett, Edward, Alec and Bella go back to the Jeep while the others take the new vampires back to their place by running. Edward starts driving and the four of them try to figure out what to do. Edward says that they have to get her far away from there. Edward keeps on telling her to be quiet and not listen to her when she says that Charlie will call the FBI if she doesn't show up back home. When they try to come up with a plan, Edward refuses to listen and keeps on driving faster.
It's because James wants to hunt Bella. This, rightly frightens Bella, and she says they need to warn Charlie. The interesting thing is that they have her thrashing against her harness and it reminds me of a squalling child throwing a fit in the back seat of a car. Edward knows almost everything about James it seems like. Like he won't stop hunting Bella and he won't stop until she's dead. So, they have to kill him. Emmett has no issues with this.
Bella offers another option. Let her go back to Phoenix. Tell her dad she wants to go back home for a bit. That way James would have no reason to bother her dad. Though, really, I'd hardly see that as a deterrent. After all, Charlie knows where Bella lives.
After a lot of bitching and the old, "I know that he'll know we're plotting this and so he'll know it's a fake, because we'd never actually say where we're going in front of him." Emmett calls it diabolical. They decided that Alice and Jasper will take Bella to Phoenix so that way it won't look like Edward did something to her. Then after a few days, Edward could come after her.
Plan set, they go her home.
