A Day of Shopping and Jacob Black

Wow. So, I went shopping today. I'm a strange girl in that I have mixed feelings about going shopping. Especially at certain stores for certain things.

For the holidays my Aunt and Uncle gave me a lot of clothes from Aeropostale, and I know they meant well, but it all had TONS of ruffles and glitter. I have a strict no pink, no ruffles, no glitter, and no sequins policy when it comes to clothes. I had to return all of the clothes that they got me, which gave me a fair bit of credit at that place. Well my friend Maddie got a giftcard to Aeropostale for the holidays, so we went shopping together. Whoo.

It was fun eating pretzels and drinking smoothies with Maddie in the mall, but I'm not so wild about the actual shopping involved. I tried to seem eager, though, 'cause I didn't want to ruin her fun.

Now, onto the topic of Jacob Black. I have very strong opinions about this particular Twilight character, and I'm about to type them all out for once. WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS, DO NOT CONTINUE READING IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE ENTIRE TWILIGHT SERIES!!

In the book series, Jacob started out as a very minor character, but he grew to become much more than minor in Bella's life. A lot of people object to Jacob simply because "he's trying to steal her from Edward!" This is my question: Since when is it a crime for someone to fall in love?

Jacob did so much for Bella when she fell apart in New Moon, he was there for her when everyone else had given up on helping her. I personally love the character of Jacob Black far more than I like the character of Edward. Edward is Bella's true match, but Jacob seems to be more happy-go-lucky and far less bitter than Edward. I would even call Edward arrogant because he always seems to think that he knows what's best for Bella while Jacob was always more willing to let her make her own decisions.

I'm not saying that Jacob is better for Bella than Edward. He clearly could never have a chance with Bella. But he seems to be the better man to me than Edward. Renesmee is a lucky girl : )

As for Jacob going after Bella, that doesn't make him a bad person. In his mind, he was saving Bella from what he thought to be a horrible fate. Him loving her also doesn't make him a character to be hated, his soul mate just hadn't come along yet and he was confused. If readers really examine him carefully, you'll find that there's nothing to hate about Jacob Black. He adds so much to the story along with being a great kid.

In Twilight, Bella didn't have a clue about what she'd be giving up if she sacrificed her mortality to be with Edward. In Eclipse, she realizes and sees another option that is available to her. She could have life and love without having to give up all of the things she'd have to give up to be with Edward. By recognizing and dismissing her love for Jacob, she makes her love for Edward all that much stronger. She knows exactly what she's giving up for him, and she's still willing to do it to be with him forever.

I was beyond ecstatic to see Jacob get a happy ending in Breaking Dawn. If anyone deserves Renesmee Cullen, it's Jacob Black. I do not in any way think that his imprinting on her was creepy. He is Renesmee's true other half, and if he hadn't imprinted on her, he'd still be in pain from missing Bella. If I could ask Stephenie Meyer to continue one aspect of the Twilight series, I'd ask her to do a book centered around Renesmee and Jacob. Bella's story might be over, but Renesmee's is just beginning!

Leah Clearwater's story also didn't seem to be over to me. There were so many questions that her being a werewolf posed, and they never really got answered. Not to mention her love story, is she really a genetic dead-end? Was Sam the only man that she could truly ever love? Can Leah imprint? The questions are endless, and we'll never really know the answers to them (unless Stephenie Meyer chooses to answer them for us, of course).

Okay, that's enough about Twilight. Please don't get me wrong, I don't dislike Edward, I just like Jacob more.

~If you read this entire post, thank you! It was a long one. . . .