Talk:Ten reasons Jacob is stupid/@comment-7600752-20130926004139

The character of "Jacob" is NOT stupid. Jacob does the best he can with the hand he's been delt. Let's see... his mother was killed when he was extremely young. His older sisters move away when they graduate school. His father suffers from diabetes and can't walk...causing a young Jacob to become the actual caretaker. He falls in love with a girl (Bella) that he's known off and on his entire life....BUT unfortunately she's in love with a vampire. Because of some genetic mutation, he shapeshitfs into a wolf, so he can save humans from being killed by vampires. In fact, so many things just seem to go wrong for Jacob. But is that his fault?

He SAVES Bella several times when Edward abandons her in NEW MOON. Of course she repays him by going right back to Edward.

Jacob does appear to be a bit of a fool in ECLIPSE when he tries to mentally match Edward to see who could win Bella's affections. Jacob's is really just a love-struck, love-sick teenager....trying to match his wits with a vampire who's well over 100 years old....and has many tricks up his sleeve. But you can't blame Jacob for trying... he would have been a big wimp if he hadn't even made an effort. At least he tried.