Talk:James/@comment-78.101.181.34-20130714224645/@comment-7600752-20130818221504

Although the actor who protrayed James is handsome...the actual character in the book was at the most ordinary looking. As a human James was not very attractive. However vampire venom changes a person's looks to make them appear more attractive. The most the vampire venom could do for James was to make him average looking. The Cullen's are a very good looking family. But sometimes you can have too much of a good thing. Often, people find them more strange and haunty than preoccupied with their nice looks. Most humans feel a natural revulsion towards vampires. That's why the Cullen kids didin't have any friends before Bella arrived. When Edward was around Bella, he felt more human, thus he acted, seemed, and appeared a bit more human...so some of Bella's friends could tolerate him in their presence. But despite their amazing looks, humans are rarely drawn to vampires because most humans are just naturally repulsed by them. But when it came to Edward, the opposite happened with Bella. That was why he was always surprised when she would return his affections when he would kiss her.