Talk:Bella Swan/@comment-5505664-20120722142745/@comment-82.4.249.172-20120724004049

I see a lot of people are getting very angry at Ultrabountyhunter for telling us the truth. Smeyer has never heard the phrase "show not tell", since we (the reader) are constantly told a ton of glowing positive attributes about Bella from other characters, but pretty much everything Bella says, thinks or does completely contradicts that. Bella is selfish, infantile, manipulative, spoiled, obsessive, vindictive, capricious, conceited and lazy. If you don't sparkle, you can go burst into flames for all Bella cares. Get offended by Ultrabountyhunter's personal opinion all you want, ficional characters are subjective, and she's not the only one who thought Bella was at best, a shallow little brat who doesn't give a damn about anyone but herself. Smeyer can tell us that Bella is a caring, selfless, insightful, intelligent and special little snowflake all she wants, but it won't work a jot if 90% of the book is simply Bella dismissing people on the basis of how they look, and only doing something nice for someone if there's something in it for her.