Talk:Alice Cullen/@comment-29717419-20161013192303

I am one of those rare people who didn't care for Alice mainly because despite Bella trying to convince me of it, she wasn't that great of of a friend.

Here's the good that people seem to go on and on about: -she's cute, -small, -fierce -has a cool power, -perky, -and I guess nice

But none of that really out weighs the bad (from my perspective):

--She's kind of snobby- on multiple occasions she criticizes what Bella is wearing deeming them unworthy clothes. This often results in her making Bella or trying to make her wear clothes she deems as worthy completely disregarding the fact that Bella doesn't want, nor like these clothes.

--She's controlling- as I mentioned before she makes Bella wear things she doesn't want to. This also bleeds into other aspects of Bella's life such as organizing a Birthday party without caring if she wants one (while knowing she doesn't), though Bella made the decision to let Alice plan her wedding but this is mostly done so she doesn't have to fight for a wedding she actually wants, the fact that she had to request certain things she wanted about her wedding such as it being small speaks volumes.

--And lastly her loyalties are to Edward- this isn't really a flaw when you think about it because Edward is essentially her brother and she's known him a hell of a lot longer, but it hinders her ability to be a good friend because instead being impartial and and seeing things from both sides, she biased towards Edward. If she wasn't she wouldn't have left without a goodbye in New Moon or kidnapped Bella and told Edward every time Bella decided to go to Jacob in Eclipse. Bella's supposed to be her friend, on all of those occasions she should have taken Bella's feelings into account and treated her as a separate entity from Edward which she's shown to be able to do with her loyalties to Edward. Only once I would really consider her being a good unbiased friend which is when Bella asks her for advice in choosing between Edward and Jacob.

Weirdly enough, despite her rude attitude towards Bella for most of the series, I think Rosalie was better friend and a better character in general.