Talk:Renesmee Cullen/@comment-24927180-20140528050610/@comment-98.15.227.154-20140814054521

Renesmee doesn't age normally because her vampire side is speeding up her growth. And I think that hybrids age because if they didn't they would be an immortal child, stuck at the mental and physical development of a newborn baby. And if they aged normally, they wouldn't be able to learn to control their thirst fast enough so that they know not to destroy an entire city. And that aging fast would help them to survive if they were ever alone for a really long time. Because, think about it; if a woman who is pregnant with a hybrid dies giving birth to him/her and he/she is left all alone, a new born hybrid wouldn't survive if they grew at normal rate. A human baby takes at least 7-12 months to learn to walk and even speak a few words. And even then they wouldn't be able to fend for themselves. They wouldn't be developed enough mentally or phyisically to feed themselves and to defend themselves. A hybrid is able to walk, talk, and go hunting on their own within 3 weeks to a couple of months at the most. So I think that their rapid growth is a defence mecainsm, because most of the time the mother dies, and the father is God knows where. The rapid growth is there to so that they at least have a chance at surviving in the world.