Talk:Rosalie Hale/@comment-74.96.214.36-20121111200611/@comment-69.113.15.223-20121128221354

I don't think that there's anything wrong with the vampires in the novels. Tons of legends say that vampires are pale. It makes sense that she made hers pale. Plus, darker skinned vampires do have a light olive tone after the change. It's not really dark any more but there is a difference. Plus, most of the vampires she focused on were from Europe, or descended from Europeans. It isn't like modern day where people from all different ethnicities are all over the place. At the time, Asians often settled in California because it was so close to Japan. Carlisle would have never stayed in California because of all the sun so he wasn't as exposed to that ethnic group. I think she did a great job of capturing different varieties of people while still showing that they are all very similar.