Talk:Edward Cullen/@comment-50.9.66.239-20130630181146/@comment-7600752-20130911000824

I do get what you'e trying to say. And I also agree that Meyer made Edward "too" perfect. I mean the guy is immortal, indistructable, extremely good looking....has more money than he knows what to do with. However at the beginning of TWILIGHT Edward is suffering from apathy (the I don't give a damns). He just doesn't care about life...and going about living it. For humans...we take antidepressants to help with apathy. But as a vampire, Edward is doomed to live like this for his entire existance. Yes, he is perfect and is the best in music, running, baseball...etc etc. Bella even states that Edward is good at EVERYTHING. But as a vampire...he's stuck in a rut and can't get out of it. Edward's been like this since he was created by Carlisle. The only reason Edward trudges forward is that despite his apathy...he loves his family...so he continues his existance for them. However, when he meets Bella, Edward snaps out of the apathetic life he had been living. He finally feels lilfe through Bella. So...this is sort of a flaw for Edward...he's not his own person...he has to have Bella in order to desire any type of life (and vice-versa). If you read the beginning of MIDNIGHT SUN, you'll know how apathetic Edward is at the beginning of the novel. He's miserable and pathetic. If he had NEVER met Bella...Edward would have continued his miserable existance. However, the same is not true for Bella. Bella is NOT apathetic before she meets Edward. If there had been no Edward...Bella would have eventually fallen for Jacob. I don't say this because I'm a 'Jacob' fan...but because Bella says this herself in ECLIPSE (and so does Jacob). Bella ONLY becomes apathetic after falling in love with Edward and then losing him temporarily in NEW MOON. Strangely, Bella was actually coming to terms with losing Edward....and contemplated a serious relationship with Jacob. It's true. It's in the part where she compares herself to Juliet...Edward to Romeo..and Jacob to Paris. Bella contemplates that if Romeo left...then why would it be wrong for Juliet to try to rebuild her life with Paris. However, Alice came back causing this theory to be destroyed. Edward even told Bella after he returns that he knows she was slowly rebuilding her life...but he was unable to do this and was planning to come back and beg her to take him back. So... Edward is NOT perfect. He is very apathetic at times. VERY co-dependant, very selfish and self-rightious at times. Edward was also VERY bad at tracking. Edward was searcing for Victoria in South America....when she was in the upper part of North America. So...he wasn't great at everything.