Talk:Vampire/@comment-124.6.243.40-20130309041700/@comment-66.138.59.116-20130420012639

I'm guessing that the angelical, godlike figures are the Cullens? It's true that if Edward had just changed Bella from the beginning things would have been easier in some ways. But Bella would have quit school, fabricate herself dying or getting killed, then never seeing Charlie and Renee again. All this is something Edward believes would be difficult for Bella (although she argues differently). There's also the matter of the soul which has been discussed on this wiki. Carlyle was a minister when he was human. I get the feeling that Edward was somewhat religious during his humanity as well. In most human thought, the only type of soul to exist is a human soul. Edward believes that vampires do not retain their human souls once they change from human to inhuman. Therefore, Edward is very reluctant to make Bella a vampire, fearing that it would destroy her immortal soul. Faced with her death, and his unwillingness to go on without her, Edward eventually changes Bella. Has Edward changed his mind? The reader is just to unsure to know that answer. But, even if Edward has no soul, and destroyed Bella's soul when he changed her - they are now both immortal. They have the potential to live forever... probably longer than the human race.