Talk:Bella Swan/@comment-174.75.108.39-20140709213407

A lot of people comment that Bella is a Mary-Sue, and I can see where they're coming from. But after it giving it some thought, I realized something; Bella wasn't such a Mary-Sue as a human, but definitely became Mary-sueish as a vampire.

Aside from her clumisness and being "more fragile than a normal human", Bella obviously has incredible low self-esteem. She always goes on about how Edward is perfect and that she's not good enough for him. Just because Edward is unique doesn't mean she can't be the same way, even if she is just a regular girl. She basically places her self-worth on what one guy thinks of her. Also, there was her self-deprecating attitude, which was apparent throughout the series.

Bella's flaws were more apparent in Eclipse (at least, to me). She was selfish and made mistakes; even she acknowledges them; at least she acknowledge her mistakes while some people would refuse to admit their mistakes.

I know that (almost) all the boys at her school were attracted to Bella, but that's only because she was pretty and was the new girl in a small town; a "novelty." This does happen to some people and it's not like the boys were actually in love with Bella, or even really like her for her.

So yeah; Bella was a type of Mary-Sue as a vampire, but she definitely had flaws as a human.