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Question: Edawrd Cullen or Jacob Black!?
Who do like better and why!? Edward or Jacob!? My favorite is Jacob!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Personally, I'd choose Jacob because Edward's big mistake is overreaction!. It's in his nature to be too extreme!. He's a very all-or-nothing kind of person, and it makes him unreasonable!. In the beginning of Eclipse, he's too overprotective!. When he sees the error of his ways, he goes too far in the other direction!. He could have chosen a middle ground—maybe admitted to his jealousy and asked Bella to choose him, rather than watching her get in deeper with Jacob!. Of course, he has other issues that make forcing this issue problematic!. What if Jacob is better for her!? What if Bella could have a more complete life with him!? Should Edward really insist that Bella give everything up for vampire life!? Or would it be better to let her make a fully informed choice!? Can you see his dilemma!? Part of Edward wants Bella to choose Jacob!.

Jacob doesn't have a tragic flaw!. He has one goal and one hope!. His goal is to save Bella's life!. His hope is that he'll win her heart in the process!. He fails at both!. But that doesn't mean he regrets trying!. If he could do it over again, he'd do the same thing!. Jacob couldn't live with himself if he didn't give saving Bella his best effort—he knows it's going to hurt when he loses, but he knows it would hurt worse if he didn't try!. Does he do everything right!? Heck, no! But he's sixteen and he's making it up as he goes along!. Those who are upset by some of his tactics should consider his youth and the fact that he is, after all, right!. Bella is in love with him!. (In the end, it's truly healthier for her to be aware of this as she goes forward with unalterable decisions!.) also, I like Jacob because he doesn't baby Bella like Edward does!. Jacob knows that Bella is capable of handling dangerous situations!. I wouldn't want my boyfriend treating me like a helpless kid would you!?

Oh I almost forgot!. There is a downside to choosing Jacob!. If Bella chose Jacob instead of Edward, she would always have to worry about Jacob imprinting later on!. What if he did imprint on someone else!? Even though Jacob said that if he did imprint he wouldn't leave Bella, if he did end up imprinting, he would have no choice but to do just that: leave Bella!. It happened to Sam!. What makes you think that Jacob's situation would be different!? Despite this, I still think that Jacob is the best choice for Bella!.

I personally can recognize some good qualities in Edward, but if you want a very very in-depth arguement about why Jake is better than Edward, read this:
"1!. Edward is controlling and overprotective!. I don't blame him for being worried about Bella, and I certainly don't blame him from being protective!. I don't have a problem with his *motivations*!. I have a problem with his actions!. He has NO right to dismantle her car and have his sister kidnap her!. The difference between Edward and Jake is that Jake always gives Bella a choice in the matter-- he did things that indirectly made her do what he wanted, but if she had really wanted to, she could have said no!. Edward, on the other hand, does things that FORCE Bella into compliance with his will!. He should have said, "Bella, I'm jealous when you are with Jake!. I'm worried he'll hurt you, so I don't want you with him, please"!. Instead, he says, "You can't see him!. I don't care what you say!. I'll stop you if you try to"!. He doesn't even attempt to look at it from her perspective, but later in Eclipse complains that Bella isn't looking at things from his perspective!. He complains that her being with Jake is dangerous, yet he allows Bella to hang around his brother Jasper, who nearly killed her once!. Makes sense, right!? I sense a little hypocrisy from him!.

What bothers me is that Edward thinks he has the RIGHT to tell her what to do!. What bothers me is that he thinks he has the RIGHT to dismantle her car, take her from her friend, and have his sister kidnap her!. I don't have a problem with his motivations-- he's entitled to be worried!. She IS his girlfriend!. What he's NOT entitled to do is force her into compliance with his will!. He takes away her choice in the matter several times, which is controlling!. He has no right to do that!. Him doing that also shows that he thinks he knows what was best for her better than she does!. He has a point, but at the same time, it's Bella's life!. He can voice his opinion, but it's still her life!. Ultimately, it should be her decision!.

2!. Edward doesn't care about the happiness of those around him!. He says that himself-- he says all he needs is for Bella to be happy, no one else!. This is evidenced by the fact that he decided to "kill" himself in New Moon, even though he knew it would devastate his family!. All he cares about is Bella!. Edward can be extremely selfish, too!. I'd argue that 9 out of 10 times, suicide is selfish!. If Edward really would have killed himself, it would have been selfish!. It would have hurt his family!. And he got involved with Bella, even though he was aware it would probably end badly or she would have to become a vampire-- SELFISHNESS!. He's generally a selfless person, but when he decides to be selfish, it ends up screwing several people over!.

3!. He is very subtly manipulative!. He's a baby when he doesn't get his way, as Alice says!. He throws a fit when he doesn't!. Edward knows human nature like the back of his hand, and hence is fairly arrogant!. He knows what to do to get what he wants!. Although I think it's unintentional sometimes, he manipulates Bella into doing what he wants!. He tells her they have to get married, persists on it the entire book, then at the very end backs down!. This makes Bella feel like he is selfless, makes her feel guiltier, and makes her want to get married!. He indirectly does things that guilt her into doing what he wants!.

Speaking of the marriage thing-- Edward manipulated her into marrying him!. She obviously didn't want to do it, but he pressured her until she gave in!. Marriage is NOT something you should bargain with!. If you get married, it should be because YOU want to get married, not because you feel obligated!. Marriage is an important step in life-- if you get married, you wholeheartedly should desire being married!. Marriage is a serious thing, in my eyes!. I hate that Edward uses marriage as a BARGAINING tool!. It just horrifies me!.

4!. He's so black and white!. There is never a gray area for him!. He's always at one end of the spectrum or the other; there is no moderation!. He's a sucky compromiser and he doesn't like to compromise (because he likes getting his way)!. One minute he's saying she will never see Jake again, the next he's throwing her into his arms!. One moment he promises not to leave, the next he leaves seemingly forever!. He thinks Bella is in danger, he sends her to Florida!. There is NEVER a gray area for him!. He overreacts!. He doesn't know how to handle bad situations-- he completely loses his head and loses the ability to think through the problem logically!. He's too black and white for his own good!. My motto in life is "moderation in all things"!. I don't believe in extremism towards anything, typically!. To me, that makes Edward a little immature-- he's so black and white, that he can't handle less than ideal situations!. Part of being mature is being able to handle things in a level-headed way!.

5!. He is way too romantic!. His lines make me barf!.

6!. He has a malicious streak in him!. Jacob is mean to him sometimes, but he doesn't usually plan things out!. Jake's insults come from a spur of the moment thing; he usually loses his temper, and that's what makes him be mean!. He almost always ends up feeling terrible afterwards, too!. Edward, on the other hand, plans it out!. He planned out Jacob eavesdropping on them when he talked about the wedding, because he knew it would hurt Jake (and Bella, too)!. That, to me, shows that Edward has a definite bad side!. I have an easier time forgiving someone who does something mean because they temporarily lose their temper than I do someone who plans out their insults and deliberately carries them out, even though they are perfectly aware of what they are doing!.

7!. Edward is BORING!. He never does anything spontaneous!. He never does anything unexpected!. He never does anything exciting or reckless!. I'd get so bored with him!. All he and Bella ever do is throw cheesy love lines at each other with makeout sessions in between!. They never do ANYTHING besides that!. Their relationship is just boring!. He's a boring person!. He lacks a personality!. Bella and Edward are always so serious-- they never have fun!. He's too gentlemanly as well!. Jake is exciting!. He has an intriguing and attractive personality!. He does reckless things (which ROCKS, I'm a dare devil!), but at the same time, he can be serious when necessary!. And he knows how to handle bad situations; instead of flipping out, he and the pack get together and decide how to best handle the situation!. Bella can actually laugh with him!. She has fun with him!. She and Edward aren't like that!. I would just get so darn bored with him!

8!. HE ISN'T HUMAN!. He can't give Bella anything I find to be important in life!. I want kids!. I want to grow up!. I want to get older!. I want human experiences!. I want to die in time!. And he can't give any of that to Bella, yet he was foolish enough to pursue a relationship with her!. He wants her to stay human, but he should have known it would never have worked like that!. He should NEVER have gotten involved with her in the first place if he really cared about her that much!." -EpiphanyWww@QuestionHome@Com

Let me see now; a well developed, humanized character or a purple prose Gary Stu!? I think I'd rather go with the human!.!.

Edward is creepy, he's scary, disrespectful, abusive, obsessive, absurd, unrealistic, completely inane, pathetic and unreasonable!. Any intellectual person would notice that!. However Jacob is funny, he's well developed, he makes mistakes, he cared for Bella and didn't leave! He's more human, he's more reasonable, he's not!.!.!.!. transparent, SMeyer wrecked him, she made him a pedophile!. However, that doesn't make the books the worst thing I have ever wasted time on!. 8)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Jacob, because hes fun, wild, determined, lets Bella have fun while protecting her, lets her have choice, is hot, tall, has history, and hes halarious!. I like him because he saves Bella, and makes the whole series interesting!. Edward is too over protective, controlling, and he only does stuff for Bella!. Jake does things for his dad, and Charlie, and his friends!. Jake protects his whole tribe, Edward only protects Bella!. Edward is selfish, Jake is too, but Jake has a better goal in mind!. He agrees to let Bella pick between them, but he still wants her to know that she loves him!. Edward just says he'll leave her life and go kill himself because he cant live without her!. Jake says he wont stop fighting until her heart stops!. Its more romantic, trying to save her from becoming a vampire, rather than just refusing to turn her into one!.

I like Jacob, because he has personality, and he has fun!. Edward is to tight and prim!. Jacob lets Bella have fun, and live a little, while at the same time protecting her!. Edward doesnt want Bella outta his sight, and he says "werewolves are unpredictable and dangerous", and vampires arent!? sheesh!. I want Bella to marry Edward, tho, so that Jacob could get someone better, who actually loves him properlly!. Bella takes too much for granted!.

Jake is more "alive"!. Jake is my favourite character, other than Emmett!. He's just so!.!.!.rugged and sexy!.!.!.I love his jokes, and his arrogant determined attitude!.

Jake has faults, and normal people have faults!. Humans just arent perfect, and Bella needs to realize that!. Its not just that Eddies a vampire, Bellas just blinded!. We all see that Ed isnt all that!. Jake is!.

ps holy crap Hunter, you musta copied and pasted that from one of your other questions lol!. you certainly couldnt have typed that all out that fast lol :pWww@QuestionHome@Com

Edward completely!.
I know that isn't the answer you would like to see, but I am sorry, that is just called being honest!. Why you ask!?
Well, first of all, I only like Jacob as a friend for Bella!.
Edward is wise, protecting, loving, caring, and the like!.
Jacob however, is too carefree to know anything about love!. He just ditches his poor father, he likes to piss of Edward (which is mean), and he likes to force Bella into loving him!.
Edward just says to Bella, "It doesn't matter if you love me, I'm just glad you're happy, and that is all that matters to me"!. Awww! So sweet, right!?

I am just utterly in love with Edward!.

I ? Twilight!

EDIT: Yes, I understand that Edward left Bella, but he did it because he cares about her!. He doesn't want his brother Jasper, tearing her to pieces!. He wanted her to be able to live a happy human life!. After he left and came back, he learned his lesson, and realized he was wrong!. He felt terrible and he loves her dearly!. He's passionate about it!. And geez, Jacob imprinted on her daughter Renesmee'! That shows how much he loves Bella! Which really isn't the way he thought he did!. It was basically just another teenage crush!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Jacob!.

Edward is defensive and pushy and clearly not a good match for Bella!. If Bella and Edward did end having a happy life together it would never work out, a seventeen year old and a seventy year old!? That's just wrong!. (I'm talking about when they get old!.)

Jacob is kind and caring!. He took care of Bella and then she just left him after her beloved Edward came back!. So rude!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

both!.!.!.!.

on a side note!.!.!.!.!. every day during the evenings questions about twilight, edward, jacob, team edward, team jacob flood the system!. As a twilighter myself, this is starting to get annoying personally!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Jacob disgusts me, personally!.!. But I've always been fascinated by vampires!. I love Edward!.!. No offense to those who like Jacob!.!.!. I just prefer Edward!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

JACOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.!.!.

HE DIDN'T LEAVE

WEREWOLVES ARE HOT

HE FIGHTS FOR BELLA

edit: I COMPLETELY agree with *Bells*
JUST BECAUSEWww@QuestionHome@Com

Edward!!!

because he is perfect in everyway possible!. he always has bella first in his mind for everything and i seriously LOVE him!!

and werewolfs freak me out!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww i dont no who to choose!!!!!!! edward left!.!.!.!.jacob didnt!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.bella loves edward!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.jacob loves bella!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.ugh! i love them bothWww@QuestionHome@Com

Edward, Vampires are sexy, Werewolves are creepy!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Edward Cullen He is just such a gentleman and i don't the first vibe of thr dangerous vampire was good tooWww@QuestionHome@Com

Edward CullenWww@QuestionHome@Com

Personally, NeitherWww@QuestionHome@Com

EDWARD
he is the nicest guy ever and he loves her so much
i love these booksWww@QuestionHome@Com

Edward!

Because he's way better!Www@QuestionHome@Com

forget them!
Emmet & Rosalie<3Www@QuestionHome@Com

I prefer the search bar!.Www@QuestionHome@Com