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I LOVE that you’ve tagged me in this 🖤🖤🖤

Moodboard of Tia.

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HP Next Gen aesthetic (+ their parents) Part 4:

Draco Malfoy + Astoria Greengrass

Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy

Luna Lovegood + Rolf Scamander

Lysander Scamander

Lorcan Scamander

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Oh my goodness!! I totally forgot about this fic! This has always been a fic I come back to over and over again after years. I even recommend it on discord servers. One of the most interesting takes on pureblood society! Would love if this got updated, especially because of the cliff hanger with Narcissa!

Would you ever go back and update your DracoxAstoria fic?

yes, if you can believe it! i have the next two chapters done (and have had them done for years), but i just can't seem to edit them and get them posted. honestly my writing has improved so much since that fic and i want to edit the whole story, but it's over sixty chapters and over 300k words 💀💀 i also want to replace ophelia's character with the character she was originally meant to be because she's so poorly done in comparison to the other female characters, so that's also nagging at me. but i will get the final chapters out before fixing the entire thing!

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full offense but none of you would have ever survived fanfiction.net in 2009

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Charlotte & Peter, what were your thoughts when Alice & Jasper turned up, told you to go to Forks without them, and you find a half human/half vampire love child?

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Imagine being Benjamin and getting let out of your prison for the first time (since he ran away to find Tia like 200(?) years ago) and that’s all that happens…

All the vampires after gathering in Breaking Dawn:

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Responding to tags:

They did actually film Peter trying to run to Alice to help save her (like Carlisle) but it didn’t end well for Peter either (like Carlisle) and it got cut. I can only assume because he’s not a main character. But that small tiny addition into the film would’ve said so much and Peter and Charlotte’s relationship/friendship/loyalty with Jasper and Alice.

So I've been rewatching the Twilight movies and certain scenes from them recently, and there's something that caught my eye while going through the post-battle scene in Eclipse.

We have Jane and the others show up, being like "blah blah blah, you guys did pretty well against all these newborns, how curious, blah blah" before Jane notices that one of the newborns is still alive, pointing out Bree.

Now, here's where it gets interesting for me. Because Jasper immediately moves and stands next to her protectively.

And yeah, sure, he's the newborn expert, he's in charge of all-things newborn vampires, so in that sense alone it makes sense for him to associate himself with her in that way, but I think it's a lot more than that; namely something that is always mentioned in passing in the movies, but never really pointed out as something significant (unlike Edward's telepathy and Alice's precognition, which are always mentioned first in terms of desirable acquisitions of power). I of course speak of his pathokinesis.

Bree is scared. At this point she has realized that she's a vampire and what that means for her life, but she has no idea if she will come out of this stand-off alive, so naturally, she is nervous.

And thanks to his pathokinesis, of course Jasper can feel that. So I think he's standing with her, almost protectively, not just because he's in charge of her, but because he can feel her fear and tries to comfort her with his presence (she with her vampire sight can of course see that his skin is decked out in scars, so that intimidating display alone probably tells her him being on her side is a good thing).

And then we come to Jane starting to torture Bree, and me having another observation.

When she falls to the ground and is screaming in agony, we can assume that Jasper can feel that, too (not the pain itself, but the mental anguish connected to it). And look how startled he seems when he sees her fall and looks from Bree to Jane.

This moment here makes me think that this is probably the first time he's ever seen Jane's power in person. Of course he knew about her, knew what her powers are. Alice probably filled him in in detail about the events in Volterra from New Moon, and I assume Carlisle has shared many stories over the years, too.

But hearing about something and actually seeing it first-hand are two very different things.

For someone like him, who can feel what other people are feeling, from their happiest moments to their most devastating mental pain, watching Jane not only use her powers, but relish in their effect without a second thought since she can't feel the pain she's causing, must be absolutely nauseating, for lack of a better word.

Jasper's experienced several lifetimes of anguish by proximity and is trying his best to make others feel better, while Jane deals blow after blow with her powers without any consequence. It must feel wrong and unfair to him.

Anyway, back to the point.

This is the face of a man who has fully realized what the antagonistic force is capable of, and he'll be sure to be prepared, next time they cross paths.

And lastly, something sad.

He turns his back on Bree, probably because he can't deal with watching her die on top of feeling her fear and pain. Neither he nor the other Cullens can stop Bree's death from happening without declaring war on the Volturi in the process (because I'm certain that's how Jane and the others would see their push-back).

So all he can do is turn away, and maybe make an effort to lessen her pain (it doesn't look like he did, but I think it would make sense if he used his powers to make death less frightening for Bree).

Anyway, rest in peace, Bree, you would have made a wonderful addition to the Cullen family. ♥

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Being the dark soul I am, I would love for something to trigger Alice’s memory.. like maybe she gets hurt or injured or something and it triggers all these memories that were stripped away from her when she was human through the electroshock treatment or lobotomy they used on her (this is a whole other thing too because these weren’t common practice at the time of Alice’s human life).

I do see a really dark side to Alice, I also think her killing human count as a newborn is really high, may even rival Jasper’s.

I also wonder if the events of BD and knowing Aro will not stop at his chance to try and recruit Alice will trigger a darker side? Has she ever truly been able to make decisions for herself? Or does everyone around her make them for her? Is it everyone else who actually determines Alice’s future? From her human life, to transformation and to her eternal vampire life.

The first Twilight book ending with so much genuinely intriguing information about Alice that is immediately ignored is so crazy to me that it’s honestly funny.

The other vampires don’t necessarily remember their human lives well compared to their vampire ones but they do clearly have a lot of memories that inform who they are as people. And then we find out that Alice remembers almost nothing about being human and is the only vampire we meet who basically had her entire personality be created from only her vampire life. And the idea of who someone would be if they had only ever been a super powered future seeing non human is interesting, and it would have been especially interesting to see how it makes her act different from the others and perceive the world differently because she wouldn’t in any way identify with humanity or being human and any human experiences.

And then she just is exactly like everyone else and no it didn’t actually affect a single thing about her personality. And the fact that as both a human and vampire she has never experienced time in a linear fashion is way less impactful on her character than one would think beyond that she used future sight as a helpful tool.

Smeyer is so wild for creating genuinely really cool character and world building ideas and then immediately ignoring them and not considering that they would in any way correlate to how that character acts

Oh for sure! There are some many fascinating little character details that just . . . don't . . . go . . . anywhere. Really Alice waking up as a vampire with no memory of anything else is SO interesting and could be such a contrast to the others, but it's only sort of hinted at and doesn't end up really mattering at all. There's Edward's line about how if she hadn't had her ability to see the future and saw Jasper and Carlisle and where her life would end up, she'd probably have turned out to be a feral monster or something and how no one could understand how she could be abandoned like that. SM pays lips service to the idea that Alice doesn't remember being human but she mostly uses that to like, push her into being obsessed with human rights of passage for Bella that she can sort of live vicariously through rather than a deeper, more meaningful exploration of what it would be like to be in Alice's shoes.

Genuinely, I'm fascinated by every single one of the Cullens' stories as newborns except Bella's, because it's just the most boring one. She doesn't give up or lose anything, she doesn't wake up to a world she didn't know existed. She's about as well-informed as a human could be and she wants to be a vampire and is instantly good at it so it's all just so . . . blah. Alice waking up with no memory and superpowers and insatiable thirst is about 1000 times more interesting. Just imagine how disorientating and confusing and frightening that would be! Carlisle lived out his own horror movie as a newborn, being bitten on a vampire hunting raid gone wrong, hiding during his transformation out of fear his father would burn him alive, realizing what he had become and trying to destroy himself before he hurt anyone ending with him starving himself in the woods for months. Jasper, too, had a whole horror movie where he was the nightmarish monster, to humans as well as other vampires. And the other Cullens died and 'woke' up to a new life they had no idea about and had to lean on strangers they either barely knew or didn't know at all. That's the interesting stuff. That's what I like about vampire stories. But these experiences barely matter to how they act in the present day. Jasper's poor self control matters in some scenes and doesn't matter at all in others. Rosalie's baby obsession is a big feature of Breaking Dawn, but Esme, who actually had a lost a baby, might as well be wallpaper in that book. Edward's going on about how could he ever love this thing if it kills Bella, meanwhile Carlisle's mother literally DID die giving birth to him and it never enters the conversation.

And for SM, Alice's whole "doesn't remember being human" ends up being focused entirely on like, shopping and parties and clothes, so she can live vicariously through Bella. And on one hand there's something interesting then there, something pathetic (in the pathos sense) with Alice trying to understand humanity in this sort of superficial ways because she doesn't have the experience or memories to go any deeper, but it's mostly portrayed as just wheee isn't Alice fun! I wish I had a sister/best friend like Alice! It's just blatantly obvious that it's less about who Alice is than what she can do for Bella.

Even in New Moon where we find out that Alice has been researching her own history, found her own grave and asylum admission papers, and it goes nowhere! It doesn't change how Alice behaves at all, it doesn't change her relationship with Bella, Bella just kind of goes "huh interesting" and we never hear about it again. I mean Alice goes through it in these books and you wouldn't even know! She finds out that James had hunted her when she was human and this other vampire turned her to save her and died defending her. She finds out she was put in an asylum by her father and he told everyone she was dead. And even though she's the 4th most prominent character after Bella, Edward and Jacob, there's still no room in the Bella-centric narrative for Alice to have the space to actually deal with any of this. She's too busy fulfilling her role as Bella's fairy godmother sister.

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Hey, just wondering if you’d ever consider running “Jalice Week” again? Or if it’s something you’re not really interested in anymore?

not so much interest but time, you know? i've been super busy writing a vampire novel myself and i haven't had the time to be around the fandom. but if anyone wanted to run it, i can grant access to the jalice network tumblr sideblog, templates and give the direction on what i did to run it! ♡

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This is kind of a random question, but I thought about that while reading your story Variable Stars, more specifically that scene in which Alice decides not to kill Peter and Charlotte. If it had happened, how Jasper would've reacted? Or, in a canon version, how do you think he would react if Peter and Charlotte were killed (not by Alice but a nomad or something)?

Ooof, Anon, you woke up and chose violence. We'll start with Variable Stars.

So, in Variable Stars, Alice sees Peter and Charlotte and kills them quickly and moves on.

Jasper is extremely close to both of them in Variable Stars because he is alone - no wife. It's kind of a cocktail of soldiers in arms, paternal, and brotherly. Like an older siblings raising a much younger sibling. So when they stop visiting and communicating with him, this is scary. Jasper has always had Peter at his back and for Peter to vanish... he spends a lot of time trying to find them. Obviously he never does, and because of where Alice found them, no one else (Maria) knows what happened either.

That weighs on Jasper terribly. That they found themselves in a fight that they could not win. He hopes they died quickly and together. But because he cannot confirm their deaths, there's always a little piece of him that hopes that they're still out there. He's much quieter and more serious by the time Alice joins the family.

It's quite a few years later that Edward puts together Peter and Charlotte as some of the vampires that Alice killed during her Rebellion Years. He does end up telling her what she did, and Alice is broken that she did that to Jasper. She considers a visit to Volterra to have herself destroyed but Edward tells her that the last thing Jasper needs is to lose another of his people.

She does tell him, and it changes them. For mental health reasons, Jasper has to separate the idea of the Alice that killed Peter and Charlotte with his Alice. Is it healthy? No! Is it necessary for him to live his life? Yes. Their relationship is fundamentally changed, and very bittersweet; Alice spends the rest of her life essentially trying to keep Jasper as happy as she can to make up for her terrible mistake, and Jasper has to live with that constant cloud of self-loathing and regret that surrounds her.

In canon, oh boy. (Also, anon, if you want Charlotte and Peter and Jasper drama, can I recommend going to talk to @flowerslut? Maybe subscribe to her new fic Roots? It's insanity and is a fucking vision into the dynamic Jasper has with his people and his past. 11/10, A+, six seasons and a movie. But I digress.)

In canon, Jasper would be on the war path, and Alice with him. Jasper would hunt them to the ends of the earth and remind their killer why Jasper's reputation precedes them. Both Alice and Jasper have a violent streak, and even if the deaths weren't planned, the killer would regret ever touching Peter and Charlotte.

And then I think Jasper would grieve heavily, and probably seek out solitude for that grief; he'd definitely retreat from the family a little. Peter's friendship and loyalty shaped who he was and who he got to be so much that there would always be a hole where his brother was. That Jasper couldn't protect Peter or even save Charlotte for Peter would weigh very heavily on him. I can see the darkest point being Jasper resenting the Cullens because if he'd been with Peter and Charlotte they'd still be alive, and maybe even resenting Alice for not being able to see their deaths so he could have protected them.

Alice has no real reference point for the grief of death or strong relationships outside her immediate family that we're made aware of in canon, so I can see her struggling a little knowing how to support Jasper in that kind of grief at first, but ultimately just being present so he isn't constantly alone and brooding. I can also see her struggling with the void that Peter and Charlotte have left behind.

I can see her gently reminding Jasper that even if they weren't with the Cullens, everything falling in place so that Jasper could have protected Peter and Charlotte is pretty unlikely. And I think she'd observe the fact that she didn't see their deaths indicates it was just one of those terrible, unplanned moments; there was no grand plan to assassinate them, no grudges or agenda. Just a series of choices made in the moment.

She's gifted, not a god.

Ultimately, Jasper is no stranger to pain. He'd be a little sadder and a little quieter, and possibly cleave tighter to the Cullens because he's now without alternative allies. He'd be even more protective of Alice, but he'd keep going and keep Peter and Charlotte as a very, very sacred memory.

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I JUST WANT TO KNOW THE BACKSTORY TO THIS DAY!!!!!!

happy new year 💖💖💖

(@chickwithkick this was supposed to be an answer to your ask, but somehow it doesnt show up in my inbox so i have no way of answering it aaaaa)

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THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN ME SINCE 2007

honestlyyy

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More old photos of the ✨fashion icon Cullens ✨

Alice and Rosalie a girlboss besties,

No I do not accept criticism

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Gif from Tenor

This thread on Reddit just made me think about the Cullen's in terms of "Who's the best fighter?" (the answer is obviously Jasper, but what about the runner ups?)

I gave it some thought and came up with the ranking below, which—shocker—only has Edward at rank 5. Like yes, his gift is very powerful, but I doubt it would work against vampires who go off their instincts and don't plan every move ahead. Or newborns, who don't think and just charge. And even if he does hear someone's plan of attack, I think that he's missing the routine and tactical prowess to fend off more complicated attacks in the spur of the moment. He just strikes me as someone who relies on their gift a tad too much and doesn't spend much time actually training, since—like Carlisle—he has an attitude of "let's stop whatever confrontation is coming before it can even turn into a fight".

I know this might be controversial, so I am very excited to hear other people's thoughts! What do you think? How good of a fighter is Edward actually? And how well does his gift still serve him, once he's in the middle of a fight, where he has to make split-second decisions?

The ranking I came up with for those interested:

Jasper. He has the most experience. Fighting is instinctive for him, that's why he even stands a chance against Edward. He does not need to "think" to act. Plus, he's also canonically the second fastest in the Cullen clan, so that contributes too.

Alice. Unlike Edward's gift, hers also works on people like Jasper, who act out of instinct rather than 'thinking' about their next move. Also, being Jasper's mate, I am convinced he made sure that she's very capable of defending herself, even without using her gift. Alice could potentially even best Jasper in a short fight, if she's able to cut the fight short after the first or second attack. If it moves beyond that, Jasper is her superior. With every move, the possibilities just grow exponentially and she cannot process them all anymore due to the pace with which the fight progresses.

Rosalie. Because of her past, Rosalie is very committed to making sure that no-one will be able to harm her ever again. That's why, when Alice and Jasper—a very violent-looking man that would be certainly able to harm her, if he wanted to— joined the family, she didn't waste too much time to demand training from him. He gave it to her. The two of them trained extensively over the years, which is why Bella notes that her fighting style is similar to Jasper's. She learned from him.

Emmett. Though Emmett is superior to all the above in strenght and he loves sparring, I do think his interest in these play fights lies mostly in getting energy out. He doesn't enjoy spending time on tactics and moves too much. He relies on his strength and mostly head on attacks. And that's worked out fine for him so far.

Edward. I know, shocker, the mind-reader on place 5 AFTER Alie and Rosalie. hear me out: Yes, his talent gives him an enormous advantage. However, that advantage (like Alice's) mostly works through preventing / countering attacks before they can even happen. But if he failed to counter an attack or if someone, like e.g. Jasper or even Emmett, just relied on instinctive attacks, not thinking about it, he would seriously struggle. Out of the Cullen kids, he's the one closest to Carlisle and the one who's adapted Carlisle's values the most. That makes him a pacifist by proxy, I cannot see Edward being as into actually training fighting styles and moves like e.g. Rosalie is.

Esme. Similar to Rosalie, I think that her past compelled her to attend one or the other training sessions from Jasper. However, I do not think she kept up with it like Rosalie did. She knows the basics and is able to defend herself, but she never had the goal to become an unbeatable fighter, like Rosalie does for example.

Carlisle. While being the oldest and most experienced of all of them, he's also at his core a pacifist. I doubt he had much fight training before Eclipse (maybe during his time with the Volturi, but he probably spent most of these days in the libraries or talking to people) and he doesn't strike me like the person who would have asked Jasper for training beyond initial curiosity. He could be very capable, but his values stop him from actually getting there.

Bella. She's basically a newborn with zero fight training, who lacks the usual newborn aggressiveness. Yes, she's super strong and super fast, but she doesn't really know how to use these powers.

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Remember the french coven that got entirely cut from the film? I always thought they were meant to be the Makenna/Charles of the movie because we only saw the french coven in the "vision" battle fighting/falling down the crevice Benjamin created.

Okay, cool.

I kind of wish they’d post a little something about the French coven. I’m burning with curiosity.