Twilight: NM Love Triangle. How Believable is It?

Well, the triangle is really simple at first, and then complex in the LAST book. (1st) Essentially, Jacob is "real." He's the man she can touch and be with in the open, daylight. He's her human counterpart. (2nd) Edward is her "imaginary" man (pretty well described in the second book and movie - not really made clear in the first one).

So, the triangle is simple: She loves both, but who does she choose? Does she live in the real world with real concerns (tribal & human) or the imaginary world with imaginary concerns (vampiric & blood/cannibalism).

Edward's group of vamps are "vegetarians;" more like vegans. They appear weak because they eat animal blood (Yuck) at half the value of human (Double Yuck) - out of retaining their respect for mankind. As for his other traits (reading minds, empathy, etc...) he's actually extraordinary and that probably has more to do with why he's vegan than not. Nothing like eating something that's screaming it's last thoughts into your brain. (sorry delicate hearts and too bad Blade lovers - I love vampire movies, but the concept is really pretty gross)

And yes, Jacob is the better choice of the two - at the point in time for New Moon. If you read the LAST book, you will see why it doesn't work out and why it shouldn't work out. But he does get a lovely parting gift in the end.

And ultimately, I think that's why people have enjoyed the series despite Bella's cry-baby, immaturity: We all have our fantasy man or woman. People fall in love in cyberspace, in books, in letters - but confronted with the reality, most people don't pick the imaginary. They pick the real. Of course, Romeo and Juliet pick the imaginary - which is why the story has survived all these Centuries. While people pick the real, they often still wish for the imaginary. (The crux of Cipher's problem in the Matrix Trill)

Essentially, this author, manages to mix her stories. Twilight is actually a blending of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" and Wagner's "Lohengrin" (both are my least favorite story lines) however, again Juliet/Elsa's death gets a nice twist in the LAST book.

Me, I never liked either story - my favorite it is "Snow White and Rose Red". That is the only story of value in my fairytale book and it shows: Respect, Love and Honor. The other two don't and never have - they are fairly insipid whinny tales of stupidity (Sorry Shakespeare - Fabulous writing, stupid story). Twilight seems stupid at first, then becomes smart, respectful and honorable and is the only reason I think people enjoy it over the other two (R&J and Lo&El).

Unfortunately for most teens, most school systems will probably not update to the better book that teens across the nation fell in love with and thus schools will still promote teen suicide rather than a more modern, four-part maturity storyline that steadily moves towards respect, real love and honor.

-- TOO BAD. I'd love to see the amount of double, teen suicides go down the tubes. I think the 21st Century would enjoy lower numbers...