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Midnight Sun Review

Snow — Tue, 19 May 2009 01:17:36 +0000

Reading the partial draft of Midnight Sun is a tantalising look from the other side of the looking glass. it’s funny to hear Edward’s interpretations of all the thoughts he hears, and funny too because he is from a much older generation (originally).
Edward perceives and experiences Bella as a new student but is completely overwhelmed by her scent. Amusing also is his comparison to the her father, whose thoughts are also somewhat hidden form Edward. He also makes a great observation about how selfless Bella is.

But breathing Bella causes Edward symptoms like toxic nerve gas and breaks all his control to be vampiric- almost. Edward has a very isolated interior life, much like Bella. Calling her Bella instead of Isabella immediately makes Bella realize something about Edward is off. Does Bella’s lack of selflessness affect her quieted “speaking voice” to Edward?

I happened to Google the term ‘Midnight Sun” and got a pdf with a partial draft. I can’t be sure Stephanie Meyer wrote it, and because the story is first person Edward it reads strangely. The back story details of Edward’s life are consistent with the Twilight story, but it is still not the same as reading from Bella’s experience.

What Edward Knows…

Snow — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:00:54 +0000

Vulturi castle

Edward has not told Bella the real reason, the reason he was almost afraid to admit to himself he was not sure he wanted her to be near Jacob. When he was alone, waiting for her to finish talking to Charlie or do those adorably human things she did so shyly when she was around him, he strove to keep the thought from the back of his mind.

If Jasper had had his own mind gift, Edward would have been run aground with concerned Cullens by now. He was that worried.

Edward knew something the Cullens did not, something he had not even told the doctor. When he had been among the Vulturi, he had been able to puncture more of their thinking than they realized. It was as though they did not fully trust, or were too incredulous regarding his gifts, and had dared him to hear them. Others had simply forgotten he was there. The inside of the Carcassonne wall of Volterra had housed them for so many years, they had grown careless with arrogance.
Aro’s questions regarding the wolf pack had not escaped him as being more than reliably well informed. Had Laurent been to see them? Edward dismissed the idea as gone from his mind almost immediately. Laurent would not have gotten within those sacred precincts. And the visitor to Bella’s room….Edward wondered for the thousandth time if they hadn’t got away from Volterra too easily.
Had Aro been putting his imprint on Bella? Edward had heard Cullen speak of such things. Edward had never trusted that Aro had shown him the full weight of his gift, for strategic reasons. To see if he, Edward, would take advantage of a perceived weakness to strike. Edward had not been interested in striking at the Volturi, he was simply angry they had allowed trackers like the one who followed Bella to operate without incident.
Edward had almost put the question before Aro directly. Why were trackers allowed to exist? Certainly the Vulturi did not need those skills. And the mess the Victoria and Laurent situation had made , how had that been allowed? Edward had gotten his questions wrapped up in the entire St. Marks’ Square crisis. When the dust settled, he had been suspicious without knowing why.
And now, upon their return, this sudden rapid acceleration of Bella’s resumption of a friendship with Jacob. Edward heard a singular noise whenever Bella and Jacob were together, a hazy buzz of unspoken connectedness that made him dread whatever it denoted. Bella seems more sure of her connection to Jacob than the one she shared with Edward. And Edward noticed that whenever Jacob’s name was mentioned, Charlie grinned, smiled, or winked.

Edward’s Suspicions

Snow — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:32:26 +0000

The Other Edward

Edward was of two minds on the issue. The smart, aging vampire Edward knew better than to underestimate Aro and his crowd. They had been around for just a few centuries too long. Edward supposed that if there was something he envisioned them capable of, they had probably already done it or were going to do it. What has Aro seen in Mary’s visions?
The Vulturi hadn’t lasted over six centuries in that same city for being unconscious of danger or failing to exploit vulnerability of an enemy. Edward had sense a huge arrogance, a perfect command of total confidence that only his actions had ruffled. Edward could still see the brusque disinterest on Caius’ face, even as they had gone through the final negotiations for Bella’s survival.
And letting Bella go, even under a pledge to be transformed, must have had a sinister motive. This was the thought that haunted Edward, even as he watched Bella go through the motions of her “normal” life. He wondered if he was being fair, simply by staying in Forks and not letting her get some perspective. But Cullen had persuaded him that to leave again would alienate all of Bella’s family and friends, this strange network of people she had gathered about her.
Secretly, although there was a Vulturi-driven impetus to transform her into one of them, Edward had even then, back in Italy, sensed a different agenda. Only Cullen could understand how great the temptation had been, once Bella was known to be alive, to simply remain with the and learn some of the mysteries his heart had grasped but not understood. Conversely, Aro’s threatening behavior toward Bella had both convinced Edward to protect her in person at all costs, but to get away from that seeping evil , that twisted coven of dissipated ancient ones.
That day in St. Marks, his heart and mind, his whole palette of the senses, had been full of Bella, eclipsed by the change from intending to end it all, to a great new beginning. He had been almost immediately suffused with terror of the Vulturi having her in their power, and struck with a desperate sense of dread that they would (ironically) never see the light of day again. Edward was capable of killing, but there was no telling how many he would be able to dispatch before numbers simply made escape impossible.
Edward of the same mind that he had been of that day in St. Mark’s Square watched tenderly over Bella, imagining a day when they might never have to leave each other’s side. He wondered as well what would happen to their relationship when their thoughts were one. Edward never doubted that if he was the one who transformed Bella, he would be linked with her by thought. In fact, Bella claimed that this was already the case.
But it was the dark Edward, the Edward Bella never saw, that told him what he had been suspecting all along. By neutralizing Bella’s insensitivity to the vampire world and their thoughts, she would lose her impermeable barrier to the damage ones like Jane could inflict. Worse, she might inherit his gifts, and become an individual Aro sought to control or manipulate. In many ways, after the transformation, Bella would be more in Aro’s power than ever. And so would he be, if they ever captured Bella or hid her from him.
It was these thoughts that Edward hid from Bella. And he hoped that she would wake some day from the dream that when they were together, it would be any more easy to be together than it was now. For he sensed with all his instincts that somehow, it would not be made as easy as that.
Edward felt that too many obstacles needed to be overcome. Too many different factions were trying to keep them apart. They would never be free from the threats they faced now. But Bella needed to believe that. She did believe it, as she looked for colleges with a winter’s chill to recommend them.
Both Edwards knew Bella and he were only buying time. Cullen had hinted things would not be so easy next time around. The threat of Jane and her pulsing evil was like a haunting lullaby that never quite left Edward’s memory. The evil glimmer that had danced in Aro’s eyes had hardly been a paternalistic empathy. When the dark Edward spoke, Edward listened reluctantly.
The Vulturi would never let them be together.

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