tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116461351305070142.post1927373444135104692..comments2023-03-27T09:57:37.444-04:00Comments on The Charmed Bracelet: The Value of a GirlJennifer Ambrosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01397176346255759805noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116461351305070142.post-36045239235157486312011-01-09T15:16:02.049-05:002011-01-09T15:16:02.049-05:00Sabrina, if only Bella had lavender eyes. IF ONLY....Sabrina, if only Bella had lavender eyes. IF ONLY.Jennifer Ambrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01397176346255759805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116461351305070142.post-36624408665797429922011-01-09T15:15:09.072-05:002011-01-09T15:15:09.072-05:00bkherman, your complaint about Bella is arguable a...bkherman, your complaint about Bella is arguable and a valid concern that can (and has been) discussed. I think what I'm really getting is as how often people criticize Bella's lack of physical description when they really just want to say, "I don't think she has a lot of personality."<br /><br />The difference between personality and appearance become muddled. These people don't even seem to realize that they are equating one with the other. And THAT is what freaks me out because.<br /><br />A girl's personality = her appearance and her appearance = her personality. Therefore her value as a person is measured by how attractive she is.Jennifer Ambrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01397176346255759805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116461351305070142.post-30309557376429486372011-01-09T13:10:14.098-05:002011-01-09T13:10:14.098-05:00Funny, while I can now see that as a legitimate fe...Funny, while I can now see that as a legitimate female complaint...I had never looked at it that way. <br /><br />Blame my gender, for as a male who read the first Twilight book (shhh, my wife MADE me!), I can tell you my irritation with the character of Bella Swan came more from her being a complete nitwit that had no identity of her own rather than the lack of a description of her physical features.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03371093789086779415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116461351305070142.post-39586895370960978522011-01-09T12:44:34.316-05:002011-01-09T12:44:34.316-05:00Rereading this, you give a couple of examples, but...Rereading this, you give a couple of examples, but honestly, how many books really describe a male protagonist beyond hair and eye color (unless I suppose physique was inherently tied to personality, like the stereotype of a dork being scrawny)? <br /><br />Also, if Bella's appearance were described something like "burnished auburn hair and pale lavender eyes," critics would say the author was trying too hard.Sabrina Favorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303054417674236268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116461351305070142.post-11156938497260921032011-01-06T19:33:40.652-05:002011-01-06T19:33:40.652-05:00Great point, Teri Anne. It IS written from Bella&#...Great point, Teri Anne. It IS written from Bella's point of view, which means we as readers are intimately aware of her personality. Poopheads, indeed!Jennifer Ambrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01397176346255759805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116461351305070142.post-75878932195151140672011-01-05T10:04:52.387-05:002011-01-05T10:04:52.387-05:00It's been a while since I read these books, bu...It's been a while since I read these books, but aren't they told in first person, from Bella's point of view? I'm pretty sure that if this is so, then Bella knows what she looks like, and if she's actually COMFORTABLE IN HER OWN SKIN (even if it is stupid human skin), then why does she need to care how curvy (or not) she is? <br />And I don't have any problem with a MC being blank enough so that I can slip into their skin. That's why I read, so I can be other people and go other places. So I call those critics Poophead.Teri Anne Stanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15500524348027951939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116461351305070142.post-5276978311956235552011-01-04T16:33:30.976-05:002011-01-04T16:33:30.976-05:00Haha I'm glad. The time it takes to write a bl...Haha I'm glad. The time it takes to write a blog post is usually about the same time it takes for my outrage to pass.<br /><br />"I honor your anger"!? I love it! I think I'm going to ask Husband to add that to his "Things to Say to Talk Jennifer Down From Her Angry Tirade" repertoire.Jennifer Ambrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01397176346255759805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3116461351305070142.post-23022028258558880152011-01-04T16:30:41.854-05:002011-01-04T16:30:41.854-05:00ok, i understand you're angry and i honor your...ok, i understand you're angry and i honor your anger, but the last line of this post still made me chuckle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com