tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32247061.post7089667027197262044..comments2023-09-30T07:34:48.440-05:00Comments on They Call Me the Oracle!: Randomness of the DayDiane Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03600455886027626547noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32247061.post-10709865660631021132008-11-21T15:52:00.000-06:002008-11-21T15:52:00.000-06:00Hah ... wow, I certainly never saw Edward as delib...Hah ... wow, I certainly never saw Edward as deliberately trying to remove Bella's personal strength. Especially as the books progress and the characters develop. <BR/><BR/>She comes into the story as a hurting young woman with a lot of internal fortitude. As she heals from the pain of her hurts, she finds that she has the inner strength to deal with the weird and strange. His protection of her seems to fall mostly in the physical realm, which is where she is the most vulnerable once she meets him - as she begins encountering a world that is alien to any of us.<BR/><BR/>She was attracted to him from afar and I wouldn't be able to say that he was 'brooding' simply to attract her and make her fall for him.Diane Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03600455886027626547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32247061.post-2916222972136085952008-11-21T15:44:00.000-06:002008-11-21T15:44:00.000-06:00Ok...so I have been perusing "Twilight".....I have...Ok...so I have been perusing "Twilight".....I haven't given it my full attention....you don't think Edward totally takes advantage of Bella with his brooding...and she gives in?<BR/><BR/>The books that have had my attention lately have VERY strong feminie characters....the main character was raised by 8 weather witches from the isle of Tir na mBan -- AWESOME!!tlksimpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887522191625159284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32247061.post-74391589006784549202008-11-21T10:04:00.000-06:002008-11-21T10:04:00.000-06:00Yup, Tena ... you were one that I worried about! I...Yup, Tena ... you were one that I worried about! I have an addict for a sister-in-law as well.<BR/><BR/>As for weak female characters, wow, I'm not reading the same books you are ... I was just thinking the other day that I'm thrilled with the power that some of these women are exerting. <BR/><BR/>And yes, Elizabeth Bennet is awesome!<BR/><BR/>I'm just thankful that my husband, much like yours, has never drawn strength from making me weak. I was a lucky, lucky woman!Diane Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03600455886027626547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32247061.post-20501953317687567492008-11-21T09:18:00.000-06:002008-11-21T09:18:00.000-06:00Ok -- Twilight -- I am living with a Twilight fana...Ok -- Twilight -- I am living with a Twilight fanatic! I love chivalry...but I'm tired of WEAK female characters who give their power away to a man...give me Elizabeth Bennet ANY DAY...she WANTS a man -- she doesn't NEED one!<BR/><BR/>Yeah...I think I felt Tena's hurt from here...I've hears that Christopher Plummer wasn't crazy about it either!tlksimpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887522191625159284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32247061.post-24260754507545300982008-11-21T06:54:00.000-06:002008-11-21T06:54:00.000-06:00Oh, the pain... the agony... I think a little bit...Oh, the pain... the agony... I think a little bit of me just died.<BR/><BR/>;)T. Edlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12479531595761053897noreply@blogger.com