Fascinating, and very insightful.
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Jasper may think he's not an intellectual, but he thinks deeply. I don't agree with all of what he's thinking, because, even though he knows Edward, he doesn't know all of Edward and Bella's relationship. I also don't think you have to know the worst of life firsthand to appreciate the best of it. You have shown us his deep thoughts with your well written story.

Very nice insight! Thank you!

Very nice.

Very well written, thank you!

Awesome!

Edward and Bella are both enablers. Edward is ridden with self hate and self loathing of what he is and Bella is ridden with her own insecurities, that doesn't mean they didn't love each other though their love was obsessive. Jasper may feel Edward emotion but he doesn't know what goes on in his head so he cannot tell whether E/B love are genuine. Bella threw Edward perfectly craft world in shambles when he met her and the only way he could deal with it is to become obsessed and a creep. I know, many who wrote a non canon couple fiction rag on Edward because he's so easy to hate but none of us truly understand him including SM.

For instance, a paper cut drove Jasper easily mad with bloodlust though he could feel his family thirst along with his own at the time. Imagine Edward, seeing, hearing, and feeling that same thirst of everyone against mate. Edward carry the burden of the Cullens vampires and countless human he ever encounter all alone. He heard every thought, every secret, shame, guilt, murders, fantasy, lust, seduction hate, hapiness, loneliness and despairs of every individuals within a mile radius on a daily basis with no reprieve. Every Rosalie pain, hate and bitterness, every Alice vision, every Esme pain of her dead son, Carlisle loss or joy as he got back from work, Emmett insensitive jokes and Jasper tales of massacres and war of both vampires and human alike. Edward hear, see and feel them all however fleeting it was in their thought, it's etched in his vampire mind forever after all they have a photographic memory. It a miracles the dude didn't set the world ablaze in rage and anger in other to quiet the voice in his head. He doesn't have the option like Aro who can decided whether or not to take your hand and invade your mind. His is uncontrollable whether he want it or not, he hears everything... So, he has every right to be arrogance, to kill off his entire family just to have a moment of peace, to abandoned civilisation and live in a cave with his Bella. In fact, I will run off to Volterra too, if l learned the only person who grant me peace in this damn existence is dead not after making millions feel my wrath. SM make Edward a coward and a whiny little child even though he has the greatest control of all.

Edward is not my favorite character, in fact my favourite characters in the entire twilight series is Leah. Jasper cannot judge, nor is he better than Edward because he's an empath. I can tell my daughter mood by watching her body language and facial expressions and I'm not even a vampire, but do I know what goes on in her head daily? Hell no, only Edward can lol. There is no comparison!

I almost have the feeling that jasper is jealous of Edward in here. As someone who can read emotions I feel as if jasper do not understand emotions enough to be judging. He also do not even try to understand. I mean Edward try to kill himself because he thought Bella died. Also the story is fiction people, obviously real life is not like that and I think you guys are trying to judge this base on real life too much to understand the story.

I don't particularly agree with this viewpoint because the author of twilight did explain how mating works and that's why Bella and Edward are how they are according to Jasper. I feel like jasper thinks just because he did not have a perfect life he is justified for his assumptions.

Thank you for sharing your very interesting and different take on the belaward subject . I like the way you defined love and defined the characters .
Take care and good luck !

This was recommended on Panlight today so I came to check it out. What a wonderful insight into how Jasper view Edward as his brother, and how he views Edward and Bella's relationship. This was really great. I think my favorite part was how Jasper analyzes and worries over the flawed love that Bella and Edward have for each other. It makes me wonder if Edward ever overheard any of these thoughts, or whether Jasper ever sought him out to warn him of how he was missing the mark about loving Bella for *who she is* versus what he assumes/wants her to be. I have really come to love and admire Jasper so much lately, mainly for his realism and his honesty and his hard-fought struggle to live this new life. And the poor guy deserves a medal for putting up with Edward's emotions for all these years!

I'd be curious to see a similar exposition from Jasper during the pregnancy in BD. This was very well done!

I loved this! Very well written, and I could totally get that sense for his character like you don't really in the book. Great job!

I love your take on this. I haven't read twilight fanfiction in years, but this is the one piece from this section of the site which has burrowed into my head.

I see that a lot of anti-edward/twilight folks like to praise this story and I understand why. It's a highly negative look at the romance that I can't say I appreciate. But, your writing style is very good, so I'm not criticizing that at all. I just disagree with your views.

Jasper comes off as a hypocrite in this. What gives him the right to judge who is and isn't in love? I mean really. That's pretty much the height of arrogance. He has the nerve to call Edward arrogant and then proceeds to judge what real loves is and that Edward/Bella are not in love because he says they aren't. And what does he think gives him this right? His gift. Hmmm. He judges Edward for arrogance that comes from his gift and then makes arrogant assumptions because of his own gift. Ridiculous.

Also, Edward would have a clue about emotions. Emotions are present in thoughts. I'm tired of people trying to big up Jasper's gift as the most powerful of all. Edward would certainly have a clue about emotions and all the attached thoughts. Edward was thrown off by Bella because he couldn't read her and had been relying on reading people for so long. Being in love tends to make people go a little loony as well and this might also make him misjudge things. Many people are insecure and lost in love as it's a complex and powerful emotion (especially for enhanced emotions of a 100 year old finally finding love).

Edward also seems blinded by self-hate. I think that if he'd been on the outside of the relationship looking in, he'd have a better sense of Bella's love. He just can't believe she'd love a monster like him that deeply. That's not to say I don't think he's arrogant sometimes, but he's not what Jasper or you writing as Jasper thinks he is. He did notice some individual humans as well. I'm not sure if you read the Midnight Sun partial draft, but in it, he takes notice of Angela. He seems to think she has a kind mind and helps her and Ben get together. He appreciates her and how she treats Bella. Also, he has an admiration for Seth in Eclipse and breaking Dawn. He says Seth has a kind mind. We have no clue what he's done in the past, so perhaps there's more examples of his appreciation for humans before he met Bella.

Lastly, no one has the right to say who is and isn't in love. That is for both members of a couple to decide amongst themselves. Just because two people in a relationship have flaws, that does not mean they aren't in love. No person or relationship is perfect.

Anyways, sorry about that long message. I just really felt this fic painted an inaccurate picture and wanted to present a counter argument.