I agree - really interesting and it's also more than a little disturbing. I mean, Quil can be anything she needs - a protector, a brother, whatever, as Jacob puts it. Which makes me wonder why Sam couldn't love Leah and be a protector/brother to Emily, but that's another story. However, if the romantic feelings are hardwired, when do they turn on? Does Quil sit at home at night when she's fifteen both wanting her and feeling absolutely disgusted with himself? When is a good age to tell her all of it - even just bits of it? How do her parents react (if they even tell them)? How does she react?
It's a really interesting situation to explore, but at the same time, more than a little squicky. So far, a lot of people like to explain it away by saying he phases a lot, so he's still physically as young as she is once she reaches about 25. But he's still mentally older - how much can biology make up for such a large difference in life experience? This is why I wish Smeyer just wrote lots and lots about the pack and forgot all about Bella.
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Date: 2008-07-03 03:58 am (UTC)Which makes me wonder why Sam couldn't love Leah and be a protector/brother to Emily, but that's another story. However, if the romantic feelings are hardwired, when do they turn on? Does Quil sit at home at night when she's fifteen both wanting her and feeling absolutely disgusted with himself? When is a good age to tell her all of it - even just bits of it? How do her parents react (if they even tell them)? How does she react?It's a really interesting situation to explore, but at the same time, more than a little squicky. So far, a lot of people like to explain it away by saying he phases a lot, so he's still physically as young as she is once she reaches about 25. But he's still mentally older - how much can biology make up for such a large difference in life experience?
This is why I wish Smeyer just wrote lots and lots about the pack and forgot all about Bella.