That’s a good question. They’d have to be involved from New Moon or Eclipse rather than the last 5 pages of Breaking Dawn. I mean what on earth was the point of even including them, just the “well the Quileutes aren’t technically werewolves?” Does anyone think the Volturi would actually care about the technicality? They are creatures that can kill vampires—the Volturi would want to wipe them out no matter what.
As for how they would get involved in the story, maybe it’s something that could have included the human kids. Bella jokes how if Angela were a witch she could join the party too. What is Angela were bitten by a Child of the Moon? Or if Mike was? At the end of the day the human characters are pointless and have no bearing on the plot, this could have helped with that maybe.
I would have played up his role as chief of Police. I never understood why she made him a police officer, let alone the CHIEF, if his role in the story is to be COMPLETELY CLUELESS. If she wanted him to be dumb and oblivious, the LAST job he should have had was a cop.
So I think he would have had a more central role in the mysterious deaths in the area, investigating them. That would have been more prominent. He would have been suspicious of the Cullens eventually—Billy was outright prejudiced against them and it annoyed Charlie and he dismissed it, but after enough weirdness you’d think he’d start to take Billy’s warnings seriously.
And I still think that in Eclipse, the “Riley” and “Bree” characters should have been human kids from Forks. It would have given the human characters some purpose in the story, would have given Charlie something to do (investigating their disappearances) and would have made their deaths so much more poignant and tragic. Imagine if “Riley” were Mike Newton? Or if Bree were Jess or Angela? Maybe then Bella would have understood the brutal realities of the vampire world…
You know what SM should have done? She should have reused some of her own characters. She had this habit of inventing new ones instead of using the ones she had.
For example, Riley and Bree. Clearly we are supposed to feel bad for them for being used by Victoria. But we don’t know Riley and Bree until their death scenes so why should we care? Why couldn’t the “Riley” and “Bree” characters have been some of Bella’s friends from Forks? Or one of her friends’ siblings or something? Can you imagine how much more upsetting Bree’s fate would have been if she were Jessica or Angela or Jessica’s little sister or SOMEONE we actually knew from the earlier books? What if poor Mike were the “Riley?” Plus then you’d have some local disappearances to up the drama, and Charlie would have something to do related to being a cop! In the end Mike, Jessica and even Charlie had virtually nothing to do with the plot—this could have changed it!
Another idea is that instead of making Irina the bad guy in BD, why not have Jasper’s creator MARIA rat on the Cullens? I don’t really buy that Irina saw Renesmee, freaked out and told the Volturi without consulting her family or confronting the Cullens. But I would buy Maria doing that. She has no loyalty to the Cullens at all. Maria is shrewd; she knows that Volturi aren’t happy about that whole newborn army thing, but maybe by informing on the Cullens (and giving Aro the excuse he needs to wipe them out), she could redeem herself in the Volturi’s eyes and perhaps get Jasper back, “Leave the Cullens, they’re doomed, join me, Major!”
If it had been Mike Newton, Jessica Stanley, or Angela Weber about to be crushed by the van, would Edward (or any of his brothers or sisters) intervened to save them?
If Carlisle or Esme were there, do you think they would have done something?
You guys I’m super lazy tonight and am so not in the mood for photoshop, so I will just give you the tallies. I might make some graphics later though so I don’t give off the appearance of being anti-human. This time highest points win.
1 Charlie 56
2 Angela 33
3 Billy 23
4 Jessica 22
5 Mike 19
6 Harry 8
7 Ben 7
7 J. Jenks 7
9 Sue 6
10 Eric 5
11 Emily 4
11 Renee 4
13 Lauren 3
14 Gianna 2
15 Phil 1
Q: Could you provide us with any more information about Bella’s human friends? They all have a tendency to blend together for me – especially Mike and Eric. I get the feeling that Tyler is more of a “geek” than the others, but I’ve been wrong before.
A: Nope, Eric Yorkie is the geek in this crowd. (You’ll be happy to know poor Eric finds love with a sophomore in book two—it’s such an incidental thing that I don’t feel bad mentioning it). Mike Newton and Tyler Crowley are pretty much the school catches. Mike is a little better looking, but Tyler is the better athlete. Tyler is the more arrogant of the two, and the less intelligent. Tyler is about 6’1”, with brown hair, brown eyes and a bit more of a tan than the rest of the Forkians. Mike is 5’11” with pale blond hair and washed out blue eyes. Eric is a gawky 6’3” with black hair that always looks greasy, brown eyes, and a poor complexion.
Jessica Stanley is pretty well described. She has no siblings. Her mom works at the local bank and is the town gossip. Angela Weber is 6’0” tall and has light brown hair and eyes. Her father is a Lutheran minister and she has two loud younger brothers. Angela’s brother’s are 9 year old twins named Joshua and Isaac. They are the apples of her eyes. She lives close enough to the school to walk. Lauren Mallory is 5’6” tall with white blond hair and green eyes.
The nurse’s name is Mrs. Julia Hammond. Ms. Cope’s first name is Shelly.
Q. Bella speculates at the beginning of the book that Jessica tried to ask Edward out, or get him interested in her, but that she struck out. Is that what happened? Is the only reason Lauren doesn’t like Bella because she likes Tyler and Tyler likes Bella, or is Lauren jealous of Bella’s relationship with Edward too?
A. Jessica tried to flirt with Edward and was met with icy disinterest (of course). She was never brave enough to ask him out in the face of his obvious dislike.
Lauren is jealous of EVERYTHING about Bella. Before Bella came to Forks, Lauren was the most sought after human girl. She hates all the attention Bella gets, even more so because Bella doesn’t try to get attention (or want it).
Q: Can you tell me anything more about Ben Cheney as well as someone named Conner, Samantha, and Lee Stephens. Lee is the kid Mike carries into the Nurses office, right? Anything else you have time to give me about these other random people would be nice!
A: Ben Cheney is of Asian descent, with black hair and dark brown eyes. He is 5’7” and wears glasses. He loves graphic novels, action movies with good special effects, and Angela. Even though Angela lives close enough to walk to school, Ben picks her up after they start dating seriously. He drives a dodge neon.
I don’t really have specific ideas of the others. They aren’t important people in my little world. Imagine them how you will.
