T.04.09 Sure as hell...

In Which The Circle Is Now Complete

Jacob heads home and meets Billy, who tells him not to confront yadda-yadda. Jacob pauses to consider this sage advice and decides it's would be a good idea to hang out and get the full dealio. No, of course he doesn't, he's the hot-head ex-boyfriend who's going to go.. er... something-something and boom, he's on his motorbike (so as to avoid the group mind of the wolves) and on his way to Vampire Manor.

Carlilse greets him at the door and Bella calls to tell him to enter. Jacob notes that Bella isn't a wahmpire (or any other sort of mystical being) and notes she's really sick. He notes Rosalie lurking in orbit and Bella stands for the big reveal: she's got all up and pregnant. Shocker.

Gods this is slow, though. I'm just not willing to drag it out for paaaaage after paaaage. We know she's pregnant, we were there. Shock Jacob and tell us what the hell is going on! This is all redundant nonsense.

Edward drags him outside and blah blah this is unbelievably tedious. Jacob wants to fight... I guess, and Edward isn't in the mood. He gives us the rundown (finally)

• Baby is killing Bella
• Bella won't let them kill it.
• Rosalie is the new bodyguard.
• The family is a bit split on this subject.
• Nobody has ever in the history of EVER heard of a Vamp/Human baby. Ever. Thousands of years and suchnot.

Edward wants Jacob to talk to Bella and convince her to get rid of this baby (wait for it) in exchange for ANOTHER baby that won't kill her. One clearly planted by good ol' Jacob. Yeah. That's the conversation this chapter ends with.

SumUP: WTF-

Hoooooooly Crap. The cuckolding of Edward is now complete. Edward is now ASKING, almost BEGGING Jacob to do the deed. Fantastic.And you know what? Jacob agrees. His POV suggests he's not expecting this to happen or anything, but regardless, here we are.

I'm just going to pause for a moment to take a breath. I honestly don't know what Meyer is saying at this point. Let's review this love triangle, shall we?

• Bella and Jacob form a manipulative, non reciprocal, codependent love triangle in Book 2
• Bella goes psycho and creates an Edward construct that emotionally abuses her
• Edward returns, and emotionally abuses her
• Jacob turns into a stalker, then sexually assaults Bella in book 3.
• Meyer manipulates Bella and Jacob into bed together
• ..... in front of Edward
• Bella then is manipulated into begging Jacob to kiss her
• Which he does, rather violently
• Wherein Bella realizes that she loved her assailant er Jacob all along. Go Stockholm Syndrome!

And here we are, adding another layer to an ugly, ugly cake.  I can only assume that this, right here right now is the climax of the series. This is the moment that Meyer has been building toward for three long novels, the second in which Edward begs Jacob to sleep with and impregnate his wife.

Think about it. Meyer clearly wants this scene to exist, look at how much work she put into making it. She has to have a reason for hubby to be an impossible father. Then she needs a back story to support the relationship. Then she needs a man so otherworldly that he can both forgive his wife AND have an eternity of some manufactured "true love" to share with her. You know what? This is the genius of Stephenie Meyer. I was wrong, so very wrong all this time!

Or she's just winging this without any character arcs mapped out and has some messed up ideas about romance and love. Byron's bunions... I am just amazed.