Why doesn’t Rosalie ask for some eggs? Bella should have plenty after all… there was no reason not to harvest as many as possible before she moved on to unlife. Bella is a perfect candidate—she is fairly hot and has witchcraft genes. But if Bella wasn’t inclined to share then any other female human.
I was actually a little surprised that Rosalie’s name didn’t crop up at all in chapter 34. It turned out that Bella and Edward were both happy enough to become parents but in that spectrum between “just doing it to save Gianna” and “desperate to raise half-vamp spawn” there was the possibility of offering the privilege to Rosalie. That would reduce risk of resentment, transfer an awful lot of unpleasant responsibilities (for the time being) and still leave you a biological parent and adoptive aunt.
Rosalie doesn’t want someone else’s kid or she would already have adopted at this point. It’s not like there are no abandoned infants that rich white couples can scoop up and care for if that’s what she wanted to do. I’m not saying she wouldn’t take an egg if Bella offered, but the way things work in Rosalie’s head is that Bella should be the mom to Bella’s biological kids. Rosalie is thrilled about this prospect, and would certainly dote on such kids, but as an aunt.
Well, if Bella were dead, then she couldn’t be her kids’ mom. Rosalie would remain an aunt, but a primary-caregiver aunt instead of an occasional-caregiver aunt. Less competition for the child’s attention.
Edit: And it’s not like the only reason Rosalie considered offing Bella was for egg-related reasons. Remember, Rosalie doesn’t like being a vampire, she would have wanted someone to kill her when she asked. Bella’s situation is different—better—in several ways, but insofar as Rosalie understands Bella by analogy to herself, it seems like it might be in Bella’s interests to die instead of turning.
Why doesn’t Rosalie ask for some eggs? Bella should have plenty after all… there was no reason not to harvest as many as possible before she moved on to unlife. Bella is a perfect candidate—she is fairly hot and has witchcraft genes. But if Bella wasn’t inclined to share then any other female human.
I was actually a little surprised that Rosalie’s name didn’t crop up at all in chapter 34. It turned out that Bella and Edward were both happy enough to become parents but in that spectrum between “just doing it to save Gianna” and “desperate to raise half-vamp spawn” there was the possibility of offering the privilege to Rosalie. That would reduce risk of resentment, transfer an awful lot of unpleasant responsibilities (for the time being) and still leave you a biological parent and adoptive aunt.
Rosalie doesn’t want someone else’s kid or she would already have adopted at this point. It’s not like there are no abandoned infants that rich white couples can scoop up and care for if that’s what she wanted to do. I’m not saying she wouldn’t take an egg if Bella offered, but the way things work in Rosalie’s head is that Bella should be the mom to Bella’s biological kids. Rosalie is thrilled about this prospect, and would certainly dote on such kids, but as an aunt.
huh?
I hadn’t even considered the possibility until you verified that Rosalie thought of offing Bella and adopting the eggs...
Well, if Bella were dead, then she couldn’t be her kids’ mom. Rosalie would remain an aunt, but a primary-caregiver aunt instead of an occasional-caregiver aunt. Less competition for the child’s attention.
Edit: And it’s not like the only reason Rosalie considered offing Bella was for egg-related reasons. Remember, Rosalie doesn’t like being a vampire, she would have wanted someone to kill her when she asked. Bella’s situation is different—better—in several ways, but insofar as Rosalie understands Bella by analogy to herself, it seems like it might be in Bella’s interests to die instead of turning.