Things certainly aren’t looking good for the Cullen’s. I imagine Aro must be absolutely giddy, considering how well his attack went. The fact remains though that neither Bella or Jasper actually saw Edward and Alice die. I’m quite sure Edward still lives, since Bella didn’t find any of his jewellery. I’m not too sure about Alice though. It would make sense for Jasper to be able to distinguish Alice’s emotions from that of others, and a burning death is probably quite hard to fake. Alice’s gift would also be hindered by all the wolves and halflings the Volturi are now surrounding themselves with, and therefore not be as useful.
I wonder how Bella can survive Jasper—maybe he’ll be careless and she can put out the flames again. But at the rate things are getting more depressing, maybe she really will die and the sequel will be narrated by Elspeth, like I thought for a moment last chapter. My biggest question this chapter is: why would the Volturi leave Jasper alive after they had supposedly killed Alice? Why didn’t he just chase them until they killed him?
...no clue at this distance. It’s possible that I went on the heuristic that Bella was now too powerful or had too many of her conflicts resolved, and that transferring the viewpoint to a younger and less powerful character seemed highly likely.
Well, score one for me! Too bad this leads me to believe most of the Cullen’s really are dead, will die, or become otherwise unsalvageably crazy. If there’s any indication that Bella survives Jasper in the last chapter I’m going to bet on Edward being alive too, though. It seems an awful waste if she were to die just when she has learned to sense her shield and may be able to be taught or teach herself to extend it to others, which is kind of crucial in a fight against the Volturi, unless more original characters are involved.
Chapter 56.
Things certainly aren’t looking good for the Cullen’s. I imagine Aro must be absolutely giddy, considering how well his attack went. The fact remains though that neither Bella or Jasper actually saw Edward and Alice die. I’m quite sure Edward still lives, since Bella didn’t find any of his jewellery. I’m not too sure about Alice though. It would make sense for Jasper to be able to distinguish Alice’s emotions from that of others, and a burning death is probably quite hard to fake. Alice’s gift would also be hindered by all the wolves and halflings the Volturi are now surrounding themselves with, and therefore not be as useful.
I wonder how Bella can survive Jasper—maybe he’ll be careless and she can put out the flames again. But at the rate things are getting more depressing, maybe she really will die and the sequel will be narrated by Elspeth, like I thought for a moment last chapter. My biggest question this chapter is: why would the Volturi leave Jasper alive after they had supposedly killed Alice? Why didn’t he just chase them until they killed him?
The sequel will in fact be narrated by Elspeth.
Huh. Guessed that.
If you know who Elspeth is, you’ve read at least 15,000 words of the fic (or skipped a whole lot); where’s my review? ;)
As a calibration exercise—do you remember why/how you guessed that?
...no clue at this distance. It’s possible that I went on the heuristic that Bella was now too powerful or had too many of her conflicts resolved, and that transferring the viewpoint to a younger and less powerful character seemed highly likely.
It had more to do with the fact that occupying Bella’s head would have been depressing and tedious until the reveal of the thing.
Well, score one for me! Too bad this leads me to believe most of the Cullen’s really are dead, will die, or become otherwise unsalvageably crazy. If there’s any indication that Bella survives Jasper in the last chapter I’m going to bet on Edward being alive too, though. It seems an awful waste if she were to die just when she has learned to sense her shield and may be able to be taught or teach herself to extend it to others, which is kind of crucial in a fight against the Volturi, unless more original characters are involved.