Poll: Could Edward Cullen be considered a pedophile or a creep?

[Princess Tzelda]

I was talking with my freaky friends when the subject of Twilight came up. As we talked about the story I mused out loud, " if Edward is 118 in the first book and he starts dating Bella when she is 17 does that make him a pedo or just a creepy old guy?" upon which there was a burst of laughter.I just wondered what other people would think about this.

 

[Lionsfan]

Yeah it is pretty creepy. I mean physically he may be a 17/18 year old, but mentally he's still 100-something years old, and still going to HS to find girls

 

[Princess Tzelda]

Yeah it is pretty creepy. I mean physically he may be a 17/18 year old, but mentally he's still 100-something years old, and still going to HS to find girls

yeah, if they life forever why not find something benefiting humans or find someone their own age?

 

[Princess Tzelda]

another point to bring up about Edward, he gets Bella pregnant right? how is that possible if his body is frozen in time? He should be well past the point of sterility and with the obvious lack of blood flow he shouldn't even be able to get it up much less get her pregnant.

 

[Lionsfan]

Yeah it is pretty creepy. I mean physically he may be a 17/18 year old, but mentally he's still 100-something years old, and still going to HS to find girls

yeah, if they life forever why not find something benefiting humans or find someone their own age?

Because he's a creeper

another point to bring up about Edward, he gets Bella pregnant right? how is that possible if his body is frozen in time? He should be well past the point of sterility and with the obvious lack of blood flow he shouldn't even be able to get it up much less get her pregnant.

Ssh......don't bring logic into this. Just go with the flow and ignore the fact that people have made millions off glorified fan fic

 

[MajorTomServo]

When did I travel back to 2009?

 

[Rawne1980]

Ssh......don't bring logic into this. Just go with the flow and ignore the fact that people have made millions off glorified fan fic

See I wouldn't mind the folk making money off Twilight fan fic but that 50 Shades shit (that started off as Twilight fan fic called Master of the Universe) is terrible.

Really terrible.

But that was what you were probably referring to so i'll be quiet.

On Topic....

Creepy old perverted stalker.

That song, Every Breath You Take by the Police.... That is about him.

Breaks into her room to watch her sleep....

If I did that to someone I had a thing for i'd be spending time in jail and then probably be on the receiving end of a restraining order.

 

[wintercoat]

Creepy as fuck? Yes. Pedophile? No. Ephebophile? Yes.

another point to bring up about Edward, he gets Bella pregnant right? how is that possible if his body is frozen in time? He should be well past the point of sterility and with the obvious lack of blood flow he shouldn't even be able to get it up much less get her pregnant.

The same way it works in every other fantasy novel where a vampire knocks a chick up of course. A wizard did it.

 

[Princess Tzelda]

When did I travel back to 2009?

the same moment you decided to comment.

 

[Atmos Duality]

I maintain that he's too badly written to even have a personality to criticize, let alone despise.

 

[nykirnsu]

Who else thinks Robert Patterson should play a vampire in a movie? A proper vampire.

OT: Yes, yes he is.

 

[Dags90]

Yeah it is pretty creepy. I mean physically he may be a 17/18 year old, but mentally he's still 100-something years old, and still going to HS to find girls

Actually no, you're wrong.

It's stated in the books that vampires don't mentally age after they've changed. So mentally he's still a teenager, with all the physical neuropyschological baggage of being 17 and not having a fully developed brain.

 

[Lionsfan]

Yeah it is pretty creepy. I mean physically he may be a 17/18 year old, but mentally he's still 100-something years old, and still going to HS to find girls

Actually no, you're wrong.

It's stated in the books that vampires don't mentally age after they've changed. So mentally he's still a teenager, with all the physical neuropyschological baggage of being 17 and not having a fully developed brain.

But he still has the experiences and memories that 100+ years would bring

 

[Dags90]

But he still has the experiences and memories that 100+ years would bring

However he approaches those memories in a manner slightly differently than a full adult would. The fact that he's still mentally a teenager may account for his impulsiveness and egocentrism.

 

[Lionsfan]

But he still has the experiences and memories that 100+ years would bring

However he approaches those memories in a manner slightly differently than a full adult would. The fact that he's still mentally a teenager may account for his impulsiveness and egocentrism.

I guess I'll defer to you on this. I don't really know too much about the series, and I'm not going to pretend to

 

[TakeshiLive]

By this undeniable logic, Bella is a necrophile. What with Edward being undead and all.

 

[Dags90]

I guess I'll defer to you on this. I don't really know too much about the series, and I'm not going to pretend to

His response to the news that his first girlfriend died was to immediately attempt suicide. Which does that sound like to you?

[] Wizened, cosmopolitan centenarian.
[] Teenage boy.

 

[Happiness Assassin]

He is literally undead, yet he has more life to him than the emotionless wonder. No, he is merely just a creepy old dude.

 

[DoPo]

Is Bella a small girl? As in, not even a teenager or in puberty?

he starts dating Bella when she is 17

So, no - that's not pedophilia. But it's good that people still don't know the definition of the word and are willing to throw it around. We really do need everybody to coin meanings for each word they've heard - it makes communication so much simpler when we're not held down by common rules and such. By which I mean, that I find the practice annoying, unconstructive and should really stop being done.

 

[Dalisclock]

In response to your poll, for some reason, the song "Creep" by radiohead seems apt to describe Edward.