Okay, I am one those people who all this time have been cutting S.Meyer some serious slack. I mean, she created Edward right? I love the series, even Breaking Dawn (though I am running out of the kool-aid if you know what I mean). I usually defend her on most of the complaints I have seen. I can explain away her plot holes (even if she can't), I get Bella, I have no problem with Nessie or imprinting, I have been a good canon fan.
Then...
A few days ago I saw a campfire stating that she had said that she fell in love with Jacob and Edward "left" her. I was like "what?", this can't be true. I am not a Jacob hater, I do end up liking him but Edward is...Edward. S.Meyer must know this, she created this little piece of fictional male heaven. I shrugged it off....
Until...
I watched the special features with my New Moon DVD and there she was, S.Meyer, claiming to be Team Jacob. WTF? I know a lot of people have a problem with the idea of characters "talking" to authors. I don't. I wrote one chapter of a fic that I haven't finished. I was plodding along and then I just typed a few lines that just came out of know where and they ended up being the best out of the whole thing. So yeah, I have lost all faith in S.Meyer. I no longer believe that she decided to leave Midnight Sun alone due to the leak, but rather because she no longer had the feel of Edward after writing from Jacob's POV. Edward in BD was fine until that and then he just disappears. I wish we could get a hold of a copy of Forever Dawn to see what it looked like before Jacob became a major character.
I also noticed from the same featurette that some of the people in the movies get that Edward and Jacob represent two different types of guys/love, both equally appealing to different women, while others think that Jacob is the wonderful healthy choice and Edward is the sick, twisted, obsessed choice. I don't get that at all.
Anyways, a lot of rambling just to say, I think S.Meyer has lost sight of her own F'ing canon and most fic authors have a better understanding of the characters than she does. I think this new fangled concoction has effected the tone of the movies. This challenges everything I thought I new about authors and their creations. SO, how do those of you who have already dealt with the feelings of S.Meyer fuckery reconcile it with your love of (most of) canon?
I'm off to re-read Ithaca is Gorges or Blood Lines.