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As most of you know, the first time Jacob Black (who is a young man with hormones and the whole thing going for him) locks eyes with newborn baby Renesmee Cullen, he imprints on her–meaning that the two are bound for life as soul mates. What?! Say what?! Why would handsome, charismatic, sexually virile Jacob choose to imprint on a baby instead of on some foxy lady his own age?! I know he wanted to imprint on Bella and lost his chance, but that doesn’t exactly make it okay to mark her infant daughter as his future love interest. Blech!
It’s not like Jacob suddenly starts making out with baby Renesmee or strips down and does a Magic Mike style dance in front of her crib–but the idea that he would focus his entire future on a baby who clearly isn’t old enough to make any choices for herself (and then potentially groom her to be the perfect lover for him as she matures) is downright sinister. I know it’s just a book series (and very successful film saga)–but the fact that Jacob’s obsessive perversion is presented as super loving and awesome is just a little scary. Don’t you think?
Are you going to see Breaking Dawn Part 2 when it comes out on Friday? What do you think about Jacob imprinting on Renesmee? Do you think the Twilight Saga has some pretty screwed up messages in it? Tell me what you think in the comments!
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If you think it’s gross for Jacob to imprint on Renessme what about the fact that Edward is 109 years old and had sex with an 18 year old. He may look young but if he looke his age like Jacob and Renessme do it would be creepy
if you read the books it says that they finally figure out the reason that jacob was so attatched to Bella was because he was detined to be with her child. its a story and yes in reality it would be gross, but considering the fact that the wolves in the twilight series live a few hundred years and they drastically slow aging at the time of their first shift and renesmee grows significantly faster physically and mentally than a mere child and will be jacobs age within 7 ish years then i think its ok especially because imprinting isnt intentional and they only protect and become whatever the imprintee needs
I m going to see it. Im not happy with him imprinting her but after a while i was okay with it. I wish he wasnt in such a rush with imprinting her. Shes just a baby fro crying out loud. And they are kinda sending a bad message.
He imprints on her meaning that he will forever be in her life. He will be anything she wants him to be, brother, friend, protector, etc. Imprinting doesnt have to be sexual. it explains it in the book -_-
ok dude if you actually read the books, then you would not find this creepy at all. renesme grows up. she is not going to stay a child forever. she actually grows to around an age of 16 it even shows clips of her looking jacobs age in the movie. so anyone who thinks this is wierd i will give you that but yall are totally just flat out judgemental.
i think it is wrong – but he has to do it to protect her … if he didnt we would be saying that it was wrong of him not to imprint on her :/
I’m so glad to see some other people on here who read the book and know that while Renesme is young, he has NO ROMANTIC INTEREST IN HER AT ALL. Sorry for all the caps, but I really wanted to drive that point home. I’m not a Twihard. I’m not as into the series as I was 6 years ago when the book first came out. I understand there are plenty of things to criticize about it. But please, if you’re going to point fingers, get the facts straight. While Nessie is growing up (which will be way faster than a normal human child), Jake will fill whatever role is needed (brother, friend, etc). Quil, another member of his pack, also imprinted on a small child. Bella thought it was messed up at first, too, until she saw the two of them together, and realized that Quil only acted like a big brother to her, because that’s how he felt: as if she were his younger sister. And that’s how Jake views Renesme right now. And, as someone pointed out, it is a STORY. The author didn’t intend for it to seem plausible or realistic (the whole thing with vampires playing a central role should have been the first hint).
That last sentence says it all.
I totally agree with you. I am not a “twihard” but I have read the boks and seen the movies, so I know about imprinting.
I have read the books and like many people have said what you are saying is incorrect: Imprinting is not a choice but of the soul mate variety-it is fate-and all Jacob feels is older brother love (which would later evolve into something more possibly-and that isn’t gross because Jacob is stuck at 16 years old for a while).
I do agree that the whole ordeal is gross and weird though. Jacob was in love with Bella and now he’s vibing on her child? It’s weird and the thought of seeing the movie makes me a little sick to my stomach. I was an a huge Twilight fan until I took a closer look at the books and now it just upsets me.
OK!!!! So first of all you have this so beyond wrong…. Let me say I love this site but get your facts straight please…. Ok back to Jacob he doesnt imprint on her on purpose its their destiny to be together he did NOT try to imprint with Bella he wanted to but it wouldnt happen because it was not supposed to… Secondly Renesmee is going to grow at an unnatural speed because she is half vampire so in a couple of months her and Jacob will be the same age….AND it does not mean because of the imprint they have to date and stuff it means that he will protect her and be whatever she needs him to be (if she needs a friend he will be that,a boyfriend he will be that, a brother he will be that) get my drift??? Really people if you are going to slam something read it first the movie did not have the whole story!
It’s not gross because Renesmee is not “being groomed” to be Jacob’s lover/soul mate. It twilight when I wolf imprints on someone they are any thing that person wants them to be; a brother like figure, best friend protector and yes even lover. That person who has been imprinted on can still choose to love someone else. Jacob didn’t ‘lose his chance’ to imprint on Bella because he can’t choose who he imprints on. Even from a younger age Renesmme is smarter then her weeks, literally she was like 5 weeks old when she started reading advanced books like ‘War and Peace’. Mentally she is old enough to make her own decisions and think for herself. The bond between Jacob and Renesmee at the moment is one of close friendship and if Renesmme wants it to go further when she reaches Jacobs age then that is her choice. Jacob won’t put pressure on her, he is there to help her through life and to be whatever she needs. Imprinting isn’t always romantic!
In the book, it explains that imprinting is not a choice, and that Jacob just feels like a protective older brother to reneesme
I don’t really care about twilight but if your going to right an article you really should get your facts straight. Jacob has no choice in the matter of who he imprints with.
I disagree. Have you read the books? When you “imprint” on someone, it’s not by choice. Jacob didn’t imprint on Bella because it wasn’t “meant to be” not because he lost his chance. In fact, in trying to get over Bella, he goes crazy looking everywhere at every single girl he meets, trying to imprint to get over Bella. It’s not just Jacob, though. One of his friends imprints on a little girl named Claire, she’s two. And it’s not sexual at all, and it’s not “being groomed” to be Jacob’s soul mate, he grows up and he will always be there for her, her best friend, a parent figure in her younger years when need be, and, if she chooses, a lover. He’s not training her for anything, because he loves her (not romantically, at this point) and wants her to be herself. Nothing would be forced on her, but in the book it describes it as this: Why would the girl choose another guy when it’s like he was made for her? It’s a free will situation, but there’s no reason for the girl not to want the boy who imprinted on her.
So I don’t really find it weird, because nothing is being forced on her, and Renesmee LOVES Jacob already. Not in a romantic, sexual way, but in a way that they’re already best friends.
‘Why would the girl choose another guy when it’s like he was made for her? It’s a free will situation, but there’s no reason for the girl not to want the boy who imprinted on her.’
That’s the problem. It’s not so much Jacob’s attitude as the author’s. Assuming I was unlucky enough to be a Twilight character, how could I possibly choose a different guy to the one who was ‘made for me’? Because I have a choice. You can’t conjure up compatibility just by being loyal to someone. Even if he slots into every role my life requires, I could still love someone else instead. No Nice Guy entitlement for you, hypothetical werewolf imprinter.
Thank You!! It pissed me off that they were trying to say this. At least you get it, people are so immature about it.
It’s Twilight. You can’t go a page without reading about some kind of creepy bonding.
It’s just a story. It would never happen in real life, so, no, I do not think it is at all weird. And also, in the earlier books you find out that the werewolf is never going to force the person he imprints on to do anything they do not want to, but the human will want to love them anyway.
I thought I was the only one who thought Jacob had become a bit of a pedo. Phew.