A Twilight Saga Fansite
Alphie and I heard from Stephenie regarding hotels for the event. As of now there is not a group hotel (meaning that no official contract has been signed with a chain to get a room block group deal, there may be some places that people are leaning toward staying, but no one has booked anything with a group rate deal). Stephenie’s suggestion is that people book a hotel on their own as May in Phoenix isn’t really a popular time, rooms should abound, and prices should be relatively cheap. Most of these hotels let you cancel your reservations on 24 hours notice with no penalty.
So, if the folks running the event come up with a group rate you should be able to cancel your initial reservation and get into a group deal.
Here’s a link via google maps. The Arizona State University (Tempe campus) where E-prom is being held is clearly marked and nearby hotels are pinpointed. We hope this helps. everyone.
Pel~
As previously reported, Stephenie will be visiting Italy in May. She’ll also be swinging back to Spain for the Retiro Book Festival. Here are some details courtesy of "Cullen" from the Italian version of the Lexicon called Twilighters.:
We're ready to welcome Stephenie and really looking forward to her visit in May.
Of course we will write a chronicle, take thousands of photos and shoot some videos and share them with you in English. We're soooo excited!!!
We're currently promoting a contest together with the Italian editor: "Write a love letter to Edward". The winners will have the possibility to join the staff of Twilighters in an interview with Stephenie, granted by the editor. The contest closed last week and the winning letters will be published on a small booklet attached to a teen's magazine on 26th April (when New Moon will be issued here in Italy).
The editor is working on a big event in Volterra on 19th May and we've organized the Italian fans meeting over there. I've been there in advance, just to have a look and I must say Volterra is simply amazing. I shot this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGnsrFzmhgo enjoy it đ
So stay tuned for more details.
Pel~
We have just added a new chapter summary in our New Moon listing. Stop by our discussion boards and join in the fun.
CORRECTION! Alphie had internt problems all day long and miscommunicated the author of this chapter to Pel in the process. Eri worked up this discussion for all of us to enjoy!
Keep a lookout for our upcoming bios for Elizabeth Masen and Edward Masen, Sr.
We’re off and running with our New Moon discussion. I can almost hear the chorus of people saying, "It’s about time!" We’re doing this one a bit differently and have asked various members of the message boards to help us out. They are not only doing the chapter posts, but also the questions, so make sure to give them a shout about their greta work.
The Preface and Chapter One: Party were prepared by Seraphyn. I’ve also posted the questions for the Preface and Chapter One on the boards. Have a good time with them!
As promised, I got a bit more information on Ben Cheney and have updated his bio as well as PC11 to reflect that information.
Alphie
I thought I would share a countdown timer that I just cooked up. Now if I can just figure out how to create a box so everyone can download the code easily we are in business.
~Pel
EDITED: WOOT! Go me, I figured it out! Feel free to use this banner on MySpace, Livejournal, your own personal website, etc.
One final thought, please keep comments appropriate (see yesterday’s post) or we will not be amused.
Paste this code on any of your pages.
Folks, I just deleted a full out arguement from the comment section of the main page of the lexicon that had nothing to do with Twilight aside from the fact that the people involved had read the book. It was over 40 comments long! That is not the approproate way to comment and use the lexicon. This front page is NOT a message board. It is for important announcements that we feel everyone needs to hear. The only reason I am posting THIS comment here is so that I can make sure to get everyone’s attention. If you have an issue with a user, take care of it in private and don’t flood our site with your pointless bickering.
Now, to answer a genuine question that one of the users had in the comment section. The first chapter of Eclipse will not be out on the web until sometime after May 5th. It is told from Bella’s PoV – trust me on that one. If your are looking for something from Edward’s PoV then you want to read the first chapter of Midnight Sun which is posted at Stephenie’s website. We also have a thread with all the little bits of Midnight Sun that Stephenie has shared with us over the last year on various website, but I don’t have time to go and hunt it down. It would be in the Quench Your Thirst section. Hope that helps.
Alphie
Now that real life has settled down a bit for the admins, we are able to get some much needed updating done!
We’ve finished up posting the chapter discussions for Twilight and will move on to the New Moon section sometime later this week. You can read Epilogue: An Occasion now and then log into the boards to reply to the Q&A.
In regards to this, I found out I had yet to post a bio for Ben Cheney and that most of the information I have for him comes from unpublished sources. I have an e-mail out to Stephenie for information about Ben and will update his information as soon as I have it.
Imogen sent in the physiology description for the Werewolf Mythology section. She had to ask Stephenie a few questions in order to do this and thus we have added PC#11 to go with the in coming e-mails of little bits of information I’m sure we will have.
Finally, I got word from Stephenie that the August 7th release date for Eclipse is the real deal, and that all book stores should have the book on that day and not before. This is a big deal, folks. Books normally don’t get a one day lay down, as many of you know from the New Moon release. So we will not have any Eclipse discussion at the Lexicon until August 7th excluding the speculation that will come with chapter one once it is released.
Alphie
The skin when they are in human form is “burning hot” (NM12). Bella feels this first when she believes Jake has a fever on the way home from the trip to see the movie. “Whoa, Jake—you’re burning up!” (NM9) but it is common enough for his body to be consistently at this temperature. Werewolves are clearly the polar opposites of the vampires, with their icy-cold touch and marble-like skin. Perhaps their physiological make up reflects the tension between them.
“We run a little warmer than the normal people. About one-oh-eight, one-oh-nine. I never get cold anymore. I could stand like this” —he gestured to his bare torso— “in a snowstorm and it wouldn’t bother me. The flakes would turn to rain where I stood.” (NM15) Stephenie Meyer says this is one of the unique features of her werewolves.
They are also able to heal very quickly physically. Injuries don’t last very long at all.
“He’ll be perfect by sundown.”
“By sundown?” I looked at the line on Paul’s arm. Odd, but it looked weeks old.
“Wolf thing,” Jacob whispered.(NM14) We see this again when Jake cuts his hand so badly that it should need stitches and then moments later it has healed: “It should have taken days to scab over and then weeks to fade into the shiny pink scar that marked his skin now.” (EC9)
The actual transformation between human and werewolf is described in most detail in "New Moon’. Certainly the initial transformation is not an easy one, as Jake explains his symptoms to Bella: “Everything,” he whispered. “Every part of me hurts.” (NM9) Initially, I thought that this must be physical pain that Jake was experiencing, but Stephenie explained that this wasn’t actually the case. “The transformation into the wolf form is not a painful process, only disorienting and mentally uncomfortable.” (PC11) It is mental pain that Jake is referring to, from the fact he has realised that he is both a monster and the implications this has in his relationship with Bella.
The transformation itself can happen at any time, and isn’t dependent upon a full moon. In young werewolves cases, they can change involuntarily because of lack of self-control:
“What would happen…if you got too mad?” I whispered.
“I’d turn into a wolf,” he whispered. (NM13)
The effects of this sort of transformation is shown in the relationship between Sam and Emily and the disfiguring injuries she has suffered. (NM15, PC11)
Transformation is a sudden process and is described through a series of violent words: “burst”, “exploded”, “vibrating violently”, “ripping”, “blasted” (NM14). It is so sudden “that if I’d blinked, I’d have missed the entire transformation” (NM14) Initial transformations seem to be triggered by anger, and Jake explains that his own conversion to becoming a werewolf was staved off by his happiness with Bella: “I was like a time bomb. You know what set me off? I got back from that movie and Billy said I looked weird. That was all, but I just snapped. And then I—I exploded. I almost ripped his face off—my own father!” (NM15). Sam Uley’s transformation also supports this, as it “took him two weeks to calm down enough to change back.” (EC5)
Jacob seems to find phasing between wolf and human form easier than most. “Even Sam couldn’t have phased on the fly like that. He saw Paul losing it, and it took him, what, half a second to attack? The boy’s got a gift.” (NM14) He explains later to Bella that this may be due to his ancestry: “It takes some practice to phase back and forth but it’s easier for me… because Ephraim Black was my father’s grandfather, and Quil Ateara was my mother’s grandfather.” (NM15). Because his lineage is so very strongly linked with the last pack, it seems to be easier for him than most
Werewolves are only created when there are neighbouring vampires, so that the Quileute land is always protected. Jacob explains that:
“There’s no exact age…it just builds and builds and then suddenly—” (NM15)
It seems to occur around the point where the boy becomes a mature man, and is certainly accompanied by a sudden growth spurt.
Their sense of pack-identity is strong. So much so that they are capable of hearing “…thoughts—each other’s anyway—no matter how far away from each other we are. It really helps when we hunt, but it’s a big pain otherwise. It’s embarrassing—having no secrets like that.” (NM13) Even in wolf form, they retain full control of their human minds. “They are still themselves–not at all the feral, mindless werewolves of other mythologies.” (PC11) This means that all actions are knowing actions, although it is entirely possible for a werewolf to lose his temper and for him to be out of control as both a human and a wolf. Jacob shows his human side in wolf form on the run up to the fight with Victoria, when he pulls a face with “his tongue lolled out the side in a wolfy grin” to make Bella giggle. “Jacob’s grin widened over his sharp teeth.” (EC18)
Werewolves were believed to be only male until the transformation of Leah Clearwater, which surprised everyone, even though “she’s a direct descendant, all right.” (EC19). The issue of imprinting is also critical as this is how the werewolf finds the one person they are destined to be with forever: “It’s not like love at first sight, really. It’s more like… gravity moves. When you see her, suddenly it’s not the earth holding you here anymore. She does. And nothing matters more than her.” (EC8)
Their sense of smell has adjusted to help them identify their one enemy. “Vampire,” he spit out…“I can smell it! Dammit!” (NM16) It is not clear whether it is heightened in other circumstances, but they certainly know vampires from a distance and find the smell sickly sweet and repellent.
Like vampires, they are also very strong; Bella breaks her hand punching Jake: “It was broken, I could feel it.” (EC15)
Finally, someone has the wolf inside them for life: “What I am was born into me” (EC4), and whilst they are still mostly wolvish, they “can’t… grow up,” (EC5) and stop aging. Jacob explains that this is only until they “stop phasing for a solid length of time [then] we age again.” (EC5)
As we update the Lexicon, we find out that there are still little bits and pieces we don’t understand or know about. This section of the PCs will be used for all the little questions we have to ask along the way and will be updated frequently.
Q. Why are the wolves so warm?
A. The high temperature is one of their unique features. It has nothing to do with the temperature of real wolves (who I assume run on a normal mammalian temp).
Q. Jacob mentions the pain of the transformation. How painful is it?
A. Jacob is not talking about physical pain. The transformation into the wolf form is not a painful process, only disorienting and mentally uncomfortable. (The only comparison I could think of was my lasik surgery, ha ha. It didn’t hurt at all, but it still freaked me out. I passed out twice under the laser.) The pain he’s talking about here stems from his rather rude awakening to his surprising heritage–guess what? You’re a monster!–coupled with the fact that he can’t see Bella for fear of hurting her and the knowledge that Bella is knowingly in love with an evil vampire.
Q. How aware are the wolves of their human side when transformed? Do they think rationally and logically the same way we do?
A. The wolves entirely retain their human minds while in their wolf forms. They are still themselves—not at all the feral, mindless werewolves of other mythologies. The danger of being around werewolves (in my mythology) does not stem from the idea that they would attack someone because they can’t control themselves in their wolf forms. It comes from the fact that they can’t control that transformation. In the beginning, they pretty much explode into their wolf forms whenever they lose their tempers. It’s a very…I’m not sure of the right word…expansive (?) change. They blow out into a body many times larger in mass than their other form, with claws and teeth blowing out in the same expansion. Standing close to someone during this process, you could either get raked like Emily, or possibly crushed. For example, when Bella was with Jacob in the Rabbit in his garage–if their conversation had caused him to lose his temper and phase, she would have been smashed into the metal frame of the car, and probably have died.
Q: Can you tell me anything more about Ben Cheney as well as someone named Conner, Samantha, and Lee Stephens. Lee is the kid Mike carries into the Nurses office, right? Anything else you have time to give me about these other random people would be nice!
A: Ben Cheney is of Asian descent, with black hair and dark brown eyes. He is 5’7" and wears glasses. He loves graphic novels, action movies with good special effects, and Angela. Even though Angela lives close enough to walk to school, Ben picks her up after they start dating seriously. He drives a dodge neon.
I don’t really have specific ideas of the others. They aren’t important people in my little world. Imagine them how you will.
Full Name: Ben Cheney
Status: Human
Date of Birth: 1988
Originally from: unknown, most recent residence on Russell Avenue in Forks, WA
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Dark Brown
Height: 5’7″
Physical description: âLittleâ (TWEp) only 5′ 7″Â and of Aisian descent (PC11) wore glasses (EC2)
Occupation: Student
Family members:
Car: Dodge Neon (PC11)
Nick Names:
Hobbies: Reading graphic novels, watching action movies with good special effects, and spending time with Angela Weber.
Personal history: Ben was one of the students that Bella had a hard time remembering his name. He was there when the group went to LaPush for the day and helped gather fire wood. (TW6) We donât hear much about him through out Twilight, but by the end he and Angela Webber are happily dancing together at the prom in spite of the fact that she is much taller than him. (TWEp) Their relationship lasts over the summer and they regularly sit with Bella, Edward, and Alice at lunch their senior year. (NM1) Even though Angela lives close enough to walk to school, Ben picks her up every day. (PC11)
Ben and Angela saw an oversized wolf when they were en route to a weekend picnic â Ben caught a stomach flu virus shortly thereafter (NM6). Angela came down with the flu later on and Ben called to cancel the group movie excursion, which left Bella to attend with Mike and Jacob. (NM9) When Edward returned from his self-imposed exile, Ben continued to be Bellaâs friend along with Angela (EC1). Ben proved his loyalty to the pair when he had to be restrained by Mike from siding with Edward during the Edward-Jacob argument in front of Forks High School and Ben placed a $10 bet that in a fight Edward would defeat Jacob (EC3). Ben was a close friend of Austin Marks; they lived across the street from each other (NM5) and the two teen boys did lots of âguy stuffâ together (EC6). Ben and Angela were both accepted to the University of Washington and planned to move to Seattle a few months after graduation (EC6). He attended the Cullensâ graduation party with Angela (EC17).
Prepared by: Lady Di
Follow Us!