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| - Isabella Swan is the main character of Twilight. She moved from Arizona to Forks to live with her father when her flaky mother got remarried, and was very unhappy staying away from her new husband. She is described by herself as being klutzy, easily bruised and of weak constitution, and being quite plain in appearance. She is also very well read, quiet, introspective, perceptive, observant, stubborn, is obsessed with cooking for her father, doesn't connect with humans. This part is explained by the fact that she is essentially a mature woman in a teenage body, with a mix of occasionnal No Social Skills and perpetual Mr. Imagination. She strives to get deeper connection with others, and only does so easily with vampires and werewolves, she is capable to love with all her heart, body and sou
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| - Isabella Swan is the main character of Twilight. She moved from Arizona to Forks to live with her father when her flaky mother got remarried, and was very unhappy staying away from her new husband. She is described by herself as being klutzy, easily bruised and of weak constitution, and being quite plain in appearance. She is also very well read, quiet, introspective, perceptive, observant, stubborn, is obsessed with cooking for her father, doesn't connect with humans. This part is explained by the fact that she is essentially a mature woman in a teenage body, with a mix of occasionnal No Social Skills and perpetual Mr. Imagination. She strives to get deeper connection with others, and only does so easily with vampires and werewolves, she is capable to love with all her heart, body and soul no matter what her brain might say, and she is deeply concerned with the safety of all her loved ones, like Charlie and Jacob, but mostly Edward and the Cullens.
* All Girls Want Bad Boys: She still wants to date Edward, even though he is "dangerous".
* Author Avatar: An image circulates on the web of how Bella's in-universe description almost exactly matches how Stephanie Meyers looks in real life.
* Betty and Veronica: The Archie for Jacob's Betty and Edward's Veronica. She chooses Edward.
* Birthday Hater: She hates the attention and how it reminds her that she still ages while Edward doesn't.
* Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Almost certainly unintentional, but she often comes off as this due to her poor treatment of others and rather uncharitable thoughts about others appearances.
* Brown Eyes: Meyer makes sure that we know exactly how beautiful they are.
* But I Can't Be Pregnant: In Breaking Dawn. Justified--she had previously thought male vampires were sterile.
* Cool Car: Drives a 1963 Chevy stepside pickup.
* Cute Clumsy Girl: Exaggerated to great lengths.
* Deadpan Snarker
* Distressed Damsel
* Dreaming the Truth
* Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: Was described as such in the first three books, but even moreso when she becomes a vampire herself.
* Escapist Character: For the Target Audience.
* Fainting: Bella has an extremely weak constitution, and faints at the smell of blood as well as when feeling overpowered.
* And when Edward breathes on her, don't forget that!
* First-Name Basis: With her father, to whom she consistently refers as "Charlie". That's cool, right?
* Growing Up Sucks: Bella thinks that she should not be any older than Edward physically when she becomes a Meyerpire despite the fact that being slightly older than Edward would not cause too many negative effects for her as a Meyerpire.
* She more or less drops this opinion in Breaking Dawn, after figuring out how great sex is as a human. She's turned into a vampire not long after and still thinks it's fantastic.
* Heroic BSOD: The beginning majority of New Moon.
* I Can't Believe a Guy Like You Would Notice Me: The poster girl.
* I Just Want to Be Special
* Informed Ability: She is supposedly wide-read, but never references more than a small handful of books, and they're only the kinds any high schooler had to read in English 101.
* Informed Flaw: Bella spends so much time talking about how "plain" she is. However, boys are still all over her.
* Official Couple: With Edward.
* Ordinary High School Student: At least she was supposed to be one.
* Psychic Dreams for Everyone: Bella has prophetic dreams.
* Meyer tries to Hand Wave this by explaining that the dreams are just Bella's mind sorting out everything she knows... apparently into convenient and highly symbolic visions of the future.
* Too Dumb to Live: The personality type, if not the pesky consequences. The first book hits the nail on the head when she can't tell the difference between a recording of her mother's voice in a home video playing on a VCR in the background and her mother's actual voice calling for help.
* Weirdness Magnet
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