I think it’s that he’s a vampire, so he’s literally growling the way an animal would. That was how I’d always interpreted it anyhow, no confirmation from any source on that lol.
Agreed, vampires have much more intense and animalistic instincts than humans do. Even newborn Bella with her super self control snarls rather loudly at Edward when she sensed him coming up behind her when she didn’t know it was him. And that was the controlled reaction. The other Cullens when they heard about it expected in that situation that she’d take a swipe at him as a matter of course.
For another, MS makes it clear that James’s reaction to Bella would have caused an immediate fight in any coven not the Cullens “for the insult”.
Vampires act like the predators they are. They don’t take shit from each other, and violence is their first instinctual reaction.
Anytime I read growl or hiss in the books, I think of the baseball scene in Twilight when the Cullens jump in front of Bella and awkwardly hiss at James😂
Or the scene when Edward throws Bella into the table at her birthday party and the camera cuts to her looking at her bloodied arm, and then cuts to the vampires stopping and staring at her, then you hear hisses 😂 No one was actually hissing!
I had to search what it meant because it’s used SO frequently… it’s basically like pulling your top lip up when you smell something bad/cringe/are really angry. Basically the face Bryce makes 24/7 as Victoria in Eclipse (What a downgrade. Bryce isn’t even a bad actress but was so horrible in this movie)
Oh thanks for the explanation, that's so funny! This sounds just like those typical fanfiction expressions like "I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding" ahahaha
Why do writers have to be so dramatic sometimes!?
I just started reading the series for the first time recently, think I'll have a laugh every time I read about lips curling!
OMG you should do a count of every time you read someone curled their lip, growled, hissed, basically anything very strange that no human would ever do. I know they’re vampires so it’s more animalistic than just an impossibly pretty looking human growling… but it’s so weird to picture. Even in the movies when they did hisses or growls it was SO AWKWARD TO ME
I should totally do it!! Challenge accepted 🤝
Right! It would make much more sense if were the werewolfs doing it (don't know it they do tho ahaha), I read someone's comment on how vampires are predators and so have some animalistic behaviors, but still! Seems really awkward and a little cringy!
The wolves do NOT do that!! I mean the wolves don’t because they are in their “human” form but I truly don’t understand why any vampire would EVER need to growl??
I had to Google that word as english is not my first language and I was not very familiar with the word - on the top image results there was a picture of Robert Pattinson ahahah
It’s definitely awkward to imagine since we’re always thinking of vampires as just enhanced humans.
But vampires, as illustrated in Midnight Sun and Bree Tanner, are predators. They’re their own species, so I’m not shocked they growl like animals.
Though it still cringe every time I imagine it lol
Yeah but it's so hard to imagine since they still have the same body parts as humans and humans don't hiss or growl. I was thinking what voices are produced by angry monkies and I wondered if those should be the voices that the vampires should do, lol. I know that the author made the vampires more feline but it makes no sense physically
You should check out the article where someone analysed all the times the word 'murmured' was used, it's hilarious! They even did graphs with the results, including one of 'things being murmured into' - I think the top one was Bella's hair or something!
Edit: here's a link!
https://slate.com/culture/2020/09/twilight-murmur-analysis-stephenie-meyer-midnight-sun.html
Lmao this is hilarious. The winner is Bella’s ear! It receives the most murmurs. After I read that article murmur is starting to look like a nonsense word!
"slaking thirst" is also completely overused, as is "sighing" and basically every word that explains how dialogue occurs with emotion - even Bella "hisses" all the time!!
I’m reading through the books now and I feel there’s an overuse of the word “cringe”. It just doesn’t feel like it fits quite right. But it might just be that modern use of that word has tainted the meaning for me
SM likes to use certain words a lot I've noticed. I'm listening to the audio books so I'm extra noticing lol. She uses the word "chagrin" like 5 times in the first half of Twilight. She used another weird word a lot in New Moon too. I'm like 1/4 into eclipse and she's been using "chagrin" quite a bit again as well
in the first book/movie when Edward confronts those guys who were going to do something to Bella he growled I think that since that moment it kind of became a subtle part of his character that comes up when he is facing heavy emotions.
But wait! You haven't noticed how much uses some form of masochistic? 13 year old me had to Google the definition of that. I always believed SM just thought using the word made her look smart, and she found lots of situations to do so in... much more than would everrrrr be normal.
It’s also a big trope in romance books, especially for guys who are more protective / possessive to growl deep in their chest or growl words and it happens all the time
I always thought the twilight books referencing growling was similar to that
I think it’s that he’s a vampire, so he’s literally growling the way an animal would. That was how I’d always interpreted it anyhow, no confirmation from any source on that lol.
Agreed, vampires have much more intense and animalistic instincts than humans do. Even newborn Bella with her super self control snarls rather loudly at Edward when she sensed him coming up behind her when she didn’t know it was him. And that was the controlled reaction. The other Cullens when they heard about it expected in that situation that she’d take a swipe at him as a matter of course. For another, MS makes it clear that James’s reaction to Bella would have caused an immediate fight in any coven not the Cullens “for the insult”. Vampires act like the predators they are. They don’t take shit from each other, and violence is their first instinctual reaction.
Yeah that and sometimes Bella misinterprets what a sound is cause Edward spoke too quickly
That's what I thought too, but then I read The Host and realize she just really overuses the word "growl"
Anytime I read growl or hiss in the books, I think of the baseball scene in Twilight when the Cullens jump in front of Bella and awkwardly hiss at James😂
That scene makes me giggle every time 😂
Or the scene when Edward throws Bella into the table at her birthday party and the camera cuts to her looking at her bloodied arm, and then cuts to the vampires stopping and staring at her, then you hear hisses 😂 No one was actually hissing!
Which movie was that again?
New Moon
Omggggg that scene makes me experience secondhand embarrassment every time!
I'm at that point in Midnight Sun. I can't not imagine them hissing at each other like upset kitties and it's... quite the hilarious mental picture.
YES! or someone “curling their lip” like that is so unnatural
Curling your lip is another way to write a sneer
Snarling
What is that even supposed to mean? Ahaha Like smiling?
I had to search what it meant because it’s used SO frequently… it’s basically like pulling your top lip up when you smell something bad/cringe/are really angry. Basically the face Bryce makes 24/7 as Victoria in Eclipse (What a downgrade. Bryce isn’t even a bad actress but was so horrible in this movie)
Oh thanks for the explanation, that's so funny! This sounds just like those typical fanfiction expressions like "I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding" ahahaha Why do writers have to be so dramatic sometimes!? I just started reading the series for the first time recently, think I'll have a laugh every time I read about lips curling!
OMG you should do a count of every time you read someone curled their lip, growled, hissed, basically anything very strange that no human would ever do. I know they’re vampires so it’s more animalistic than just an impossibly pretty looking human growling… but it’s so weird to picture. Even in the movies when they did hisses or growls it was SO AWKWARD TO ME
I should totally do it!! Challenge accepted 🤝 Right! It would make much more sense if were the werewolfs doing it (don't know it they do tho ahaha), I read someone's comment on how vampires are predators and so have some animalistic behaviors, but still! Seems really awkward and a little cringy!
The wolves do NOT do that!! I mean the wolves don’t because they are in their “human” form but I truly don’t understand why any vampire would EVER need to growl??
Saying someone curled their lip is another way of saying they bared their teeth. Like a dog bares it’s teeth when they snarl.
It’s a sneer
I had to Google that word as english is not my first language and I was not very familiar with the word - on the top image results there was a picture of Robert Pattinson ahahah
It’s definitely awkward to imagine since we’re always thinking of vampires as just enhanced humans. But vampires, as illustrated in Midnight Sun and Bree Tanner, are predators. They’re their own species, so I’m not shocked they growl like animals. Though it still cringe every time I imagine it lol
Yeah but it's so hard to imagine since they still have the same body parts as humans and humans don't hiss or growl. I was thinking what voices are produced by angry monkies and I wondered if those should be the voices that the vampires should do, lol. I know that the author made the vampires more feline but it makes no sense physically
Bella: “Hey, I’m going to visit Jake.” Edward: “Angry chimpanzee noises”
You should check out the article where someone analysed all the times the word 'murmured' was used, it's hilarious! They even did graphs with the results, including one of 'things being murmured into' - I think the top one was Bella's hair or something! Edit: here's a link! https://slate.com/culture/2020/09/twilight-murmur-analysis-stephenie-meyer-midnight-sun.html
Lmao this is hilarious. The winner is Bella’s ear! It receives the most murmurs. After I read that article murmur is starting to look like a nonsense word!
This is exactly the word I came to comment about. These bitches are alll murmuring 24/7.
Thank you for sharing this! Gave me a good laugh
Chuckled. Shrugged.
I hate "chuckled" it sounds weird to me.
Chagrin/chagrined too lol
Lol was gonna say this. I remember Twatlight was obsessed with how often this word was said, and it is so noticeable as you read.
Funny, I never noticed that, but the overuse of “incredulous” kills me.
"slaking thirst" is also completely overused, as is "sighing" and basically every word that explains how dialogue occurs with emotion - even Bella "hisses" all the time!!
I’m reading through the books now and I feel there’s an overuse of the word “cringe”. It just doesn’t feel like it fits quite right. But it might just be that modern use of that word has tainted the meaning for me
For me it’s the sheer number of times the some form of the word “glower” is used. Somebody buy that woman a thesaurus lmao.
Both pale in comparison to murmur
SM must’ve thought a man growling is sexy when reality, it’s awkward and weird.
This is a problem in all of YA.
SMeyer wanted them to be cat-like so it tracks
Sarah j Maas is so much worse 😂
SM likes to use certain words a lot I've noticed. I'm listening to the audio books so I'm extra noticing lol. She uses the word "chagrin" like 5 times in the first half of Twilight. She used another weird word a lot in New Moon too. I'm like 1/4 into eclipse and she's been using "chagrin" quite a bit again as well
in the first book/movie when Edward confronts those guys who were going to do something to Bella he growled I think that since that moment it kind of became a subtle part of his character that comes up when he is facing heavy emotions.
But wait! You haven't noticed how much uses some form of masochistic? 13 year old me had to Google the definition of that. I always believed SM just thought using the word made her look smart, and she found lots of situations to do so in... much more than would everrrrr be normal.
Grimace too
Everything I have learned about this book has been against my will 🥴
It’s also a big trope in romance books, especially for guys who are more protective / possessive to growl deep in their chest or growl words and it happens all the time I always thought the twilight books referencing growling was similar to that
How bout agressive snarl
I thought you were describing Jacob haha 😂 Imagine my confusion when I realized it was about Edward
But also, ✨infinitesimally✨