Talk:Bella Swan

message: I don't know if the current dates are correct. bella becomes a vampire at age 18. plus, the death date, while im not sure if it matches up with the death date going from the original publishing of twilight, does not match up with breaking dawn's release. Somebody please fix these.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.192.28.83 (talk) 00:47, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The dates should not match up with the present year, since Twilight begins in January 2005 (the year the book was released) and the series does not catch up to present day. By the end of the series, not much time has passed– in Breaking Dawn, Bella is changed into a vampire less than 2 years after Twilight began (in September 2006, just before she would have turned 19). This means that even though Breaking Dawn was released in 2008, in the Twilight-universe it was still only 2006. Hope that clears things up. Andrea (talk) 01:12, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Birth and Death dates

message: Love the pic! Where does it come from? ~ The Rebel's Gone Pokeynuts LOL 12:37, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Where does the new pic come from?

message: I think there should be a character analysis for Bella, describing her personality and such. Anyone want to do it? What kind of things should we say in the analysis?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.100.18.232 (talk) 15:53, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Character Analysis

message: While personally I think it should list her real name, and can use her nickname for the rest of the article, I'd like to hear other opinions. Most fictional character articles list the REAL NAME of the character, not their nickname, as the name of the article. Just wanting to hear other opinions. Disinclination 06:13, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You can have my opinion: You're doing perfectly fine. Considering that the books only mention her real name once in a while, I think it would be perfectly fine to use use 'Bella' throughout the article. Bella 22:08, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bella or Isabella? 

message: This part of the article, where it mentions Bella's birthday part at the Cullens', makes it sound like there was more than one vampire besides Jasper that came after Bella when she received the paper cut. I don't have any suggestions on how to fix this, so that's why I'm asking now if anyone has an idea on how to fix it.
Also, in this part of the article, where it mentions her hair color as dark brown, I remember somewhere in the book mentioning that Bella has mahogany hair, based on Mike Newton's observance of her hair having a slight tint of red in the light. It could have been just a fancy, descriptive word that Bella or Edward uses, but I think it should be changed. Spottedstar 14:10, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit Suggestions 

message: Someone put that Bella becomes a vampire at the end of Eclipse. Bella did not become a vampire by the end of Eclipse. could someone please fix that?
Yukisora 01:29, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. I would help with that, but unfortunately, I suck at making summaries. So if someone would type up the basic summary layout for the book, I'd be happy to oblige with adding a few other things as well. Spottedstar 01:17, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

text: Don't worry, if you look at the dates on these comments you will see that they are very old. The section does not need to be expanded anymore. Andrea (talk) 04:47, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eclipse 

message: The parts have been chosen for the Twilight movie, but the actors themselves aren't "portraying" anything in their pictures, are they? I think they will look...different in the movie. Putting the images of the actors/actresses up now would be like putting an image of Johnny Depp on the Jack Sparrow page. If no one opposes this, I'll take down the images in a week or so. --Angel Alice♠(talk) 15:36, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with this for Bella's page, since it's a picture of Kristen Stewart that is unrelated to Twilight. But the pictures on the Cullens' pages are promotional photos of them as the characters, so technically it is them "portraying" the characters, in a way. I would vote for leaving those ones for now, until something better comes along. Andrea (talk) 18:32, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

text: The current image is related to Twilight, yes. This discussion was about an older image that was in place before. Andrea (talk) 15:02, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images? 

message: In Jacob's paragraph it mentions nothing about his and Bella's first meet and I thik that is significantly important seeing as that's how she was introduced to the idea of real werewolfs and vampires. I'm not sure how to change it so I just wanted to know if one of you Twilight fans would.  
--99.226.156.142 (talk) 21:26, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Jacob's first meeting with Bella is mentioned in the Twilight section of the article. Jacob's section is about his romantic relationship with Bella, and thus their discussion about vampires and werewolves doesn't really apply there. Andrea (talk) 21:50, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jacob's Introduction 

message: I've moved this article from Isabella Cullen to Bella Swan, per WP:Common names.  Bella is rarely ever called Isabella, and her surname is only Cullen in Breaking Dawn; for most of the series, she is known as Bella Swan.  — Spanish lullaby (talk) 04:49, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Article title

message: This is a note saying that a Twilight Task Force might be in the works. A poll is currently being held here to see who would be willing to join. If you would like to join, please participate in this poll. Thanks, ~ Bella Swan? 13:46, 6 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: ''Twilight'' Task Force

message: What in heck does "excruciatingly beautiful" mean? Excruciatingly means painful, and I'm sure that everyone knows what beautiful is. So "painfully pretty" or "tortuously gorgeous" could be substituted? I doubt it. I guess that it just doesn't fit for me... —Ed 17 for President  Vote for Ed 20:07, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It doesn't necessarily mean painful--one defintion (according to dictionary.com) means "extremely". However, I do agree that it doesn't look right. I'll replace it with 'very'. WhiteArcticWolf (talk) 20:33, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Does it? I've never heard that definition before...just goes to show that I should do research before saying that kind of stuff... =) Cheers! —Ed 17 for President  Vote for Ed 20:48, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Random thought... 

message: Bella becomes avampire 2 days before her 19th birthday making her 18 forever. She becomes a vampire on the day Renesmee is born because if she had not she would be dead.aT first Bela belives that she will be like every vampire in there first year,Bloody and Instable. To her surprise she finds that she has  a sort of super mind control after she and Edward go hunting and she avoids killing some hikers  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lordofthering45 (talk • contribs) 19:59, 7 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vampire 

message: Currently, it has Bella as 'Isabella "Bella" Marie Swan'. This should be changed to 'Isabella "Bella" Marie Cullen (née Swan)'. She is currently not a Swan, she is a Cullen, and therefore, the name that begins her topic (not the page name) should be her actual name. If we start out with her formal first name, we should put her official last name too, not her maiden name.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.210.122.189 (talk) 01:09, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Since she is more often known as Bella Swan, that's the primary name we should use (see the "Maiden Name" discussion 2 sections above). However, her married name can be included afterwards in parentheses as well. It was like that before, and I'm not sure when her married name was removed. I'll fix it now. Andrea (talk) 01:37, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Why can't the name be Bella Swan (as a title, it the name that is used most) and have Bella Swan Cullen in the text? Why not vote on it?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Twilight 90210 (talk • contribs) 22:41, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The opening sentence includes her married name in parenthesis—where else would it need to be written? The majority of the text should still use her most commonly recognized name. Andrea (talk) 23:10, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

text: I reckon it should be Isabella "Bella" Marie Cullen (née Swan), as above. Fairweather01 (talk) 04:57, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

text: In universe! You mean the character? The infobox tells how Stephenie Meyer created her and her married name is a fact. The term "fictional character" implies the article will be about a fictional character. The character infobox is not "in-universe" it contains details on the character in the story. "Twilight series character" will explain that. • S • C • A • R • C • E • 03:43, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

text: If this is so, why are there these options for the infobox? Have you discussed this with the infoboxes talk page? Aren't infoboxes supposed to give the basic details of the subject? • S • C • A • R • C • E • 05:14, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name 

message: I was reading through it and the introductory paragraphs are a bit screwy. The paragraphs summarizing events in the series at the start only go as far as New Moon, while the Information section has the Information heading in the wrong place. I'll try and fix it - if I fail, it might need attantion from someone else. Fairweather01 (talk) 04:36, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Concerning the "Information" heading, it's not in the wrong place—that's where it is in the infobox template, and it cannot be moved on an individual page. Andrea (talk) 04:53, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Top Of Page 

message: So far, Bella is the only book character in Wikipedia who has a "reception" section. Do you think this is necessary?Mo HH92  Talk 11:09, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, because it contains third-party information and keeps the article from being completely in-universe. It could probably stand to be trimmed a bit, though. sixtynine • spill it • 03:24, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Note: She has not been the only book character in Wikipedia with a reception section (see Blair Waldorf). Possibly the only one from this series.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.249.84.133 (talk) 03:44, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Reception

message: So last night for some reason this crossed my mind: Is she named after Bela Lugosi (the actor who played Dracula is the 1930's)? Does anybody know?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.201.220.181 (talk) 04:39, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, since their names are spelled an pronounced differently (Béla, pronounced "Ay") I'm guessing no. Bella means beautiful in Italian, which gives more contribution to the theory she is a Mary Sue. By the way, you might want to see Wikipedia:Questions for the future • S • C • A • R • C • E • 21:59, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Named After

message: Hey I'm new but I uploaded a new pic of Bella so if anyone wants to use it, go for it.
:Image:Bella new moon poster.jpg
:It's too big and so is the writing on the bottom • S • C • A • R • C • E • 21:55, 16 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Pic 

message: Directed to User:Sleepingfawn, what are you trying to do? The formatting you are using is incorrect and if you'd like the colors to be changed, please discuss it first. ς ح д r خ є 03:20, 3 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nicknames and colors 

message: Just want to point out the Jacob and the other tribe members are not actually werewolves. They are shape shifters. This is explained in the final book during the confrontation with the Volturi. Aro says that because they are not werewolves, they will not attempt to destroy them. I'll edit the other articles.PNW Raven (talk) 17:59, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: They are people who can turn into wolves, which means they qualify as werewolves. Also, they are referred to as werewolves for the majority of the series (and in the recent film), which would make the term less confusing to people less familiar with the books than "shape-shifters". The distinction is purely in-universe, meaning in the Twilight world there is a distinction between "true werewolves" and "shape-shifters". Andrea (talk) 22:53, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not werewolves 

message: * delete- not typical, and there is no known criteria for character reception.Lollipopfop (talk) 22:30, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vote to keep or delete reception portion; 

message: because let's be honest here,  the ones who are demanding that the reception section be deleted are the usual twit-light fangirls who can't stand the fact that people with a rational mindset realize just what an awful, awful character she actually is  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.99.27.85 (talk) 00:11, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  keep the reception 

message: I'm removing the recently added 1987 as Bella's year of birth. Compare the weekdays and dates, such as Monday 19 January in New Moon (Bella's back) and Monday 4 June in Eclipse (week from graduation), which are supposed to take place in the same year - to the actual calendar. They don't happen in the same year in real life and so the story is likely not intended to be pinned down to a specific year. Just a vague time frame - mid (first decade of 2000). No way to determine which year she's born. SlightSmile 03:02, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Which year the story takes place 

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