Why is he my favorite and what is my interpretation of his actions? Here you go:
In Twilight when Jasper calms Bella so much that she practically faints. Alice says, "very subtle, Jasper," and later Bella makes a comment something along the lines of, "if he had hit me in the head with a frying pan it would've been less obvious."
Like Jackson has said in interviews, Jasper just wants to kill Bella and being forced to protect her, he would rather her be mute and not worry so much when there was nothing to worry about. I mean, come on! There are three more books, obviously she doesn't die since it is all in her perspective!
In other words, Jasper mirrors my annoyance with Bella's worrying.
(In the movie during the garage scene, watch Jackson's face behind Ashley when she offers to take Bella. He is like, "oh... I was gunna ask for some alone time, but um... well, I guess-- greaaat." I'm not joking. Watch it.)
In New Moon he loses control and I've even written a story of what could've happened if Jasper had that bite: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4846832/1/Goodbye_Midnight I was so happy that the innocent Cullens were exposed. It was as if yelling Bella, "LOOK, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DATE A VAMPIRE, DUMBO!" I read that chapter over and over, loving how each Cullen left when the blood became to much to bear.
When he greets Alice at the airport. No words are exchanged, but a simple hand-hold and they are relieved to be back with each other again. I long for that relationship, not the one that Bella and Edward have. I long for that innocence and that perversion to PDA that no teenager has. I guess I have to wait. :\
In Eclipse, his past is revealed. I loved it. I am not one to be interested in the military and over time I lost my love for history over the years, but his past and how he builds up to it is exquisite. He pulls up his sleeve, exposes his interlacing scars and delves deep into his past, only rephrasing when he felt necessary, not censoring for Bella's wishes. I thought it was almost as if saying, "Bella, your life could be a hell of a lot worse than what you have now."
In Breaking Dawn, when both Alice and Jasper left, I left that Bella's revelation that they weren't truly tied to the family by venom as the others were. They had their own stories, their own pasts that made them both fit into the coven and be misfits as well.
"For the first time in almost a century, I felt hope."
Let's think about this:
1843 - Jasper is born
1863 - Jasper was changed by Maria
1885 - Jasper leaves Maria's army (that is 22 years he served for Maria!)
1901 - Alice is born
1920 - Alice is changed
1948 - Jasper and Alice meet in Philadelphia
Not only was Jasper born 58 years before Alice (which is borderline pedophilia, but shut up cause that's the same with Edward/Bella, Rosalie/Emmett, Carlisle/Esme, and Jacob/Renesmee), Jasper waits 63 years for some sort of hope. He wanders with Peter and Charlotte, hating his life, his animalistic behavior, and yet suffers through it because he knows deep down that some light is at the end of this dark malicious tunnel.
Wait for MEEEE, Jasper!
I have to say (and this isn't the first time I've heard this), but I didn't realize Alice and Jasper were together until the end of New Moon. It just never really occurred to me. I never found the fact that they were all together ("like together, together") to be gross and illegal until the movie.
His hobbies:
Stephenie Meyer has said that he has a library/study that suffices his book-worm nature while Alice has the large closet to suffice her fashionista behavior. He is also said to be into psychology and philosophy. Now I am taking a psych class this year (not because of this interest, but because my guidance counselor switched me out of a class when it was dropped and put psych in), and I now know why he is intrigued on the subject.
He manipulates emotions, right? He reads emotions, right? But he doesn't know the reason behind every emotion he feels. With psychology, it gives you a peek of the human mind and why people think the way they do. I understand his interest and it no longer feels weird to me.
He wrestles with Emmett which gets out that anxious energy that he had once put into fighting newborns. I also think it is because he wants to channel his frustration on his lack of control on the vegetarian diet to something harmless rather than destruction.
He enjoys playing chess (Midnight Sun: when he and Emmett put eight boards together) because it uses skill and concentration, those skills he had acquired during his military days. Thinking ahead and planning before you act, but taking advantage of the falters of your opponent. (I love chess :])
Jasper is my favorite character ever written period. Although he has not much of a part in the series up until Eclipse, I adore his progression and change from animalistic to soft romantic with one woman. I envy Alice as we all do (though most envy Ashley Greene and I don't [I am free of a nude scandal]).
I'll go into rants again. For now: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5424286/1/Red_Weather (Jasper as a human -> when he meets the Cullens).
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