‘Twilight’ Theory Suggests Bella Has Vampires in Her Bloodline, and ‘Midnight Sun’ Adds Some Fuel – Showbiz Cheat Sheet

As much as Twilight was a massive pop-culture phenomenon and was a best-selling novel, the world-building wasnt the most fleshed-out part of the story. Most of the novels focused on Bella Swan and Edward Cullen and his family. The vampires and their powers were, of course, brought up and explained, but only to a certain extent.

So its no wonder that a Reddit user came up with a near-genius theory on how Bella could be related to another vampire in Italy. And it isnt that far-fetched either.

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Fans of the Twilight series know that Bella is a bit of a unique person. She thinks of herself as a plain-looking girl with not a lot of interesting things about her. Even Edward notes that shes average-looking in Midnight Sun when he sees her from afar and through other classmates minds.

However, when she turns into a vampire, its like second nature for her. She even says in Breaking Dawn, I was amazing now both to them and to myself. It was like I had been born to be a vampire.

Why is that? The books dont answer that question, but fans have, of course, speculated. Maybe its because of all the preparation she had before becoming a vampire. Or maybe its because she was just born with a gift that translated into her vampire life. Like Edwards mind-reading and Alices visions, maybe Bellas kind nature in her human life translated into extreme self-control as a vampire. Not to mention, her actually-cool power of being a shield.

But, maybe its because she came from a bloodline where it was normal to become a vampire at some point.

Reddit user u/Obversa posted an incredibly detailed fan theory in 2015 that seeks to answer that question: Why is Bella naturally good at being a vampire?

Starting with the basics, theres a vampire in the Volturis coven that has a power similar to Bellas. Her name is Renata, and shes Aros personal bodyguard. She also wasnt in the movies, just the books.

She has a gift thats like a shield, hence why shes set to guard the lead Volturi member. The way her powers work is that she re-routes peoples intentions. So if they were running to attack Aro, theyd find themselves running the other way without their control. Essentially, she wasnt physically shielding Aro, but her powers never allowed anyone to get close enough to touch him.

The Reddit user notes that its nearly unnoticeable unless someone knows what her power is, like the Cullens do. However, unlike Bellas power, Renata cant cancel out another vampires gifts. She cant take away Janes ability to torture Aro in his mind if Jane wanted to, but she could divert her from trying.

Bellas shield is, of course, more aggressive and far-reaching than Renatas. It also works a little differently, but essentially the two gifts are very close.

A weaker part of the theory might seem to be Bellas lineage. The theory starts off by stating that Bellas mothers name is a form of Renatas. Rene, Renata; see?However, when you get into Bella possibly being Italian, and Renatas family history? It starts to click again.

Essentially, Renata is from Malta, a small country south of Sicily, Italy. She was turned by her uncle, Luca, and their family was very unique. Luca was an odd case of a vampire that chose to live with his human family after she was turned. He protected them and then every generation he would turn one lucky blood relative into a vampire to continue their tradition of protecting the humans in their family.

After the Volturi got wind of Renatas powers, Luca told her to join them so that there could be a truce between their two covens. Theres another relative, Makenna, who went on to become a nomad.

Bellas first name is Italian (Isabella) but it could also be French, as the Reddit user pointed out. So that alone doesnt strengthen the theory. However, Renatas familys tradition, along with her similar abilities is rather intriguing. Not to mention they have similar appearances (hair color, stature, etc.).

The last aspect that could bolster this theory even more, and that the Reddit user didnt note because it hadnt come out yet, is Midnight Sun. Edward, of course, cant read Bellas mind, but he can read everyone elses. Except, Charlies. Hes also a conundrum for Edward.

Instead of being able to hear Charlies thoughts and intentions, he only gets a gist of what Charlie is feeling. Edward likens it to a static car radio, and he often only catches emotions like fear or protective love when it comes to Bella.

And as for Rene, her mind is unnaturally loud. Edward said its like shes yelling in an outspoken voice, when really shes just thinking. Its similar to Renesmees power of projecting her thoughts into others minds when she touches them.

Now, Stephenie Meyers books and world in them arent in-depth enough, yet, for this to really be the case. But who knows? While Charlie and Rene cant both be related to Renata, just the fact that in Edwards 100+ years, he hasnt heard minds like theirs is suspicious enough. Add it onto the solid points from this Reddit theory and this could be the perfect explanation for Bellas super vampirism.

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