Hello, hello Twilighters! This week’s challenge theme is an interesting one — the villains of the Twilight saga. This one should make you think a bit! All the details of the challenge can be found on Twilight Tuesday.com. As always, we welcome everyone to join in and participate! Our forums are pretty busy, so check those out as well.
For my project, I chose to focus on Laurent. I find him really 
interesting; he really is a bit of a contradiction. A bad guy, no doubt — but one that regretted the trouble that was stirred up in Twilight, and one who went to live with the "vegetarian" Denali family for a time. So, totally bad or not all bad? Hmmm…
I just finished re-reading New Moon yesterday, so with that on my mind, I focused on a specific scene from the that book for this project — the chapter where Bella finally finds the meadow again. 
When she arrives there, she encounters Laurent. I love this part of the book — I think it’s really significant for a few reasons, and it also marks the first time that Bella sees the wolves. I found her reaction to seeing Laurent so fascinating — she was so happy to see a vamp – any vamp – that she reacted like she had seen a long-lost friend, when in reality she was in serious danger. So weird — she was really off kilter here, which is stating the obvious to anyone who has read New Moon. And this moment was one of those adrenaline-rush times when she "heard" Edward’s voice in her head, and because I apparently cannot leave Edward Cullen out of any challenge, I have worked him in there – more on the layout in a minute.
I think that the whole "hearing Edward’s voice" thing is fascinating. It makes me wonder — did Bella actually think at that point in the story that Edward was the best thing about her, the one that would give her the best advice? Clearly her own intuition was advising her and not Edward, so it’s interesting that she thought it was him, that she didn’t give herself the credit for knowing what to do. When I first read New Moon, my reaction to this hearing voices thing was just that it was a reflection of the depth of how much she missed Edward. (Hey, who can blame her? I haven’t seen Twilight in several weeks. I’m hearing his voice now as I type this. So?) But this time reading, I just wondered why she didn’t just take the credit for having her own good instincts. I am so looking forward to seeing this scene on the big screen!
Which leads me back to my project about the encounter in the meadow. There is Laurent, front and center. And why I included Edward — I wanted to find a way to include a visual representation of Bella hearing his voice, and I thought putting him the background, in a subtle way, would work. I can’t tell you how hard I looked to find the right photo of him! Those who know about my obsession with Twilight photos (or, let’s be honest, with Rob photos) will believe me. I wanted him to look vaguely menacing; I was happy with the one I found since he’s looking over his shoulder with this "I’m watching you, Laurent" vibe. I typed out the advice Bella heard in her head in the now-famous "Edward’s handwriting" font, since she believed that it came from him. Although ultimately, Bella could have trusted in her own instincts, hence my title (done in the "Bella’s handwriting" font). I also threw in a little reference to the debut of the wolves that happens in this scene — see if you can find it! (This project is a little tough to see in a smaller format; click the image to view it in a larger size.)
A little blast from the past is in this layout — the very first Twilight Tuesday Inspiration Challenge I did was the third challenge about Edward’s meadow in October 2008. Was that really only four months ago?! There’s been a lot of Twilight in those four months, let me tell you! I used the same photo from that card on today’s project; I enjoyed that little call-back.
Onto the actual comment portion of the challenge -the villain that totally freaks me out is Jane. I think that Jane is just horrifying — she messes with Edward’s head, which is an unforgivable offense! The combination of her childlike look and her scary power makes for one frightening villain.
Digital layout elements:
Paper, ribbon wrap, stitches from Midnight Garden set by Monika Digital Designs; flourish frames by Katie Pertiet at Designer Digitals
Three photos (Edi Gathegi, Robert Pattinson – property of Summit Entertainment & meadow) found online
Fonts: title and Laurent’s name: Pablo; advice: Carmilla; New Moon info: Zephyr
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Since I mainly talk about crafty stuff here, the subject of music doesn’t come up much, and it really should since I am a huge music fan. On that note, do you want to hear the song that inspired the title of the CD and the title of this post? Click below! The song is by a band called Vega4 (whom I hear have broken up). 
