User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 375: Supernatural, Review./@comment-5871436-20140315023507/@comment-4449950-20140315030555

So tempted to say TL;DR, but I'm not an ass like Leli...

Bella only annoyed me in the sequels. I agree she was as annoying as hell, but that was for two reasons in my mind:
 * 1) As you said, she couldn't do anything/live without Edward. However, in the first book she purposely runs away from him to go save her mother, so you can't say she's this person who only lives for Edward... in the first book. She has others she cares about and has actual friends then outside the Cullens.
 * 2) That stupid love triangle where she became this whiny bitch who led everyone on and didn't talk to any of her other friends. Again, this only happened after the first book, so *shrugs*

As for the old thing, well, it's a fantasy for Christ sake! Wasn't Arwen like a bazillion years old... and she got with Aragorn! Complaints? I don't see any \( .__.)/