THIS STORY RUINED MY LIFE OH MY GOD

This made me cry. I hate you.

(Just kidding you're a great writer but seriously).

oh wow that was good :):):):)

This was so powerful, and so believable. I loved it.

This story broke my heart

02/12/2014. Recommended by panlight on Tumblr. Normally, I don't read Jacob/Bella and wouldn't have ever bothered to read it. I'm so glad I did.

This was so well done. Angsty, but not terribly so. I could truly see this happening. A part of Jacob always being attached to Bella, but having to go with Nessie. A part of Bella always being drawn to Jacob.

Of course the wedding was all about Alice and Nessie. No part of Jacob would be there. Just like Bella's wedding was all about Edward.

(I cringe at the thought of being surrounded by Cullens all the time.)

I'm glad he refused to try and have any children with her. I see that as not working because once she was physically mature, her body would be very vampire-like. Allegedly, they don't "change" physically. How could her body grow with the baby, right?

You captured Jacob and all the characters so well.

Of course, Jacob is denying the "Spirit Warrior" the chance to make more baby wolves. I can understand his feelings of loss of choice and he chose not to do that to any possible children he may have had.

I kind of like that he "stuck it" to the Spirit Warrior/Taha Aki. He was being selfish instead of self-less, but he did make that choice for himself. I'm not always sympathetic to Jacob, but you made me want to grab him and try to comfort him. I understand choices being taken and I understand making wrong choices.

But, he did make that choice knowing Nessie didn't need him anymore and that she would be taken care of. They are what the imprint needs them to be. I guess he gave her what she needed. Loss helps us to become sympathetic to others—helps us to understand other's pain.

Even still, choosing to not phase anymore and grow old, Jacob was giving Nessie something she needed. Perhaps they all needed to feel this loss to help them become better "people."

Nessie would be spoiled, I can sure see how she would be. She would be repulsed by the aging process. I don't like it myself. I didn't like seeing it happen to my parents. It's so sad to see that happening to people. To see them weaken, sicken, and fade away. Too often, death takes too long to ease the suffering. It's awful to witness it.

It's part of why I envy the vamps.

Perhaps he did "imprint" on Nessie because she was the last human part of Bella that was left.

You struck just the right tone with this. Wonderfully written. And after I hit *post review* I'm sure I'll think of something else to say. You did a great job with this.

You have ruined me, inside and out. This was on point with the canon, and it devastated. Between Reneesme's spoiled nature (Me. Me. Me. I want. I want. You always give what I want.) and Bella's selfishness, Jacob is only free in death. God, it hurts so good. Amazing job, so amazing!

Beautiful! Absolutely beautiful! I've read this story three times already and it still takes my breath away. It is a great show of Jacob's love and devotion to Bella even after imprinting on her daughter. I'm glad Bella finally sees what her choice did to jacob. I'm glad you didn't put too much emphasis on the love seen st the beach because that's not what that moment was about. I feel that it was about finally having what you want and giving a part of yourself to the one you love. You are a terrific writer! And reading this has giving me more inspiration for my own stories.

*tears leaking down my face* Oh this was such a precious story!

I am typing this through tear-filled eyes.

My heart is actually aching for a fictional character! Jacob Black deserved SO MUCH BETTER than what he got. It just wasn't fair. I will never forgive Stephenie Meyer for creating such a wonderful, warm, sweet, loving, LOYAL, devoted character that I fell in love with and then totally screwing him in the end by saddling him for life with a stupid half-vampire. He hated imprinting, he hated vampires, so how does he get rewarded for his goodness and faith? HE IMPRINTS ON A FREAKING VAMPIRE! I can't say that I like what happened to him in THIS STORY (it was SO gut-wrenching), but it's a much more likely scenario than the "everybody lived happily ever after" crap that Meyer tried to sell!

I loathe Bella for her selfishness, immaturity, and stupidity in her "choice." There would have been NO choice necessary for me-it was Jacob all the way, from the first time he was mentioned in the books.

Sorry for my rant. I just don't think I'll ever be able to get over the epic fail that was "Breaking Dawn."
Thank you for this. It was beautifully done.

I am SOBBING. I read this years ago and finally decided that I could stomach the misery once more because I remembered this being so beautiful. My ability to cope has not improved with time.

The best (and worst) part of this fic is that it is so realistic and believable that it has sort of become a part of canon in my head - even though New Moon AUs soothe the wounds, the horror I still feel over SMeyer's BD disaster never really goes away. It's been YEARS and it's still so fresh (I'm still soso bitter). And this fic just expresses all of it so well. Everything that's wrong about the entire Edward-Bella-Jacob-Renesmee dynamic is here. You don't demonize Edward or Renesmee or even Bella (fickle, fickle Bella). Jake is so in-character and absolutely beautiful that it physically hurts me. Like, I'm in actual pain right now after having read this. I feel like I watched Renesmee throw out the ashes, too, like I was in the room where he died. The bits that included Leah and Rosalie were perfect - I love them both and they're totally in-character, especially that bit from Seth: "You know Leah always said you'd never get over it. I hate it when she's right." Also, when Bella thinks "She does not deserve him. She has never deserved either of them." Too true.

It's the very end that does it for me, though, that always makes me remember this fic so clearly. Oh, God, that last line. I hope he's free, too.

Good job! I don't even think I need to say it, but good job. :)

death. ultimate death is what you have caused. never have i cried so much while trying to eat a sandwich. i mean write a NOVEL! Be the next POE! it's so sad but true and like every thought i had about his kind of thing put into WORDS! And i love you for it! Just-BRAVO! BRA-FUCKING-VO!

ugh... I like happy endings better... This kind always makes me cry...

but it is a beautiful story!

This was wonderful though I know I cried. This really could be the way it would conclude for Jacob, Trying to fight the unnatural imprint but ultimately with Nessie. Bella with regrets and stupid Edward still reading minds. Jacob lived a good life and was a good person. Thanks for writing.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME. *cries* OW MY FEELINGS.