This video is my entry into Irinka17's Irresistible Undeniable Undefinable Twilight Charm contest. She has come up with such a wonderful contest. I think that often in the vidding world we become so overcome with making videos with cool looking effects and gaining subscribers that we often forget what got us started in the first place. I've seen so many videos, especially in this fandom, where it's obvious the person has just cut clips to one of their favorite songs and maybe added some cool effects. Don't get me wrong, sometimes it's fun to just do this, but I really love vids that also provide some kind of emotional impact, which is why I love the concept of this contest.

Basically, she has asked us to create something unique that has the right Twilight atmosphere and reminds us why we fell in love with the saga in the first place (Go here to see details: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2xwOkNKQ6g)

For me, I love the books. To be honest, if it weren't for the books, I'm not sure I would even like the movies that much. *Hides in corner* Don't hate me! It's just my opinion. I mean, they have done a pretty good job with the movies, but movies can never be the same as reading a book. Anyway, so I decided to not use any voiceovers and instead use some of my favorite quotes from the book. I really put my heart into this video, and it took a lot of time and thought. My hope is that I've succeeded in bringing out the essence of the saga. It's such a beautiful love story. Thank you, Stephenie, for bringing it to us! And thank you to Irinka17 for hosting such an inspiring contest!

QUOTES:

"Before you, Bella, my life was like a moonless night. Very dark, but there were stars --points of light and reason....And then you shot across my sky like a meteor. Suddenly everything was on fire; there was brilliancy, there was beauty. When you were gone, when the meteor had fallen over the horizon, everything went black. Nothing had changed, but my eyes were blinded by light. I couldn't see the stars anymore. And there was no more reason for anything." -Edward Cullen, New Moon

"I love you. It's a poor excuse for what I'm doing, but it's still true" -Edward Cullen, Twilight

"I cannot be without you, but I will not destroy your soul." -Edward Cullen, NM

"After all the thousand times I've told you I love you, how could you let one word break your faith in me?" -Edward Cullen, NM

"You're not asleep, and you're not dead. I'm here, and I love you. I have always loved you, and I will always love you. I was thinking of you, seeing your face in my mind, every second that I was away. When I told you that I didn't want you, it was the very blackest kind of blasphemy." -Edward Cullen, NM

""The bond forged between us was not one that could be broken by absence, distance, or time. And no matter how much more special or beautiful or brilliant or perfect than me he might be, he was as irreversibly altered as I was. As I would always belong to him, so would he always be mine." -Bella Swan, NM

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