Site: About
One day, I (Michelle) was looking around the web and I saw that there weren't a lot of
Twilight fansites up. Sure there were a few, but just not enough. So I decided to start my own! This site opened October 7th, 2006 and it's been open *happily* since! That was simple wasn't it? Lol.
The name/domain: Why BellaAndEdward.com you ask? Well, I was bored one day during Digital Imaging (a.k.a. school, lol) so I went to Yahoo! Domains and searched all the Twilight related domains I could think of. I first tried Twilight.com/net/org and they were all taken (well, duh!) so then I tried Twilight-fan.com/net/org and I believe two of those were open. After that I tried Twilight-series, Twilightfan, Twilightbook, but I thought those were all so boring and overused. So
then I decided to search character names. I typed in BellaSwan.com/net/org, AliceCullen.com/net/org, and EdwardCullen.com/net/org and then I thought that those would make it sound like that site was a fansite deticated to that certain character (which it was not). Finally I thought of BellaAndEdward.com. It was unique, easy to remember and not too long. I tried that, and it was available! I immediately fell in love with that name, so when I got home on October 7th, 2006, I bought it!
Hi there, and welcome to
BellaAndEdward.com, one of the largest fansites online dedicated to
The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer! This site was started by Michelle and is maintained by the wonderful BAE.com
staff. Feel free to look around, have fun! If you have any questions or inquiries, please
email Michelle.
Month: August 2008
Name: Andrea
Age: 20
Location: USA
About: The first time I stumbled across Twilight, I knew instantly that it was special. Whether it was the cover or the title—I couldn’t really say. In that moment, everything changed. Right then and there, I knew I had to have it, to read it, to absorb it, to be a part of everything it had to offer.
I remember knowing nothing about Twilight. I hardly knew what was on The New York Times Best Seller until months after it was on that list. Like everything I read, I kept Twilight to myself—reading and sneaking a peek at the next chapter when no one was around. I had become entranced with the characters, their feelings, and their will to survive.
It was through Edward and the rest of the Cullen’s that my entire perspective on life and love got a complete 180. Edward, Esme, Carlisle, Jasper, Alice, Emmett, and Rosalie were immortal—having forever to fix their mistakes and to fall in love. And because I was so swept up in having forever, I really, truly, completely realized that I didn’t have forever like the rest of the Cullen’s to be happy and to experience love. My mortality wasn’t going to wait for me to inch out of the corner and experience everything. The only person who could do that was me, only me.
I spent my whole life worried about appearances and what everyone else thought—that I forgot to live and breathe. And suddenly, it seemed like a very silly thing to do. I wasn’t going to have forever like Edward to adjust and resist human interaction. I realized that I wasn’t even sure if I was granted tomorrow or the day after that. All I knew was that I was alive right now, and I needed to make it count while I still had today.
But why should I be Fan Of The Month?
I learned from Twilight that’s it’s okay to be scared, to make mistakes, and to reach for what you want—despite the consequences. But most of all, Edward and Bella taught me that it’s okay to want love and to be loved and that, on some level, it was attainable.
All I have to do is fight for it.
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Owner: Michelle
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Opened: October 22, 2006
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I am not Stephenie Meyer. I do not know her personally, I am not related to her, and I cannot send a message to her for you. This is just a fansite made by a fan of Twilight. All of the Twilight books and characters are the property of Stephenie and her publisher. I do not own anything.
