emmett & jasper meta for anon
ok so remember back when midnight sun came out and I freaked out over all the jalice stuff in it?
the other line in that book that actually fucking wrecked me to the point where I still think about it and have to lie down was this one:
AND THAT’S JASPER. YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE HIM 💀💀
because emmett IS going to love him!!! 😭😭😭 the bond between them is so pure and simple and I have so many feelings about it.
from reading the original 4 books, one gets the sense that edward’s favorite brother is emmett, but emmett’s favorite brother is jasper. which is fucking hilarious and I love that for them (it’s ok, we all know edward’s favorite sibling is alice.)
and it makes sense because jasper and emmett just...complement each other so well. jasper is all brooding and tactical while emmett is like idk dude I just drink blood. emmett has been dealing with edward’s whiny existential angst for two decades by the time jasper shows up, so I’m sure he’d appreciate jasper’s decidedly non-whiny, more practical angst lmaoo. and jasper has already discovered, via alice, that having Fun people in his life makes a huge difference, that there’s power in being soft and kind and goofy.
whereas “lonely for three decades” alice needed to bond with a sibling who was like her—a “freak among freaks”—jasper, who was constantly surrounded by hostile emotions for 80 years, needed to bond with a sibling utterly unlike him: a pure of heart, dumb of ass himbo (albeit with hidden depths of empathy and wisdom.) even the line in the book recognizes it—edward is standing there hugging alice like “yes, this is gonna be my Person in the family” and then calmly directs emmett to jasper, because he already knows they’re gonna be important to each other.
jasper needed someone to help him relearn how to goof off. someone to playfully beat the shit out of in a situation where the only stakes are who has to mow the lawn later. someone to place stupid bets on trivial everyday things with, to invent ridiculous games like Emmett & Jasper Ultimate MegaChess with.
and emmett needed someone to just, like. PLAY with, period! someone who wasn’t gonna go “ugh, emmett, I’m not doing that it’ll mess up my hair” or “not now emmett, I’m rereading nietzsche” or “emmett, dear, you’re wearing a hole in the carpet, take it outside.”
I mentioned earlier that one of my favorite moments in the movies is when jasper and emmett come get edward for his ““bachelor party,”” and they all end up shoving each other around in the swans’ yard. that’s one of the only moments in the films where they actually feel like family to me. like yes, this is how actual brothers interact.
so yeah, the main thing I love about the emmett & jasper ultimate bro-down is that it’s rooted in pure wholesome dumbassery. jasper showed up and emmett said LET THERE BE FUN. and there was fun. and fifty years later there still is :’’’))))