SPOILER ALERT: In 2005 one of the biggest fandoms, Twilight was started. These cult classic novels surround the life of Bella Swan, a teenage human girl that falls in love with a “teenage” vampire named Edward Cullen. This series launched its author, Stephanie Myers, into the limelight.
The Twilight series’ transition from books to movies is controversial. However, one thing many in the fandom can agree on is that Bella Swan’s engagement ring in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse was a major disappointment. It was not giving the historical aesthetic it was supposed to give.
In the book, Bella’s engagement ring belonged to Edward’s mother, Elizabeth Masen, and was an Edwardian style piece. This is one of the only objects that was connected to Edward’s past life. Later in the novel, Eclipse, Bella describes it as a “long oval face with slanting rows of glittering round stones” and a gold band with “fragile webs around the diamond.”
The style of the ring was supposed to be an Edwardian oval diamond cluster with a gold delicate band. In the movie adaption, Bella is given an objectively ugly dinosaur rock-shaped ring, which was a major upset for the fans of the novel because it was now missing the important sentiment of the Edwardian style. We, and yes I included, were looking forward to a ring that looked a bit like a flower with a simple and thin gold band that furthered the storyline and romantic plot.
But no. Glitz and glamour win in the movie business. Once again, film adaptions miss the little details that make the stories that everyone knows and loves.