FINE!!! I GIVE IN

So my Friendly Raptor hates it when I talk about Twilight but its bubbling up inside and I must let it out.

Taylor Launter. I hated him. Well I hated Jacob Black so it was easy to hate Launter. At the end of Breaking Dawn I forgave Jacob Black for all the heartache he caused and stopped seeing him as one of the antagonists.....but I still hated him.

To add to that I always felt they screwed up the casting. From book 2, (my reading order after I saw the movie was New Moon, Eclipse, Bella's 2/3 of Breaking Dawn, Midnight Sun, Twilight, Jacob's 1/3 of Breaking Dawn) Jacob Black was Steven Strait for me (from The Covenent and 10,000 BC). I always felt he would be the perfect Jacob Black, the perfect werewolf.
But when I FINALLY went back and read Jacob's 1/3 of Breaking Dawn (because I was sick of re-reading all the books and I was so desperate for a Twilight fix), I was surprised. I started liking him. I couldn't help but sympathize with his misery, his conflicts, and his desperation. And it was only after I finished reading it that it hit me. Taylor Lautner was perfect. The kid exudes Jacob Black's confidence, his stubbornness, his quick anger and that struggle to hold his temper in check. Steven Strait is more of a tranquil kinda guy and he woulda been all wrong.

And then a couple new pictures of Launter popped up on the net and honestly I just gave in. That smile is Jacob Black's smile. End of story.I added a couple more picture below. Taylor Lautner is growing to be a fine young man....but I shall be tame until the lad turns legal.