Marking the end of hoa hoa hoa season, we finally did it. We tackled the honeymoon scene: the headboard-shattering, pillow-exploding, furniture-destroying moment that launched a thousand fanfics and exactly zero realistic intimacy expectations.
In this episode, Ariel and Morgan break down why Edward and Bella’s “rough sex” isn’t rough… or even sex-adjacent. From supernatural metaphors to YA-safe choreography, they unpack how a scene expected to portray feral passion somehow ends up looking like a vampire doing light construction work.
We get into it all:
- Why the choreography feels like a Marvel fight scene wearing a silk robe
- How PG-13 rules shape what “intensity” is allowed to look like onscreen
- Why the scene is accidentally more about property damage than eroticism
- Bella’s incredible chill despite the world’s craziest bruises
- How an intimacy coordinator might approach supernatural strength without losing human stakes
- And whether anyone in film history has ever looked more relaxed in freezing cold water
It’s part genre analysis, part supernatural thirst discourse, and part home-renovation commentary, a true Faking It classic.
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Director: Bill Condon
Writer (Screenplay): Melissa Rosenberg
Writer (Novel): Stephenie Meyer
Producers: Wyck Godfrey; Karen Rosenfelt; Stephenie Meyer
Actors (featured in the scene): Kristen Stewart; Robert Pattinson
© 2011 Summit Entertainment / Temple Hill Entertainment / Sunswept Entertainment. All rights reserved.
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