Maria is described by Jasper for being "smart and careful" in expanding her territories, recruiting newborns for her army and remaining in the dark from human population to avoid the Volturi's attention. In the movie, her brown hair is altered to black, speaks with an accent and is 5'6½ ft tall. In Eclipse, Maria is described as a tiny brunette with a soft and musical voice with a tendency to be sharp.
#TWILIGHT JASPER BACKSTORY SKIN#
The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide describes Maria as "very short and small-boned", being 5'1" tall, with black hair and a slight olive tone to her pale skin, denoting a darker skin pigmentation in her human life and is of Mexican descent. Jasper also asked Peter and Charlotte to tell Maria that he wishes her well, should they meet her again. Her presence there forced the Cullens to abruptly relocate. In Midnight Sun, Edward mentions that Maria once sought the Cullens out when they were in Calgary, prompting them to move again Jasper politely told her to keep her distance in the future. She continues to zealously defend her territories in Mexico against interlopers. Maria eventually forgave Jasper for his defection, and considers herself to be on good terms with him. But before either of them could execute each other, Peter, a vampire whom Jasper had let escape years with another newborn named Charlotte before, returned and took him to the North for a more peaceful life. Jasper recognized this, and did the same with other newborns. So she made plans with other newborns to plot against him, promising them Jasper's position. She became aware of Jasper's depression and became paranoid he would turn on her. It made Jasper sick and depressed to do this. One night, Maria ordered Jasper to kill all of the newborns who showed no potential to remain in her coven. She never treated him as an equal and never forgot about her deceased mate. He later discovered that Maria never felt that way towards him and only used him as her "puppet". In the film they are portrayed as being romantically involved, with Jasper believing that she had truly loved him. Jasper was often rewarded by Maria, especially for helping her defeat Nettie and Lucy when they rebelled.
Jasper, who she had placed as her second-in-command, was very close to her, and thought of her as a god-like figure. However, soon she became greedy and sought to extend her control further by claiming other Mexican territories belonging to other vampire clans. With Jasper around, Maria's army began working together better and their army began winning back the territories they had previously lost. He made the newborns cooperate with one another. When she realized his ability to control emotions, she put him in charge of her other newborns. When she met the young Confederate officer named Jasper Whitlock, she hoped his physical stature and military experience would make him a helpful addition to the coven. Maria took newborn armies to a new level by choosing humans with combat potential and giving them more training than anyone had bothered to do before. While Maria's goal was to reclaim her land and exact vengeance, Nettie and Lucy hoped to gain more hunting territory. To get her revenge, she joined forces with Lucy and Nettie, who had also lost their respective territories and covens. During one of the battles of the Southern vampire wars, her coven was destroyed and her territory was claimed by another coven. Maria used to be part of a coven in Monterrey, where she had a mate and two older vampires who were - for all intents and purposes-her parents. When I was younger and less familiar with American history, I had no idea that this was basically akin to if another character had had a backstory in the Gestapo - because no other character questions, criticises or even acknowledges the fact that Jasper’s past is racist, white supremacist, and pro-slavery.Maria was born somewhere in Mexico in between the 17th and 18th centuries, and changed into a vampire at the age of nineteen. The fact that this is never unpacked or treated as a bad thing in the books or movies is bizarre and abhorrent. Jasper not only fought as a confederate, but lied about his age in order to enlist (meaning he actively wanted to partake in this fight). Soldiers who fought on behalf of the confederacy during the American Civil War were fighting to keep white supremacy and the institution of slavery alive in America. So to give you the low-down, the reason why the fandom calls Jasper a racist is because he was a confederate soldier.
I think some people who aren’t from the US regularly miss the racism of Jasper (like I initially did) because many of us don’t/didn’t know who or what the confederates were. Do we hate jasper? Because i think he is cute, but if he is a racist I will change my mind!
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