I've been thinking about this too. On one hand, it's devastating to watch a character be so mistreated for daring to not like Bella (meanwhile, the other characters get off scot-free for the same situation that Leah's been "whining" about), and I can understand wanting to put her into a better novel where she'd be more suited. Hell, I feel that way a lot about the One Character I Like that I feel is "stuck" in a shitty book or movie. (Hello, Jack Walker from the Manaphy movie) But it's another thing to put a character on so high of a pedestal that you can't look down and see anything else.

Is it bad that I still like Carlisle and Alice for what they're supposed to be? I understand in-text that Carlisle's a shitty doctor and Alice is shallow as hell, but I mainly owe it to Meyer's Did Not Do The Research and inability to write endearing qualities in her "heroes." Otherwise Carlisle would've been intelligent and compassionate instead of hypocritical and sociopathic, and Alice's perkiness would've been a refreshing contrast to Edward's constant moping.