Much agreed! In my opinion, she could just take the entire assload of new "characters" (that word just seems like too *much* to describe them, doesn't it?) that have been brought in lately and dump them in one nice, massive slaughter. Preferably with Edward involved. :P

And it seems that, as with so many other things in the books nowadays, she only brings more characters in so that Anita can get some Shag Variety. Hell, some of them have set *records*, don'tcha think? Byron was introduced for what, six pages before she was boinking him? ::rolls eyes::

Anyway, you're completely right about them just being cut-outs with names attached (cheesey ones, at that ;) ). There's nothing to get attached to.