Bella is a spineless sop of a character - useless without her man - defenseless until HE gives her power.
Hermione was smarter, worked harder, and fought harder than almost any other character in the books. Militarily and strategically she was the backbone of Harry's efforts against Voldemort.
Having read both series I consider the Harry Potter books to be a triumph of literary fiction and I consider the Twilight books to be teen relationship softcore - a half step up from a “romance” novel.
Yup. Just like the Mormon temple overtones that a wife is 100% reliant upon her husband calling her forth into his bosom beyond the veil.
Yes. We had a discussion about this in the car today, figuring out who the best teen hero was. We decided it was Buffy the Vampire Slayer.