• Primarily0617@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    In 2015, Stephanie Meyer—the author of Twilight—wrote Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined, which is pretty much the same book and the same plot line save for every character* being gender-swapped. For example, Edward Cullen becomes Edythe Cullen, and Bella Swan becomes Beaufort Swan.

    Given how openly and incessantly horny people are about 7ft-tall-uwu-step-on-me-please dommy mommy gfs at the moment, there’s clearly a not insignificant segment of the male population for which Life and Death could be enjoyed in much the same way Twilight was by that segment’s female mirror back in 2005.

    * The protagonist’s parents are the only exception to this, which according to Meyer is due to how rare male parent custody is after a divorce in the US, especially when the book is set.

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      1 year ago

      i mean, the fact that we never heard about this pretty much shows that it wasn’t a success.

      contrary to men being known for being horny, they read almost no horny books. erotic literature is like over 90% female readers. don’t ask me why, but men just don’t like to read their smut the same way women do. so no, i don’t think this ever had any chance of succeeding unless it was a movie instead, but how often do movies that are only about women being hot actually succeed anymore?

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      1 year ago

      What!? Whaaaaat?!?!

      We are in 2023 and TIL about this? I was never a fan of the franchise, but considering how the publicity for it was everywhere back then and how everyone seemed to be talking about it- I can’t believe this flew under my radar.