‘Twilight’ author releases new book that switches her famous characters’ genders
“So it’s the same way now that it (the vampire) is a girl”, she said.
Stephenie Meyer gave the Twihards something to mull over at Comicon, when she revealed that Robert Pattinson believed his Twilight character was “seriously depressed”.
A few fans said that Meyer lacks creativity and simply wants to capitalize on the previous success of Twilight.
She said: “I don’t really see that happening”.
In celebration of the 10th year anniversary of “Twilight”, author Stephenie Meyer released a new book – “Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined”.
Published earlier this week, “Twilight Tenth Anniversary/Life and Death Dual Edition” was No. 2 on Amazon.com’s best-seller list as of late Thursday, although numerous readers have complained “Life and Death” often contains the exact wording of “Twilight”.
Stephenie also reportedly said, “Midnight Sun is kind of cursed”, which was also a reference to the debacle in 2008 when twelve unfinished chapters of Meyer’s book were leaked.
This is after she makes an all-caps apology for not releasing Midnight Sun, the version of Twilight from Edward’s perspective that fans were hoping to finally read in its completed form. Nadia Washington, a 33-year-old medical staffer from New Jersey, said that when she read the “Twilight” book she didn’t fall in love with the actual characters, but with their “internal love”. Meyer wants readers to see that Bella’s reactions were normal in the midst of supernatural creatures. The new version, titled Life and Death, reimagines Bella as a human boy named Beau and Edward as a female vampire named Edythe. Stephenie says she enjoyed writing the book and changed up a few of the Twilight mythology in an effort for consistency.
“The idea of a moody teenage boy going gooey over a centuries-old, mysterious, super-strong woman who can fly feels revolutionary”. While a few fans are excited to get their hands on the copy, a few fans wonder why there is a need for a gender-swapped Twilight in order to prove the point that Twilight is not sexist.