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[old manatee]

So it's like the new Ghostbusters.

 

[Calvero]

That's pretty cool

 

[Rymuth]

 

[Kinokou]

2015 continues to be a amazing with its announcements!

 

[Rolodzeo]

Official fanfiction.

wat

 

[Morrigan Stark]

Now now, gotta change all the pronouns too. That shit is tedious, y'know? It's hard!

 

[Flying Toaster]

You know what's crazy she lives down the street from my parents. AZ GAF egg Myers house meetup!

 

[clearacell]

If it's from the perspective of the vampire, it can be thought of as being a new story.

 

[Flying Toaster]

If it's from the perspective of the vampire, it can be thought of as being a new story.

Then it's ok America is only against male pedophiles.

 

[inky]

Official fanfiction.

wat

It's been known to happen. Ever played Mass Effect 3: Citadel? ;P

 

[Snaku]

Can we expect 50 Shades of Gray Reimagined to go along with this?

 

[Replicant]

Well, Twatlight was trash so I am not surprised if it doesn't take her long to "re-imagined" it.

we've gone full evangelion

What an insult to Evangelion.

Doesn't this change a pretty large portion of the end-plot? I mean, one of the big plot points of the book is that Bella almost dies giving birth and is turned in order to save her life.

MALE PREGNANCY FTW!!! tumblr and AO3 fangirls will be pleased.

 

[ronito]

That's basically the formula for anime/manga harems.

Like I said, the fedora will love it.

 

[Reule]

I mean, I hope the story is different instead of literally just gender swapping. Will Jacob be Jacqueline? In any case, brilliant idea as it'll still sell.

 

[SchrodingerC]

How does that make it more interesting?

Because a mormon like her writing gay romance would be hilarious? Have a little imagination.

 

[jediyoshi]

cool i'd let a lady werewolf dominate me

 

[GKSilKamina]

So when is the movie coming out?

 

[SolicitorPirate]

Isn't Bella getting pregnant a big plot point? Should be fun to see how she tackles that.

Personally I have no issue with this. Meyer made one hell of a gold mine for herself, might as well mine the shit out of it.

 

[Azure Dream]

No, every detail is flipped. It's a female were-cat with no pants.

 

[bengraven]

"I have zero ideas left!"

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

That's basically the formula for anime/manga harems.

...my God.

 

[Femmeworth]

That's basically the formula for anime/manga harems.

This also crossed my mind. She needs to get with a Japanese publisher and get it sold as a light novel series.

 

[Mask]

So, from shitty fanfiction it came, so shall it return.

Can't really see this getting that much attention, people are too busy with John Green and the various other fanfictions-turned-books that are around now.

 

[marrec]

Lot of haters in here. Nothing's stopping any of us from making something that connects with the youth and gets us rich.

Right place right time exists, there are many... many... vastly more talented writers struggling in anonymity. I don't hate Meyer for her success, but I kind of dislike her for this specific idea. It's intellectually vapid.

 

[SenorArdilla]

I can see the headlines.

"Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined, A love story about a boy who must choose between a wolf and a cougar."

 

[the chris]

 

[Frog-fu]

Laughable. What a hack.

 

[SalvaPot]

So a fanfiction of her fanfiction, got it.

"I have zero ideas left!"

She looks like a expanded picture of Anne Hathaway.

 

[Seductivpancakes]

Switched genders. How imaginative.

 

[MisterShine]

It's been known to happen. Ever played Mass Effect 3: Citadel? ;P

Are you in any way impugning the Citadel DLC? Because if so I will fight you.

OT: God help me, but I will probably read this. The first Twilight book holds an odd place in my heart.

 

[oni_saru]

MALE PREGNANCY FTW!!! tumblr and AO3 fangirls will be pleased.

M-Preg to become mainstream?!! Meyer, you have my sword and shield

Spoiler

jk don't really care for mpreg

 

[Leeness]

Bought it for the lulz, I don't even give a fuck.

Let's do thiiiiiiiiis.

 

[striferser]

This also crossed my mind. She needs to get with a Japanese publisher and get it sold as a light novel series.

Trivia time. In Japan, twilight is marketed with illustration like light novel

Source: https://ninobaby.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/twilight-japanese-covers-and-illustrations/

Sample

 

[Mineshaft_Gap]

Sounds like Shyte and Beufarts

 

[Atraveller]

The original fifth book was going to be the first book written in Edward's perspective, this shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.

 

[andythinkpad]

CTRL F
CTRL C
CTRL V

Its
contral H, and replace all.

 

[Femmeworth]

Trivia time. In Japan, twilight is marketed with illustration like light novel

Source: https://ninobaby.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/twilight-japanese-covers-and-illustrations/

Sample

Huh.

 

[Staccat0]

Right place right time exists, there are many... many... vastly more talented writers struggling in anonymity. I don't hate Meyer for her success, but I kind of dislike her for this specific idea. It's intellectually vapid.

I mean... Is it? Sure, it'll be bad, but can a plot or premise be intellectualy vapid just on it's own?
I feel like a good artist could definitely do something interesting by deconstructing the problematic gender politics of their own work in a similar way.

 

[Jigorath]

I uhh, don't think that's what her audience wants to read.

 

[Turin]

I mean... Is it? Sure, it'll be bad, but can a plot or premise be intellectualy vapid just on it's own?
I feel like a good artist could definitely do something interesting by deconstructing the problematic gender politics of their own work in a similar way.

Probably.

I'd be down for the concept, just not the story or this writer.

 

[Deleted member 1235]

ive re-imagined this drek as not existing a bunch of times, where is my billion dollars

 

[Liamario]

Guess she is struggling come up with a new book if all she has come up with is gender switch.

That was my immediate thought as well. Some writers block happening and she's trying to keep herself relevant. I don't understand how she came to the notion of a remake of twilight with the genders swapped.

 

[Hollycat]

Unless they replace the story with several hours of lesbian vampire sex, action scenes, and a reenactment of the Shawshank Redemption, I'm still not interested

I'll take two.

 

[hamchan]

This is so anime.

 

[WaffleTaco]

So a fanfiction of her fanfiction, got it.

Why do people keep quoting that Twilight is fan-fiction. The reason people talk about Twilight and fan-fiction is because 50 Shades is fan-fiction of Twilight...it was an original successful idea. She is now milking her audience like every other industry.

 

[Veelk]

Why do people keep quoting that Twilight is fan-fiction. The reason people talk about Twilight and fan-fiction is because 50 Shades is fan-fiction of Twilight...it was an original successful idea. She is now milking her audience like every other industry.

Because people use the term massively inappropriately.

Fanfiction just means....fiction produced by a fan. I think it's reasonable to assume that most writers like what they write. George RR Martin is probably a huge fan of A Song of Ice and Fire, for example. Steven Moffat produces Doctor Who fiction because he is a fan of it.

It's just become incorrectly synchronized with amateur writers, who find it easy to write unofficial work of series they are fans of. Since they're amateur, they often have simplistic ideas that they work with, such as what Meyer is proposing here, retelling the story via gender swap. In actuality, this isn't any different from what many writers do. They often write a whole story, think "Hey, what if the boys were girls and the girls were boys" and rewrite it to see if that works better. It's just part of the writing process in general.

I don't think it's bad what Meyer is doing here, it's just that I see little point in this being a twilight reimagining vs a story of whole new characters. Why constrain yourself to the plot of Twilight while keeping the core ideas of it. And yes, it is most definitely fanfiction, as much as anything is.

 

[AlexMogil]

Its
contral H, and replace all.

Thanks Stephanie

 

[Fj0823]

we've gone full evangelion

Fight me.

 

[daveo42]

I hope her autobiography is titled Stephanie Meyer: One Trick Vampire

Shit will still end up selling a bajillion copies.

Trivia time. In Japan, twilight is marketed with illustration like light novel

Source: https://ninobaby.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/twilight-japanese-covers-and-illustrations/

Sample

Hmm...a character with emotions and Ichigo from Bleach.

 

[TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared]

I bought it today, should be good for a laugh if nothing else.