Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined

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After Beau Swan and Edythe Cullen marry, "Happily Ever After" hangs in the balance when dangerous forces are set against them after one unforgettable night and a most impossible conclusion. When long-held secrets of the Volturi come to light, will a new acquaintance be an ally or an adversary? Can Beau and Edythe find a way to save the ones they love before time runs out? Language: English Words: 182,451 Chapters: 42/? Comments: 60 Kudos: 99 Bookmarks: 17 Hits: 5,013 I am by no means a "twi-hard" but I also wouldn't call myself a "twi-hater" either. I read the series roughly ten years ago, around the time when the first movie hit the screens. I wanted to see what all the fuss was about, and while I was by no means "blown away" by the series, I couldn't deny that something about Meyer's writing compelled me to want to continue reading, to find out what happened next. Now all that being said, I also agree with many readers who find some of the themes/situations in the Twilight series to be "problematic". And I think Meyer understood this to a degree as well, which is why, from what I understand, she partially wanted to write a "gender-bent" version of Twilight for the story's 10th anniversary (that, and money of course). But apparently, according to some articles I came across, Meyer was bothered by how some readers saw the characterization of Bella, labeling her as "weak" or a "damsel in distress". Meyer wanted to prove that this had nothing to do with Bella's gender and thought by swapping the gender roles she would prove just that, as well as prove her point that whether regardless of those genders, these two characters would still have as compelling a love story as she had originally written. A fandom-blind friendly fic set along Apricity's timeline, set in the immediate future. It starts right after the Seattle trip and continues through the summer before the next school year begins.]

YOUR HONOUR THEY’RE GAY MEN AND ENEMIES TO LOVERS! Language: English Words: 49,724 Chapters: 12/? Comments: 25 Kudos: 96 Bookmarks: 28 Hits: 2,305 Well, it kind of means that this book has exactly the same problems as the original. The biggest ones being that no issues of gender roles are fixed, merely further highlighted, and the relationship between Beau and Edythe is just as unhealthy as Bella and Edward's. Meyer, by the way, failed to comment in her opening about the criticisms the book received because the relationship it portrays is downright abusive, but you can be damn sure that flipping the genders did nothing to fix that.Bella has always gotten a lot of censure for getting rescued on multiple occasions, and people have complained about her being a typical damsel in distress.

So, I reread the entirety of Twilight in preparation for this novel. I really shouldn't have. Twilight was not re-imagined... this was literally the same book. Beau is determined to bring peace to his hometown along with both all three species since he is going to bare the first ever Human/Vampire/Werewolf. With too many complications along when way, Beau may have to decide to be a single father and live their life in hiding if the fathers don't shape up. Language: English Words: 11,912 Chapters: 7/? Comments: 5 Kudos: 58 Bookmarks: 8 Hits: 2,342 But the thing is, I have a lot of mixed feelings about this one and those said mixed feelings have been churning away inside my mind. So, here we are. Surprise! Stephenie Meyerjust released a surprising new novel, Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined,that swaps all of the genders in Twilight.Throughout the beginning of the new storyline she adjusts a few scenes that stray from the original book. However, in the final chapters, everything changes. ( Warning: spoilers below.)

It would have worked far better if the dog kept some core traits and adopted a few of his new species. Instead, because the dog acts so catlike that wherever he is in the scene, all I can think of is how the dog is a cat. Well-read by Michael Crouch... though I could have used a bit more distinction between characters - with tone/inflection. I thought about falling to my knees on purpose. This was the kind of beauty you worshiped. The kind you built temples for and offered sacrifices to...what would a goddess want from a mediocre mortal like me? BWAHAHAHA....wait....she actually published this?

I don't think she was very successful. There were times when I wondered what Meyer was truly trying to accomplish here. Was she trying to basically say her novel features an unhealthy relationship even with roles reversed? As in, "Hey guys, my book is horrible either way!" Or was her goal to further highlight how Twilight had a lot of instances of sexism, including sexual violence against women? Because if so, then I suppose, yeah, she was successful. So when I heard of Life and Death, literally the day it released, I knew I'd buy it. No questions asked. I was hoping many of the issues I had with Twilight would be corrected with this version. It had so much potential to be great! I never expected there to be huge drastic changes to the story -- I did expect it to be pretty much the same as Twilight, so believe me when I say that was the least of its problems. Rowley, Liz (October 6, 2015). " 'Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined' Plot Details and How to Get Latest 'Twilight' Book". Mic . Retrieved March 27, 2019.Stephenie Meyer was supposed to swap the genders, not turn Beau into a girl. Ctrl+F "She" replace with "He" In addition, I had a pretty big issue was the amount of reused material. The whole Alternate Ending thing hinges on there being a 5 minute difference between Beau running away at the airport & Bella running away at the airport. Girls forcing hubbies to live in small town is cute and normal. A guy constricting his wife to limit her career so he can live the small town life - completely different vibe. Even the quotes were the same. I could totally understand re-using the big quotes - the ones that really defined the first novel (i.e. "uncontrollably and irrevocably in love") but so much of the ordinary dialogue was reused that it became boring. As Beau walks into biology class, a fan blows his scent towards Edythe Cullen. Beau sits next to Edythe on his first day of school, but she seems repulsed by him, hurting his feelings in the process. She disappears for a few days, but warms up to Beau upon her return; their newfound relationship is interrupted after Beau is nearly crushed by a van in the school parking lot. Edythe saves Beau, stopping the van with only her hand.

Carlisle notices Beau's major crush and his attempts to get closer... without realizing he already succeeded in winning Carlisle over long ago. Beau did SO many things that would make sense as a girl (aka as Bella), but since he was a man, those actions no longer made sense. DEEPLY SEDUCTIVE AND EXTRAORDINARILY suspenseful, Twilight has enraptured millions and become a modern classic, redefining genres within young adult literature and inspiring a phenomenon that has had readers yearning for more. In some ways it's interesting. It's interesting to explore this possibility: what if Bella had been turned then and there after James bit her? As we see, the dynamic is certainly different, but in other ways, it feels very...anti-climatic. Even to the point of being downright depressing. This change also does not mean that I prefer it to the original or think that the original was ‘wrong,’” writes Meyer. “This has always just been the big ‘What if?’ and I wanted to see what it would feel like if Twilight had been the end of the story. If, like Beau, Bella had left the airport just five minutes earlier.”

Another example of Meyer playing the game of "gender stereotypes" is when Beau reveals that the ballet studio that "Archie" (Alice's male counterpart) sees in his vision was where his mother once taught dance classes. In Twilight, Bella reveals that when she was a little girl, she took ballet lessons at this studio. Beau, however, met his mother at this studio after school, because apparently "boys taking ballet isn't *manly*" or that's certainly how it comes across. Beau can't be a klutz without a medical reason, and he can't at one time have taken dance lessons, unlike his female counterpart. If these things are seen as a punch to Beau's masculinity, then why on earth did Meyer choose to have Beau also bad at sports? To know nothing about cars and how to fix things, unlike "Jules" (the female counterpart to Jacob). In Life and Death the threat of sexual violence is gone altogether. Beau is cornered by a group of thugs (both male and female) who believe him to be an undercover cop and pull a gun on him. They threaten to rob and shoot him, but any indication of sexual violence is nonexistent. Edythe comes to the rescue, and like Edward, she too is furious at what almost happened, but her fury seems to be more easily "contained" and "calmed" by Beau, rather than Edward who can't stop muttering about the "filthy things they were thinking". Outside, I threw the quilt into the middle of the sunniest spot in Charlie's small square yard, then threw myself on top of it." I think I probably would have given this 1 star, but I actually enjoyed the alternate ending. Especially the parts that poked at Twilight's ending. If Meyer had written the rest of the book as well as she did the last bit, I would have enjoyed it quite a bit more, I think. Book Review: Life and Death by Stephenie Meyer". Books: A True Story. October 20, 2015 . Retrieved March 27, 2019.