Twilight
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[edit] Introduction
The Twilight Fandom is a rather large and extensive network of people who devote any amount of time to the works of Stephenie Meyer which involve Bella Swan, the Cullens, or otherwise associated characters. The Twilight series is a set of four novels (as of the release of "Breaking Dawn" on August 2, 2008) about an exceptionally clumsy and plain girl named Bella Swan and the exceptionally beautiful and perfect vampire with whom she's obsessively in love. Bella transfers to a new high school where she meets Edward Cullen, who's around a hundred years old, and their relationship blossoms. Other characters include Bella's father Charlie, Edward's family, and the local pack of Native Americans/werewolves (which includes Jacob Black, Bella's later love interest).
There is a sometimes intense feud going on between Edward Cullen fans and Jacob Black fans. Although there are a bigger number of Edward fans(citation needed), it seems that Jacob fans are much more supportive of their fictional werewolf. They feel compassion, and understand Jacob's determination. Some fans seem to believe that it's necessary to pick one particular male character and be on "their side"; some believe the reader should be like Bella and pick both (sometimes referred to as being like Switzerland), and some (the minority) think Bella should just go on to college.
There are many theories floating around that Bella might be something other than human. Many are fervent that she is pure human. Others have suggested that she is part vampire, while others are convinced that she can't be any part vampire. Some even suggest that she is a different type of mythological creature altogether.
[edit] The Author
Stephenie Meyer is a unique case of writer's inspiration. She was a stay-at-home mother with no real training in professional writing. Then, one night, she had a very vivid dream about a girl and a boy sitting in a meadow. The girl seemed to be an ordinary girl, but the boy admitted to being a vampire. They were discussing the fact that they were slowly falling in love. When Stephenie woke up, she did not want to forget about the dream, so she wrote it down. The dream appears in one chapter of Twilight, "Confessions." After she finished writing her dream down on paper she began writing more chapters, until she finished her first story. She had to go back and write the beginning because she had started the story in the meadow. When she finished Twilight she realized she wasn't ready to let the characters go, and she decided to continue the story of Edward and Bella in four books.
[edit] The Canon
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[edit] Terminology
Below is a list of terms and their definitions that may be used in this fan community.
- Edwardist- Someone completely in love with Edward. Also someone who wants to kill Jacob. An Edwardist puts herself (or himself, whatever floats your boat) in Bella's shoes in order to experience Edward's love in a more detailed manner.
- Irritable Grizzly- Someone who for some reason is getting on your nerves. Usually someone who you have fun getting rid of.
- Vamp- A vampire, gone bad. Usually a term used by other vampires as a sign of disrespect.
- Leech Lover- An offensive term for some one who is for team Edward, generally used by the population of Jacob's lovers.
- Dog- Does not mean an actual dog. An offensive term for a werewolf, usually used by Jake-bashers
- EXB- A story where Bella is paired with Edward.
- JXB- A story where Bella is paired with Jacob.
- bb - Stands for baby. [1]
- OME- Oh my Edward. An exclamation used by internet fans.
- Team Switzerland- Fans who equally support Edward and Jacob. (Switzerland can be replaced with Edward, Jacob, or even Seth to indicate loyalty to one character or the other.)
[edit] Timeline
Below is a partial timeline of events that took place in this fan community.
[edit] 2005
- On June 20, 2005, Stephenie Meyer created her official site. [2]
[edit] 2006
- On June 17, 2006, the GreatestJournal community stepheniemeyer was created. [3]
- On October 7, 2006, the domain BellaAndEdward.com was registered. [4]
- On October 22, 2006, the fansite BellaAndEdward.com was officially launched. [5]
- On November 29, 2006, the FanFiction.Net forum The Twilight Zone was created. [6]
[edit] 2007
- On March 3, 2007, the FanFiction.Net forum Insanity Inc was created. [7]
- On July 6, 2007, the GreatestJournal community twilightfans was created. [8]
- On March 23, 2007, My Dreams Belong to You by moonlitstranger became the first Twilight story posted to FanLib. [9]
- On June 14, 2007, the FanFiction.Net forum T w i l i g h t d o m was created. [10]
- On August 16, 2007, the FanFiction.Net forum Party at the Institute was created. [11]
- On August 31, 2007, an article about Twilight was created on Wikipedia. [12]
- On September 5, 2007, the FanFiction.Net forum Twilight FanMALE was created. [13]
- On November 11, 2007, the FanFiction.Net forum Twilight Party Palace was created. [14]
[edit] 2008
- On February 7, 2008, the release date for the final Twilight book was announced. [15]
- On February 14, 2008, the Twilight fanfiction/fanart archive MyOwnTwilight opened. [16]
- On February 15, 2008, the Twilight fansite/blog Twilight Lexicon was created. [17]
- On February 29, 2008, the Twilight fan fiction archive The Host Library was created. [18]
- "On May 6, 2008, Little, Brown and Company will release The Host, Meyer's highly-anticipated debut novel for adults." [19]
- On June 22, 2008, Twilight Sedin was created. [20]
- On July 15, 2008, an interview with Twilight Guy was published in Entertainment Weekly. [21]
- On August 2, 2008, the final Twilight book released. [22]
- On August 15, 2008, it was announced that the release date for the Twilight movie had been moved to November 21, 2008, a date which had previously been Harry Potter's scheduled release date. [23]
- On August 30, 2008, a campaign to support Stephanie Meyer was started by a number of influential Twilight fansites including His Golden Eyes, SLTA, Twilight Lexicon, The Twilight Moms, Twilight Series Theories, and Twilight Teez. [24]
[edit] Kerfluffles
[edit] 333, the number of Satan's torso?
In July 2008, the Twilight fandom made fandom wank for a wank called "333, the number of Satan's torso?". [25]
[edit] Fan Art
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[edit] Fan Fiction
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[edit] Fan Vidding
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[edit] Role Playing
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[edit] Influential Fanworks
See Twilight fandom influential fanworks for a list of influential works in the fandom.
[edit] Fandom Members
See Twilight fans for a directory of members of the fandom.
[edit] Fandom Size
[edit] December 2007
As of December 13, 2007, there were 30 stories on FanLib. [26]
As of December 27, 2007, there were 33 stories on FanLib and [27] 265 fans on FanPop. [28]
As of December 27, 2007, there were 11,628 stories on fanfiction.net, 124 forums on fanfiction.net, and 147 fan communities on fanfiction.net
[edit] June 2008
As of June 25, 2008, there were 26,134 stories, 340 communities and 190 forums on FanFiction.Net. [29]
As of June 25, 2008, there were 637 stories, 56 videos, 43 images, 32 poems, 4 screenplays and 3 lyrics on FanLib. [30]
[edit] External Links
- Buy Twilight @ Amazon.Com
- Twilight @ FanFiction.Net
- Twilight @ FanLib
- Twilight @ FanPop
- Twilight @ FanWorksFinder
- MyOwnTwilight - Fanfiction Archive
[edit] See also
[edit] Sources
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