Twilight

[deireanach]

I saw the first film last night. Not my cup of tea, but I think I see what the fuss is about. It's all about love at first sight, to the point of addiction... and it caters, no, panders to the teen-age female in this

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[infinitepryde]

Hasn't pop-lit always been heading in that direction?

(Granted, the example that comes to mind is Bond films, which are technically not literature...)

[deireanach]

Hmm. I hadn't considered Bond films in that light, but you could be right. I'm not a particular fan of Bond, either, although I like those films more than I liked the Twilight film.

This could be because I grew up on male fantasy literature (SF, action-adventure, mystery, ...) and Twilight is very much a female fantasy. The tropes are completely different and the emotional throughline has a completely different shape. Perhaps I should have wondered if pop-lit is heading in the direction of female wish-fulfillment fantasy.