Stephanie Meyer writes for Harlequin

Its a little known fact that Stephanie Meyer originally intended her literary aboninations to be more traditional harleuin-style romance novels aimed at the traditional romance market, even having the vampires and werewolves replaces by two factions of aristocrats. Lets say she maintains this, and the world is spared the Twilight Saga.

How does this effect society?
 
Its a little known fact that Stephanie Meyer originally intended her literary aboninations to be more traditional harleuin-style romance novels aimed at the traditional romance market, even having the vampires and werewolves replaces by two factions of aristocrats. Lets say she maintains this, and the world is spared the Twilight Saga.

How does this effect society?

Fewer vampire-obsessed teenage girls, and maybe the Wizard trend set by Harry Potter continues, with no vampire interruption. Maybe some books set in the Harry Potter universe without Harry and Co., or maybe just a similar world, and a wizarding romance?
 
Very interesting. As a lark, some female friends of mine in high school looked into writing for Harlequin; it turns out they have a very elaborate "style guide" which has a built in morality code. No abortions, no actual cheating (hard as that is to believe), etc. etc.

What's interesting about Twilight is that is manages to hold essentially to these very traditional mores while still maintaining a "sexy" and "edgy" character. This is mainly due to subject matter- Vampires have always been a sexualized monster.

So if stephanie Meyer is off writing bodice rippers, I still think something a lot like Twilight would come along; there's been an effort to mainstream and make "cool" more traditional values (read: Christian) in the last few years by reconciling pop culture with social conservatism- especially sexual mores.

When you take this in combination with the highly sexualized American fixation with virginity, I think the 2000's is exactly the time for a virginal-but-sexy-but-lots-of-tension-but-elaborate-metaphor-for-purity fantasy tale aimed at young women. The question is; if not Meyer, then who, and if not vampires, then what?
 
Very interesting. As a lark, some female friends of mine in high school looked into writing for Harlequin; it turns out they have a very elaborate "style guide" which has a built in morality code. No abortions, no actual cheating (hard as that is to believe), etc. etc.

What's interesting about Twilight is that is manages to hold essentially to these very traditional mores while still maintaining a "sexy" and "edgy" character. This is mainly due to subject matter- Vampires have always been a sexualized monster.

So if stephanie Meyer is off writing bodice rippers, I still think something a lot like Twilight would come along; there's been an effort to mainstream and make "cool" more traditional values (read: Christian) in the last few years by reconciling pop culture with social conservatism- especially sexual mores.

When you take this in combination with the highly sexualized American fixation with virginity, I think the 2000's is exactly the time for a virginal-but-sexy-but-lots-of-tension-but-elaborate-metaphor-for-purity fantasy tale aimed at young women. The question is; if not Meyer, then who, and if not vampires, then what?

Zombies?:eek::eek::eek:
 

Paul MacQ

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Well if you look at the Nocturne Blaze and Sexy Range there is rather descriptive sex scenes and far from virginal
 
My pick would be even more Steam punk fairy and Angels or books that have all three.

Ohh, I could see something really interesting, like Twilight but set in rural Arizona and based around a group of Nephilim. Also seductive, and actually religious in nature :D
 
Bah, let the Teeny Girls have the Twilight. Doesn't hurt anyone except a few brain cells. Then again, it's not like we've liked things that haven't killed a few of our brain cells.
 
What would be the next big thing in Fantasy if the paranormal romances never take hold? Maybe Percy Jackson causes a Myth based trend, or Inheritance starts a dragon based one.
 
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