[ SECRET POST #3228 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3228 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

[ketita]

Does it actually change the way the characters are perceived, this switch?

[(Anonymous)]

Bella as a boy is way more boring. Edward as a girl is still a creepy stalker. Meyer changed some stuff around that didn't sit with me right. I think in the original it's Billy and Jacob that fix Bella's car, but in this one, Bonnie (genderbent Billy) pays someone to do it. Billy goes fishing, but Bonnie only fished with her husband. Royal (genderbent Rosalie) doesn't get raped, but beaten. Those are just the examples I remember (I skimmed it real fast at Barnes and Noble), but there were these weird gender specific changes that were jarring because the vast majority of the book is literally a copy paste job.

[ketita]

Huh, these things you mention are pretty discomfiting - and kind of textbook examples of gendered stereotypes. A girl will be raped, a guy beat up, that's just how things roll.

[(Anonymous)]

Wow, that's gross. Not that I imagined SMeyer would reach beyond traditional gender roles and stereotypes.

[(Anonymous)]

Cleolinda did an excellent and detailed breakdown of the differences between the two texts: http://cleolinda.livejournal.com/1096137.html

[ketita]

Oh, thanks!

eta: boo, it's twitter convos :c I need more than twitter's character limit to really get an analysis.

[(Anonymous)]

So...is there an excellent and detailed breakdown of the differences that doesn't use fucking Twitter?

[leisuretime]

Someone at Buzzed took a pretty good look, though some of the examples above weren't mentioned.