The Twilight Renaissance is here, as more fans find fulfillment—and flaws—in the sparkly vampire romance.
When Lionsgate released Twilight 15 years ago, it brought with it a wave of teenage angst, vampiric lust, and fan fervor. Grossing about 10 times its budget at the box office, it was a certified hit, unleashing four subsequent sequels, countless breathless news pieces about stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart’s on-again, off-again romance, and a backlash so toxic that it made genuine fans of the series—and of author Stephenie Meyer’s original books—retreat inward and toward each other.
Nikki Pearce and Rebekah Sine, who ran one of the original “this is ridiculous, but we love it”-style fan blogs, Letters to Twilight, say that they’re glad people are appreciating the franchise now, flaws and all. “It’s cool now,” Pearce says. “There’s new fan merch that’s funny and cute, and we probably wouldn’t have seen that stuff 10 years ago.
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