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Twilight Inspired Characters Hitting Skyrim

June 12, 2012

One of our readers, Joshua, wrote in to tell us the following.

I’ve been delving deep into the world of Skyrim on PC, and I found this little mod. As part of one of the Thieves Guild quests you have to go to a place called the “Twilight Sepulcher”. This particular modder added three

“Followers” and aptly named them Jacob Black, Bella Swan, and Edward Cullen. It’s still a work in progress and I sent some feedback, as the character models don’t look anything like their Twilight counterparts. He made Bella Swan a Dark Elf for crying out loud! I did advise the modder that Jacob should just be a regular wolf follower, double sized, colored burnt red, and that he should make both Edward and Bella Bhretons, and give them fancy attire.

No matter it is still really funny having a character named Jacob, Edward, or Bella following you. They pack a mighty punch too. Here are a few in game picks I took, as proof.

Who knows what they will think of next, especially with Dawnguard (the new DLC) exclusively featuring a race of vampires trying to take over the world. Bethesda, also advised that there will be some special upgrades for all the werewolf lovers out there, since werewolves and vampires still don’t get a long.

For a history of what Skyrim is see Wikipedia.

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Novel Novice Founder Now an Author

June 12, 2012

Those of you who have visited the Lexicon for awhile might remember how the website Novel Novice started. Tiffany Truitt, the site’s founder, was a new teacher in a school district where the students had been labeled as difficult and behind in academics. She started a Twilight blog and had her students contribute to it in the hopes of encouraging them to read and write, and to share their thoughts and experiences with others. We caught wind of what the site had to offer (to be completely honest, we don’t remember how we discovered the site) and posted about it in our news round-up on May 23, 2008. It resulted in their site going from relative obscurity to getting practically 10,000 hits overnight. Eventually Novel Novice was so popular it got it’s own URL, added more staff (today under the leadership of Sara), and today they don’t just cover Twilight, but a wide range of YA Novels. Over the years the site has done any number of fantastic things from encouraging voter registration of young people, reading and literacy awareness campaigns, fabulous Twilight desktop wallpapers, etc.

Reflecting back on the experience, Tiffani wrote in to tell us, “I started a blog with my students called Twilight Novel Novice. I worked at a low-income school, and used the novels to encourage my struggling readers to delve into books. We did all sorts of things to get them interested: comics, commercials, soundtracks…all using Twilight. Your website was gracious enough to feature us. I can’t tell you how excited the kids were when I walked in and pulled up your website on the projector. Seriously one of the best moments I ever had teaching.”

There are a million Twilight sites out there. We get tons of requests asking us to feature a particular site. If we did, we’d probably close down for all other business. So, why did we feature Novel Novice that day? it was a site that was different, it hooked kids (boys and girls) on reading and discussing their ideas. At the time we had roughly three teachers on the admin staff and we loved the innovation, and how engaging kids who others had written off, in the world of YA lit opened them up to reading Twilight and then reading other things.

So today, Tiffani Truitt is a published YA author. Her debut novel, Chosen Ones is out today on Barnes and Noble and Amazon.

So on behalf of the entire staff of the Twilight Lexicon, congrats to Tiffani!

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Robert Pattinson Speaks Up on Behalf of Twilight Fans

June 11, 2012


Robert Pattinson had this to say to BBC News.

Asked what his Twilight fanbase would make of the film, the 26-year-old star said: “I think a lot of them will really connect to it. Over the years, people kind of get an idea of what you’re trying to do.

“Some of them will follow – some of them will just want you to play vampires, but most people don’t want you to repeat yourself. So hopefully they’ll like it.”

Twilight fans, he suggested, had come in for unfair criticism.

“People put down Twilight fans, but yesterday I got given on the red carpet in Berlin all these books from people who are lined up in the rain and are probably judged by everyone to be crazy.

“I got a signed first edition of the Martin Amis book, Money; a Lawrence Ferlinghetti book; the new [Michel] Houellebecq book. All these people come up and give what they’ve been reading and found interesting. This is not giving you teddy bears!”

See more on the BBC

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Hold the RPattz, Please

June 11, 2012

Robert Pattinson talked to The Guardian about Twilight and his current projects. Among other things, he doesn’t like the term RPattz.

For someone with the world at his feet – he has the Twilight franchise behind him and David Cronenberg’s icy drama Cosmopolis as his next release – Pattinson gives a good impression of a man plagued with self-doubt. “I’ve never really taken myself seriously as an actor,” he says, fresh off a plane from Germany, where, he notes by the by, everybody seems to hate him.

“It is surprising the amount of people who think I’m going to be really dumb,” he says. “I think they think anyone who has done teen movies is just an idiot. I don’t know, maybe I am. Some of the best actors, if you talk to them, they’re not the smartest people in the world.”

See more on The Guardian.

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Ode to the Trolls

June 8, 2012

This is a little off topic…all right it’s a lot off topic, but perhaps it will amuse those of you who have been watching the troll that popped up lately every time we put up a MTV Movie Awards post. The troll which posted under several names claimed that Twilight was denigrating the seriousness of the MTV Movie Awards. The troll is still around *Hi little troll…waves* put we’ve managed to trap its comments so that just the mods have to read them and not the entire readership.
With the Teen Choice Awards up next, no doubt it will be around for awhile longer. Please vote over at Teen Choice if you are eligible!

One of our Twitter followers sent us this (warning language, but it’s a funny satire) all about dealing with Internet trolls, the musical version. If you are a fan of British TV, you’ll recognize a lot of the faces.

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Never Before Seen Intro to The Host

June 8, 2012

As IVillage reports:

Stephenie Meyer, the famed author behind the uber-successful Twilight books, is taking another of her novels to the big screen. The film adaptation of her 2008 bestseller The Host — which stars The Lovely Bones actress Saoirse Ronan — will hit theaters in March 2013. And while the film’s release is still months away, we have a special treat to tide you over.

iVillage got its hands on Meyer’s never-before-seen intro to the book, which tells the story of an alien race that takes over Earth and its inhabitants.

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THE HOST by Stephenie Meyer, the author of THE TWILIGHT SAGA. Read the excerpt. In theaters 3/29!

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When Harry Met Edward

June 8, 2012

A company that does UK driving tours of Harry Potter filming sites came up with this cute comparison.

Harry Potter versus Edward Cullen – An infographic by the team at Argus Car Hire

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Billy Burke Heading To Comic Con on a Revolution Panel

June 7, 2012

The first major wave of Comic Con announcements from various studios started today. Warner Brothers just announced their TV shows that will be present. The new show, Revolution, starring Billy Burke (Charlie Swan) and JD Pardo (he plays Nahuel–the guy with the bow and arrow on the steps in the official picture), will be at Comic Con on Saturday, July 14 according to TV Line.

Revolution (NBC) | Stars Billy Burke, Giancarlo Esposito and Tracy Spiridakos join creator/executive producer Eric Kripke and director/co-executive producer Jon Favreau. (Room 6BCF)

At previous Comic Cons, Twilight actors have also had other shows at the convention such as last summer that had the following:

  • Kristen Stewart Snow White
  • Kellan Lutz The Immortals
  • Joe Anderson (Alistair) The River
  • Taylor Lautner Abduction

In general those panels are really good. You get to see the Twilight stars in a new role, plus you get to hear why you might be interested in the new material.

 

 

Looking into our crystal ball (we have no insider info just educated guesses) we think you may see material from the following at Comic Con:

Breaking Dawn
The Host
Apparition (Ashley Greene)
Java Heat (Kellan Lutz)

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A Breaking Dawn Bella Sticker Available on Get Glue

June 7, 2012

Last week Get Glue had a limited edition Jacob sticker. Today they have a Bella one. Can Edward be far behind?

Get the sticker here. It’s limited edition so don’t wait!

This could be a lot of fun if they decide to do all the covens!

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7 Things You’ve Never Seen Robert Pattinson Do Before

June 7, 2012

The Male TwiHard at Next Movie has a list of 7 things we’ve never seen Robert Pattinson do before in Twilight that he does do in Bel Ami.

1. Wear a Top Hat

Top hats were apparently all the rage in 1885 France, and not just for formal events. According to this film, they were considered great “walking-around” hats. Whether you were walking to buy flowers for your wife, or off to your journalism job you didn’t deserve, or headed to see one of your mistresses for a daylight love tryst — a top hat was called for.

It seems odd we don’t have this! Edward would have been great in a top hat!

Check out the entire list here.

Warning Bel Ami is an R-rated film.

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