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Why Everyone’s Watching ‘Twilight’ During the Pandemic

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The so-called “Twilight renaissance” did not begin with the pandemic, but couch-centered lockdown has reawakened some very deep feelings about Edward, Bella, Jacob, and co.

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In Twilight, the young adult fantasy series written by Stephenie Meyer and later turned into a blockbuster film franchise starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, the main character—a tortured, mysterious vampire named Edward Cullen—was transformed into a monster while suffering from Spanish

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