Edith and Ben - Index

Basically gender-flipped Twilight with very different characters. Gender is probably one of the smaller differences between Edith Cullen and Edward Cullen. The same could be said of Ben Swan and Bella Swan.

The characters are different enough that it's almost certainly going to be impossible to make a single coherent scene for scene conversion of Twilight. It's easy enough to write what they'd do in a situation Edward and Bella were in, the trouble is that, since Edith and Ben wouldn't do the same things, something else would happen next. Where Edward and Bella progress from A to B to C, Edith and Ben progress from A to β, from B to Γ and from C to Δ, the sequence breaks.

Anyway, here are the stories so far:

Ben's Prologue - In which Ben contemplates how he got where he is while facing death.

Summers by the Sea - In which Ben looks back on a childish demand he made, and his mother followed through on, when he was 14 years old.

Gun Safety - In which Charlize makes sure Ben knows basic gun safety.

Eye color - In which Ben notices that Edith's eyes have changed color.

The Van Scene - In which Edith saves Ben from a rampaging van.

Tricia at the Hospital - In which Ben talks to the van's driver.

Would you believe? - In which Edith makes reference to a tv show from the 60s.

Some thoughts on Ben's clumsiness -Not actually story, just some thoughts on how the consequences of falling a lot might play into the story.

You Promised - In which Edith explains why she's not telling Ben the whole truth yet.



Not Paying Attention - In which Ben doesn't follow what Jesse is saying, gets called on it, and explains why.

Michelle and the Dance - In which Ben is asked to the spring dance.

Erica, Tricia, and the Dance - In which Ben talks to people in a parking lot.

Post Invitation Cooking - In which Ben cooks, and that's about it.

Can I come? - In which Edith asks Ben if she can come with him to Seattle.



Blood typing - In which the smell of blood reminds Ben of things he'd prefer not to think of.

Words, Music, and a Trip to the Nurse in the Middle - In which Edith walks Ben to the nurse while discussing words like Whither and Where, and then they discover they like some of the same music afterward.

I know what you are - In which Ben claims Edith sleeps in a coffin.

Rational Explanations - In which Edith claims it all makes sense.

Sometimes you talk like you're from a different time - In which Ben claims Edith's mode of speech shows her age.

Rainy Days and Sunshine - In which Ben suggests that Hawaii would be a better place to be a vampire and Edith points out a flaw in that plan.


Save Yourself - In which Edith claims that it's better she be put at greater risk if it will keep Ben out of danger, and Ben claims that it's better if he's put in danger if it will reduce the risk to Edith.

Getting the Venom out - In which Edith explains how that happened.

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Trigger Warning: Rape

Metapost: Some thoughts on rape - Even though Twilight's story contains both attempted rape and, at least in the case of backstory, actual rape I do not intended to include rape in Edith and Ben. However I have, since Edith is a mind reader whose been around for decades, put some thought into how Edith deals with rape. This is just a short bit about that.

I've just noticed that I don't mention it in the post, but where Twilight seems to come from the assumption that rape is a thing done by a gang of strangers, I wrote that post on the assumption that when Edith came into contact with attempted rape it would usually be acquaintance rape, probably by someone who did not consider it to be rape because they weren't fitting the popular conception of a rapist.

End Trigger Warning

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