Twilight from Leah’s perspective?

[Madame Celeste]

Not too long ago, I felt like adding a new post to the thread “If YOUR character(s) met people in Twilight...” for some funsies. I really wanted to do a post featuring Leah, so just to make sure I portrayed her well enough, I paid a visit to the Twilight wiki and looked up the page on Leah Clearwater. After very briefly skimming through it, I came across this little gem in the Trivia section of the article:

Stephenie Meyer has affirmed that if she was to make another chapter of the Twilight Saga, Leah's perspective might be used.

There was no linkable source to confirm this, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t intrigued. On the one hand, SMeyer’s past treatment of Leah as a character doesn’t inspire much confidence in how a Leah-focused Twilight book might turn out. But on the other hand, Leah definitely was one of the more interesting (and, in many ways, much more noble/relatable) characters in the Twilight universe, so if such a book does come out, I just might be willing to give it a try, if only for that reason.

That’s my two cents so far, but what do you guys think?

Do you think a Twilight book from Leah’s perspective might actually be published, especially considering Midnight Sun was finally released despite everyone thinking the full book would never see the light of day?

If it DOES come out someday, what are your thoughts on how it’ll be handled? What would you like (or hate) to see in it?

Let the discussion begin.

[annabellamy]

I could see it working in the hands of a competent author, like Kelley Armstrong (it's been a while but didn't she actually write a series about female werewolves?)

[Madame Celeste]

I know Kelley Armstrong has a book series starring a female werewolf (the “Werewolves” series, starring Elena). I haven’t actually read it yet, so I can’t really offer a valid opinion on it, but you make a good point that Leah’s perspective would need to be handled well.

[Musette]

It seems Meyer was aware of the critisicm that Twilight was rampant with sexist themes, so she made Life and Death. The problem is she didn't and still doesn't understand exactly what the issues are. For this reason I'd prefer she not do anything from Leah's perspective.

There was so much unrealized potential with Leah I just do not even trust her to do her justice. It would be nice of course but not with Meyer at the helm.

[Madame Celeste]

Oct 4, 2020 9:50:59 GMT -8 Musette said:

It seems Meyer was aware of the critisicm that Twilight was rampant with sexist themes, so she made Life and Death. The problem is she didn't and still doesn't understand exactly what the issues are. For this reason I'd prefer she not do anything from Leah's perspective.

The problems with Twilight involved more than just sexist themes per se (the anti-human bias that SMeyer herself admitted to, for instance) which was a big part of why Life and Death wasn’t really any better than the original Twilight. That’s a topic for another thread, but I see what you mean. There are quite a few characters I can think of (not just in Twilight) who have tons of unrealized potential that would need to be handled well to avoid damaging their character/story; not naming names, but I definitely count Leah on that list.

Oct 4, 2020 9:50:59 GMT -8 Musette said:

There was so much unrealized potential with Leah I just do not even trust her to do her justice. It would be nice of course but not with Meyer at the helm.

I know there have been some Leah-centric fanfics and the like that explored her character in some pretty cool ways and/or generally took her in some very interesting directions. I don’t have any links on hand at the moment, but if I find them again I’ll be sure to let you know.