I said a long time ago that transness in the Harry Potter universe is probably resolved in children via magical, identity-death-inducing conversion therapy Similarly, I can't help but speculate that becoming a vampire or werewolf in the Twilight universe detransitions you
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Replying to @loudpenitent
The Mormonism of the author and the fact that vampirism in Twilight completely remakes your body, like it completely purges you of any physical "flaws" and makes you into a perfectly symmetrical god-golem
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Replying to @Nymphomachy
I mean I think we have opposite takes here. I tend to assume in the absence of an author's statement, the setting should be seen as erring on the side of more progressive.
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Replying to @loudpenitent
I mean this isn't supposition, the body literally "converts" to something resembling mint condition, this is textual in the novels, I think tattoos and amputations get erased too, like if you were in a wheelchair beforehand you don't need one afterward
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Replying to @Nymphomachy
The thing is "perfect" is wholly subjective, isn't it? I would assume something more like idealized self image.
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Replying to @loudpenitent @Nymphomachy
No, it's explicitly not Leah Clearwater gets a whole speech about how she hates being a werewolf and hates that her body is frozen in time and she doesn't age naturally but it doesn't do her any good
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It's supposed to be a curse, the fact that Meyer dwells on the benefits of it notwithstanding
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Oh, fun fact, the specific thing Leah hates about being a werewolf is that because her body's "natural cycles" have been interrupted and frozen in time she's now infertile
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There's also a thing where Bella's dad has a werewolf blood sample analyzed and finds it has extremely elevated levels of testosterone So there's that
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