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[Raye Johnsen]

I wrote:
> I'm not sure which of about five authors was the one who introduced BDSM to Twilight fandom, but whichever one it was needs a kiss on the> cheek and a good slap.  The kiss, because dear god the number of times I've wanted to turn Bella and/or Edward over my knee and give them> a good spanking, and there are actually a lot of good BDSM fics in the fandom. The slap, because "Fifty Shades of Grey" started out as a> Twilight BDSM fanfic (which I read as it was being written, and I'll be honest, compared to the other BDSM fics in the fandom at the time, I> thought it was worth exactly what I paid for it).
From: Ignacio Moreno <kinai2k7 at gmail.com>:

> I would like to know how many people know that Fifty Shades of Grey started out as a Twilight BDSM fanfic; but I am more curious to know> why if it 'was worth exactly what I paid for it' (that's nothing); it has had so much success.
I don't know how many people know.  It's common knowledge within the fandom, of course, and I know that at the time of publication of the first volume, a number of articles about the book and its subject matter mentioned it, but if you just picked it up in the bookstore or got told about it by someone outside Twilight fandom, you probably wouldn't know it was originally called 'Masters of the Universe'.  Truthfully, I don't think it matters very much.
There are a number of reasons that all came together for its success, I think:1) My opinion is obviously not universal; there were a lot of people who loved the story, too.  The first erotic story I ever read, fanfic or otherwise, was "The Story of O", and I hold to that bar, so my standards are pretty high. 2) The author is a PR person by profession; she knew how to sell her story.  Also, she was independently wealthy even before the book took off and could afford to pay for advertising.3) Erotica was actually on the edge of a breakthrough at that point of time, and *something* was going to push it through.  The specialist erotica publishers had managed to get themselves into the mainstream bookstores, and there was a lot of adult stores and retailers who were teetering on the edge of breakout. If it hadn't been Fifty Shades, it would have been something else.4) In itself, it's spicy enough to entice but vanilla enough to not unsettle the first-time erotica reader.  I can think of worse things to introduce BDSM to Middle America with. 
Raye

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