Following the news that Stephenie Meyer’s college roommate Heidi Stanton is suing Stephenie Meyer for Plagiarism, author of Twilight series debunked the news as untrue herself. May the number of people who are not surprised by the debunk of the rumor speak up…. chirp, chirp, chirp. Well, as I though.
So yes, Stephenie Meyer debunked the lawsuit rumor, but what does it mean? Well, it could mean one of two things:
1 – Heidi Stanton is lie telling. Perhaps she’s an attention whore who wanted to glide on the fact that she remembers Stephenie Meyer from her college years and took a shot at drawing attention at herself. But the shot failed and backfired.
2 – Stephenie Meyer’s men knocked on the door of Heidi Stanton and said: “Look miss, Twilight saga is a cash cow beyond imagining. Let’s put this plagiarism to rest, Stephenie Meyer will shut it down by debunking it as rumor, and we will give you cut from all future profits of twilight franchise. Considering the success of the franchise, you are looking at millions of dollars a year for a long time. And you don’t have to do anything. Stephenie Meyer did all the work by writing the books herself, Summit Entertainment did all their work and filmed a successful movie. All is required of you is to get quiet and stay quiet. No nothing and you’ll get ridiculously rich overnight. What say you?”
What do you think Heidi Stanton would say? She was filing the lawsuit with intentions to monetize on it anyway. If she can get far more from it and without hassles and risks of a lawsuit, of course she’s gonna take it.
Or maybe there is an reason #3 – Heidi Stanton doesn’t exist and never existed. Somebody fabricated it just the way they fabricated the Robert Pattinson stinks rumor. Yes, that’s what it is. When something becomes a success, lots of bad blood starts flowing around, often showing as malicious rumors that have no truth to it. That’s probably what the lawsuit against Stephenie Meyer is all about. But where did the rumor originate? Who was the creative mastermind behind it?
