Fanlore:Featured Article Archives/2022: Week 43
Wide Awake is an All Human AU Twilight fanfic by angstgoddess003, focused on the pairing of Edward/Bella. The author posted a censored version of their story on FFN and an uncensored version on their Livejournal. This was likely due to FFN's ban of NC-17 content in 2002.
Many Twilight fans credit Wide Awake as their introduction to fandom and the first Twilight fanfiction they read. It was well loved within the fandom, despite its depictions of Edward and Bella being widely considered to be out-of-character (which some regard as a positive). The author's use of the term "unicorn" as a euphemism for an orgasm was embraced by Twilight fans, but other critics of the story found this off-putting.
This story has inspired many other fans to create art and vids set in the universe of Wide Awake. Each chapter was named after a cookie, which also inspired fans to create and share recipes. There were also fan sites and communities dedicated to this fic.
The fic was later removed from FFN and Livejournal by the author who was going to publish an original novel that used a lot of the same elements as Wide Awake.