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I highly doubt it's that deep. I think it's just a movie producer glomping onto the Twilight fame by using the same formula of pretty girl+horrible sensitive monster, but adding in miniskirts and a fairy tale theme,

I doubt it. Hollywood only goes for modern day stuff, they don't do 'deep' at all.

Given the vampire/psychic craze in the past 2 decades, I think they just cashed in on an old nursery tale.