Twilight, and 50 Shades, were such massive names that you literally couldn't escape them for years and they were daily conversation pieces for women. Even worse, 50 Shades, literal pornography, gained such cultural prominence it wasn't uncommon to hear middle schoolers talking about it.
And the entire story is intentionally bland and blank girl becomes the object of obsession from incredibly powerful and/rich men and are the most important person in the world.
The female power fantasy is being "an average girl" that gets praised just for being herself and having things her way
Twilight, and 50 Shades, were such massive names that you literally couldn't escape them for years and they were daily conversation pieces for women. Even worse, 50 Shades, literal pornography, gained such cultural prominence it wasn't uncommon to hear middle schoolers talking about it.
And the entire story is intentionally bland and blank girl becomes the object of obsession from incredibly powerful and/rich men and are the most important person in the world.
50 shades of gray started as a Twilight fanfic called "master of the universe"
I know, that's why I mentioned it as a subsidiary. The "blank" main character is technically the same person as it was written.