sentences:  The Cullens were inspired by Meyer's own family as well as characters from the "X-Men" cartoon.Other influences on the series which Meyer has acknowledged include the 1847 novel "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë, HGTV, and the films "Iron Man" (2008), "Somewhere in Time" (1980), "Stranger than Fiction" (2006), and "Baby Mama" (2008).Other major themes of the series include choice and free will.