murersr
Acolyte
Who here hates that vampires have been reduced to glittering vegans?
There was a time when night and the dark were feared and avoided. This wasn't entirely because of superstition. People wandering away from human settlement and manmade light were in genuine danger. Vampires were only one of the dangers hiding in the night.
But vampires weren't just creatures of the night, they were also its victims. They were exiles. They were being punished by being excluded from society and light and warmth. There was a religious aspect to this: they were deprived of the light created by God and of the sight of God's creation. So vampires, banished into the darkness, were being punished by never being able to see the day, God's glorious light, or the world created by God.
In modern urban life, however, nightlife doesn't equal danger or exile. Rather, it represents excitement, freedom, and limitless possibilities. At night, the familiar world of daytime changes into a place of enticing mysteries, new adventures, intriguing shadows, and, perhaps, erotic encounters. Who is more at home in this world than the vampire?
He has gone from being the ultimate predator to being the ultimate outlaw. The former figure was terrifying; the latter is fascinating. Instead of fleeing from him, we are drawn to him because we want to be like him.
Who here hates that vampires have been reduced to glittering vegans?
I hate the sparkling thing because it takes the vampire's greatest weakness and turns it into a minor annoyance, essentially making them unkillable, which is not only bloody cheating, but boring as well. What's the point of a vampire that can't be hunted down and killed? Oh right, teen girl wish fulfillment. No thanks.
[rant]Vampires represent evil. (Their greatest weakness is the sun, i.e. the holy light of God.) And therefore by extension an unkillable and incurable vampire represents that evil is not just desirable, but impossible to defeat or overcome. This is (one of the reasons) why I hate Twilight. It's a dumb teen love letter to the final triumph of evil. [/rant]
I hate the sparkling thing because it takes the vampire's greatest weakness and turns it into a minor annoyance, essentially making them unkillable, which is not only bloody cheating, but boring as well. What's the point of a vampire that can't be hunted down and killed? Oh right, teen girl wish fulfillment. No thanks.
I hate the sparkling thing because it takes the vampire's greatest weakness and turns it into a minor annoyance, essentially making them unkillable,
which is not only bloody cheating, but boring as well. What's the point of a vampire that can't be hunted down and killed?