Am I the Only One Sick of Vampires?
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Seconded!Markgraf said:
Honestly, it bothers the hell out of me how many 'romantic' vampires are out there. They have become the new 'teen' thing I have seen, with people fawning over the idea of some dark savour of the night who will sweep down out of the shadows just to be willing sex slaves to their desires.
Now any time I run into one of these teens who want vampires I direct them to the WOD series myself. If they are going be enthralled with vampires then they might as well have something with a good history! Something with more then the sorry 'I am dark and emo, everyone should love me' excuse we get for vampires in the modern era.
I just like Vampires to have a realistic character. Still, personally, I don't mind vampires at all... dragons trump vampires!
Best vampire ever: Kane, out of the legacy of Kane series. If any of us woke up as an undead vampire we would all strive to take over the world and turn it into our blood filled play thing. Faced with the choice of dying to save the world or living and damning it... well Kane chose the only real choice: DAMN THE WORLD!
Do you mean Bloodlines? I just finished re-playing Redemption (which is an awesome, if somewhat old game) and I'm pretty sure you're landed firmly as a BrujahFirenz said:
On the subject of places to go for non-Mills and Boon vampires (while I have enjoyed the Southern Vampire series that True Blood is based off, they are slightly over-romanticised), Jim Butcher's vamps in his Dresden books are pretty well done on the whole (and vastly different from the way they came across in the TV series, which I liked somewhat less than the books). And then of course the Dresden books are pretty awesome by themselves.
Holy crap. I just read all four pages he had for the different books. That was freaking hilarious!Dorian Cornelius Jasper said:
Worst vampire story ever. Smeyers (lol) really needs to read some Charlaine Harris, to see how to do conflict between shifters and vampires over a woman right. That and her sex scenes are awesome. Plus, damn, there are a lot of parallels between the two series.
Like, the vampires not being able to read the main character's mind in Twilight. Sounds really freaking similar to the Stackhouse books. Vampires having unique abilities. Yup, that's there too.
Not saying that the Stackhouse books are brimming with originality here, but damn, seems like the Twilight series involved Smeyers just reading the Stackhouse books, taking notes, then watering everything down, adding buckets of emo, and then slapping her name on it.
that's the one, played them both a long time ago and get them confused soemtimes. Awesome games.zari said:Do you mean Bloodlines? I just finished re-playing Redemption (which is an awesome, if somewhat old game) and I'm pretty sure you're landed firmly as a Brujah
I'm sure that vampires crop up in Neil Gaiman's short stories every now and then, seem to remember them as being less "Children of the Night" cliched vampires and slightly darker more primal ones.
Well, lots of works go the unoriginal route and make vampires into "vaguely gothic superheroes/villains with added mythology baggage." In fact, sometimes that's precisely what World of Darkness could often devolve into. When vampires are defined by their unique superpowers then by golly this is what you get.Gaderael said:
On the other hand, hopefully the Stackhouse books lack Twilight's sparkle potential.
I'm sick of teenage vampires- Twilight I'm looking at you.
I'm sick of glamorous vampires- Underworld and Ann Rice I'm looking at you.
I'm sick of emo kids who think they are vampires- emo kids who think they're vampires I'm looking at you.
I have to admit though, there's about 20 minutes out of every episode of True Blood that I enjoy. When it isn't a gratuitous sex scene, or pointless side-stories written solely to flesh out uninteresting supporting characters. When they show vampires as being mean-spirited and callous with little regard for human life, the way vampires should be. Although those are the vampires made to look like the bad guys of the show.
Also wanted to add that I've seen essays and shorts written by teenagers that are more well written than anything Stephanie Myers has put out. Love or hate Stephen King I wanted to applaud him when he wrote in Entertainment Weekly that she "can't write for shit".
I'm sick of glamorous vampires- Underworld and Ann Rice I'm looking at you.
I'm sick of emo kids who think they are vampires- emo kids who think they're vampires I'm looking at you.
I have to admit though, there's about 20 minutes out of every episode of True Blood that I enjoy. When it isn't a gratuitous sex scene, or pointless side-stories written solely to flesh out uninteresting supporting characters. When they show vampires as being mean-spirited and callous with little regard for human life, the way vampires should be. Although those are the vampires made to look like the bad guys of the show.
Also wanted to add that I've seen essays and shorts written by teenagers that are more well written than anything Stephanie Myers has put out. Love or hate Stephen King I wanted to applaud him when he wrote in Entertainment Weekly that she "can't write for shit".
No sparkle potential here. The minute daylight comes, they go corpse-like. Only the older ones can sort of stay awake. Even then it's like waking a statue. Plus, they go crispy fried in a short period of time. Again, not really original, but they don't look like a friggin' disco ball.Dorian Cornelius Jasper said:
Christopher Golden did a good vampire series. They were like regular people, having to work jobs, like convenience stores and the like. Some were good, some evil. Like humans. Only not. Good secret war with the Catholic Church. Probably the coolest vampire origin story I've read. Man, I've got to go read those again. If you're interested, the series is called "The Shadow Saga".
Vampires used to be cool, but it's practically a fad nowadays...
I enjoyed Blade 2, the badass vampire is something I don't mind.
I don't actually know much about Twilight, but pale male models don't really appeal to me...
I enjoyed Blade 2, the badass vampire is something I don't mind.
I don't actually know much about Twilight, but pale male models don't really appeal to me...
Good point, seeing as nobody has written homo-erotic, pathetically simple zombie love stories (that I know of) Zombie's image is secure for another day.Rathy said:
How about more books and films about Igors?Vrex360 said:
Seriously, thanks for the posts guys. I really thought I was the only one at one stage as there are people I know that just can't get enough of vampire stories.
I think some have hit the nail on the head that these days feminine men are the in thing, and I guess seeing as Vampires look pretty much that (you never see vampires that looke like Arnold Swertz... Arnold Swartzen... Arnold. S) they fill the shoes of many young girl's desire.
But it's not just young girls. I've straight, mature male friends who love the bloody things too!
I started getting tired of them even before Twilight (although I think it's heightened my loathing for them to boiling point).
This is the first time I've seen anyone other than South Park take a dig at Twilight.Amnestic said:
But hating Bush isn't jumping on the bandwagon. It's common sense.
I wouldn't say 'homo-erotic', but technically 3x3 Eyes is a Zombie love story. But the main character wasn't a zombie in the typical brain-eating sense.BolognaBaloney said:
