Question about Twilight.

[IamQ]

I asked my little sister about the Twiligth book series, and when I asked about the whole glowing buissnies when vampires are exposed to light, because I thought it sounded kind of stupid, if it was only that. Apparently it is only that though, so now I'm a bit confused.

What's so bad about glowing? Just come up with some reason why, or just pretend to be offended about the questions. At the most desperate situation, put on a costume and call yourself 'glowing man' or something. Seriusly, that glowing stuff really bugs me.

Edit: it seems people got the wrong idea when I said "What's so bad about glowing?" What I ment was: What is so bad for the vampire if he/she glows? Because I didn't get what the 'horrifying' effect was that the vampires usually get from the sunlight.

 

[Archaon6044]

aparantly it's bad, because vampires should be bursting into flames instead of glowing. i wouldn't know, i never took much interest in that sort of lore, and i haven't read twilight, and niether do i have any desire to do so

 

[Tullio]

Here's another question - why are so many people outright offended by this damn IP?

 

[Thyunda]

The vampire didn't glow, it sparkled. Not THE most masculine thing for a vampire to do, of course.
The big issue we all had was that in vampire history, so to speak, sunlight was fatal. Dracula was reduced to ashes when exposed to sunlight. Other vampires died in similar ways from the same cause.

 

[IamQ]

No, just no. You are confused by material made for teenage girls? Not to mention you are perpetuating the twilight thing, you are now part of the problem a terminator has been dispatched to your area.

Haven't the THREE movies teached us by now that a terminator can't do anything right? Only when they protect people, apparently.

Oh and really, there's no use in complaining about Twilight, they won't hear you, nor will they ever understand you.

Oh well, wasn't expecting much from the twilight fangirls anyway.

 

[Clirck]

Maybe I write a vampire book about vampires who exposed to sun change to Kiss bandmembers and start playing heavy metal while earth blows up. Nice conspect huh ?
I think the glowing part changing from vampires must burn when exposed to sun sucks, it's like if dwarves aren't short anymore and don't love beer.

 

[Skeleon]

Maybe it's about the sparkly glowing cinders that are all that remain of a vampire in sunlight? Ash, glowing cinders and ash.

 

[_Janny_]

Maybe I write a vampire book about vampires who exposed to sun change to Kiss bandmembers and start playing heavy metal while earth blows up. Nice conspect huh ?

I would love to see a book like that! At least heavy-metal playing vampires is a unique idea.

 

[LeonLethality]

Twilight f**ked up the rules of vampirism, if you really need any TRUE questions about vampires I know the answers (I have like a wierd obsession for werewolves and vampires, NOT TWILIGT -breath heavily- anyway yeah... GO HELLSING)

as for sunlight Vampires generaly die, some mythology says they are weakened some say it doesnt matter, a vampire regent (a vampire that has had an exceptionaly long life... er yeah life... can survive the sun unimpeded

 

[Tullio]

Twilight as a series completely shits all over vampire mythos in general. Rather than "I can't go out in the sun because I'll FUCKING BURN AND DIE", we have "I can't go out in the sun because I'll SPARKLE LIEK A DIAMOND HURRRR x3". Also, the main vampires don't frigging suck any blood from humans, which to me is the coolest thing about vampires.

Question - since when did writers have to stick to fantasy archetypes? No-one complains that D+D elves aren't the same as Tolkien's elves. Or that Rowlings dragons aren't the same as those from the chinese mythology.

Maybe I'm still just new at internet speaking, but why oh why is this all so despised?

 

[Agayek]

I asked my little sister about the Twiligth book series, and when I asked about the whole glowing buissnies when vampires are exposed to light, because I thought it sounded kind of stupid, if it was only that. Apparently it is only that though, so now I'm a bit confused.

What's so bad about glowing? Just come up with some reason why, or just pretend to be offended about the questions. At the most desperate situation, put on a costume and call yourself 'glowing man' or something. Seriusly, that glowing stuff really bugs me.

Look up Bram Stoker's Dracula and read that. That's the vast majority of Western vampire lore compiled into one easy package.

Long story short: Vampires are hurt by sunlight, sometimes they burn, sometimes it just weakens them, but it's never harmless.

And Twilight vampires are basically the worst vampires ever. Simply put, vampires are predators. They eat humans, among other things. You do not fall in love with your food, I don't care who you are.

Edit:

Question - since when did writers have to stick to fantasy archetypes? No-one complains that D+D elves aren't the same as Tolkien's elves. Or that Rowlings dragons aren't the same as those from the chinese mythology.

Maybe I'm still just new at internet speaking, but why oh why is this all so despised?

It's not really the violation of fantasy archetypes that causes so much rage over Twilight. It's the fact that it's a terrible book, with an uninspired plot, incredibly cheesy romance, poorly written, and millions of people seem to see it as the greatest thing since sliced bread.

As a rather avid fantasy reader, it's rather disheartening to hear such a terrible book being lauded as it is. It's worse than Harry Potter, which I honestly didn't think was possible.

 

[Undeed]

In the original vampire story, Brahm Stoker's Dracula, daylight turned Dracula into a 'low-powered vampire'. Basically, he couldn't acccess most of his abilities. The concept of vamires bursting into flame and such came with the advent of cinema, as it was found to be more exciting. Sparkles were never my greatest concern anyway. I was more concerned when, upon investigating the 'romance', I found many signs of an abusive relationship in the making. Watching her while she sleeps, following her around, other stuff I can't recall, but isn't normal or healthy. All of my information is second hand, as I couldn't be arsed to read the novel, so I may be wrong.

 

[antipunt]

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa230/puntnf/poopedward.jpg

 

[RavingPenguin]

Twilight is pretty much just a joke about how Washington never sees any sun. A claim that I know to be unfounded, as it's been sunny the past week. Even when it rained over the weekend.

It has been fairly nice recently, hasnt it?

On topic, I believe the author needed an excuse on why vampires stayed away from the sun without conforming to stereotypes. As for the reason it happens, I do believe its some genetic thing. The author explains in one of the books that vampires supposedly have 25 chromosones as opposed to 23 (I believe those are the right numbers), which is the supposed reason for all the vampire freakiness. Yes, I have read the all the books and watched the movie. You may say I wasted my time, but I found it an enlightening pathway into the modern female psyche.

Edited for scientific reason thingys