tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post879985248244944505..comments2024-03-24T18:32:45.563-04:00Comments on Black and White: I Don't Do VampiresAnne E.G. Nydamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02406524149458743460noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-16418546905045162232011-02-09T10:31:53.191-05:002011-02-09T10:31:53.191-05:00Wasn't part of the original sexiness that the ...Wasn't part of the original sexiness that the swooning victim didn't really know what was going on--she was lost in the seduction or enchantment of the moment? The Twilight series, on the other hand, creates romances where everyone knows the danger, violence, physical pain, etc.--and still defines it as love. I agree there is a great creepiness here--and an equating of love with violence and inflicting/experiencing pain. (Not to mention how it sets femininism back a hundred years.)Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03628939745894807912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-86423380099555049692011-02-06T22:03:44.115-05:002011-02-06T22:03:44.115-05:00Hello, brandy-painter. Thanks for the comment. W...Hello, brandy-painter. Thanks for the comment. We anti-vampiricists (is that a good word for it?) need to stick together!Anne E.G. Nydamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406524149458743460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-7240811480852090782011-02-06T19:25:28.658-05:002011-02-06T19:25:28.658-05:00Thanks for this. People tend to look at me like I...Thanks for this. People tend to look at me like I'm crazy when I've expressed this opinion. Vampires are PARASITES. Definitely not sexy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-4978967758460031692011-02-05T19:10:33.766-05:002011-02-05T19:10:33.766-05:00Thanks for commenting, Father JP!
I think the sunl...Thanks for commenting, Father JP!<br />I think the sunlight is neither here nor there, although you're right that many of the characteristics commonly associated with vampires are the product of the nineteenth century, not the ancient folktales. Your point about the "allure" is a good one. If you have magic mesmerizing you then you might well not be able to resist no matter how abhorrent the monster actually is. Still, my point here is that vampires are not in any way cool or sexy, even if they might be able to trick a victim into thinking for a while that they are!Anne E.G. Nydamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406524149458743460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-52651664237475860212011-02-05T04:11:28.672-05:002011-02-05T04:11:28.672-05:00You're missing a huge part of the Vampires abi...You're missing a huge part of the Vampires abilities "the Allure of the Vampire". True the twitlight freaks are nothing more than faeries, NOT VAMPIRES! But Nosferatu was one of the biggest contributor of the lies of films. Nosferatu started the whole sunlight BS, Look at the legends and myths they show a ton of differences than the movies. Even if the Vampire is not the man of his or her dreams they mesmerize there prey to see them as they choose them to. Do not forget about the incubus that feeds on the life force as there prey sleeps and they are just the aura of the creature which they make themselves look hover they need to to get a good feeding.Father JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11687100084017980639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-59566183721256804272011-02-04T15:59:29.879-05:002011-02-04T15:59:29.879-05:00Is it a symptom of a civilization or culture or gr...Is it a symptom of a civilization or culture or group of people in decline that they need to keep ratcheting up whatever it takes to create a "thrill"? Fortunately I possess an "off" button on my technological purveyors of entertainment, and a good public library full of alternatives. Thanks, Anne, for expressing so clearly why this particular emperor has no clothes.Paxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-4372767081096662162011-02-04T11:49:56.919-05:002011-02-04T11:49:56.919-05:00Hello, Jeannette. Thanks for commenting! My daug...Hello, Jeannette. Thanks for commenting! My daughter is 8 now, and I certainly hope she has your daughter's good sense when she's 16! =)Anne E.G. Nydamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406524149458743460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-89388714594841283752011-02-04T11:48:16.844-05:002011-02-04T11:48:16.844-05:00I guess I really shouldn't be surprised. D sa...I guess I really shouldn't be surprised. D says Rule 34 of the internet states that "If you can imagine it, there's porn of it," and presumably romantic fantasy fiction, too. But I'm not even going to bother explaining why I don't think getting my brains ripped out and devoured sounds romantically appealing!Anne E.G. Nydamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406524149458743460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-24969156058339306842011-02-04T11:42:19.980-05:002011-02-04T11:42:19.980-05:00Great post! My daughter (16) and I found the whol...Great post! My daughter (16) and I found the whole Twilight thing pretty creepy - in a disgusting way. I think you summed it up well.<br /><br />I'm a big fan of Otto von Chriek, too. He certainly tells it like it is when he confronts William's father.Jeannettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11731136253782007761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-11766917738008059662011-02-04T11:13:41.693-05:002011-02-04T11:13:41.693-05:00I hate to tell you this, but yes...zombie romance ...I hate to tell you this, but yes...zombie romance novels are now trendy. I am hoping this trend will "die out" (pun intended) very quickly. Yuck!Penny Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14729149456469452771noreply@blogger.com