Another one.

[silverflight8]

I dislike Twilight for many reasons, the stalking-is-love not one of the least reasons.

HOWEVER (and yes, this merits capslock), JUST BECAUSE MEYER'S VAMPIRES ARE NOT EXACTLY LIKE BRAM STOKER'S VAMPIRES, DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY ARE INVALID. CAN WE DITCH THE IDEA THAT A VAMPIRE MUST BE EXACTLY TO SUCH SPECIFICATIONS? THEY'RE MYTHICAL.

Too many of the reviews focus on sparkling (heaven forbid anything sparkle, it must be too girly) rather than the actual problems in Twilight.


tl;dr. a change from an established trope doesn't mean a book's bad. zomg, people

Comments

[theo-harrison.livejournal.com]

:D

Seriously, I wonder why anyone insists that. L and her writing partner have been working on a story-verse where folkloric vampires are real, and getting around the differences by having there be hundreds of different kinds, and the stacks of research notes for it are humongous (they've been at it since before the recent Urban Fantasy boom.)

[silverflight8.livejournal.com]

I think some readers realize they dislike the book for this or that reason--but others simply jump on the bandwagon and find that "sparkly vampires!" is an easy thing to bash. (I always associate it with glitter glue, personally, and perhaps that's why?)[second side note: why can't glitter be un-childish? D:]
...if all the different vampires are running around, I can see why so much research is required. Tell them good luck from me.

[theo-harrison.livejournal.com]

Fuck the haterz, glitter's awesome.

[silverflight8.livejournal.com]

:D It is.
I've never been able to figure out how to make the glue stay 3D, though. It always dries awkwardly. [Then again: cheap dollar-store glitter.]