Comments on: 30 Days of Twilight

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:56:27 +0000

Just the thing for you: Laurel Hamilton's Anita Blake series. She's in a triangle with a vampire and a werewolf.

By: BloodyRose

BloodyRose — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:48:43 +0000

Hi, I'm new to this whole " write your opinion and bash whatever the hell you feel like bashing" scenario, but it looks fun! I didn't really like Twilight that much, in fact I thought it was pretty stupid and degrading that someone like Bella, who's so dependent and clingy, can even have a chance of finding someone like Edward; i think his equally pathetic for liking her, blood or no blood. However, I'm concerned about the Werewolves in this whole genre; they never get enough publicity and are generally the underdogs ( no pun intended.) If Twilight can screw around with Vampires and tell us they sparkle, can't we at least afford to write a book that upgrades the Werewolf status? I think they deserve a little more credit then Vampires; they're pretty cool.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:22:27 +0000

Late to the party but I have to say it: have you heard of a new book series called "Generation Dead"? Goth girl falls in love with a zombie – only don't call them that. Newlydeads, living impaired, differently biotic… anything but the z-word!

By: mak

mak — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:38:21 +0000

Test. Please ignore.

By: brutalentropy

brutalentropy — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:35:27 +0000

I love the idea of a zombie… it can be filled with such great lines as "With other boys, she knew they would always be only going after one thing. Tristopher only wanted one thing, too, but it was different– he wanted her for her mind."

By: Marlicat

Marlicat — Mon, 18 May 2009 23:21:34 +0000

If you haven't read Twilight, don't. It'll rot your brain.

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:36:36 +0000

Thanks!

By: hijinksensu5337

hijinksensu5337 — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:36:36 +0000

thanks. I think it ads some visual appeal above the standard color gradient.

By: Stawberi

Stawberi — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 13:45:01 +0000

Actually, there are stories about misfit teen girls falling for zombies. It's called Generation Dead, by Daniel Waters. Features "Phoebe Kendell [who is] just your typical goth, but since the strange occurrence of living impaired [read: zombies], typical is not a common phrase. When Phoebe falls for Tommy Williams, a living impaired, her whole world is turned upside down."

By: Cactuscat

Cactuscat — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:14:44 +0000

I think you're hitting on the point of what a lot of people who don't like the books/film take issue with. For a lot of us die-hard fantasy and sci-fi fans there are certain rules and conventions that need to be adhered to–or at least acknowledged. The rules of what makes a vampire a vampire are older than most works of fiction and you can't just fly in the face of them and still insist your books are about vampires. To wit: If it walks like a ducks, quacks like an aardvark, and looks like a mongoose, you can't call it a wedge of fine Havarti cheese…

A lot f the anti-Twilight noise would probably never happened if Meyer had called her vampires something else. "Goth-bait prettybois" comes to mind as an alternative…

Unless "Prettyboi" is a character in one of the books, in which case I apologize for my faux pas…