marshmallowcreampie
A FOURTH one? But I remember being on the second one just a few days ago!
Twilight was PAINFUL to read. If I want a book that sounds like it was written by a 15 year old girl with access to thesaurus.com, I'd write a story myself. Plus, every other sentece was about how gorgeous Edward is. Who can honestly stand reading a book about how "hot" a guy is?
Also, I really have to question Bella. She is being stalked, yet she finds it romantic? I bet it's because Edward is teh hotz. She would never let an "ugly" guy do it. I also gotta ask... What makes Bella special? Edward has been alive for over a hundred years.He's probably run into hundreds of thousands of girls. Odds are, one of them would've smelt good enough to make him hot. Why is Bella the only one? Meyer never even bothers to explain... She also never bothers to explain their love. It's hard to tell that they "love" each other for reasons past looks and smell. This makes it infatuation, not love. When confronted by this, it's basically "They're in love because I said so!", similar to "They're vampires because I said so!". Which brings me to another point... When Meyer is confronted with a plot hole or story flaw, it always seems like her answers are made up on the spot. Comments on that?
I've actually been thinking about the whole stalking aspect. And, ya know what? It could've been really interesting if SMeyer had explored that aspect of the relationship in depth, Or had even gone so far as to make that the focus of the novel: obsession. She could have drawn parallels between the idea of being a vampire (a parasite, basically) and and a stalker, and the comparison of Bella being helpless against that vampire, as helpless as victims of such crimes often feel.
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Let's also make a quick discussion: which vampires and vampire media are better than Edward Cullen and Twilight, and why?
First off... "I Am Legend", the book. It looks at vampires in a scientific manner and explains their weaknesses. Plus, the vampires are more traditional. No sparkles.
"Tsubasa: The Resevoir Chronicles". At least these vamps actually live off HUMAN blood. A vampire who drinks animal blood is pretty much the same as a human who eats animal meat. It's not interesting.
"Blacula". I only saw the first 20 minutes or so (my little sister talks so much that it's impossible to watch a movie), but so far he's WAY cooler than Edward. Even though his "punches" look more like b***h slaps, at least he attacks people twenty minutes into the movie. Again, a vampire that acts totally like a human is NOT interesting.
"Vampire Knight". It's pretty interesting how there are differences between vampires who have always been vampires and vampires who were once human.
So, I like my vampires to be bloodthirsty. Makes it interesting. I've said it like, twice before, but a vampire who acts totally human is not interesting. Might as well make the character a human. I don't mind a few changes. Hell, little changes from time to time keep things from getting boring. But Meyer changed so much that there was little distinction from Edward and other vampires. Edward SPARKLED in the sunlight. That's stupid for any creature to do. Sounds like something made up by a little girl. I don't mind that he can survive in the sun, but couldn't Edward have just said "We don't really burn in the sun. That was made up" like they did in Tsubasa?
Edward also had no weakness. Without weakness, without anyone who can hurt them, there can't be an enemy. Without an enemy, there is no conflict. Without a conflict, there is hardly a plot. And no, two people who fall in "love" is not a plot. The cover is supposed to represent "forbidden fruit", but no one in the book says "Vampires and humans shouldn't be together!" and makes a real effort to try and stop them.
My list:
The Forsaken - Probably one of my most favorite vampire movies ever. The characters are different and interesting, there's a crap load of action, there's actual plot that even goes so far as to extend beyond the film (I love open endings, so that helps). The vampires aren't sparklepires, and yet they retain that animalistic sensuality that vampires are supposed to have.
Companions of the Night by Vivian Vande Velde - An actual interesting read. Very good characterization, and more of a 'beauty and the beast' type story than Meyer could ever
dream of coming close to. It's a book for teens, but it doesn't treat its audience like complete dimwits; it's complex.
True Blood - Both the HBO show (though it's definitely intended for adults) and the books (at least the first one, as that's the one I've just started to read). It's a first-person novel about a girl who falls in love with a vampire, but there are actual
reasons why she does, as opposed to him just being pretty. I've yet to find anything in the book that truly annoys me to any significant degree.
In the Forests of the Night by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes - It's a great book, and there are three others in the series. It should be said that the author finished the manuscript for the first book when she was
13. The vampires are actual vampires, the characters have depth, and each book has an interesting plot.
