More Twilight ranting

[angelicmadrigal]

Someone please explain to me how Twilight is anything special. Someone PLEASE explain to me how it's doing anything new and ground breaking in the realm of vampire fiction. PLEASE PLEASE tell me how it's not a complete and utter rip of of everything that's already been done in vampire fiction and in vampire roleplaying games. In my opinion for me

Comments

[satyrblade]

You're right in that there's isn't much new about Twilight. It's just introducing the old tropes/ cliches to an audience too young to know how overdone they are. The one new-ish element about it, though, is what appears to be making Twilight so popular.

You're right: Twilight has nothing to do with the Vampire as history or as archetype. It has everything to do with wish-fulfillment. Twilight is neither horror, thriller, satire nor erotica. It's a more-or-less chaste romance in which the Super Beautiful Bad Boy protects his adolescent girlfriend from the horrors of the Big Bad World.

Edward Cullen is dangerous enough to be thrilling, but presents no serious danger to Belle. He's a cool and gorgeous escort into adulthood, neither rushing her nor truly coddling her. As a symbol, Edward isn't Plague or Parasite, Genderqueer Proxy or even Power Fantasy - he's a Protector. And for girls hitting the uncertain age between childhood and adulthood, the idea of an "escort" through that territory who also happens to be a vaguely sinister

[angelicmadrigal]

I actually attempted to read about 1 chapter of it(from my cousin who was raving about it) and all I could was roll my eyes. So no one is EVER going to convince me it's good...hell no one is ever going to convince me it's mediocre

[angelicmadrigal]

Don't bother, Twilight is crap.

And honestly the interest in vampirism isn't relaly what I would consider mainstream at all. I think it certain subcultures it is something you get into, but the vast majority of society rejects it a lot. Most people in my opinion that are intersted in vampire related stories tend to be "deetdeedee...vampires are sexy and therefore cool" which makes me roll my eyes honestly.