Okay before I begin my first blog entry and rant, for anyone who's going to read this, if you really like Twilight, Vampire Academy, Vampire Knight or any typical vampire romance literature DERIVED from Twilight please find another blog to read because this may contain things that might be offensive.
No seriously, go find another blog if you get offended that easily or are easy to flame other for voicing their opinion about something that you like and not liking their opinion.
Anyways, you know what get's me raging? Okay, you're having an intelligent conversation about the good and bad points about a book that you read for the sake of reading and that you're geuninely interested in the book. In this case, let's assume that it's a vampire horror and romance novel. Don't you just hate it when the other person, whom you thought had a brain to have a coherent conversation with suddenly goes of saying "[I]Oh I wish my boy/grilfriend was like Edward or Alice[/I]" or such and such?
Let's say that you said something along the lines of, "[B]I think the plot of this vampire novel is interesting, but the characters and the universe needs a bit more development.[/B]" Then the other person, whom has read or is in the process of reading Twilight, when hearing the keyword says, "[I]Oh Edward is sooo cool~[/I]"; "[I]Man, Jacob is one big piece of man-candy~[/I]"; "[I]-sighs- Yuki is sooo cute[/I]!" or "[I]Man I'd like a piece of Blood Rayne's -censored-![/I]" Then they go off in another conversation altogether talking about how so and so is so attractive annd etcetera?
These people need to grow up and shut up, please! I am sick, tired, frustrated and annoyed of the people warping good conversations and topics into a something perverted, wrong and beyond all means just plain stupid! I swear girls and guys who do this need to get a life! There's a fine line between admiring and obsessing, people! There are a few reasons why I retain this opinion and here are my reasons:
1. They are fictional characters! They do not exist and the writers did not write them for the sake of pleasing your sick fantasies of bedding a character! Even if it was as badly written as Twilight, I probably bet you that Ms Meyers didn't create Edward for the sake of satisfying your pleasures nor did Terminal Reality when they created Blood Rayne.
2. Even if they were real, and heaven forbid if they were real, they are for heaven's sake VAMPIRES! They are animated dead bodies that, by the laws of Natural Selection and Evolution, born and raised to feast upon the life force of human beings, no matter what they say! Now, some may say, "[I]No they'll never feed upon me. I'm their significant other! Besides he/she/it is vegetarian. He/She/It only feeds on animal blood.[/I]" And what your point may I ask? Seriously, there is no difference between animal and human blood. Believe or not we come from animals and are part of the animal kingdom as homo sapiens, a relative to the primeapes and chimpanzees. To vampires and creatures alike we are all a food source for them. Besides what stops them from feeding on their own love? Their love for you? Okay to an extent I'd like to believe it but let's face it, vampires, like humans are complex creatures who run on a number of emotional as well as instinctive behaviour as well as the baser needs and wants. Even if they did love, if they were forced to they will eat you, not now but eventually when food runs low. It's a dog eat dog world and only the fit can run in this world. If vampires were real then they would be on top of the food chain and eventually bring upon their own downfall.
3. Continuing my point in two about them being animated dead bodies, they are dead. Unless there is an established reason why in the universe vampires can sexually reproduce then fine this point is refuted and doesn't apply. But otherwise, this is nercophilia. I think and hope I do not need to elaborate on that since I think most can tell where this point is going. Anyways, I believe the only reason why vampires are portayed the way they are is because of the archaic idea of the dangers of infidelity as well as the temptation of promiscuity and etcetera. They are there as physical emobidments of the baser needs and wants of humanity.
And I shall stop there as the list can go on but those are mainly my main reasons why vampires as romantic and sexual interests are just a load of bulldust. Write about it all you want that's fine you're free to express this but please don't voice it out for others to hear. It just shows that you're brain is your sexual organs and hormones and you think with that rather then with your brain.
And another thing, stereotypical vampires! I swear, ever since the rise of Twilight there has been a influx of derivitive version of said novels and a rise of stereotypical vampires have appeared especially with the female vampires which has brought on alot of abuse. (To me it is abuse, I may be exaggerating here) Now, I am a feminist, I believe that girls and females in general shouldn't use their sexual appeal in order to get something they want. Sure it is valued in soceity but we are living beings with emotions, thoughts and intelligence. This applies to the female vampires. Why must they always be blonde or brunette (the good ones anyway) whilst the evil ones are black haired? Okay I know black is the colour of evil but that is seriously getting overused. Black doesn't always allude to evil, it could allude to professionalism, maturity, mourning, goth and etcetera. Why can't some of them be Asian or African American without turning into another culture's version of it? Also why are they always baring their fangs for no reason other then show? Last time I checked, it was to show who was powerful between to alpha males or females or otherwise a defensive mechanism to tell their predator to back off. Things like [URL="http://i1025.photobucket.com/albums/y319/Ferin-J-Raten/stupidity.png"]this[/URL] are just stupid, shows that these so called 'vampiresses' are just try-hards and should die in the most pathetic way possible that vampires do die in.
Another, the victims! For heaven's sake why are they always once again predominantly females? Is it because we get more emotional right? Is that it? Or is society's opinion so low about females that they portay them a desperate women needing attention from a being of darkness? Is that it? We just sex objects that get climaxes every two seconds? For once I would like to see a victim who is headstrong and practically rejects the vampire's attention, affections and goes pining for a human male. Or at least a psychotic female personality who is a mad scientist and is a vampire hater and is trying to develop a serum to turn the turned vampire humans back to their originals selves and kill vampires.
Well that's my rant for today. Seriously, I'm sick and tired of having to hear explicit, blatant or implied sick fantasies about fictional vampiric characters. Or reading cliche vampire novels where the human female lead is always pining for the male vampire who probably an emo socially-constipated angst ridden gary-stus. As well as the portayal of females (both vampire and human) in said vampire novels. For once I would like to have a conversation with a female about novels without them going goo-goo on me about a particular hot vampire or with a male who goes boing at the mention of vampire. Or read a book, written by a female author, that has a awesome plot with awesome characters. So far majority is mainly male, with Ann Rice being in my good books.
Now that rant's over, for those who have survive my servere and bitter criticism of the vampire romance genre, if you have any female novelists who has am awesome plot on vampires (up to the calibre of Ann Rice please) please give me the name of the author and book in my comment box.
Thanks again for your time in reading my rant.
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