https://azurite.dreamwidth.org/ MILES to GO || before I sleep - Dreamwidth Studios Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:56:38 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios azurite personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/302370/106183 https://azurite.dreamwidth.org/ 100 100 https://azurite.dreamwidth.org/654853.html Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:56:38 GMT https://azurite.dreamwidth.org/654853.html <a href="http://hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2009/08/05/buffy-creator-joss-whedon-angel-would-kick-the-s-t-out-of-edward-cullen/">Josh Whedon weighs in on the <em>Twilight</em> saga</a><br /><br />So Whedon gets why vampire romance is such a delicious topic, but when it boils down to the important stuff --Angel vs. Edward-- who'd win? Angel, of course. Mainly because he actually KNOWS how to fight, versus just sparkle in the sun. Bursting into flame when you go out into the sun is a great motivator, after all. Bursting into dazzle? Not so much.<br /><br />But one commenter said "<em>Why is there always talk about who would beat who? Why can't each belong to their own realm? Why the mystery in this type of romance - do we not each see ourselves as an "outsider" of some sort, one whom no one else could love? So when we see a romance, a wonderfully impossible romance, and see how it works, don't we put ourselves into it and dream the impossible dream for ourselves? And if one is lucky enough to already have a true life Edward or Bella, then we know it is possible.</em>"<br /><br />Yeah, it'd be nice if "Twilight" could just go back to the hole it came from and die, but alas, we don't all get what we want. The whole "Twilight" mythos takes everything awesome and scary about vampires and flushes it down an industrial-strength toilet. <br /><br />Also, while all vampire romances tend to be of the "impossible" vibe, there's usually nothing "wonderful" about it. There wasn't anything particularly wonderful about the hell Buffy went through with either Angel OR Spike, and there's nothing wonderful about Bella being controlled by a manipulative, selfish wannabe-gentleman with a sparkly virginal vampire guise. Keep in mind the person that created "Twilight:" a woman who had no experience whatsoever with vampire lore, who crafted the story around a DREAM she had, who claims there's no message or that vampires can't have babies, etc. and then changes her mind a split second later. Don't get me started on all the Mormonisms littered throughout the stories. Religion can be a great inspiration for stories, provided you're not preaching to the reader. With fiction, the reader is supposed to be able to figure out SOME things on their own.<br /><br />*sigh* I'm a little baffled how anyone could be a "fan" of both the Buffyverse vampires and the "Twilight" series, but that, among everything else wrong with "Twilight" and its hardcore friends is a rant for an entirely different day.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=azurite&ditemid=654853" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://azurite.dreamwidth.org/654853.html twilight argh! rants amused public 0