Random vampire stuff Nov 6th

The big ending to the Twilight movies comes out next week.

I've never been shy on the fact that I have lukewarm feelings for this series.

My favourite characters from the novels were Alice and Jasper, and I really just did not care at all for the idea of the character Renesmee.  I think it's the name as much as the idea that Jacob imprints on her.  But that's another topic for another post.

I've pointed out my views on the whole relationship that Bella gets into with Edward and Jacob throughout the last four years throughout the internet. (again, another time another post)

At the same time, the series does have some good qualities.


Let's face it, every generation or so the genre needs a kick in the arse. Anne Rice did it back in the 1970's and 1980's with the introduction of her novels Interview with the Vampire (the Vampire Chronicles book 1)  and Vampire Lestat (Vampire Chronicles book 2)   it made people view the world, the idea of vampires in a new light.
L.J. Smith created her vampire world with the offering of the Vampire Diaries in the early 1990's, Then Joss Whedon gave us Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the 1990's and 2000's.

And because the vampire is a metaphor that is excellent for everything and everyone, it was the perfect metaphor for sexual repression, then it got well... sleazy.  Really sleazy to the point you couldn't toss a stake without seeing the vampire as the posterchild for sex.

And this is where I have to say, Stephenie Meyer was needed. Her Twilight Saga helped to clean up that side of the image. It opened the vampire once again to a new generation of fans, and with a new outlook on how it was connected to society.
I think it reminded people that there were other metaphors, other issues that were rooted with the image of the vampire.

There is a purpose and a time for everything, but it was sort of sad and disappointing there for a few years when everything with a vampire on it's cover or in it's title was about sex.

Meyer has managed to take the sleaze out of the modern vampire and still keep the sexuality.

The sparkles... well that's another issue for another post.