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alphonsine_emil in bookfails

I'm going to have to say WEREWOLVES

Dec 01, 2010 16:17

Honestly, I can tolerate vampires in fiction, specifically in YA. Vamps are no longer vicious, blood-thirsty creatures of the night. Nowadays, people associate them with hawt underwear models with glitter and super special powers. Vampires are practically the token Gary Stu (or Mary Sue) of a novel. And yet I can still tolerate that. It's redundant ( Read more... )

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starrysnafu December 21 2010, 01:25:57 UTC

Have werewolves ever been vicious and hateful? Sure, when transformed, but the human side is usually a hapless victim that wouldn't dream of hurting anyone.

Vampires are monsters all the time. Werewolves are only monstrous once a month.

silverflight8 December 21 2010, 01:48:54 UTC

Vamps are no longer vicious, blood-thirsty creatures of the night. Nowadays, people associate them with hawt underwear models with glitter and super special powers
I am frustrated that people seem to think twisting and re-imagining genre conventions is somehow bad. Yes, Twilight is a horrible book for many reasons - but it's not for the sparkliness of its vampires. Is there some kind of gold-standard for supernatural creatures?

With you on the Gary Stu thing - yeah, :(

venomlaced December 21 2010, 02:24:34 UTC

I'm with you. I'm all for re-imagining, even if the end result isn't quite something I'm into. I'll give you points for trying something different. As much as I hate to admit that she got any points from me at all, S Meyer got like 5 out of a possible hundred from me for doing her own lore.

lots42 December 21 2010, 07:52:23 UTC

Well, Foredward is hardly a vampire anymore. The character had potential, but when the product no longer has numbers of revolving hands it's silly to call it a clock.

venomlaced December 21 2010, 02:20:04 UTC

I have to say I disagree with the bestiality thing. I mean unless they are 'wolfed out' then they are in human form. I can see where someone with a taste for bestiality would find a werewolf extremely accessible to their fantasies, but considering most werewolves aren't 'wolfed out' 24/7 I don't see how bestiality plays into it. Vampires are corpses. Necrophilia is not much better ( ... )

alphonsine_emil December 21 2010, 02:59:15 UTC

No, it's okay. I totally respect your opinion and I have to admit that you made some pretty good points But... I'm just not a fan of werewolves. I guess I also have a slight bias for vampires. Mostly because of Alucard.

venomlaced December 21 2010, 03:26:47 UTC

A friend tried to get me into Hellsing in High School but I never could keep up with it. From what I remember he seemed to be pretty cool, so I see how someone could be partial. :D Like I said, I really like them both, it's just poor werewolves. Nobody ever loves them. haha

darkmanifest December 21 2010, 03:48:23 UTC

I always thought The Captain was pretty badass, if not Alucard's equal.

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lots42 December 21 2010, 07:51:03 UTC

Rahne Sinclaire from Marvel Comics. Nice twist is that she can turn into any point from full human to full wolf.

Bonus; it gives the current artist great leeway.

rainbow_goddess December 21 2010, 07:59:23 UTC

The werewolf novels that I enjoy are Patricia Brigg's stories. Granted, Mercy Thompson isn't a werewolf, but most of the other characters are werewolves and she also has a couple of other books with a werewolf protagonist. The stories are pretty good -- at least, to me. Your mileage may vary.

There's also a Tanya Huff "Blood Ties" novel that has werewolves in it, and they're quite different from most fictional werewolves.