Vampire questionaire

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1) What do you think was the greatest innovation in vampire fiction of the past 100 years?

2) What is your impression of Bella Swan?

My answers below the cut:

Comments

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1) My first thought was that sparklie vampires are very important. If for no other reason than I worry about the future of good vampire mythology because of it.

2) Generally, that she seems empty. But that could be the vessel/actress, too.

[nontacitare]

1) My first thought was that sparklie vampires are very important.

From Montague Summers, The Vampire in Europe: True Tales of the Undead, 1929

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Actually the vampire's weakness to sunlight goes back a least to the 1922 movie <1>Nosferatu starring Max Schreck.

It's hard to think of a better choice than yours. Maybe the creation of Hammer Studios. Their combination of fun, low budget films and iconic performances by Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing did a lot to feed the popular image of vampires.

I have no take on Bella. I haven't read the books nor seen the movies.

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Actually the vampire's weakness to sunlight goes back a least to the 1922 movie <1>Nosferatu starring Max Schreck.

It's been a while since I've seen that. Was it just the sunlight that got Dracula or was there some sort of prophesy about "the love of a virgin at dawn" or something? I remember the woman having a significant role, but I don't remember what it was.

But, yeah, the sunlight deal has really captured the popular imagination. When 20th century vampires were "cursed with awesome," they needed to have a significant weakness to balance things out. Having to stay indoors half the time or burst into flame makes things fairer for the humans who have to fight them.