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xlivvielockex

Vamp_Land Challenge: Casting Picspam

Jul 30, 2010 18:46

One of the things that always annoyed me about Christopher Pike's The Last Vampire series is that Sita, the "last vampire" was 5000 years old, from India, and yet had blonde hair and blue eyes. It's incredibly historically inaccurate and offensive to replace what would be a character of color with a blonde woman. So when the challenge came at vamp_land to ( Read more... )

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nikkiwawa79 July 31 2010, 01:55:34 UTC

I LOVE all the people of color, in this cast :D I wish Hollywood was like this.

xlivvielockex July 31 2010, 03:51:53 UTC

If only, if only. Doesn't seem to matter in Hollywood though. They have blinders on.

eilowyn July 31 2010, 02:39:16 UTC

This books sounds fascinating, especially the way you cast it. Do you recommend it?

(And look! I finally got a Cangel icon!)

xlivvielockex July 31 2010, 03:52:49 UTC

YAY CANGEL!

It's a series of six young adult novels and well, they are written like YA novels. The plot is kind of...holey but overall, I did enjoy them when I was growing up.

If you like, I have the first book in Word or PDF form. I can upload it for you.

eilowyn July 31 2010, 05:01:26 UTC

Really? Thanks. That would be awesome (I need some frothy teen lit that involves vampires who don't sparkle right about now)

P.S. - are you still surrogate mothering all those kittens, or were they all fostered out?

xlivvielockex July 31 2010, 05:08:55 UTC

Yeah, we keep them until they get adopted. We have one we have had for a year because he has trouble at the adoption center. So we have him on a website. So still got the full house. :)

Here you go Both PDF and WORD files. I downloaded the other books too, if you like this first one, can upload them. :)

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xlivvielockex July 31 2010, 03:53:31 UTC

Someone bought the film rights so it won't be long before we see it on the big screen. LOL Pike is writing a seventh book. Hopefully he can fix the damage he did in the sixth.

penny_lane_42 July 31 2010, 03:21:31 UTC

I know nothing at all about this book, but I love the actors you chose! I'm fascinated!

xlivvielockex July 31 2010, 03:54:00 UTC

Awww, thank you. :)

rivenliether January 20 2012, 09:00:04 UTC

K, the only issue I have with casting Freida Pinto as Sita is that Sita is supposed to be Aryan -- hence the blond hair and blue eyes.

xlivvielockex January 20 2012, 15:16:31 UTC

Hi there,

If you read the very top sentence, I have a huge issue with Sita being Aryan in India as old as she is supposed to be. It seems to me like Pike just wanted a beautiful blonde protagonist. So rather than cast another white girl, I decided to cast with more genuine historical accurate portrayals.

Thanks for commenting though!