Vampires For Teens Standoff: The Vampire Diaries vs. Twilight

[fan_elune]

10 Many Reasons Why The Vampire Diaries Is 100 Times Better Than Twilight

+ The Girl actually freaks out when she figures out that the Boy is a Vampire.

+ The Girl is actually scared of the Vampire Boy.

+ The Girl does not think that the Vampire Boy sneaking into her bedroom is hot. She thinks it's scary.

+ Humans outside of the Girl are portrayed as Actual People.

+ The Girl actually cares about her Friends, who are Actual People.

+ Actual People have Plot too.

+ Plot exists.

+ Actual People might just wind up dead. (See Previous Reason.)

+ The Vampire Boy does not see why he should not be happy. He does not hate himself.

+ The Vampire Boy is a fan of Seinfeld and Scorsese. The Vampire Boy's Vampire Brother is a fan of Anne Rice. This trumps being a fan of scrapbooking and Jerry Springer by about a thousand points.

+ The Vampire Boy's Vampire Brother makes fun of Twilight. Score!

+ The Vampire Boy's Vampire Brother is more fun than any of the Cullens. Apart maybe from Alice.

+ The Girl does not lead the Human That Lusts After Her on. They are able to remain Friends without her telling him she loves him. Or him falling in love with her newborn daughter.

+ The Vampire Boy's Evil Vampire Brother is more than just Evil. He has Three Dimensions.

+ In fact, all the characters have Three Dimensions. Even the Humans outside of the Girl. (See Earlier Reason Mentioning Actual People.)

+ The Vampire Boy and the Girl have not had sex yet either. But it's not Off The Cards Until Marriage. They just haven't got round to it yet.

+ The Girl has not asked the Vampire Boy to turn her.

+ Even when the Girl and the Vampire Boy are writing in their diaries, their gooey corny cheese does not even begin to rival with Twilight. For instance:

+ The Vampire Boy is never referred to as an Adonis.

+ There is no Fucked Up Animal Metaphore. Or Ankle-Tattooed People to make it happen.

+ Oh, and also? Vampires don't fucking sparkle.

+ When Vampires dazzle someone, they're doing it on purpose.

+ The Vampire Boy does not creepily tell the Girl what her blood smells like. Hopefully, if the Vampire Boy ends up telling her, her blood will smell of blood, not fucking flowers.

I could go on.

Comments

[theemdash]

You mean it's not complimentary to be told your blood smells like flowers?

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

I would love to be told my blood smells like daffodils.

...okay, now I'm trying to imagine True Blood's Eric or Pam telling that to anyone. Anyone at all.

PS, I obviously love your icon. Why do I not have a Sparklemotion icon too? I need one. Possibly the one with the actual Sparklemotion quote.

[transtempts.livejournal.com]

Yes, and the Vampire Boy has been in love, and you know, moved on. The Vampire Boy's Brother is the one who is plotting, and is you know, aware of what is going on in the town.

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

Yes! Moving On Happens.

Also the Vampire Brothers are only incestuous in a hot, UST way, by opposition to a disturbing, we-re-not-really-family-but-still way.

The Vampire Boy's Evil Vampire Brother pays actual attention to the Plot instead of focusing on nothing but a Girl. True!

[transtempts.livejournal.com]

Yes. WHY he chose to move on with someone who looks exactly like Katherine...is questionable...

Mmm, yes, and the fact that the Vampire Boy's Evil Vampire Brother has an agenda, and yet can STILL be flirty in his own way, without it interfering is great. Because, you get that they have chemistry, but he is not you know, freaking out about it.

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

Exactly! I don't think Damon's really over Katherine either, but he doesn't let that get in his way.

At the same time, you could argue that what happened then informs every one of his actions now. Hmm.

[transtempts.livejournal.com]

*nods* I think that given his..attitude, he is still very much affected by Katherine, and although he doesn't show it in ways anybody else understands or sees (because he is kind of crippled emotionally) yes, he still loves her.

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

Though really, how much is it Moving On when you go straight for the absolute replica of the original girl? Hmm.

[watchmypsycho.livejournal.com]

oué m'enfin la série est quand même grandement pathétique par rapport aux bouquins... Et puis Damon/Elena/Stefan/tous sont pas comme ça dans les bouquins... Bref, c'est bien triste ce qu'ils en ont fait...

[fan-elune.livejournal.com]

N'ayant pas lu les bouquins, tout ce que je peux dire c'est qu'après un début très, très, très poussif, cette série prend vraiment de l'élan. De façon proportionnellement inverse au temps qu'ils passent à écrire dans leurs journaux intimes, quand même - il y a aussi peu de journaux dans les bouquins ?

Et puis regarde True Blood. Eric n'a rien. à. voir avec la façon dont il est dans les bouquins, et pourtant c'est un succès, et le personnage est génial. <3 <3 <3 Eric.