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Vampires do eat human, you know that right?
Along with our current pop culture vampire renaissance comes the other side of the coin: the desire for a back-to-basics approach to bloodsuckers.
Sure, they’re pretty and sparkly in Twilight, sexy and dangerous in True Blood – but some purists eschew these new twists on the vampire mythology. Some just want their vampires to be vampires. As in not just bad boys, but demons.
After all, as this article points out, VAMPIRES EAT HUMANS. So some folks don’t want vampires to be made all kitty-cat friendly in their stories. “Luckily there are still stories to be told about vampires that don’t involve castrating them in the process. ‘Daybreakers,’ due in January, carves out an interesting take on the modern vampire myth without de-fanging the monster. In this world, most of the humans are now vampires, and those left with good old-fashioned blood pumping through their veins are captured and harvested. Instead of vampires as a metaphor for struggles with abstinence or racism, Daybreakers uses them as a lens to explore diminishing natural resources and even factory farming. Most importantly, they’re still kind of evil.”
Do you want your vampires good or bad?
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Hot for Zombies?
Vampires are so yesterday’s news.
Because now that the New York Times Style section has declared the undead as the “it” thing (thanks, didn’t KNOW there was a trend!), their reign is sure to be over soon, this article posits.
After all, once the Times writes about something it’s mainstream. So what’s coming next in your supernatural stew? “The Frisky” points out that now that Daniel Radcliffe is now “of age” he’s officially “crush-able” so girls may now admit they’re swooning for the wizard especially since the sixth filmic installment contains the most romance so far in the series.
Werewolves are another potential lust object, especially with the New Moon film releasing in the fall. But there is the hairball factor with werewolves, admittedly a big deterrent.
So what are we left with? Ah, yes. Zombies. “The undead are eternally sexy, and maybe all we need is a Robert Pattinson type in an Herve Leger-esque zombie suit to resurrect the walking dead and make it the new of-the-moment arm candy,” The Frisky says. “These post-mortems are inherently less erotic than other beautiful beasties that go bump in the night, but with the right actors and plot, I think this could happen.”
What’s your pick? Wizards, zombies, werewolves or are you sticking with vampires?
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Vampire Rules
Having a hard time keeping all the vampire rules straight these days?
Well, who can blame you!
The rules change depending on whether you’re in Buffy’s, Bella’s or Bill’s world.
But never fear! Where there are many rules, there are crib notes.
And now, if you want a quick and handy guide to who’s got fangs, what’s for dinner and the level of SPF you’ll need, USA Today spells it all out.
Now, any questions?
Yet Another Vampire Flick
Can Ethan Hawke save the planet from vampires taking over? It’s a tall order, folks, but maybe with enough crossbows he can get the job done. Oh, you didn’t know the crossbow will become the key defense against the undead in 2017?
It will. Because: “In the year 2019, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind.” That comes from “Daybreakers’” IMDB entry.
“Daybreakers” opens next year but the trailer just released, so check it out. What do you think? Pretty freaky and an interesting concept – I mean WHAT IF vampires took over the world? Well, they’d have no one left to feed on and then they’d die out and then the earth would be empty.
Boggles the mind.
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Vampire Soulmates?
The lack of a soul notwithstanding, ever wondered which of the mega popular undead boys (or even girls for that matter) might be the best fit for you?
Well, that is, if you’re crazy enough to want to cuddle up to a vampire!
While I don’t advocate cozying up to soulless bloodsuckers who would like to nibble you into the ground forever, I accept that I’m fighting a losing battle. So if you want to know if Angel, Edward, Bill Compton or maybe even “Vampire Diaries” Damon is the guy for you, take this soulmate quiz and let us know who you perfect match is.
Maybe when my vampire warning days are over, I’ll just start a human-vampire matchmaking service.
Sigh. Times are a-changing.
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Snow White: princess, vampire or vampire princess?
Snow White was a Vampire!
(Or was she?)
She does have unusually pale skin and bright crimson lips. And she CAN sleep inside a glass coffin in the woods undisturbed for several years. Sounds kind of vampiric, huh?
So the author Neil Gaiman thought. That’s why the author of “Coraline” wrote the short story “Snow, Glass, Apples” back in 1994 that reimagined the Disney princess as a bloodsucker, according to this Examiner.com article.
I have to say I know “Snow, Glass, Apple” is a short story – fiction as they say – but tell me if this reinvention doesn’t sound totally plausible for Snow White’s true story?
“’Snow, Glass, Apples’ is told from the point of view of the supposedly evil stepmother,” the Examiner.com writes. “Through her eyes, the story is completely different. She marries Snow White’s father when she is a teenage girl. Not long after she moves into the palace, Snow White attacks her and drinks blood from her hand. Snow White eventually kills her father by sucking his blood.”
Snow White: princess, vampire or vampire princess?
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Beware of Ireland, home to Vampire Chroniclers
You thought Romania was the country to fear. You figured that was the verboten land, the place you would stay far away from so you’d never be bitten. But a story in IrishCentral.com suggests that it might actually be Ireland that’s producing all these vampires and vampire scribes.
Consider this: Bram Stoker, the godfather of undead literature, was from Ireland. And did you know Anne Rice is an Irish American? And then Angel from “Buffy” was shown to have been made into a vampire in Ireland!
Need I say more?
Will you stay away from or flock to the land of Erin Go Bragh?
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Vampire Lipstick!
Ah, the Twi-merchandising engine rolls along.
If shirts and those ever-so-pseudo-cool leather wristbands weren’t enough, now you can add Twilight lipstick to your makeup bag!
It’s called Lip Venom V (is that a little “True Blood” reference in there?) and it comes from Hollywood Crush. It also comes in a little vial so it looks like blood, says Entertainment Weekly.
So does this make you look like a vampire or just make you more attractive to vampires?
What Bella Says in the New Cover to New Moon Book
Edward who?
Oh you mean, the VAMPIRE WHO BROKE MY HEART AND DUMPED ME IN THE FOREST?
I don’t even know where he is.
Nor do I need to.
Because I have a red-hot werewolf-boy with his arms around me.
Edward, eat your heart out.
Oh, that’s right. Vampires don’t have hearts. Well, I do and mine’s a-beatin’ fast thanks to Jacob.
OK, so that’s just what I imagine Bella saying in this new book cover for “New Moon” featuring Jacob and Bella on center stage. It’s almost enough to get me to buy another copy.
What about you?
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Vampires Don’t go for the Forehead!
Let me just say for the record: vampires don’t suck blood from the forehead. They go for the neck or the inside of the thigh.
But why let facts get in the way of a good rumor? Because rumors are a-flying that there could be a vampire attack in Lake Stevens, Wash. Apparently, a seventh-grade girl hugged a fifth-grade boy, then allegedly dragged him to the woods and bit him. On the forehead.
So the school’s up in arms, the kids are freaking out, and the local TV station is reporting vampire rumors.
Can I just say: COPY VAMP! And the Copy Vamp got it wrong. Vampires don’t draw blood from the forehead.
Unless, maybe this is a new strain of vampires that are set to take over the world through our foreheads! Slather garlic on your faces!
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