tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047843651411739466.post4803005641610022774..comments2024-03-27T16:57:59.249-04:00Comments on For What It's Worth: That's not a REAL vampire!Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13958940283330319507noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047843651411739466.post-65350985012787429682012-05-24T22:02:56.233-04:002012-05-24T22:02:56.233-04:00my mommy says vampires are realmy mommy says vampires are realkittykatwatershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13881762606896652863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047843651411739466.post-60225587377639163172010-04-05T05:06:08.682-04:002010-04-05T05:06:08.682-04:00LoL, I remember that part from Wicked Game, it cra...LoL, I remember that part from Wicked Game, it cracked me up (",).<br /><br />Yeah, I think that's the same for me, I don't mind whether the vamps are allergic to garlic, or can walk about in daylight, or even - god forbid - sparkle *gasp*, as long as the story is WELL-WRITTEN. I'll accept pretty much anything, then. The problem is when authors stick to the "traditional" vampires (which are what, exactly, seeing as it's all fiction ANYWAY :o) just because they feel they have to, or change stuff up to extremes, only because they're *trying* to be original, but can't pull a decent story off either way, so it's bad bad bad and comes off as a mechanical decision to be *true to* or *so different from* what people are used to, but just FAILS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047843651411739466.post-13527535119246865852010-03-06T12:51:29.472-05:002010-03-06T12:51:29.472-05:00The garlic thing reminds me of my favorite line in...The garlic thing reminds me of my favorite line in WICKED GAME by Jeri Smith-Ready. Ciara tries to throw garlic salt at Shane to repel him and he tells her "I'm a vampire, not a slug"<br /><br />For me it depends on the writing for how much I will accept as far as the vampire myth goes. I can stray pretty far if I like the characters anyway but hate the same thing in another book that isn't written as well.<br /><br />And YES! I will add Ilona to the pile :-)) PromiseKarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13958940283330319507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047843651411739466.post-57001223729958381432010-03-06T10:02:41.525-05:002010-03-06T10:02:41.525-05:00I can't even /remember/ the last book where ga...I can't even /remember/ the last book where garlic worked on vampires (they'd have to avoid Italy entirely!) And I get tired of authors even explaining that it doesn't--I assume from the get-go that nothing 'traditional' except maybe the sun or stakes will hurt vamps.<br /><br />You sooo need to read Ilona, Karen. Grittiness, right there! And funny.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17140835320864680932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047843651411739466.post-71809955473307030962010-03-06T09:45:14.923-05:002010-03-06T09:45:14.923-05:00id like a book that shows vampires being real vamp...id like a book that shows vampires being real vampires (like the modern day ones) not repeled by garlic, the sun, they can be killed by any means just like a human, the sun dosnt kill them (or make them sparkle!) they need blood but not a whole person-full. <br /><br />but that would make quite a boring book eh? hahaha.LunaMothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06657595319439094936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047843651411739466.post-65946116912991322992010-03-06T05:18:21.314-05:002010-03-06T05:18:21.314-05:00I have got to read Ilona Andrew's books! I'...I have got to read Ilona Andrew's books! I've only read The Edge.<br />Yea - I like a little "grrr" with my romance in vamp books :-)Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13958940283330319507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7047843651411739466.post-69762767800951313652010-03-05T21:54:38.837-05:002010-03-05T21:54:38.837-05:00Great post, timeless issue, IMHO.
I like bad roma...Great post, timeless issue, IMHO.<br /><br />I like bad romantic vamps, mainly--the kind you find in romance of UF, where they have thoughts and feelings, but a tendency toward ruthlessness (props to you for loving Night Huntress!)<br /><br />I'm not a fan of the sparkling, but what really bugs me about twi-vamps is their invulnerability. The can outrun cars and uproot oak trees, and I don't like vamps to be godlike in their powers. Stronger than humans, but not unfathomable. J. Frost basically gives us near-godlike vamps with enough realistic emotion that we connect to them.<br /><br />But also, I can like mindless eater-vamps like 30 Days of Night or Ilona Andrews' books, just depends on how I'm feeling.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17140835320864680932noreply@blogger.com