Originally Posted By: Lilo
I think things go in cycles and right now the concept of vampire as romantic heartthrob, bisexual androgyne or Byronic anti-hero seems to be what sells. I don't really care for any of that. I much prefer the idea of soulless monster, undead parasite or bloodsucking ghoul. The myth is flexible enough to have something for everyone and eventually the Twilight stuff will die down and other interpretations will get their chance to be seen.
You're right. I don't mind vampirism as a genre or romance as a genre, nor do I mind them both together - I love the idea of physical manifestations of emotions, with all that other allegorical baggage such as infecting your lover with incurably contaminated blood, the physicality of flesh, etc.

It's just Twilight and its sequels is badly written garbage with no attempt at seriousness. The whole abstinence thing is cringe-worthy.

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