In my opinion blaming Meyer for the "downfall" of true vampires is both inaccurate and ... very likely only a knee-jerk reaction to how much the teens lust after Edward Cullen.
Why do I say this? Because vampire inaccuracies have been around long before Meyer ever had a dream about the meadow scene. (yes that entire scene was just a dream she had - that she decided to put a plot to)
Let's start with a classic favorite - Anne Rice. Yes. Even Rice is to blame for inaccuracies.
- Vampires that don't fear crosses. Hell Louis actually LIKES them. He only "leaves" when someone pulls one out on him because he considers it to be polite.
- Body swapping. Yeah they can swap bodies. It's actually easier to lodge yourself into a vampire simply because they don't really have souls. Lestat had a bitch of a time getting his body back.
- body parts regrowing every night. Including hair. Lestat's mom went crazy for a while because of this.
- Oh and let's not forget that the Lestat series and the Lasher series are the same series. Yeah. Lestat is seriously in love with Rowan Mayfair.
Even the authors I mentioned above do NOT have traditional vampires.
Linda Lael Miller.
- Vampires can time-travel, with some exceptions.... they can travel to the past... but no further than the time of their own making. So, no traveling back in time to prevent yourself from becoming a vampire.
- I don't recall any rules against mirrors or film either.
- oh and one half-vampire girl lived without drinking blood or aging... until she met up with her soul-mate again.
- drinking witch's blood is poisonous
Sherrilyn Kenyon.
This is a big one really. Her vampires aren't really vampires at all. They're sexy descendants of Apollo (who, like his sister Artemis, drank blood). So they enjoy blood but they don't actually NEED it to live.
In a nutshell they killed one of Apollo's human wives so in revenge, he banished them from his sight (thus, no sunlight for them) and cursed them to die at the same age the wife died at. They found they can stay alive from sucking souls. They still suck blood too but just for fun.
They also cannot drink blood from anyone who's already dead or a "dark-hunter" (they're already dead and don't have souls anyway).
So yeah... I know everyone wants to bash on SM for having vampires that sparkle... but if you really stop and read other popular vampire books you'll see that Vampires have been the focus of romance books for DECADES already.
And no one follows the strict "rules" anymore anyway. In fact the only story I've seen of late that REALLY followed the rules was "Daybreakers" and even that one broke the rules by letting the vampires turn human again.
So remember - if you want to bash on one author for not following "tradition" ... remember even authors like Rice broke traditions too.
It was out of line for me to say that, especially since I have read none of those authors books. I suppose I was going on with the complaints of the idiotic plot line of the twilight series and fans that surround a idiotic book worth millions that was based on a dream. I have heard very little complaint with the authors you mentioned, but instead high amounts of praise. I suppose I should read their books excluding the twilight series. I wouldn't touch them with a ten foot pole.
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Didn't those book contain authentic vampires?
I think the blame for the downfall of true vampires would go to Stephanie Meyer and her sparkly experiments.
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In my opinion blaming Meyer for the "downfall" of true vampires is both inaccurate and ... very likely only a knee-jerk reaction to how much the teens lust after Edward Cullen.
Why do I say this? Because vampire inaccuracies have been around long before Meyer ever had a dream about the meadow scene. (yes that entire scene was just a dream she had - that she decided to put a plot to)
Let's start with a classic favorite - Anne Rice. Yes. Even Rice is to blame for inaccuracies.
- Vampires that don't fear crosses. Hell Louis actually LIKES them. He only "leaves" when someone pulls one out on him because he considers it to be polite.
- Body swapping. Yeah they can swap bodies. It's actually easier to lodge yourself into a vampire simply because they don't really have souls. Lestat had a bitch of a time getting his body back.
- body parts regrowing every night. Including hair. Lestat's mom went crazy for a while because of this.
- Oh and let's not forget that the Lestat series and the Lasher series are the same series. Yeah. Lestat is seriously in love with Rowan Mayfair.
Even the authors I mentioned above do NOT have traditional vampires.
Linda Lael Miller.
- Vampires can time-travel, with some exceptions.... they can travel to the past... but no further than the time of their own making. So, no traveling back in time to prevent yourself from becoming a vampire.
- I don't recall any rules against mirrors or film either.
- oh and one half-vampire girl lived without drinking blood or aging... until she met up with her soul-mate again.
- drinking witch's blood is poisonous
Sherrilyn Kenyon.
This is a big one really. Her vampires aren't really vampires at all. They're sexy descendants of Apollo (who, like his sister Artemis, drank blood). So they enjoy blood but they don't actually NEED it to live.
In a nutshell they killed one of Apollo's human wives so in revenge, he banished them from his sight (thus, no sunlight for them) and cursed them to die at the same age the wife died at. They found they can stay alive from sucking souls. They still suck blood too but just for fun.
They also cannot drink blood from anyone who's already dead or a "dark-hunter" (they're already dead and don't have souls anyway).
So yeah... I know everyone wants to bash on SM for having vampires that sparkle... but if you really stop and read other popular vampire books you'll see that Vampires have been the focus of romance books for DECADES already.
And no one follows the strict "rules" anymore anyway. In fact the only story I've seen of late that REALLY followed the rules was "Daybreakers" and even that one broke the rules by letting the vampires turn human again.
So remember - if you want to bash on one author for not following "tradition" ... remember even authors like Rice broke traditions too.
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Thank you.
It was out of line for me to say that, especially since I have read none of those authors books. I suppose I was going on with the complaints of the idiotic plot line of the twilight series and fans that surround a idiotic book worth millions that was based on a dream. I have heard very little complaint with the authors you mentioned, but instead high amounts of praise. I suppose I should read their books excluding the twilight series. I wouldn't touch them with a ten foot pole.