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tuna ketchup x:
Vampire stories have been ruined for me ever since I was in a fantasy writing group and had to read a middle-aged man's epic novel about a polyamorous bisexual vampiress. No thank you, ma'am!

I for one want to see more trashy romance novels about a) cyborgs b) steam-powered mechanical pegasi c) Homo florensiensis. Vampires are SO OLD.

KvP:
The problem that I think Twilight has, not that it matters now that it's on track to be the next Harry Potter, is that it'll probably alienate boys of a certain age due to the emphasis on the love story that comes from the perspective of the girl protagonist (correct me if I'm wrong)

I'm not really interested because for one, I never really liked Harry Potter and I'm not likely to like this, but there's another, better reason. Thing is, vampire fiction is played out. It really is. There's not a fresh angle on the fucking thing. Vampires as teh gayz? done. Vampires as embodiment of sex? Goes back to Bram Stoker. Vampires as addicts? done. Vampires as predators / humans as prey? done. Vampires as Gods? done. Demons? done. Angels? done. Superheroes? done. Moral decay amongst the youths? done. You name it, it's been explored. Not that there's anything wrong with tilling old fields, but you have to be of a certain mind to enjoy it.

Honestly I'm surprised it took them this long to bring vampire lit to the kiddie market. They've already discovered that vampires make for an endless supply of Bodice-Ripper pulp and of course they're mainstays of horror.

Better than zombies at least, in my opinion.

Liz:
Twilight, no matter how much I enjoy it in a very ironic way, will never be "the next Harry Potter." The series is done. Boom. Not enough time between books, the writing not as good, everything. The Harry Potter series and movie franchise are huge. People from all age groups and cultural groups love them. Just not the Catholic church, but whatever. Twilight does not and will not appear to that large of any audience.

KvP:
Dunno, it seemed to make a pretty huge dent at Comic-Con. Lots and lots of kids there just for Twilight, homemade shirts and everything.

I'm predicting it will reach at least Goosebumps-level popularity.

Alex C:
My sister and her best friend really seemed to enjoy it, so I gave the Twilight series a whirl and gave up halfway through the second novel.  I think the series is vapid shit. I recognize that it is essentially a teen romance novel, but that excuse doesn't hold water forever. A largely romantic story can still be very interesting. Romance can be a great storytelling tool because it can put various qualties of the characters and how they relate to the world in stark relief. Stories like Casa Blanca and Gone With The Wind are good examples. In such stories the characters have things they give a crap about outside of love and romance and even have greater values and breaking points to which even relationships must give way. At the end of the story, you know what kind of people they are. To put it bluntly, Twilight's protagonist is largely a character without any apparent moral character. This isn't to say she's a bad person, just that I read a novel and a half without seeing her defined by anything but longing (and apparently, clumsiness).

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