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Glorious progress…a long time coming! Looking forward to your blog and will be tweeting posts 
“Whatever else you can say about Twilight, and I’ll say plenty in the weeks to come [...]” – As someone with a love/hate relationship with the Twilight series, I’m looking forward to reading your thoughts!
Maddie
7:17 pm on
February 8th, 2010You have a very good point actually, one I’d never thought of and after you mention it, I agree that it’s a potential leap for the female oriented entertainment industry.
Still, I continue to wish this revolution hadn’t come at the expense of the concept of vampires as a whole. Whereas once they were considered eerie and lustful figures, now the majority of high school populations automatically think Edward Cullens and sparkles if they hear ‘vampire’. Something that really does no justice to the idea as a whole.
Johannah Cousins
8:34 pm on
February 8th, 2010Hey Maddie.
Of course the fact that it’s the Twilight series that is causing this step forward is problematic for numerous reasons. I actually have a post planned for sometime in the future about the ways in which Twilight twists and corrupts classic vampire mythology, so look for that. Thanks!
Nicole
6:58 am on
February 9th, 2010I care less about the shattered dignity of vampires lore than, say, the blockbuster normalization of abusive controlling relationships aimed at girls who get their ideas about romance from the Twilight franchise. But maybe I’m hypersensitive.
Johannah Cousins
3:48 pm on
February 9th, 2010As I said, problematic for numerous reasons. I’ll be writing about the power balance in Edward and Bella’s relationship as well.
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