Mark seems to be uniquely uninformed about popular culture. Sort of like a real-life Temperance Brennan.

The author of Twilight claims she knew nothing about vampire lore.

In view of what she wrote: not too surprising - except that why the heck write about vampires without knowing anything about them? And how can you grow up w/o having even some small knowledge of, for example, dracula?

The author of Twilight claims she knew nothing about vampire lore

Lore, maybe not--but reputation? I mean, she picked them--she must have known they were super strong blood drinkers who preyed on people. Otherwise she made some good guesses.

The author of a set of mystery novels featuring an elderly Sherlock Holmes claimed she didn't really know Sherlock. But I think she MUST have in order to write the way she did. Whatever.

I cannot wait until Mark gets to the Dru and Darla eps of "Angel."

Those are going to fuck.him.up.

From what I read she is (was) fairly conservative Mormon that doesn't watch R rated movies or read horror novels. So I guess the only things she knew about vampires what super strong blood drinkers that weren't alive and couldn't go out in the sun.

And she hadn't read Dracula - in the interview I read she said she doesn't read vampire books because if they are too close to hers then that upsets her and if it's really different it upsets her. But she has seen parts of Inverview with a Vampire and Lost Boys, but not much because it grossed her out.

Which is really weird considering how she wrote the birth scene of Bella's baby.

Also there are no really bad people in her novels because she doesn't see a world full of negatives.

Isn't there a pack of vampires that they go up against that tries to kidnap vamped Bella or something? And they all have their own super special talents (as is their wont)?

I really haven't read the books, I honestly tried and gave up after the first few pages.

The article I found was kinda old (by Entertainment Weekly) and Meyer may have read stuff or done more research than she's letting on.

I know there are werewolves that go up against the vampires and I'm not sure how far off from werewolf lore she is.

I thought the sparkly vampire stuff Meyer made up because she needed a reason for them not to go out in sunlight (rather than going with - sunlight allergy or the sunlight burns because they are soulless and evil).

Those folks at the Vampire Vatican didn't seem all that nice.

According to the interview the not nice vampires have a reason to be not nice.

Meyer confuses me.

Wait, there's a Vampire Vatican?

That too, but I feel like a line like "Say 'uncle.' Oh, that's right, you killed my uncle" implies that there's a component of vengeance in there as well. Perhaps a small one. I mean, I don't think she's super beaten up about it because she's no longer the woman she was, but I think there's some of it in there.

I sometimes remind my brother he broke my jaw when we were kids. It was an accident, they happen. Doesn't bug me but it is instaguilt for him. He still feels guilt. I just sometimes feel the weather.

The author of Twilight claims she knew nothing about vampire lore.

Clearly.