I didn't mean vampire fiction in general, because that's been around forever and I don't see it going anywhere (nor should it) but more in terms of where the genre has gone.

Oh, I get quite cranky about where the genre has gone. I l like fluffy vampire novels (which is why I read a lot of YA ones), but most paranormal/vampire "romance" novels make me roll my eyes and start ranting about how today's vampires lack a true menacing edge. It usually devolves into me cursing White Wolf Games, for I am nothing if not predictable.

Jilli, were you the one that mentioned the Vampire Kisses series recently? I picked one up the other day and they are so darn cute that I had to go back for the rest. I'm on the third one now.

The Knowledge?

Hee. I like that one. I pulled a similar deal in a D&D campaign, I had a family of halflings who'd formed a religion from a bunch of papers from a wizard's laboratory, including shopping lists, family recipes, one or two pages of genuine prophecy, and a pulp fiction novel detailing the adventures of the gnome swashbuckler Casanunda and his fights against Baaztor, the hideous beast-man of Draenor.

A religion based on the Knowledge would be a lot of fun.

Hmm, your version, I like. Maybe it's the gnome swashbuckler factor.

Jilli, were you the one that mentioned the Vampire Kisses series recently?

Oh, probably, since they're my very favoritest YA vampire series.

I picked one up the other day and they are so darn cute that I had to go back for the rest. I'm on the third one now.

They are very cute. And they just keep getting more and more charming. They're on my list of "comfort reading", because they make me so happy.

Have you read the magnas too? I am looking at one right now and the stripey couch looks so Jilli.

Jilli, my friend Alyssa Day, who writes a paranormal romance series based on Atlantis caught absolute SHIT from readers who excoriated her for making the vampires in her stories--wait for it-- the villains. She actually got hate mail and poor amazon reviews because "I can't believe she made the vampires EVIL. They're supposed to be the HEROES."

:rolls eyes forever::

Hee. I like that one. I pulled a similar deal in a D&D campaign, I had a family of halflings who'd formed a religion from a bunch of papers from a wizard's laboratory, including shopping lists, family recipes, one or two pages of genuine prophecy, and a pulp fiction novel detailing the adventures of the gnome swashbuckler Casanunda and his fights against Baaztor, the hideous beast-man of Draenor.

billytea, I'm going to mention this to my husband. His favorite character ever that he played was a halfling. He may get rather a good giggle out of this.

She actually got hate mail and poor amazon reviews because "I can't believe she made the vampires EVIL. They're supposed to be the HEROES."

::gives up::

They're supposed to be the HEROES

"We call them the Lonely Ones" or however that quotes goes from that episode with the sad wanna-bes.

She actually got hate mail and poor amazon reviews because "I can't believe she made the vampires EVIL. They're supposed to be the HEROES."

I ...

I ...

What. The. FUCK? Look peoples, I'm all "Vampires yay!", but that's because the idea of human-like creatures that are amoral predators fills me with an unholy glee. Sure, they can question the ethics of what they do to survive (that's always fun), but at the heart of it, they're SUPPOSED to be bloodthirsty killers. LITERALLY bloodthirsty, dammit.

I think I need to go watch Near Dark again. And turn it off 15 minutes before the damn ending.