I have to kind of roll my eyes at all of the ways that vampire novelists come up with to try to make the vampires mysterious but harmless. I really think Joss came up with the best way to have a vampire be a hero without having him be a fluffy little puppy.
Buffy: A Guide, but no water or food. So it leads me to the sacred place and then a week later it leads you to my bleached bones? Giles: Buffy, really. It takes more than a week to bleach bones.
'Dirty Girls'
Spike's Bitches 41: Thrown together to stand against the forces of darkness
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
sj - Jul 21, 2008 5:30:00 pm PDT #7864 of 10001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Amy - Jul 21, 2008 5:33:50 pm PDT #7865 of 10001
Because books.
I really think Joss came up with the best way to have a vampire be a hero without having him be a fluffy little puppy.
It made such sense, too! Take away a moral compass, and who wouldn't revel in the power rush? But give it back, and suddenly it's all, "Oh WOW, was I ever evil."
I like vampires with bite. Pun entirely intended.
Gadget_Girl - Jul 21, 2008 5:41:46 pm PDT #7866 of 10001
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
It was SOOOO tempting to remind these nutbars that vampire lit went waaaaayyyyyy before Laurell K. and Stephanie Meyer.
But that would screw up their WHOLE argument, force them to read and make them admit they are wrong. Some act like Salem's Lot was the first mention of vampires and Stephen King is the only one capable of writing horror or suspense.
Suggesting some of these people read Dracula, Frankenstein, Picture of Dorian Gray, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde or the like and they act react with such revulsion. I had one person tell me they wouldn't read such things because the stories were "too old to be any good". I still wonder how they got through high school and college English.
Gadget_Girl - Jul 21, 2008 5:43:18 pm PDT #7867 of 10001
Just call me "Siouxsie Shunshine".
I like vampires with bite. Pun entirely intended.
Absolutely!
omnis_audis - Jul 21, 2008 6:01:31 pm PDT #7868 of 10001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
ow. head hurts. brain numb. New Hire Insurance forms are due tomorrow. This is reason enough not to change jobs!
Single payer system anyone? I have very little clue of what I am actually filling out.
Ginger - Jul 21, 2008 6:10:37 pm PDT #7869 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Semicolon Meatloaf (.pdf): [link]
We don't have enough information to know if the semicolon was used correctly. Did the meal include commas and conjunctions?
amych - Jul 21, 2008 6:17:56 pm PDT #7870 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
New Hire Insurance forms are due tomorrow. This is reason enough not to change jobs!
In my more paranoid moments, I suspect that this is the real reason The Man doesn't want us to have nice things a sane health care system.
And yes, I do think my tin-foil hat is quite fetching, thank you!
erikaj - Jul 21, 2008 7:17:57 pm PDT #7871 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I have read that as a real political theory, amyth. Also as an explanation for the preponderance of student-loan debt.
DCJensen - Jul 21, 2008 7:40:25 pm PDT #7872 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Hmm, your version, I like. Maybe it's the gnome swashbuckler factor.
Hmm, not vampire gnome swashbucklers? Humph
DCJensen - Jul 21, 2008 7:41:59 pm PDT #7873 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
lso as an explanation for the preponderance of student-loan debt.
Speaking of which, I plan to make my last Student Loan Payment tomorrow.