Maybe it is just me

[willjra.livejournal.com]

Maybe it is just me, but when I read the post on Va Tech fans = Abusive rednecks and then see how 11Alive reports mockingly on DC, it almost seems as if it 11Alive has the attitude that it is okay to mock people who are different.  If any of the VA fans talked about in the post were watching that report, I can imagine they would laugh and almost feel validated at their behavior.

Edit:
Either I used the wrong link or the orginal post was edited.  Sorry about that to anyone looking for that post.

Edit 2:
Here is the link to the report on the smell of DC.

Comments

[greenwitch.livejournal.com]

Sparkly vampires defangs them. CHASTE sparkly vampires is even worse. Bram Stoker's Dracula, Nosferatu, and shit, even Anne Rice's highly romanticized vampires, are all allegories for sex or the Id or the sublime. Vampires haunt our nightmares. Their violence and abandon is such a part of our cultural consciousness, even little kids at Halloween dress up in fangs and fake blood.

That's actually a really good summation of the issue -- vampires in history/mythology are supposed to be primal and violent, not chaste (even though this is usually toned down for mainstream media, i.e. Buffy/etc., the core is still there.) Have you read The Strain (Del Toro & Hogan)? Refreshing departure from the humanized/sexy vampires we see nowadays.

[cavaticat.livejournal.com]

I haven't read it, though I think the title rings a bell.

I think it's easier for me to accept dragons as good and well-meaning because Eastern dragons have pretty much always been bastions of good luck and wisdom. It's mostly the Western ones who do all the pillaging and woman-stealing. Yes, a lot of people think of dragons first as fire-breathers and big lizards, but take them to any Chinese restaurant and they'll recognize the Eastern ones right away.

Vampires, on the other hand, even pre-dating Stoker et al., are designed to horrify AND seduce us. That's part of what makes them so dangerous. Zombies are allegories for blind, mass consumption. Even movies PARODYING zombies render them as diseased brain-eaters. Yeah, you could write a book about good zombies, but... WHY?