Vampires used to burn in the sun and drink human blood, but now they sparkle and have gone "vegetarian." One might ask, did Twilight "de-fang" the vampire? Vampires, werewolves, witches, ghost…you can’t turn on the TV, buy a new book or go on the internet without one of these “supernatural” beings being front and center. It used to be that all of these were looked down upon, evil if you will...that was until the phenomenon of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga.
How Twilight Has Changed Vampire Image
You had your Charmed ones, your Dean and Sam Winchester, Angel, Buffy, and Ghost Whisperer…all of which took it upon themselves to fight against evil, vampires included. Then, in steps Edward Cullen and the rest of the Cullen family.
Sparkling bodies aside, when Twilight came out, vampires were starting to be seen as something other than evil. They were tortured souls that didn’t ask for their fates. They were human beings that happened to be dead. They had feelings, loved ones, and a desire to be human again. Stephenie Meyer crossed a line that was never crossed before, if it was, it didn’t have the same impact as her story had. For the first time, a human fell in love with a monster… a conceptual Beauty and the Beast story, except this time the beast stays a beast. Bella had to learn to love Edward, though it wasn’t hard, and had to except him for the undead being that he was. In the same token, Edward had to take every bit of strength he had not to kill her.
Along with putting vampires in a better light, Twilight also paid homage to the werewolf, shape-shifter actually, showing that they were aggressive but very protective of family, friends, loved ones, and members of their tribe. Though werewolves could practically match the strengths of a vampire and could actually kill them, Twilight brought the two together by spinning a tale of love that was strong enough for them to risk their lives and work together.
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