Comments on: WTFWJD: touched by a vampire

By: Meredith

Meredith — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:43:04 +0000

This smacks of the Catholicism! WOW! campaign.

By: Poshdeluxe

Poshdeluxe — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:17:10 +0000

hey TG, thanks for the comment! it’s good to hear from someone who has actually read the book versus the publisher’s website. and i like hearing different perspectives, so i appreciate yr opinion. you know that’s how we keep it real here on FYA.

By: TG

TG — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:06:37 +0000

Well, having actually read the “Touched…” book, I think you’ve making huge assumptions based on the publisher’s promo soundbites. The book is solid, interesting, and not “using” Twilight to promote Christianity. Neither is it a hit piece on Bella, Edward and Stephanie Meyer.

Erin alluded to the academic works related to the Buffyverse, and the author of “Touched…” is a professor — her other book is a dense academic work. This book is a lot more readable–but then again, she’s writing for a wider audience and not academia.

Anyway. . . I think you’d be surprised if you actually read the book.

By: Poshdeluxe

Poshdeluxe — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:06:14 +0000

jenny DOUBLE TRUE ON THE FELT BOARD. omg. now i kind of want to do an internet search for felt board vampires. and then i could do little plays with them! in my apartment! just… by myself!

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:42:27 +0000

Okay. Wow. First, I, too, have read some things about theology and Buffy, but Erin, it’s because the ‘demons’ Buffy fights represent real issues we all have to deal with, (and if you’re a person who actually believes demons walk the earth, maybe you could learn some good demon-fighting tips….)
Anyway, so, okay, I haven’t read this book, obvs, but it sounds so terrible it might just be awesome, in that it could bring bouts of hysterical laughter. Or it could make me very angry.
But I will say this: if vampires could teach us about religion, I’d kind of be stoked. (I’d also like to see the Sunday-School teacher with little felt-board vampires….)

By: Poshdeluxe

Poshdeluxe — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:00:48 +0000

la coccinelle, i never really thought about it that way but YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT. if meyer had written the cullens as a christian vampire family, things would have made a *lot* more sense.

which is hilarious. cos a christian vampire family makes no sense at all.

By: Meghan

Meghan — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:23:16 +0000

wowzers! dude, i TOTALLY picked up the mormon vibe from these books, though. dunno about mainstream christian, but there were loads of yay-early-marriage-screw-college-have-lotsa-babies messages, especially in the last book.

By: La Coccinelle

La Coccinelle — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:07:29 +0000

I always found the moral message in Twilight slightly disturbing. The idea that premarital sex will send your soul (if you have one) to hell… but tearing apart newly created vampires (who were human yesterday) with your bare hands is just fine and dandy. Is that Biblical? I guess it depends on how you interpret the Bible…

You know, sometimes I wish Stephenie Meyer had written the series as Christian (or even Mormon) books. Then some of the ideas (like the one mentioned above) would have made more sense. I always wondered why the Cullens were such utter prudes; had Meyer actually made them practicing Christians, it would have made a lot more sense (and it could have provided some real entertainment if their congregation had discovered their secret). As it was, I was left scratching my head and wondering why Edward — stuck eternally in puberty — never even thought about sex.

By: Erin

Erin — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:53:58 +0000

That’s not fair. You know I can’t resist dares like that.

I own both a philosophy book and a physics book that center around Buffy the Vampire Slayer, so I sort of feel like I can’t say much against this. Except! That Buffy is awesome and Twilight sucks.