I've been known to change my opinion at a moments notice... but:
When Pirates got popular, I was excited, because it was suddenly REALLY easy to find pirate-related gifts and costumes and other SHINEYS. And... I can imagine it being the same for Vampire fans..... except I *imagine* that for a lot of people (especially older people like me)it's harder to "get behind it" if you don't like/agree with the new trend.... whether it's in the general: ick, vamps don't sparkle, etc..... or in the more political: this is abstinence porn written by a Mormon and also teaches girls that it is okay if their creepy boyfriend stalks them, etc. It would kinda be like (as a huge pirate nut) if I absolutely despised Pirates of the Caribbean in a way that made me *uncomfortable* to like pirates for a time being. Which, of course, is not the case. As for my 10-year-old that I knew for a week: I'm sure she's fine. I was actually more surprised that she thought that such feelings were appropriate to *share* with someone else.... For that, I was honored. But I still had a knee-jerk reaction. :-(
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Re: vampires
Date: 2009-09-11 03:35 am (UTC)When Pirates got popular, I was excited, because it was suddenly REALLY easy to find pirate-related gifts and costumes and other SHINEYS.
And... I can imagine it being the same for Vampire fans..... except I *imagine* that for a lot of people (especially older people like me)it's harder to "get behind it" if you don't like/agree with the new trend.... whether it's in the general: ick, vamps don't sparkle, etc..... or in the more political: this is abstinence porn written by a Mormon and also teaches girls that it is okay if their creepy boyfriend stalks them, etc.
It would kinda be like (as a huge pirate nut) if I absolutely despised Pirates of the Caribbean in a way that made me *uncomfortable* to like pirates for a time being.
Which, of course, is not the case.
As for my 10-year-old that I knew for a week: I'm sure she's fine. I was actually more surprised that she thought that such feelings were appropriate to *share* with someone else.... For that, I was honored. But I still had a knee-jerk reaction. :-(