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Are Vamps and Werewolves too overdone?

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the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:

--- Quote from: -A.V on October 25, 2007, 12:17:47 AM ---I've gotten to where I hate vampire based books. It's overdone and most of the vampires these days are just emo/goth people with too much makeup and some kind of primal sex urge. Not to mention that a vast majority of the young teen (most likely female) are "raping" the Twilight series. but that is just my opinion of course.

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If you're seeing too many of that kind of vampires, you're looking in the wrong places for the good stuff; if you're actually interested in the good stuff, check out my recommendations on the first page of this thread.

novium:
I am quite tired of the vampire and werewolves (and etc) stories about, oh, having a life and having adventures (with angst/romance/thrills thrown in as appropriate). I know this sounds like it would cover pretty much everything, but I am thinking of a specific type of story. They're all blurring together in my mind...i liked them, but now it feels like the last bit of candy you have as a kid on halloween. You're sick of it.  Person is werewolf/vampire. There are downsides, which they complain about, but really, they aren't as bad as they make it seem, because there are a lot of upsides and they go and have adventures, fighting evil/monsters/politics/what have you and getting a love interest.

After all this, I'm in the mood to read about a truly tortured soul (not an angst-ing one), for whom being a werewolf (for example) is actually a curse... all downsides... I guess what I want is a horror story, and not the sort that is about a rampaging monster. The internal horror story, the stories that are about guilt and redemption, of the struggle and triumph (although that does not imply 'happily ever after') against one's own faults, failings, weaknesses and disadvantages.

fivestyle:
Personally I would just like to have a vampire or werewolf story that doesn't read like it should have a picture of Fabio with fangs on the cover.

The Dread Pharaoh Roberts:
The real trick to keeping vampires and werewolves from being too overdone is to remember to marniade them overnight and for God's sake, baste them every fifteen minutes!  Also, if you make a little tent of tinfoil over the vampire or werewolf while it cooks, it'll keep the moisture in and keep it tender and juicy.  Don't be afraid to experiment with seasonings, and consider a slow-cooker as well - there's nothing better than a good werewolf roast that's slow-cooked in the crock pot all day with some veggies... ;D

Lord Nedd:
It is important to tenderize the meat as well.  The problems with werewolves is that they have a tendancy to be gamey.  Vampires are stale and dry.  Hence, the important part of the dish is the sauce.  (If a sauce can make snails taste good, then it can repair anything...;))

-LN

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