Vampire Diaries 101
Posted by WillowRaine on September 10, 2009
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I have to admit, I was skeptical when I heard about this television series.
My original thought? Knock off of Twilight. Especially after I saw the first ten minutes of it tonight. I had no clue that this was even a book series, go ahead, roll your eyes at me. I rarely read fiction, unless it’s classic literature, so cut me some slack.
So, then I hear that Vampire Diaries was actually published first, and because I am me, I start digging to make sure. Hey no offense, but I prefer to read it for myself, you know?
So, to quote Wikipedia:
“The Vampire Diaries is a YA horror series of novels written by the NYT Bestselling author of the Night World series, L. J. Smith. The story centers around Elena Gilbert, a high school girl torn between two vampire brothers. The series was originally a trilogy published in 1991. However, pressure from readers led the author to write a fourth volume, Dark Reunion, released in 1992.[1]
After taking a hiatus from writing for several years, L. J. Smith announced in 2008 a new spin-off trilogy entitled The Vampire Diaries: The Return, continuing the series, with Damon being the main protagonist. The first installment, The Return: Nightfall, was released on February 10, 2009. The Return: Shadow Souls and The Return: Midnight are tentatively slated for release in April, 2010 and 2011 respectively.”
You can find that and more on Vampire Diaries:HERE.
Okay, all of that out of the way, the show was spectacular.
Paul Wesley brought intensity, brooding, sexiness to the screen, to this role, that was beyond belief. My heart pitter pattered, and then ached because I couldn’t help but think “He would have made a wonderful Edward Cullen” (Sorry Rob, you know I love you!)
So, all of you Twi hards, fellow Twilight fans, and anyone in between, please stop hating on the Vampire Diaries, it was written first, followed
some 14 YEARS later by Twilight.
See?
We can love them all, no harm in that is there? Can’t we all just..get along? lol
Tags: L.J. Smith, Paul Wesley, Robert Pattinson, Stephenie Meyer, Twilight, Vampire Diaries
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So I am not alone in my thinking of the first 10 minutes of the first episode being eerily similar to Twilight?? thank goodness thought I was going crazy, that said – I LOVE this TV series and the genre has always been a fave of mine, great to see Vamps and Witches comimng into their own, keep up the brilliant work! hugs Bxxx