Comments on: Buffy vs. Twilight http://www.saalonmuyo.com/2010/01/19/buffy-vs-twilight/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=buffy-vs-twilight Flashlights and Explosions Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:09:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brent P. Newhall http://www.saalonmuyo.com/2010/01/19/buffy-vs-twilight/comment-page-1/#comment-1651 Brent P. Newhall Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:03:06 +0000 http://www.saalonmuyo.com/?p=728#comment-1651 Funny thing is, the recent anime "Dance in the Vampire Bund" did exactly this (a vampire revealing vampirism to the world). And did it far more "realistically." The queen of the vampires sets up a reveal of vampires on a prime-time talk show. And she lets a vampire literally run amok, killing people. Then she dispatches him. Then she explains to the camera that she's doing this to 1) prove that vampires exist, and 2) prove that vampires are unstoppable, except by other vampires, so you'd better let the vampires live. Period. Which immediately leaves the audience (both in the anime's world and the ones watching the anime) realizing that she's highly dangerous and is willing to let humans die. And they're stuck. They're not in love; they're *doomed.* A very vampire thing to do. Funny thing is, the recent anime “Dance in the Vampire Bund” did exactly this (a vampire revealing vampirism to the world). And did it far more “realistically.”

The queen of the vampires sets up a reveal of vampires on a prime-time talk show. And she lets a vampire literally run amok, killing people. Then she dispatches him.

Then she explains to the camera that she’s doing this to 1) prove that vampires exist, and 2) prove that vampires are unstoppable, except by other vampires, so you’d better let the vampires live. Period.

Which immediately leaves the audience (both in the anime’s world and the ones watching the anime) realizing that she’s highly dangerous and is willing to let humans die. And they’re stuck. They’re not in love; they’re *doomed.*

A very vampire thing to do.

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