There's something interesting to me in how our culture has taken traditional curses and made them into desirable states. Remember when being a vampire/werewolf was a *bad thing*, the kind of thing you'd kill yourself to avoid becoming? This is so fascinating to me. I remember reading a series of werewolf books when I was in middle school about these poor misunderstood werewolves...I wonder where it changed. The prof I took the vampire class with had some good thoughts on this on Facebook a while back, about the way that these traditional monsters have become the good guys, or at least sympathetic, and what that might mean.
"Ginger Snaps" is GREAT. I haven't seen the sequel yet, though. Need to do that!
when werewolves die they become vampires I like this. :)
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Date: 2010-09-22 02:23 am (UTC)This is so fascinating to me. I remember reading a series of werewolf books when I was in middle school about these poor misunderstood werewolves...I wonder where it changed. The prof I took the vampire class with had some good thoughts on this on Facebook a while back, about the way that these traditional monsters have become the good guys, or at least sympathetic, and what that might mean.
"Ginger Snaps" is GREAT. I haven't seen the sequel yet, though. Need to do that!
I like this. :)