http://www.tampabay.com/features/media/article870160.ece
A timeline from the St Petersburg times online about the change vampires have undergone over time. It's brilliant, but not as scathing towards Twilight as I would have preferred. It does mention True Blood though, and I like that show...
even though the vampires should be more fearsome ._.
I like the introduction of the article the best:
"For our money, there is no cooler creature in pop culture history than the vampire. • Infinitely adaptable, mysterious and powerful, vampires are the hip kids of the zeitgeist.They dominate humanity while standing apart from it, embodying all things forbidden and seductive in one conflict-laced package. • Little surprise, then, that the form each ghoul takes through history says a lot about its time and place. • "It's ironic: They say vampires don't cast a reflection, but vampires really are a reflection . . . of society," said Eric Nuzum, who drank his own blood, watched 605 vampire movies and took a Romanian vampire tour to write his 2007 book, The Dead Travel Fast: Stalking Vampires from Nosferatu to Count Chocula."
I'm liking the sound of this book by Eric Nuzum, I'm going to look into ordering this. I'm thinking vampires might become my folklore focus, it gives me a chance to express my *ahem* distaste for a few things via my blog.
Guess who is extremely excited about this task now? :3
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