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Poll: Vampires or Werewolves?


  • Pyro Fish
    Aug 22 11:17 AM
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    vampires
    werewolves
    undecided/don't care

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  • Pyro Fish
    August 22
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    so you guys prefer stories about werewolves, or stories about vampires? which is more interesting to read? which is easier to write about?

  • ablelaz
    August 22
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    None of the above.

    Talk to you soon---ablelaz.

  • Barbara
    August 22
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    As long as it's not a mirror image of all the other stories out there, then it doesn't matter to me. Now, even all those 'original ideas' from 5 years ago are bogged down with far too many stories from various authors.

    If it *is* one of those stories that are the current vampire/werewolf genre, then it has to be very well written for me to want to read.

  • pink polka
    August 22
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    werewolves!!!


  • Oddities
    August 23
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    i would rather punch myself in the face than read a story featuring either.

    • Barbara
      August 23
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      I feel the same way about stories with wizards, elves, etc. Then again, I may stumble upon a well written one, and change my mind... and what one person considers well written may not be one that I consider well written.

      • Myryca
        August 25
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        By wizards and elves I'm guessing you mean particularly stereotyped wizards and elves. Even if they may not be called wizards and elves by the author?


        • Barbara
          August 25
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          Seems like most the science fiction/fantasy books I pick up have a elf in it. Or a halfling, or gnome, or wizard, or some other Lord of the Rings/Harry Potter hybrid.

          If I get half way through the book with these characters, and then realize that 'hey, he's a wizard!', then that means it wasn't shoved down my throat throughout, and it wasn't overdone by the author. I prefer that. It has to flow so naturally, that any magick, or anything else is done so seemlessly that it belongs in that story, and doesn't overpower it.

          • Oddities
            August 25
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            tbh

            i would rather punch myself in the face than read another sword and scorcery novel as well.

            just a shame neil gaimen leaves a 4 year gap between novels.

  • Pyro Fish
    August 29
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    okay
    thanx for responding ppl

  • katicalocke
    September 10
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    I'm a sucker for fantasy, so I like books with vampires, werewolves, wizards, dragons, etc. in them, unless it reads like a badly constructed clone of every other fantasy book I've ever read. I'm more forgiving of recycled plots if the characters are well-written.
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