To be clear, that infamous video essay about "owing Stephenie Meyer an apology" was, in fact, balls, and the idea that she was unjustly despised on even selective premises is balls
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The specific aesthetic complaint about "sparkly vampires" that I think matters - that Meyer is drawn to the idea of making her characters perfect in really shallow and childish ways - is I think more valid
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Like what I actually find most annoying is how much time the narrative spends on how great the Cullen house is and how many expensive clothes they own
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Well, to be clear, it's annoying because ultimately Meyer came up with a _more interesting_ (or at least much less explored) idea than simply "vampires" and rather than fully unpack or explore that achievement she _hid_ it behind brazenly crowd-pleasing terminology.
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It's like how the original "Secret Wars" comics were so named, despite being neither secret nor wars, because Marvel polled a bunch of children and determined those two words were the coolest Like, okay, cash your check, but don't pretend what you've done isn't cynical
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"Making up a new thing that has very little to do with existing vampire myths, but calling it a vampire" also happens to be literally what Polidori, Le Fanu, and Stoker did during their time.
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“That’s a made up word!” “All words are made up.”
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Real vampires don’t exist
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