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Becca Stareyes (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} beccastareyes) wrote in ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} fandom_wank, |
And if we use 'sparkly' for a synonym for 'sexy eternally-young maybe-dangerous* love interest'... well, that started long before Edward entered the scene. And maybe Rice is a bit too close to be throwing stones.
(I suppose it could also be that it is a synonym for 'My Vampires are Different!' without working with the rest of the mythos: Edward and Co. seemed convinced that their skin luster would give them away when they live in a 21st century Earth where Twilight doesn't exist, so the average joe is more likely to think 'overdid body glitter' than 'creature of the night'**. Which, again, you can be a crummy worldbuilder with no sparkles at all.)
* Granted, Edward's 'danger' seemed to be more the fact Meyer wrote him as a controlling stalker rather than any risk of killing Bella, which I gather was Meyer's intent for his danger.
** One could make a case that vampire hunters or other vampires deliberately obscured this fact for Reasons, but... well, AFAIK Meyer didn't.
(I suppose it could also be that it is a synonym for 'My Vampires are Different!' without working with the rest of the mythos: Edward and Co. seemed convinced that their skin luster would give them away when they live in a 21st century Earth where Twilight doesn't exist, so the average joe is more likely to think 'overdid body glitter' than 'creature of the night'**. Which, again, you can be a crummy worldbuilder with no sparkles at all.)
* Granted, Edward's 'danger' seemed to be more the fact Meyer wrote him as a controlling stalker rather than any risk of killing Bella, which I gather was Meyer's intent for his danger.
** One could make a case that vampire hunters or other vampires deliberately obscured this fact for Reasons, but... well, AFAIK Meyer didn't.
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