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Charmian ([info]charmian) wrote,
@ 2008-08-01 00:37:00


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There is not enough LOLOLOLOL in the world for the Twilight ending.

However, while I totally don't think that Meyer really reads Tanith Lee, the part about Nessi aging up super fast totally reminded me of the Scarabae in Tanith Lee's Blood Opera series. Which I need to reread sometime, because my Inner Goth is attached to it. However, in Lee's case, this is actually HORRIFYING and CREEPY, especially because Rachaela's two daughters also hook up (incestuously to boot). Actually, I want someone else to read these books so I can boggle with them over the Fucked Upness of it all. Actually, more than the vampirism, the rampant incest and reincarnation is the creepier part. Hmm. Actually, is that kind of Lee's way of saying "god, you know, everyone has written about vampires, even me, so actually this is going to be more about vampires as secret immortal repetitive incestuous aristocrats who are possibly a plague from the Bible and also vaguely Jewish themes of exile etc, rather than 'ooooh they drink blood!'"


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[info]white_serpent
2008-07-31 05:28 pm UTC (link)
I read the first Scarabae book. I just never ended up being much of a Tanith Lee fan.

incestuously to boot

Totally not shocking given content in book 1, in which Rachaela hooks up with her father, and their daughter starts to hook up with him later, IIRC.

the rampant incest and reincarnation is the creepier part

Oh, I agree with that.

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[info]charmian
2008-07-31 05:43 pm UTC (link)
Oh yeah, it isn't shocking by then, but I just meant that the intergenerational aspect reminded me of the Twilight stuff. (Twilight is just really not horrific, actually. Well, that's the least of its problems, perhaps).

Yep. And the old people turning young. Anne Rice also did the stuff about babies turning into adults super quickly in the Taltos books, and there it was ALSO actually creepy, as was the incest there too. Okay, Twilight doesn't have incest, but hanging around a little kid as a family friend, and having them as your destined mate is emotional incest, sorta.

(Zomg, someone should rewrite Twilight, but channeling Anne Rice when she was actually not awful! Okay, maybe they could add in the most lolarious scene from Memnoch the Devil, but anyway.)

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