What is a vampire? Wikipedia describes them as “…mythological…which subsist on the life essence (usually in the form of blood) in living beings, whether they are living or dead.” Webster says that he is “a supernatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is, to suck the blood of those who sleep at night.” Others, however, believe that they were completely physically deformed by a diabolical demon human. Be that as it may, some people would have every right to turn their backs on what Stephanie Meyer gave to the world.
In his debut novel Twilight, conventional vampires have super-strength and speed, as well as eternal life. Meyer, however, takes a few liberties with the concept of classical entities. They shine in the sun rather than explode, and the whole story debunks various theories, like garlic and stakes through the heart of vampires.
What probably bothers Meyer more than anything critical, though, is how the Twilight saga brought the vampire and the genre as a whole to mainstream culture. Many anti-Twilight people seem to hold the idea as a mere thought. Which, it seems, adds more fuel to their fire, as it seems the overnight popularity of the series is based on ideas that don’t coincide with classic horror genre consider the work known as Twilight to be a total joke. — except an abomination — to all vampires. And not just the backlash against the saga; The book also seems to be the most difficult work of another female author to look at. Rumiko Takahashi, who wrote and drew the insanely popular Inuyasha manga series. While it has not been proven that Meyer took any elements for Twilight from Inuyasha, several parallels between the two are very apparent.
Both series feature a young schoolgirl who falls in love with the supernatural; in Twilight it’s the vampire Edward Cullen, in Inuyasha the half-demon of the same name. What’s more, both Edward and Inuyasha are rivals in love with the wolf lady; Jacob Black and Koga the wolf demons respectively. In addition to both sagas, the fairly common theme of a girl riding a rider on her non-human back is crossing a forest path.
Takahashi has a few advantages over Meyer, however. Inuyasha seems to have been the perfect plan for Edward Cullen. Although Edward has his own struggles, he does not face death on a daily basis like Inuyasha. Inuyasha initially struggles to be perfect in the feudal age of Japan, he strives to possess a gem called the Shikon no Tama, in order to learn to be a full demon. So he developing character with Kagome, a 20th century student, traveled well in time in his fan house.
Which of course makes Takahashi’s graphic novels much more three-dimensional than Meyer’s. Of course, as most people know Stephanie Meyer, she initially started her new work as a role model for herself. Is Twilight finally a new concept new enough to justify such an original work? Or is it just an attempt to deviate from the classic formula and somehow remove the image of a woman’s work more than half the world? Be that as it may, I will never forget Stephanie Meyer’s premise of her net worth of millions and million dollars.
