Comments on: Buffy vs. Edward

By: Duane

Duane — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 04:52:58 +0000

S Meyr managed to get 1 thing right about vampires when sh had edward explain that they were designed to be alluring to ther prey. Theyr kind of like the VenusFly trap in that sense. So yes most young, naïve young girls would be drawn to Vampires. As both bella and buffy was. the difference however is they choices they made after. Buffy left Angel, realizing that it was unhealthy. And its y she never allowed Spike to love her after that. Bella on the other hand, stayed and later became Undead. The message being unintentionally sent to young girls drawn to bad guys (ie vampires) is that thers a happy ending in store.

By: Duane

Duane — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 04:51:30 +0000

S Meyr managed to get 1 thing right about vampires when sh had edward explain that they were designed to be alluring to ther prey. Theyr kind of like the VenusFly trap in that sense. So yes most young, naïve young girls would be drawn to Vampires. As both bella and buffy was. the difference however is they choices they made after. Buffy left Angel, realizing that it was unhealthy. Bella stayed and later became Undead. The message being unintentionally sent to young girls drawn to bad guys (ie vampires) is that thers a happy ending in store.

By: Cyberia

Cyberia — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:03:49 +0000

“Was I the only one who remembers the part where Buffy slept with not one, but two vampires who also stalked her, hovered outside her bedroom while she slept, and in one instance, tried to rape her?”

The circumstances are completely different: First off, Angel had a soul, and when he lost it, that is when he started “hovering outside her bedroom,” needless to say, unlike Bella, Buffy got over him and ended up killing him. Second of all, her relationship with Spike, unlike the vampire/human relationship in Twilight, symbolized her situation at the time – she recently got pulled from heaven, and was basically at rock bottom – it was a dirty, and in her eyes, shameful relationship, unlike in Twilight, where manipulation and dominance was glorified as “love.” The only thing similar was a human/vampire relationship, yet similar circumstances do not indicate similar characterization – Bella basically became a living zombie after Edward left, while Buffy struggled, but ultimately pulled through without her lovers.

“…they have to hate men, or fit some certain vision of a “strong woman” that maybe they don’t want to fit. What if they’re quiet and bookish, like Bella Swan, not coordinated enough to fight vampires?”

That notion of hating men is a widely used and many times untrue stereotype – Buffy doesn’t propagate a hatred towards men. Secondly, Buffy the show was ripe with characters that didn’t have super powers; most of them didn’t actually. However, Bella in no way exemplifies a “strong” character, regardless of her gender because the textual evidence does not support this. I cannot count how many times she’s given in to Edward’s demands or is coddled by him even though she believes differently. In essence, she doesn’t have a strong will, and most of the time heeds to others. You don’t have to fight vampires to be a strong character.

By: deliciouscitrus

deliciouscitrus — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:36:05 +0000

Go ahead and scratch me. I loathe, and always have loathed, the Buffy/Angel relationship. It was my very least part of the early seasons, and when I rewatch my season 3 DVDs these days I pick up a book or something during their scenes. Twilight, therefore, is like all the bad parts of Buffy with none of the good – a creepy, destructive “romance” that I don’t find remotely compelling.

By: NatashaD

NatashaD — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:48:46 +0000

That’s a very hilarious.
The Vampire Slayer vs the Vampire… LOL..
But I guess it would be nice if they create a movie about Edward and Buffy.

By: Erin

Erin — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:21:49 +0000

Ditto for me not loving the Buffy.Angel angle. Thanks for sharing the video, I found it hilarious.

By: AC

AC — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:53:52 +0000

“I’m not saying that Twilight is a perfect vision of the romance I think girls should aspire to–it’s not. But it’s fiction. The romance in Love in the Time of Cholera or Lolita or Beloved isn’t one that I want teenage girls aspiring to, either, yet I think those are all wonderful works of literature that should be widely read.”

Are you saying Twilight is a work of literature on the level of Lolita or Beloved? Twilight is a fantasy romance novel, Lolita and Beloved are neither of those things, nor are they targeted towards young girls. Why are you comparing them at all? What is your point?

By: liz

liz — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:45:27 +0000

i loved that! buffy versus edward was fantastic. i am glad that she staked him.

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:42:57 +0000

Buffy was created by people who cared about the characters and worked to make them real…not perfect.

Twilight seems to have been created by someone with good intentions, but who sold out by the fourth book and left her characters in shambles. I know many local fans who were so turned off by the last book that they moved onto other things.

By: Matthew E

Matthew E — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:15:17 +0000

However, I very much doubt if you can scratch a Buffy fan and find someone who doesn’t get a bit emotional about Buffy and Angel.

Try scratching me. I could take or leave the Buffy/Angel relationship.