Vampire Myths in True Blood, Twilight, and The Vampire Diaries 2009-11-11 16:30:26

Vampire Myths: How the Big 3 Stack Up

November 11, 2009

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The release of New Moon is steadily approaching amid a vampire trend that's hotter than ever. In addition to the Twilight gang, The Vampire Diaries keeps getting better, and True Blood just wrapped its second amazing season. I love all three, and have been thinking lately about how they each regard classic vampire mythology, from garlic, to crucifixes, to vampire transitions. Take a look at how they compare.

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27 Comments

2 years 51 weeks

The Vampire Diaries is so much better ; It has so much action and great characters. Twilight is kinda' stupid(No fangs?WTF!), And True Blood is way more better than Twilight saga. But Vampire Diaries will always be the best one! :)

yajairab 3 years 21 weeks

the twilight vampire vs the trueblood vampires...the twilight boys would get their asses kicked and whats with the tranny glitter skin?

3 years 22 weeks

In my opinion, Twilight vampires... well... aren't really vampires! They're probably a different blood sucking, sparkly race. Just because they suck blood, that doesn't mean they're vampires! A lot of others mythical creatures suck blood

sheacashmere 3 years 23 weeks

TRUE BLOOD TRUE BLOOD TRUE BLOOD Can't get enough of Bill Compton, and the whole vamp thing. Bite me Babe. Lucky Sookie

3 years 24 weeks

i prefer twilight saga... it's a different outlook-- a new set of vwmpire legend... things change .. i just dont like brutality and gruesome acts... we have enough wars for that,people!

chile68 3 years 24 weeks

Just give some Edward!!! That is all I want :)

GCullen 3 years 24 weeks

Edwarrd Cullen and Twilight saga is absolutely the best of dem all :)

3 years 24 weeks

hey twilight saga and vampire diaries are awesome!!!

twilightbabe 3 years 25 weeks

Luv all 3 but the films/programmes are no where near as good as the books.

gd101 3 years 26 weeks

I like all three!!!! I've read twilight and I fell in love with the Series! After Reading Twilight I started to read the Sookie Stackhouse Novels and I found out that I liked them too! Now I'm also watching The Vampire Diaries! I like all three for different reasons!!! :)

JessicaKristin 3 years 26 weeks

I'll take some good ol' fashioned sex, mayhem, and kindly southern mannered gentlemen or vampires any day! Preferably one day out of seven on HBO. I do declare! I heart True Blood!

sonya ina 3 years 26 weeks

Whoops, there was a heart next to that, haha! Meant to say: I love the Vampire Diaries

sonya ina 3 years 26 weeks

Vampire Diaries <3

dani19 3 years 26 weeks

after seeing all the comparisons its weird but i cant help but think buffy blew these all out of the water as being the most traditional but original vampire.

Kazagirl 3 years 26 weeks

I love Twilight but Stephenie Meyer's version of a vampire is not my favorite. First off, vampires have fangs. I hate that the Twilight vampires do not have fangs. I love the True Blood version of a vampire. I am so in love with Eric it is not even funny.

fakeplanettelex 3 years 26 weeks

though i love twilight, i'm irked stephanie meyer changed all the rules with vampires. i prefer the true blood vampires because of ERIC NORTHMAN. oh, hai. and buzz, you forgot one important myth of vampires: GLAMOUR/mind control. i mean, hellooo dracula?!

3 years 26 weeks

well, Eric Northman is the only vamp in True Blood that can fly =P take that Beeeel

3 years 26 weeks

Recapping all the traditions and how these stories use or avoid them makes "Twilight" seem a little creepy. I hadn't really thought about the Edward lurking in the bedroom part for a while, pretty stalker-like. Seems like some vulnerabilities, other than being ripped apart and burned, would have made for some interesting twists to her plot. (BTW I'm a fan of all 3 series and enjoy them for what they are).

3 years 26 weeks

Eric Northman is the hottest vamp in the universe. And Alexander Skarsgard plays him to a "V"

Pampire 3 years 26 weeks

I love vampire diaries and of course twilight but the VD show is way different than the books but I still love it! Twilight is the most different compared to the traditional vampire stories, but that's what I love about it, its different. I never have watched true blood but I bet its good too. You can't go wrong with vamps and romance.

3 years 26 weeks

In my opinion the twilight vampires...aren't vampires! BTW. The ring Stefan and Damon wears was mentioned in episodes of Buffy and Angel. Angel got the ring from Buffy (which Spike decided to steal), which enabled him to walk in the sun. Although Angel destroyed it, coz he thought it might just be safer for everyone.

demarco11 3 years 26 weeks

In the Vamp. Diaries books they cant have sex. For them drinking blood is a substitution for the act. I'm not surprised they changed it for the show.

SpeakLike aChild 3 years 26 weeks

Nice slideshow. It's cool how each story can create different rules and still be interesting, but I can't believe that someone dared to create a sparkly vampire.

redchick152 3 years 27 weeks

i think i like the other 2 shows better than twilight b/c the other vamps actually have weaknesses. stephanie meyer made her vamps almost god-like and indestructible.