Jul 10 2009
NO COMPARISON: Twilight vs. True Blood
PLEASE….. STOP! If I read one more tweet/blog on this topic, I’m going to SCREAM! I admit I’ve often referred to True Blood as “The Adult Version of Twilight” (which it IS!). But other than the fact that their debuts coincided with each other, they can’t be compared. HOWEVER…. I’ve broken down a few similarities that could be the cause for such comparisons:
- Bill and Edward are vampires that are over 100 years old.
- Both have been lonely for almost a century, until they met their young, irresistible, mortal soul mates.
- Both are willing to put their vampire lives on the line to save/be with their girlfriends.
- Both have English accents in real life, but have different accents on-screen (Bill - Southern; Edward - American).
- Both vampires seem to have money, despite not having jobs.
- Bill sleeps in hiding all night and will burn in the sunlight. Edward’s a permanent insomniac and sparkles in the sunlight.
- Edward’s old fashioned and believes in no sex until marriage. Bill’s ready to knock boots after the first date!
- Sookie’s brother, Jason is the beefcake in True Blood.
- Edward’s brother, Emmett is the beefcake in Twilight.
- True Blood has an african american character who kicks butt & name starts with an ‘L’: Lafayette
- Twilight has an african american character who kicks butt & name starts with an ‘L’: Laurent
- In True Blood, the vampires drink True Blood and live openly amongst the town folks.
- In Twilight, the vampires drink animal blood and live strictly on the DL!
- Edward can read minds, but Bill can’t.
- Sookie can read minds, but Bella can’t.
- Both Sookie and Bella have been the target of a killer.
- Both girls are smart, independent young women, but become clueless when told to stay away from vampires.
- Both girls live in small rural towns, yet have somehow managed to find and hook up with a hot vampire!
- Sam is just like as Jacob: He’s a shape shifter who’s in love with a girl, who happens to be in love with a vampire.
- Twilight saga has the Volturri, who reigns in Italy. True Blood has Eric the Vampire Leader who runs the vampire club “Fangtasia” just outside of town and will lead you to a ‘Vampire Council’ when you betray the vampire world.
- Newborn vampires are uncontrollable in the Twilight saga. Newborns in True Blood are controlled by one sentence: ”As your Maker, I Command You!”
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There are a lot of comparisons, and comments about the competition between the two. Frankly, I find that a bit disturbing. I would hope that True Blood is seen as adult and Twilight as more teen and up.
Still, Twilight has been accused of being porn for teens. I haven’t read it, so I won’t judge it at all. I’m glad you wrote this. I wanted to do something like this but didn’t feel right comparing since I haven’t read one of them.