And Now For More Of The Same!

[bloodyrosemccoy]

Following up loosely on my last entry, I finally came up with a perfect way to describe Urban Chick Lit Fantasy: It's not so much Pride and Prejudice and Zombies as it is Sex & the City & Mothman.*

Yeah, it's another subgenre that irritates the hell out of me, but I really can't take the high road on this one because I am a fan of Tamora Pierce's pioneering genre of Law & Order: Special Pigeons Unit myself. I just can't deny my visceral reaction to pretty much any form of Sassy Chick Lit, and when they start snagging stuff I like, such as magic systems, I get territorial.


*Although unlike the other remixes done purely for gags, I feel that the addition of Mothman would be a serious improvement on that Let's Go Shopping And Be Horny bullshit.**

**Unless it's Mothman Prophecies Mothman. "Richard Gere, is your refrigerator running?" should not be a giant urban legend hellmonster's entire repertoire.

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Re: My 2¢

[stormteller.livejournal.com]

Yup. In troper terms, Vampires have just about reached their peak decay level and are ready to begin their deconstruction cycle. This has already started to a degree- 30 Days of Night seemed like an example, though I didn't see it and can't be sure. The grues or whatever in Descent may also count.

Zombies are harder to do. They're a good idea, but one without much meat on it. You can only do so much. For me, though, the most interesting thing about a zombocalypse is the effect it has on human society. If I were to do a zombie story, it would be more about politics than revenants chewing on people. But, Max Brooks has covered most of that angle already as well.

If I may plug it so shamelessly, this page is based on my view of where vampires and such monsters are heading at the moment.