Look out for sharp-toothed individuals

Remember a long-ass time ago I talked about how much I missed Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Well, I'm not alone. My brother loved Buffy too, and even my mom! But, she wasn't as hardcore about it as Brother and I were, but she liked it. (She is, however, a huge fan of Firefly. I think she likes it more than I do.) After we saw all the Buffy reruns on FX, all three of us eventually moved on to other vampires series to get our blood fix.

I moved on to Tsukihime, obviously. I would know, for Mangafox came to my rescue earlier today. I've gotten caught up on the Tsuki manga via scanlations. Good god, some scanlations are pure shit. (And you wonder why I don't default to fan translations . . .) Also, because some elements of the Tsuki VN are still absent, there are a few moments that make me shout, "Explain, manga! Explain!" But the action scenes are much better, but it's all so very disturbing, too. Also, Arc's boobs; That right there is going to increase sales. As for me? Eh, I still think her eyes are her best physical feature. And maybe her thighs, but I'm getting off-subject.

As for my brother? He moved on to True Blood. Do not mock his tastes. He doesn't watch the same movies/shows that I do, but I respect his taste in entertainment. I've never watched True Blood, but he's collecting the DVDs. He explained that, "It's like Buffy, but with more sex and blood and cussing!" (Keep in mind, his two favorite directors are Quentin Tarantino, and the Coen Brothers if you count them as one) I said the same thing about Tsukihime, but he didn't seem interested. The only piece of Japanese pop culture he ever liked were Capcom games.

And my mom? She moved on to the Underworld movies. STOP MOCKING HER! My best friend from high school also loves Underworld. I've seen parts of one of the films on tv, and it did look pretty interesting. An entire way of life shaped by prejudices and hatred; almost feels too much like the real world, even though I don't encounter werewolfs Lycans and vampires Half-Immortals on a daily basis. (Okay, vampires calling themselves "Half-Immortals" is a reference to the light novel version of Trinity Blood . . . or was that the manga? I know they didn't say that in the anime version, but I digress.)

Of course, our vampire interests aren't just limited to that. We all love Dracula, (but different versions, though.) and I'm writing another blog on FF.net from the perspective of a vampire. (Don't fret, Ask Rachel Alucard isn't dead yet.) None of us have experienced Twilight, but my brother thinks my mom would like it. ("All the young chicks at work won't shut up about it; maybe you's like it, Mom!") I dunno, though. If what the Spoony One says is correct, the main problem with Twilight is that it has interesting secondary characters, but lame primary characters. If that's really true, then I'd say it's got what I like to call Naruto-syndrome (Yeah, imagine if Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke had a shred of the awesomeness of Kakashi, Tsunade, and Orochimaru . . . . I can dream, man!). If not . . . then why does everyone hate it? I still like Rachel's rant against Twilight in my fanfic, though.






I'm still sad about Sacchin, though. Where is your route, Yumizuka-chan?