I'm afraid that I can't get past the evil werewolves unless there's at least two chapters devoted to wholesale rape, described in minute detail, without losing the quality of writing. Yeah, I'm weird. :P
Other than that, it doesn't sound -too- awful, but generally I have this major problem with werewolves being evil when vampires are good. Vampires are corpses that leech human vitality and lifeblood to survive, usually (though not always) killing the victim. Werewolves are primal creatures pulsing (.... bad thought...) with their own life, who can survive on livestock instead and furthermore, can actually have sex, enjoy it, and PROCREATE from it.
Yes, I'm biased (take a look at the LJ picture and you know that), but I mean, realistically (bad choice of words), logically, why would a centuries/millenia old walking corpse who doesn't feel decay, has watched everyone they cared about in life die, has seen the wars this world has raged upon itself from a variety of perspectives, and most importantly, can't die of natural causes, be more good than a beast, a combination of the (granted) corrupt man and the primal innocence of the animal world, whose feelings are usually spawned by the same political or personal motivations as any 'normal' human, has seen maybe a couple of major wars and certainly -doesn't- remember the face of George Washington from personal experience, and furthermore, will live, eat, sleep, fuck and die of old age like any 'normal' creature?
Yes, that's right, die of old age. Sure, they regenerate and all, but if you look at humans, so do they - just much more slowly. I'm of the mind that werewolves die of old age -YOUNGER- than humans do - after all, canids only live around twenty years at maximum. The whole 'immortal werewolf' bit makes no sense to me at all, especially if somehow there's a feud between them and vampires, when they've had eons to work out the problems.
So, everything having been said and done, I obviously have no intention of buying this book or reading it. It goes directly against fundamental parts of my beliefs in a way that bothers me because I feel it is literally and blatantly ignoring all logic in the matter.
No offense, Mr. Spoor, should you happen to read this - it is, after all, just my opinion. It's not your skill as a writer I'm upset with - if Gordy says the book is good, I've no doubt it is. It's simply the standpoint on this particular matter that angers me. I'd speak of Shakespeare or Chaucer the same way if they did the same thing.
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Date: 2004-01-19 01:11 pm (UTC)Other than that, it doesn't sound -too- awful, but generally I have this major problem with werewolves being evil when vampires are good. Vampires are corpses that leech human vitality and lifeblood to survive, usually (though not always) killing the victim. Werewolves are primal creatures pulsing (.... bad thought...) with their own life, who can survive on livestock instead and furthermore, can actually have sex, enjoy it, and PROCREATE from it.
Yes, I'm biased (take a look at the LJ picture and you know that), but I mean, realistically (bad choice of words), logically, why would a centuries/millenia old walking corpse who doesn't feel decay, has watched everyone they cared about in life die, has seen the wars this world has raged upon itself from a variety of perspectives, and most importantly, can't die of natural causes, be more good than a beast, a combination of the (granted) corrupt man and the primal innocence of the animal world, whose feelings are usually spawned by the same political or personal motivations as any 'normal' human, has seen maybe a couple of major wars and certainly -doesn't- remember the face of George Washington from personal experience, and furthermore, will live, eat, sleep, fuck and die of old age like any 'normal' creature?
Yes, that's right, die of old age. Sure, they regenerate and all, but if you look at humans, so do they - just much more slowly. I'm of the mind that werewolves die of old age -YOUNGER- than humans do - after all, canids only live around twenty years at maximum. The whole 'immortal werewolf' bit makes no sense to me at all, especially if somehow there's a feud between them and vampires, when they've had eons to work out the problems.
So, everything having been said and done, I obviously have no intention of buying this book or reading it. It goes directly against fundamental parts of my beliefs in a way that bothers me because I feel it is literally and blatantly ignoring all logic in the matter.
No offense, Mr. Spoor, should you happen to read this - it is, after all, just my opinion. It's not your skill as a writer I'm upset with - if Gordy says the book is good, I've no doubt it is. It's simply the standpoint on this particular matter that angers me. I'd speak of Shakespeare or Chaucer the same way if they did the same thing.