This is TVD
week! To celebrate the season 3 release on Tuesday, every post this week will
concern vampires and The Vampire Diaries tv series. Be wary of some
spoilers, although I will avoid anything uber important from season 3.
When comparing
vampire myths I have mentioned True Blood
a few times, and with good reason. The
Vampire Diaries and True Blood
are actually remarkably similar. In fact, it’s a common question in the world
(yes, the whole world, of course not just neeky people chatting online) which
series is the better one to watch. This is up for some debate.
Now I have watched True Blood up to this past season, which
I haven’t watched yet. I have watched The
Vampire Diaries up to the very last episode in season 3. Thus I feel
qualified to make some suggestions.
As I said, the
series are super similar. Knowing how everyone loves a good list, here are
several areas in which the shows overlap:
· Both are based on a book series.
· Both shows develop a way for vampires to
be in the sunlight.
· Both draw in other supernatural elements…
vampires, witches, and werewolves – oh my!
· Both introduce werewolves in the second
season.
· Both have main (hot) female characters
who are non-vampire.
· Both main female characters have only one
sibling, a brother.
· Both main female characters (mfcs) have
dead parents.
· Both mfcs initially still live with their
female guardian.
· Both mfcs fall in love with a “good”
vampire.
· Both mfcs then get some hard core lust
going on for a “bad” vampire.
· Both mfcs are summarily torn between the two.
· Both mfcs have “special” blood.
See? Practically
the same show.
The big differences
between the two are sex & violence. Since True Blood is the adult show, you would expect it to be the more
sexual & violent of the two. Well, you’re half right.
True Blood definitely has more sex, and it’s
definitely more graphic. This is not a show to watch with your grandma (your
grandma’s already secretly watching it at night when she’s done reading Fifty Shade of Grey). I have actually
heard people say before that a large part of why they watch True Blood is for the sex.
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| Yes, please. |
Now TVD on the other hand is a little more
subdued with the rampant lovemaking. Oh it happens here and there. Vampire
hormones apparently are constantly stuck in horny teenager mode. But it’s certainly
not every episode and there’s certainly far less body exposure. Not that I have
anything against Eric Northman strutting around in the buff. Faaaaaaaaaaaar
from it.
But when it comes
to violence, I actually think the shows are pretty evenly tied. True Blood is a bit more visual and
gross. TVD is a little more realistic
with its violence and torture. However, where TVD totally has True Blood beat
is the body count.
As I’m said before,
in The Vampire Diaries people die ALL
THE FREAKING TIME. That wasn’t an exaggeration.
Not only do people
die, the ones that die are RELEVANT. They’re not just killing off random characters you met
for a second and figured would probably die. Sure, True Blood has had some very shocking character deaths, but TVD totally has them topped, even if you only
count characters that appear in the first two episodes and then die.
This is one of the
things I really like about TVD. When
a character I like gets into some sort of undesirable situation, I legitimately
do not know if they’ll survive. But this is FANTASTIC. I mean sure, it makes me
quite cross at times, but it also keeps me on the edge of my seat. I have no
false sense of security. Heck, I wouldn’t be surprised if at some point they
kill off one of the three main characters. I am invested in some of these
characters. Not knowing what might happen to them keeps me watching, keeps me
tense, and keeps me screaming at the screen.
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