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gamerunknown
Get reckful's keyboard!
Post by
Adamsm
So there's a zombie book/movie where the protagonist is a zombie that falls in love with a normal girl.
We've almost run out of creatures for a teenage girl to fall in love with.
Well....to be fair, it's not the zombie's fault; he eats a guy and somehow ends up with the dude's memory, then goes to find the girlfriend who falls in love with him. It's called Warm Bodies; romance and horror all in one(from what I've heard at least).
Post by
Nathanyal
Yeah, I saw the commercial for it on tv then saw that it was a book. Didn't really know the premise of it other than a girl and a zombie fall in love.
Doesn't seem all that great IMO, but I'm not a fan of romance or horror movies so ehh.
Post by
Interest
Get recked!
Post by
Thror
So there's a zombie book/movie where the protagonist is a zombie that falls in love with a normal girl.
We've almost run out of creatures for a teenage girl to fall in love with.
Porcupine. Good luck finding something.
Post by
Interest
So there's a zombie book/movie where the protagonist is a zombie that falls in love with a normal girl.
We've almost run out of creatures for a teenage girl to fall in love with.
Porcupine. Good luck finding something.
I would like to add a dead horse too.
Post by
ElhonnaDS
There was an article on Cracked a week or two ago about the 5 weirdest types of romance novels, and Centaur was up there, with Satyr getting honorable mention, so you'd be surprised how far they've already gone. Like vampires and werewolves, aliens and mutated/super-powered people have been done to death (so to speak) in sci-fi, and I have seen angels and ghosts used in romance novels around my grandmother's house (spent many weekends there with nothing to do but browse her extensive collection of romance novels in middle school and early high school). In other books, not specifically romances, I have seen romantic leads that were selkies, demons, gods of various dead religions, were-cats, elves, etc. And then you have rule 34 and all the people who are into anthro. And then there are the robots...
And it's not necessarily a new thing- how old is the original Beauty and the Beast fairy tale? Who remembers how the Minotaur came to be? Twilight might be modern trash that is getting a much larger portion of the population on the vampire/werewolf bandwagon than might normally be, and Warm Bodies might look like a novel but silly idea, but before that Dracula was painted as a romantic character even if he was a monster, Frankenstein's monster's ultimate goal was to have a mate made for him, and the classic werewolf movies revolved around the anti-hero getting through them without killing the woman he loves.
I think that there is a lot of leeway in what people can find attractive in a work of fiction, or what they can suspend caring about at least when indulging in fantasy. I think the point of the non-human romantic lead to express that the character is "more-than-human" in some specific trait or traits that are considered generally attractive my most people. A lot of these characters are stronger, more physically impressive, more passionate or emotional, more driven by base instincts, etc.- which is meant to convey that they are going to be more impressive in the physical arena than a human could be.
Alternatively, creating a romantic lead from a non-human society means that you can paint them without the flaws that are found in human beings- a species that really mates for life and absolutely will not stray, a society where a partner is supposed to be utterly devoted to the spouse, psychic or magical connections that reinforce a romantic pairing, etc. The standard rules of what level of single-minded devotion is possible with the character still being believable don't apply.
The third reason may be that there is an appeal to the ego when not only is the person in love, but them being in love defies every rule of how they should work, because it implies that the person who they fall for must be exceptionally special. If the guy next door has a crush on you, it's cute. If the bad-boy next door falls in love with you despite never being the falling in love type, that's hot. If a vampire who by all rules of magic and physics shouldn't feel anything is in love with you, then clearly you are a rare and unique snowflake and who doesn't want their partner to feel that way about them?
Clearly, the vast majority of people who read or relate to this literature would most likely not be interested in these types of romantic leads or partners in a real setting, without the benefit of suspension of disbelief. In the real world, people breakup over things like spending too much on clothes, forgetting to put down the toilet seat and working weekends. It's unrealistic that the same people who have those sticking points would be ok with a boyfriend who brought fleas into the house, who couldn't hold a job because their birth certificate is from 300 years ago, or who randomly flies into a violent animalistic rage over things that most guys would just go home and work off insulting peoples mothers on CoD.
Wow that post got long. I guess I like to discuss the psychology of sexuality and human thought processes :P
@Thror- actually, when I was younger (way too young for the genre), I saw a movie where this girl was married to a monster who had a skin like a porcupine, but he would take it off at night so they could get busy. One night she threw it into the fire so he'd just stay that way, and he didn't take it well. I don't remember what the movie was, though.
@Everyone- If you want to see the romance/horror genre crossed successfully, try "Zombie Honeymoon." It is much better than it sounds, and while still a b-movie, it was not the piece of nonsense I thought it would be when I bought it.
Post by
Rystrave
I would like to add a dead horse too.
I am reminded me of a video my friend had on his computer while we were in highschool from your post. No. Thank. You.
We have 'winter storm Gandolf' passing through tonight. Supposed to get 6-10 inches of white stuff.
Post by
ElhonnaDS
In light of the current conversation, Rystrave, those two sentences do very little to change the subject...
Post by
Rystrave
In light of the current conversation, Rystrave, those two sentences do very little to change the subject...
lol I wasn't trying to change the convo. I actually came here just to post about the storm coming, then I saw you wrote a book and decided to post what I wanted to anyway :P
ON TOPIC, with what I learned about zombies and how they 'came to be,' a girl loving a zombie is realistic. But not with modern day zombies. Modern day zombies are mean. Girls shouldn't fall in love with animals (unless the ability to morph into animals like in the Animorph's series), etc.
I'd divulge more but I'm getting swapped at work suddenly D=
Post by
Patty
wow i need to stop procrastinating i am now listening to celine dion hELP ME
Post by
Sagramor
wow i need to stop procrastinating i am now listening to celine dion hELP ME
That's a shame.
What a shame.
Who's to blame?
(For Corey Haim.)
Mr. Booze!
Post by
HiVolt
Been super busy this week. Classes started back up, and I've already got a full workload. Not that I'm complaining, though. It's nice to get right back into work mode. First English paper this semester is on Intellectual Property rights. Anybody got some good sources on hand? Peer-reviewed, current articles would be most welcome.
Post by
Magician22773
I would do some research on the massive patent wars going on in the cell phone industry right now. Pretty much everyone is suing everyone else it seems. Its current, and there is a metric crap ton of information available on it.
Post by
Rankkor
For some reason
this song
sums up my feelings about the upcoming 5.2 patch for wow (note that I'm not complaining, I actually LOVE dinosaurs :P I just found the song to be fitting and funny, as well as a homage to Jurassic Park)
(Disclaimer, Song has strong language)
Post by
322702
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Post by
Rankkor
Everything is better with dinosaurs.
Even wow.
SPECIALLY wow.
Post by
322702
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
Thror
Cyberpunk 2077
- new incoming RPG by CDPROJEKT RED, creators of the Witcher. Looks like an entirely new, cyberpunk themed IP.
The teaser is absolutely stunning. Loving the hell out of it. Bulletproof skin? Retractable mantis blades in arms? Strongly augmented cop? Heck yes.
Post by
Rankkor
Cyberpunk 2077
- new incoming RPG by CDPROJEKT RED, creators of the Witcher. Looks like an entirely new, cyberpunk themed IP.
The teaser is absolutely stunning. Loving the hell out of it. Bulletproof skin? Retractable mantis blades in arms? Strongly augmented cop? Heck yes.
O_O
/feints.
Sadly, if my PC can't even handle witcher 2 (and can JUST BARELY handle Farcry 3 on the lowest setting) there's no way in hell I'll be able to run this game.
Good god, I really need to update my video card.
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