The big question on the minds of many bloggers today is “can werewolves kill the vampire craze?” I have been wondering that myself, is it the time where the werewolves take over the vampires? Maybe, maybe not.
The thing is, as kickass as werewolves are, they lack many of the elements that make vampires so desirable. There’s no pretty immortality, no ancient elegance, no sexy/thrilling appeal. With werewolves you have a ferocious beast that gets all furry. Sure, New Moon showed us that werewolves can be fucking hot, but that’s only one uncommon view. Even with the success of New Moon werewolves still haven’t taken the limelight from vampires.
“Vampires have always been more popular because there’s a romantic element,” Slantmagazine.com film critic Nick Schager said. “They’re striking, dashing, and there are sexual components to the legend.”
Nick is right, vamps have all of these romantic possibilities and while there are werewolf romance stories out there none of them compare to the success of the undead tales of forbidden love.
If you were to check out the bestsellers section at the bookstore you’ll most likely see something like this – 25% Angels, 25% Werewolves and 50% Vampires. There is no question that werewolves are way more popular now then they were 5 years ago. But will they surpass vampires or will the increasingly popular angels take over both?
We have had werewolf fads in the past, every few years they rise out of the ashes and are reborn just like the vampires. You’ll go years without hearing much on either, then suddenly BAM they are everywhere. But even though vampire fever is cooling down and werewolves are shown more and more in entertainment it doesn’t mean that they’ll get the same amount of success. On that note, a lot of people expect the R-rated Wolfman flick will knock vampires on their ass. But while it will draw in horror-loving adults, it won’t appeal to the tweens who seem to control the whole damn world.
As much as I love werewolves I don’t think they can rise above vampires, or angels for that mater. Sure the new movie The Wolfman and upcoming Twilight movies will continue to give the wolves a big dose of love but I doubt it will be big enough to start a full out werewolf frenzy. Unfortunately.
Oh well, popularity aside I still adore the furry beasts… especially when they have the body of a perfectly tanned god.
What are your thoughts on the whole deal?
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so why angels?
No idea, but they keep getting more and more popular for some reason. Last time I checked out the book section at the store loads of them were young adult angel books.
i hope so they are so hot the werewolfs as my daughter and i both agree on that.
I think perhaps it is because most werewolf stories have the werewolf be otherwise “normal” meaning they age etc, were as angels and vampires are always immortal attractive superbeings. I mean so many people can get past the bloodsucking as long as they can forever look cool etc. but turn a little furry on occasion and its game over. It is so unfair.
Since is seems that teens especially teen girls rule the trend market maybe it is simply because dogs (werewolves) are man’s best friend but diamonds (see sparkly twilight people) are a girl’s? :)
well i started a novel. Its been getting good reviews so far so ill try to finish it. Maybe ill try to put some vampire appeal in the main character, who is a werewolf.
… Werewolves are awsome, I don’t know what the appeal is for vampires(cause they suck so much), and I could care less for the Twilight series(being a guy). I like werewolves because of the animalistic traits, and just because of the portrayal of them in certain books like the Old World of Darkness books, in which is I can honestly say, they have WAY more appeal in those books than in any other possible series.
Vampires are more just a corrupt race of human-like beings that should just all burn in hell(!!!) for being the murderous beings they are.
I think that even though werewolves could overtake vampires, they lack many well backed-up tales. They are totally sexy in human form but then it gets hairy and throat-ripping, so people loose interest in them. Unlike the vampires who have only one form and drink blood but I still dont understand why they like the even more evil vampires. Hopefully, they will make a rise. Soon.
I’ve always loved werewolves more than vampires. When I was a little kid, I always wanted to play dinosaurs or werewolves. And I STILL love werewolves, but I can’t find any good young adult stories about them. It saddens me that werewolves don’t get enough attention the way vampires do.
It’s true that media is controlled by teenage girls, and teenage girls like vampires more. Unless you’re me; I’m a teenage girl and I think werewolves are way sexier/badass than vampires. (hello, Blood and Chocolate movie)
I hope in the future there will be some good authors who will take pity on us werewolf lovers and write us a good series.
Alright, I’ve always wanted to be a writer, and I’ve loved werewolves ever since I could pronounce the word. And now I’m officially dedicating one of my books (with werewolves) to this blog. Keep spreading the werewolf word! :)
Here’s why werewolves will never be more popular than vampires.
Vampires are fake. They live an empty life that they’re trying to fill by pretending to be people. And everybody loves that. Everybody connects to that. Oh, and when a vampire feeds, it’s so intimate that they might as well be having sex. And then you’ve got people like Tom Cruise who show how they can be smooth about everything (and then we go on to the fact that THAT guy’s been a smooth secret agent, too).
Werewolves represent wild life. The majority of the people that connect to that are too busy living life than reading books and watching movies (“majority,” not all). Werewolves rip things to shreds, which is fucking scary. Even if werewolves aren’t all hairy all the time, you’re a lot more likely to find a hairy biker werewolf than a secret agent wolf.
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I’m a teenage girl and I love werewolves way more than vampires. My friends like vampires more for some reason but I’m always able to get them to vote werewolf when it comes to boyfriends. I mean who wants a room temperature boyfriend? It is just cold. Like a table top, or a rock. There are new werewolf myths that have them live longer now. Like in the Twilight series Jacob can live forever as long as he keeps shifting. Then you have the Mercy Thompson Novels (By Patricia Briggs)where werewolves aren’t immortal they are just immune to ageing, which is basically the same thing. Also werewolves are just as hot as vampires in human form if not more so. When shifted, if you watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer, (I’m a big fan) even those werewolves look more like cute massive puppies where as the vampires with their fangs out are pretty unattractive.
u got one thing wrong i think. im pretty sure werewolves can have immortality