Nathan Bransford - The Forums

Many of the posts here are mentioning the sexuality/romance of the vampire mythos. This is definitely the case nowadays, but it wasn't always this way. Vampires used to be straightforward monsters: as seen in "Nosferatu," and even as late as "Salem's Lot." So when would you all s...

My hypothesis for "Twilight's" popularity is that it replicates a core romance-fantasy that a large number of women share: There exists a person whom almost everyone wants to be with (due to good looks, or power, or money, etc.), but he isn't interested in any of them. But there is somethi...