The tragedy of Zombie Romance and the forbidden love between a human and a zombie, will those two crazy kids ever be able to make it in this crazy topsy turvy world?
I was at Barnes and Nobles this weekend perusing the Teen Paranormal Romance section…. Okay my wife was and I was following her making smart ass comments (It’s what I do.) As she was looking for another novel where some impressionable young teen girl was being romanced by a vampire, werewolf, angel, or possibly a sexy Sasquatch it occurred to me that my wife would find me far more attractive if I were a monster.
That’s kind of a sobering thought. Women like the idea of strong dangerous bad boy/monster in their fiction. Weird! You know what? There is no parallel in young Men’s fiction for this. Guys don’t like the idea of their potential girlfriend having demonic powers, or some kind of cursed blood lust.
It’s pretty simple to figure out why. We men are jerks, we will eventually piss our significant other off, and when we do it would be nice if our significant other didn’t snap our spines in two, drain our blood, or swallow our souls.
A supernatural girlfriend sounds like a terrible idea…. unless of course her cleavage is also supernatural. Then I possibly could see a positive in that.
Ah the other forbidden love that we dare not name…why do the girls love to read about it? Really it is just like DnD. The tragic hero who is really a monster, the swashbuckling rogue with a quip about everything, Werewolves, Vampires, Shapeshifters, ghosts. Yeah all from DnD baby! and don’t forget you loved the Harry Potter books too! Wizards, goblins, elves… probably a good thing my wifes doesn’t come to this site.
BTW to your comment about us eventually pissing off our SO’s… Yeah did that for Halloween. Shaved my head as part of my costume. Took 40 minutes to get all that hair off. Kids love it, my side of the family (well they’re like me) liked it. Her family thought it was funny. I did almost sleep on the couch over this. Oh well it’ll grow back.
Wow, your wife must have really loved your hair.
See if she would have been supernatural you’d be dead now.
She’s European… I’m lucky she didn’t stab me in my sleep. Hot and Fiery them Euro-lasses are.
Some of the books that have come out during the “Dark Fiction” phrase are quite good. It’s just the majority that are rubbish.
Give me a good horror book any day.
I’d argue that women are not obsessed with supernatural types, but I have a thing for Dracula-esque vampire and horror film killers, and therefore have no leg to stand on.
Well I also love the Paranormal Romances. BUT I have been reading Vamps, and all the other Sups waaayyy before now! I am partial to vamps..always have been.
As for the women being Sups…welll my hubby swears I AM a Vampire b/c I like it dark and don’t like lights being on. (WHY pay for lights in daytime when the sun is out? Use lights that are needed at night. No need for EVERY light to be on) So when he calls me a Vamp I always respond… I so WISH!!
Have a good rest of the day Zombie Carter!
As long as you aren’t a glittery vamp. That’s the important thing
Nope no glittery Vamp here! (but I do love the books and movies)
Necrophilia Level 2 has been reached, I repeat we have a Code N, Level 2
I like the idea of supernatural chicks. Succubus are hot and brimstonie. Sexy werecat ladies are not to bad either except for the hairballs. I do draw the line at magical corpses trying to suck my blood though [vampress].
But she’ll get mad at you eventually and then she’ll kill you with her supernatural strength. Dooom DOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!
When you find a girl willing to tolerate Zombie-level Body Odour, she’s a keeper!
Man, that is the truth.
Bull ans shit i would love a girlfriend monster. Well except for werewolf it would be like dating someone with forever rabies. Its not a popular idea because it would make the guy super emasculated. it the the xander harris trap, what goods the dude when his girl can level a city block? However with no plans on playing the hero unless pushed into the role with grate force would love a demon, vampire, angel, meta-girl friend. 1 the sex would be amazing, and 2 if you did have a falling out the phrase she was a freak could be said without being a tool.
just a bit of humorous facts…. the guy who originally coined the idea of the “Sexy Vamp guy” Was actually writing a Gay mans wet dream… I mean come on think about it… a supernaturally beautiful man sneaks into yoru room at night and “Sucks you dry” … this is no joke actually the first guy to write about a “handsome” vampire really was gay*LOL
Dracula was a very controversial novel at the time it was written because it contains a lot of “Suggestive” imagery about the “Love that dare not speak it’s name”
Not that there’s anything wrong with that, I’m not judging.
Warning, there will be trolling tomorrow. You have been warned.
…or whenever the next comic goes up.
Sorry, I just ran out of time last night. Responsibilities caught up with me…. Dang it.
I’m a girl and nope, I don’t want a dreamy fictitious monster for a boyfriend. Unless you count Batman as one…
But Batman would make a terrible boyfriend. Sure he’s rich, but he’s crazy, has a risky job, and is obsessed with his dead parents. Serious communication and trust issues will abound.
Unless of course you mean a man who is half bat, in which case…. sure that would make a great boyfriend.
Let’s consider the perks and pitfalls of a real bat-boyfriend…
Living upside-down: gain of place, but high risk to find guano everywhere.
Creature of the night: perfect match for me, but difficulty to find (yet another) night job.
Blood sucker: that’s a no-no. I heal quite slowly, I’don’t want to risk my life whenever he’s hungry and too lazy to go and grab something to eat outside. And the door-to-door delivery would be expensive on the long run. I’d rather have a fruit-bat boyfriend…
Yeah well, a zombie would be a simpler choice. A large stock of odor eliminator, and that’s it. He would be interested in my brains, but I can live without it. The Fallout New Vegas “Old World Blues” add-on proved it.
I have not played that one (or most of the other DLC) for New Vegas yet. mostly because I’m broke and can’t afford to get them, but also because I’m still doing Dead Money.(and I’m too lazy to go in and finish it)
Yeah, I can understand that. I took my time to finish this one too, but when I began the other DLC, it was way faster. Now I’m reluctant to begin “Lonesome road”, being the last one and all…
In my opinion, “Old World blues” is the funniest yet with the simplest story… And some of its perks are quite useful.