[ SECRET POST #2889 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2889 ⌋

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Comments

[likeadeuce]

Vampires have been thoroughly absorbed into pop culture to the point that whether or not you've read Dracula is sort of irrelevant to appreciating Twilight.

I mean I loooove 'Dracula,' and I find 'Twilight' fairly amusing, but I don't think the connection is that vital (whereas I understand Brooks's series is pretty much a fullscale ripoff of Tolkien...) There's a difference between working with long-established genre tropes and. . . that. (I'd be kinda surprised if Stephenie Meyer has read Stoker so I think requiring her fans to is a bit silly.)

[(Anonymous)]

I think you misunderstand my argument. I'm not "requiring" anyone to read anything. I'm just pointing out that saying of COURSE people who've read Sword of Shannara know it's a rip off of Tolkien because they've read it isn't necessarily true. Lots of Brooks fans probably don't realize it, just like lots of Twilight fans don't know anything about Bram Stoker.

likeadeuce is arguing that the difference between Shannara and Tolkien is much smaller, which increases the likelihood of a large reader overlap while Bram Stoker and Twilight are very far apart, which makes it likely the reader overlap is smaller. That's a very sensible and logical argument, but I still think there's plenty of room for the audience of the Shannara books to have missed the fact that it's a blatant rip off of Tolkien.

[likeadeuce]

Fair!

[(Anonymous)]

why are you replying to likeadeuce and saying "likeadeuce is arguing" instead of "you are arguing"