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bloodsong1Make a graphic novel with a well recognized manga artist, of course! It is only by the power of Shouju that I can believe a vampire will SPARKLE because that ALWAYS HAPPENS in Shouju manga! All the bishis sparkle! It's one of their secret powers!
I have been cheerfully snickering at the EXPLOSION of supernatural romance fiction in the last 10 years. I'm pretty sure Anne Rice is to blame. Now even Sam's Club's book section has whole shelves devoted to young adult and romantic fiction with angsty vampires, werewolves with hearts of gold, teenage Super Witches and "misunderstood" fallen angels.
And while the Japanese have an accepted (if somewhat creepy) tradition of giving 15 year old girls Super Magical Powers (I'm looking at YOU, Usagi!) because high school is not REQUIRED in Japan, only highly encouraged (ditto for college), at 15 you can pretty much choose your life path.
Not so much here in the US, and let me just say that 16 and 17 year old girls do not have the maturity or emotional capacity for dealing with Super Powers Thrust Upon Them. Ditto for the guys, (I'm looking at YOU, Parker! I love you dearly, but let's face it. You were one angsty teen.)
(X-Men are exempt from this because Professor X did the RIGHT thing and set up a school to TEACH "Power 101". Those who did not graduate fall into the above mentioned category.)
As much as I wanted to fly and shoot laser beams and have a talking animal guide, at 16 or 17 I would have been an AWFUL super heroine. Phenomenal cosmic powers don't pay bills, and I would've hightailed it out of my mother's house faster then you can say "Shazam".
I have been cheerfully snickering at the EXPLOSION of supernatural romance fiction in the last 10 years. I'm pretty sure Anne Rice is to blame. Now even Sam's Club's book section has whole shelves devoted to young adult and romantic fiction with angsty vampires, werewolves with hearts of gold, teenage Super Witches and "misunderstood" fallen angels.
And while the Japanese have an accepted (if somewhat creepy) tradition of giving 15 year old girls Super Magical Powers (I'm looking at YOU, Usagi!) because high school is not REQUIRED in Japan, only highly encouraged (ditto for college), at 15 you can pretty much choose your life path.
Not so much here in the US, and let me just say that 16 and 17 year old girls do not have the maturity or emotional capacity for dealing with Super Powers Thrust Upon Them. Ditto for the guys, (I'm looking at YOU, Parker! I love you dearly, but let's face it. You were one angsty teen.)
(X-Men are exempt from this because Professor X did the RIGHT thing and set up a school to TEACH "Power 101". Those who did not graduate fall into the above mentioned category.)
As much as I wanted to fly and shoot laser beams and have a talking animal guide, at 16 or 17 I would have been an AWFUL super heroine. Phenomenal cosmic powers don't pay bills, and I would've hightailed it out of my mother's house faster then you can say "Shazam".
