10 reasons why Vampire Diaries is way better than Twilight
Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder are so much hotter than Robert Pattinson and Elena has a brain unlike Bella.
After I finished reading the Twilight Saga I swore to myself that never again would I indulge in another vampire romance story. My oath remained unbroken for the next few months, until that one memorable day when my friend and I were on the way home from school.
“Oh guess what!” she said excitedly. “I started watching Vampire Diaries and, oh my God, the guys are so hot. You have to watch it.”
The next thing I knew I was sitting in front of the computer, about to click play on the first episode of the first season of Vampire Diaries. I’m not the only girl my age to be persuaded into watching a show just because the actors are good looking, so don’t judge me.
For the first few episodes I couldn’t help wondering what I’d gotten myself into. While Stefan and Damon Salvatore may be incredibly handsome, this show was just like Twilight; the normal human girl, the love-struck vampire and the ‘other’ guy. The thing I hated most about Twilight was the twisted love triangle – it’s always the same. The girl and boy are happily in love, a ‘bad boy’ comes along, the two share a few kisses and the girl gets confused as to who she actually loves, hurting both boys. The girl in question also always has to be helpless and in need of constant protection.
However I soon realized that Vampire Diaries was nothing like I was used to.
The more I watched, the more addicted I became. So for everyone who, like me, hates Twilight here are 10 reasons why you will love Vampire Diaries:
- The vampires and werewolves in Vampire Diaries follow the actual rules of the myth: vampires get burned by the sun and werewolves can only turn at the full moon.
- The female protagonist, Elena (Nina Dobrev), is extremely capable of making her own decisions in order to protect her family and friends. She’s also reasonably intelligent, unlike Bella from Twilight.
- Elena is sure that she loves no one but Stefan and remains faithful…at least until the latest season. The same can hardly be said of Bella who veers from vampire to wolf, then back again (played up even more in the film version).
- The two sides of Nina Dobrev- Elena and Katherine (her doppelganger ancestor) are very entertaining to watch and most fans cannot decide who they like more out of the two. It adds depth and dimension to Elena’s character.
- Damon (Ian Somerhalder) keeps his distance from Elena out of consideration for his brother, resulting in a very awkward, but interesting, love triangle. On the flip side, Jacob’s interest in Bella is unrelenting and childish, making Bella’s choice of Edward over him far too easy to make.
- The plot keeps twisting and turning, with new action always appearing. The heartbeats of the viewers never slow down.
- New characters are constantly introduced, which is necessary for any series to progress, but in Vampire Diaries, most of the new-comers end up dead.
- Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder are so much hotter than Robert Pattinson or Taylor Lautner.
- The story-line and the action of Vampire Diaries are different. It brings out a variety of emotions in the viewers. I significantly remember crying more than once while watching the show.
- The plot of Vampire Diaries is a lot more complex; it is multi-dimensional and speaks of many different stories rather than the typical Bella and Edward one in Twilight.
The views expressed by the writer and the reader comments do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of The Express Tribune.
Paul and Ian are not in the same league of hotness as Robert Pattinson. It’s just a fact.Recommend
A student at the Karachi Grammar School in the 11th grade: NO WONDERRecommend
Yes vampire diarys are better then twilight I’m obsessed with it hope they carry on which I’m sure they will because this series was brought back by popular demand I cxn hardly wait !!!Recommend
Twilight = Justin Biebers in vampires :-PRecommend
aayee ayee!! not good, but good enough for a 1st year kid :)
growing up is missing the part where u can sit 26 hours straight to watch the whole season!!Recommend
I completely agree, firstly the character of Elena is a strong independent girl whose life doesn’t revolve around her man. She has her own friends and does her own thing separate from stefan, whereas Bella world revolves around Edward which shows a level of codependency that is creepy. Secondly Elena vowed not to be one of those girls whose world crumbles when her guy doesn’t want her and she didn’t, her world carried on even when her and Stefan broke up, Bella sat in her chair rocking back and forth for months ignoring friends and family, which was not healthy. Elena is a strong role model to teenage girls who think having a boyfriend is the be all and end all, she shows girls that you can carry on without a guy by your side and friendship and family will always stay with you, and she has the strength and character that every young woman should have.Recommend
This article is inaccurate and I’ll go down the list:
So what?? True Blood doesn’t go by the werewolf myth and how many old timey vampires have rings or necklaces that allow them to go into the sun? I don’t remember Dracula being able to go out during the day….Plus how many hybrids have you heard of….Vampire Diaries have their own things too.
Really??? Let’s count who have died her brother (brought back to life by his girlfriend whose a witch) and her aunt died…hmmm don’t look like she protected her family very well….and a lot of her decisions is what put them in danger.
No she isn’t. She proved at the end that surely had feelings for Damon.
So what? Bella doesn’t have an evil vampire twin….and Elena and Katherine are two different characters how does it make them in depth…
Damon so does not keep his distance….since when??? Jacob’s obsession for Bella maybe childish but that’s because he is 15 years old….And you just said Bella was not faithful going back and forth…so how was it an easy choice??
That’s because it’s a tv series they have time to have to have twisting plots…the season is longer than 2 hours.
How does it make it better that the newcomers always get killed off seem like it would make more predictable.
I find Robert Pattinson a lot more attractive than Paul Wesley….oh wait who is always on the cover of popular magazines and always ranks high on the most hottest…oh wait that’s Rob
So has Twilight….
Again it’s a tv series you have 22 hours a season to create different stories and what not…
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That show is just a wannabe.Recommend
@lily are you crazy? I think the only people that think rob and Taylor are hotter are kids and tweens.Recommend
Ian Somerholder puts the bad in badass. Sexiest vampire ever slurp slurpRecommend
Totally agree!! Vampire Diaries over Twilight any day!
And Ian and Paul are soooo much better than Robert Pattinson! :DRecommend
@Lauren Why are you so bothered by this article? The fact that you wrote this long statement says so. If you disagree that’s fine but please get the facts correct. 1. Not all newcomers die. 2.I haven’t seen Rob in any recent magazines that dont involve his fake girlfriend Kristin Stewart. 3.what does true blood have to do with this article?Recommend
I absolutely hated the twilight saga, as it was turning out to be more of a werewolf-vampire vowing a damsel in duistress,..what makes Vampire Diaries stand apart is its captivating storyline, with twists and turns every week, and the whole vampire-witch-ghost-werewolf-human drama, to remain the audeinece attention intact..cheers for VD!!!Recommend
Both are in a league of their own , in being absolutely horrible, but if you happen to be a starry-eyed 14-yr old, then obviously twilight and vampire diaries will be your next-to-bible.
The predilection that a century year old guys show , for crying when their girl-friends leave them is hardly romanticRecommend
@Lauren,you failed to realize that the ring that the vamps carry in VD are magical rings,take it off and they burn just like in the myth.The only vamps that doesn’t die in the sun in VD are the originals.Its the myth with a waaaay better twist than twilight(stupid pale kids).Also,VD is a vampire,witch and werewolf show.Magic adds more possibilities to what they can do with the myth and actually make SENSE.
Yes its a tv series but,doesn’t twilight take like a year or more to make?It should be way better having that much time but its not IMO.
In this case,less is more.two ep of VD is way more entertaining than one twilight movieRecommend
TRUE to the core!!! I am Team DELENA! and I am 110% agreed that Damon and Stefan are wayyyyy Hotter then Edward…
the song selection and its relevance in the series so sooo freakin awesome… that when ever Damon and Stefan cried it brought me to tears too…Recommend
why did i read this article??? Maybe, I like wasting my time.Recommend
Love vampire diaries!!!! Beats twilight anyday!Recommend
@Author
“I’m not the only girl my age to be persuaded into watching a show just because the actors are good looking, so don’t judge me.”
you know very well what you are promoting here. Even millions outside are not interested in watching “so hot guys” but you want to promote the idea so that others who are not watching should watch too!!
what is wrong with ET? Can’t they see what is happening in Pakistan? Already they are promoting nudity/vulgarity through their “Slide shows” now coming up with useless articles.Recommend
“Jacob’s interest in Bella is unrelenting and childish, making Bella’s choice of Edward over him far too easy to make.”
Haha, amazingly true!! Why should she want a guy following her around like a little pet-dog? Wait, that’s exactly what Jacob is: a childish little doggy following Bella around xD Yeah, very hard to beat… notRecommend
OK I don’t remeber who said Rober Pattinson was hotter than Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder, but OH DEAR LORD NO! Robbert Pattinson was OK in Harry Potter, but as Edward Cullen he is PLAIN UGLY! Seriously, Edward is pale, ugly and sparkles like a disco ball! And he has weird eyes… And coming back to Robbert Pattinson, he cannot be compare with Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder… Maybe he poses on more magazines because he has nothing else to do with his life??? Paul and Ian have their hands full with TVD, and Ian also has ISF! They don’t have time to poose for stupid magazines!Recommend
@Author:
You compare TVD TV series only to the Twilight Saga books AND movies, if you bothered to read TVD series (which is majorly different from the show) then you would see that TVD and Twilight are very similar AND Elena does go back and forth between Damon and Stefan…in the books she loves them both, for different reasons however in the show its “always been Stefan”…I do agree though that TVD is better than Twilight…both the books and tv show is better than the Twilight Saga movies and books. But that goes to show how good the author LJ Smith is compared to Stephenie Meyer as well as the adaption into a TV show is done very well. I personally love Ian Somerhalder and Taylor Lautner…Rob? Eh…and Paul is alright. I don’t like the whole glitter in the sun crap but hey, it was something different, can’t be a copy-cat all the time. It is obviously that a teeny-bopper wrote this article as its rather repetitive and your comparisons are shocking…it would be like comparing Harry Potter to Narnia or something.Recommend
I agree in all of this, totally in 9 :)Recommend
I totally agree.And i have to say something.Maybe The vampite diaries and Harry Potter don’t have any similarities to their themes BUT it’s more safe to compare the two than to compare the vampire diaries and especially harry potter to twilight.
1.Hermione and Elena are like sisters because of their characters.is like they grew up in the same family and shared the same values.they are both perfect role models and they put everyone in priority but theirselves so they can keep safe their loved ones.Also they sacrifice things they love for they greater good and weren’t selfish at all.Bella on the other side is an unhealthy role model.she gives up on her family in order to be with her boyfriend.bella is in an unhealthy relationship because she always depends on her boyfriend and never takes desicions on her own unlike hermione and elena who always do whatever they can to help.
2.HP AND TVD’S themes are more relevant.more biblical.harry sacrificed to save everyone as did elena at the season 2 finale.Twilight’s theme is modern day sh*it.in twilight the only thing matters is with who bella should hook up at the end.CRAP.
3.Twilight is very predictable since it started i knew its boring end.but that didn’t happen with harry potter and the vampire diaries.bith hp and tvd have turns and twists (ok hp not so must nut unlike tvd hp is a movie franchise so you can’t have many twists)
4.J.K Rowling and Kevin Williamson with Julie plec(i will give the the credits) said a better love story in one chapter than Stephanie Meyer did in 4 books.whether you want it to be Ron&Hermione.Snape&Lilly,Damon&Elena or Stefan&Elena…it’s better than Bella&Edward OR Bella&Jacob!Recommend
I’m a huge fan of The Vampire Diaries but I’m not sure this was back page material…Recommend
Theonly coolest Vampire ever is Blade.. rest are noobs and should die =P by Blade lolRecommend
I totally agree 100% The Vampire Diaries is way better than Twilight and for those people who call The Vampire Diaries a wannabe or copy show.The Vampire Diaries books were released before Twilight .Recommend
I feel in love with Twilight first. It is a sweet movie with teen romance. Vampire Diaries and True Blood give us love, mystery and fright. I prefer Vampire Diaries and True Blood. Not only are the men (not Boys) much hotter in these shoes, I think the acting is better too.Recommend
@Tanzeel:
lol!Recommend
11th grade, grammar school….not surprised. dammit ET do u just publish anything and everything that gets submitted??Recommend
totally agreed……. its story is far better …Recommend
The shows go for two distinct groups. Twilight, is for young adults females, and True Blood is more adult oriented.
The only thing they have in common is the vampire theme, and that pretty much it. Do they have chemistry the main characters, sure, but you have look at the target market for those two series.
It is nothing against the author of this article, but I think this needs to be pointed out.Recommend
END THE DEBATE!!! Its a matter of choice for most people. The CASH haul said it all. The world has become a dim world to live in, and people want to be entertained in a pure fantasy world where existing problems don’t exist. Twilight offers that kind of entertainment. The land of pure love and romance, with the littlest of hatred involved. Stephanie Meyer found the ultimate mother lode of telling vampire stories. With its simple plot and twist and turn its easy enough to digest, to understand. No matter how most of you say that VD is way better than Twiloght, its obvious which vampire drama is the winner of the two. After all, VD is just a moondust from Twilligt’s tail(tale). …AND don’t ever forget that Twilight inspired HW’s cash haul of about $7billion..Recommend
vampire academy is the best :PRecommend
How about I give twenty far better reasons not to watch either of them? -_-’Recommend
Isn’t it cool….when the world is going nuts over day to day crisis, there are some people who are still addicted to some creepy Hollywood stuff…..”Oh! pattinson is a hottie”…..Beiber is she!!! now only someone stupid would think that these superstars actually have time to get hurt or impressed by whatever non-sense we speak….Its just our stupid-desire!!!! nothing else..Now no ones gonna expect such a boring speech from a 15year old girl….but try to see things the right way..JUST A CANDID REQUEST…Now I don’t condemn watching Movies…(even I watch atleast 2 a week)
But thinking of them day and night that you are even ready to write some fie fie over it…is ridiculing…Stop annoying TEENAGERS!!!!!Recommend
@lily:
No, they’re not, they’re far above Roberts league.Recommend
@Lauren: one die-hard Twilight fan. I feel sorry for you.Recommend
I disagree twlight series is way better! TEAM EDWARD!!!!!!!!!!!Recommend
@lily:
Ew.Twilight is a blight upon all things vampire,ok? it’s a monotonous, pathetic, sexist novel that doesn’t even deserve to be compared to the vampire diaries.AND robert pattinson looks like a khusra, ok? if you want to read something worthwhile, i recommend Bram Stoker’s Dracula.THAT’S what a vampire is.Recommend
Sooo, what you’re saying is, in summary, is that Vampire Diaries is a really good Buffy The Vampire Slayer clone.Recommend
@lily:
I agree!! And I love Ian…loved him before he was a vampire…when he was Boone on Lost…but Rob will always be hotter.Recommend
@Nicole:
(1 The girl who posted the article said most the newcomers died, I was just stating…and I didn’t say all. 2) He was on a few magazine covers in June without with his real gf….unless that alligator around his neck was his fake girlfriend and pretty soon he will be on more 3) I was comparing other vampires…since she was saying that the vampires in Twilight don’t go by the myth…I just stating that most vampires in other stores have something different than other vampires in other stories don’t have…vampires are fiction so you can do what you please as long as they one common trait…drink blood.Recommend
@ I disagree. And it takes a couple of months to film a movie but longer for post production and I’ve enjoy all the movies and the books and anyway it doesn’t matter how long it’s filmed it has to be squeezed into two hours….I do like Vampire Diaries and I do watch it…(Ian was Boone from Lost to me which why I watched the show) I just don’t think it’s so original and awesome as you guys think it may be. I mean I’ve seen a lot of the storyline from other movies and shows plus to me it’s kind of predictable in a way. True Blood is a much better tv series and I watch vampire diaries to fill my void for True Blood. BUT I watch Twilight because it’s the first vampire series that I fell in love with and a lot of the reason why Vampire Diaries and True Blood has become so popular so you guys should be thankful for Twilight….Vampire Diaries books were published why before Twilight and they didn’t get popular until after Twilight became popular….Just sayin…Twilight is the reason vampires and werewolves are cool now.Recommend
yaaaaaaaaaaa,hav started luving TVD mre dan twilight,elena s character v much strionger dan bellaRecommend
Vampire Diaries totally beats Twilight!!! No competition at all for me…Recommend
TWILIGHT is more better thn VAMPIRE Diaries..!!! TWILIGhT is awsom ,,,,,Recommend
Both aren’t good!! ‘True Blood’ is far better and awesome.Recommend
Vampires are sign of evil. In Twilight series, they have shown family of very innocent vampires….. come one? How it can be possible? Love the way Vampires of TVD drinks blood!Recommend
okay i am only gonna say this once so pay attention
GROW UP!!Recommend
are vampires Halal?Recommend
Obsession with the idiot box. SighRecommend
Wow,thats very true and anyone knows that vampire diaries is better than a totally predictable show,but these are terrific points to make it more obvious!-mmRecommend