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Which is why I said that the problem was with the fact that she attempted to use science. If it was merely some sort of magical phenomenon, it would have worked fine.
Although, it's been a very long time since I read it. Does she actually say that? About them being rock hard on a cellular level?
All I remember was that she said that the female vampires couldn't have children because their bodies couldn't change, and that to a human, vampires feel like stone.
I see that as being a perspective issue. Bella is human and so she thinks that Edward's skin is rock hard. But when she becomes a vampire, that's not true any longer.
I agree though. The author needs to stay within the rules he or she establishes initially. I just think that alot of the imagined plot holes that people find are due to their ideas of what vampires should be, rather than allowing for creative license in fiction.
Ah, I see to what you're referring. Right, if she had left it as "vampire mojo" it could have worked.
She doesn't use those exact words. It's in a Q&A found on Twilight Lexicon where she lays out the specifics, while answering a fan's question:
"They sparkle because they have turned to substance that is somewhat like diamond. Their bodies have hardened, frozen into a kind of living stone. Each little cell in their skin has become a separate facet that reflects the light. These facets have a prism-like quality - they throw rainbows as they glitter."
"Vampires are frozen in the state at which they are transformed. They do not grow older, taller, or wider, or experience any other physical change, including unconsciousness (vampires never sleep). Their fingernails and hair do not grow."
The way I read that, all growth and change has been eliminated in her vampires. Cells don't grow, deform, divide or change state. So Edward (and any other Meyerpire) should be shooting blanks.
True, some plot holes are dependent on interpretation. This one I think is pretty clear.
I never saw any of that. I would probably tend to agree then.
Ah well, I always thought it was kind of goofy anyway.
haha Meyerpire....
It is rather goofy, but the majority of readers don't catch it. So she gets a pass for a huge plot hole.
If you're interested, the first quote comes from Personal Correspondence #7, Chats with Stephenie.
Sorry, the second quote is from Page 71 of The Illustrated Twilight Guide. I believe it's a paraphrasing of comments she made on whether vampires could have babies, in Personal Correspondence #1 on TwiLex.
If their hair doesn't grow, wouldn't vampires all be bald? Considering that hair does occasionally fall out.
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Which is why I said that the problem was with the fact that she attempted to use science. If it was merely some sort of magical phenomenon, it would have worked fine. Although, it's been a very long time since I read it. Does she actually say that? About them being rock hard on a cellular level?
All I remember was that she said that the female vampires couldn't have children because their bodies couldn't change, and that to a human, vampires feel like stone.
I see that as being a perspective issue. Bella is human and so she thinks that Edward's skin is rock hard. But when she becomes a vampire, that's not true any longer.
I agree though. The author needs to stay within the rules he or she establishes initially. I just think that alot of the imagined plot holes that people find are due to their ideas of what vampires should be, rather than allowing for creative license in fiction.
Ah, I see to what you're referring. Right, if she had left it as "vampire mojo" it could have worked.She doesn't use those exact words. It's in a Q&A found on Twilight Lexicon where she lays out the specifics, while answering a fan's question:
"They sparkle because they have turned to substance that is somewhat like diamond. Their bodies have hardened, frozen into a kind of living stone. Each little cell in their skin has become a separate facet that reflects the light. These facets have a prism-like quality - they throw rainbows as they glitter."
"Vampires are frozen in the state at which they are transformed. They do not grow older, taller, or wider, or experience any other physical change, including unconsciousness (vampires never sleep). Their fingernails and hair do not grow."
The way I read that, all growth and change has been eliminated in her vampires. Cells don't grow, deform, divide or change state. So Edward (and any other Meyerpire) should be shooting blanks.
True, some plot holes are dependent on interpretation. This one I think is pretty clear.
I never saw any of that. I would probably tend to agree then. Ah well, I always thought it was kind of goofy anyway.
haha Meyerpire....
It is rather goofy, but the majority of readers don't catch it. So she gets a pass for a huge plot hole.If you're interested, the first quote comes from Personal Correspondence #7, Chats with Stephenie.
Sorry, the second quote is from Page 71 of The Illustrated Twilight Guide. I believe it's a paraphrasing of comments she made on whether vampires could have babies, in Personal Correspondence #1 on TwiLex.
If their hair doesn't grow, wouldn't vampires all be bald? Considering that hair does occasionally fall out.
I don't agree. The problem was, SM decided that her vampires meant a being with a crystalline body, that didn't grow or change, even down to their cells. Once she's established her world, and written the rules, she's bound to follow the consequences of those rules. She can't break those rules just because she wants the plot to go a certain way. THAT is a plot hole.