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Both supernatural shows have blood, vamps, and werewolves, but we think The Vampire Diaries has way more bite than True Blood.
Oh no they didn’t! The Truebies have dared to say that their HBO show outshines our CW hit. As if. We can’t take this sitting down, TVD fans! Here are 10 reasons why The Vampire Diarieskicks True Blood butt.
1. The Vampire Diaries’ boys are loyal to the end.
Sure, True Blood’s Bill would die for Sookie — now. But where was he back in her grandmother’s day? Stefan and Damon Salvatore have been in love with Elena and her kin (read: Katherine) practically since time began. As they’ve repeatedly said, they’ll “always choose Elena.” True Blood’s Bill andEric, in contrast, might sometimes choose their vampire exes or their blood-sucking king or queens over Sookie Stackhouse.
2. The Salvatores can’t be bought.
Let’s not forget that on True Blood Bill was paid to get close to Sookie. That’s right. Quiet as it’s kept, Bill Compton’s so-called Queen hired him to seek the supernatural waitress out. Meanwhile, love brought Stefan back to Mystic Falls and Elena’s door. Lust made Damon follow. But, hey, not everyone’s perfect.
3. TVD’s neck nibblers know their place.
And it’s beneath humans. Yeah, we said it. Not to sound all elitist or anything, but The Vampire Diaries’ vampires know enough to be at least a little ashamed of the fact that they are not human and that they prey on mankind. They’re not marching in the streets talking about “We’re here. We’ve got fangs. Get used to it!” They’re not demanding equal rights. They accept the fact that they’re something unnatural about their existence and they don’t try to shove it down our throats. And that’s kind of endearing. Besides, there’s something to be said about putting humans on a pedestal. And being of the mortal kind, we like that.
4. The Salvatores have fewer enemies.
Yes, the Sheriff and other members of the Mystic Falls town council have a bit of a beef against vampires. But it’s not personal. They don’t hate Stefan and Damon. We’ve lost count of all the people on True Blood who hate not vampires but Bill Compton and Eric Northman themselves. It’s personal.
5. Witches rule on The Vampire Diaries.
Bonnie Bennett and her ancestors hold the keys to all that ails supernatural kind. Need to vanquish an O.V.? Ring up the witch. Need to lock down your undead neighbors? Call the woman who’s way past Wiccan. On True Blood, vampires are the alphas of the supernatural world. But on The Vampire Diaries, witches let vamps think they are — but the magic mamas know the truth. They are the ones who, when it comes down to it, have more might.
1. The Vampire Diaries’ boys are loyal to the end.
Sure, True Blood’s Bill would die for Sookie — now. But where was he back in her grandmother’s day? Stefan and Damon Salvatore have been in love with Elena and her kin (read: Katherine) practically since time began. As they’ve repeatedly said, they’ll “always choose Elena.” True Blood’s Bill andEric, in contrast, might sometimes choose their vampire exes or their blood-sucking king or queens over Sookie Stackhouse.
2. The Salvatores can’t be bought.
Let’s not forget that on True Blood Bill was paid to get close to Sookie. That’s right. Quiet as it’s kept, Bill Compton’s so-called Queen hired him to seek the supernatural waitress out. Meanwhile, love brought Stefan back to Mystic Falls and Elena’s door. Lust made Damon follow. But, hey, not everyone’s perfect.
3. TVD’s neck nibblers know their place.
And it’s beneath humans. Yeah, we said it. Not to sound all elitist or anything, but The Vampire Diaries’ vampires know enough to be at least a little ashamed of the fact that they are not human and that they prey on mankind. They’re not marching in the streets talking about “We’re here. We’ve got fangs. Get used to it!” They’re not demanding equal rights. They accept the fact that they’re something unnatural about their existence and they don’t try to shove it down our throats. And that’s kind of endearing. Besides, there’s something to be said about putting humans on a pedestal. And being of the mortal kind, we like that.
4. The Salvatores have fewer enemies.
Yes, the Sheriff and other members of the Mystic Falls town council have a bit of a beef against vampires. But it’s not personal. They don’t hate Stefan and Damon. We’ve lost count of all the people on True Blood who hate not vampires but Bill Compton and Eric Northman themselves. It’s personal.
5. Witches rule on The Vampire Diaries.
Bonnie Bennett and her ancestors hold the keys to all that ails supernatural kind. Need to vanquish an O.V.? Ring up the witch. Need to lock down your undead neighbors? Call the woman who’s way past Wiccan. On True Blood, vampires are the alphas of the supernatural world. But on The Vampire Diaries, witches let vamps think they are — but the magic mamas know the truth. They are the ones who, when it comes down to it, have more might.
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Our favorite vamps return for more bloody amazing drama in The Vampire Diaries' second season.
6. The Vampire Diaries won’t send you to a shrink.
Sometimes they go overboard with the gore in Bon Temps. From Bill’s torture session with his ex to the whole business with Mississippi King Russell carting around his late lover’s entrails… We’ve seen some things on True Blood that won’t let us sleep at night. The Vampire Diaries, in contrast, keeps the gross-out gore to a minimum.
7. The Salvatores and Co. kill fewer people.
Both shows have had mass murders in their pasts. But on The Vampire Diaries it was of witches and vampires, not of full-blooded innocent humans. Human life is not sacred in True Blood’s world. It is in TVD land.
8. Elena owns clothes in her size.
Yes, we went there. But we can’t help it that our girl knows how to appropriately work a pair of skinny jeans. Or a leather jacket. Or a kicking pair of boots. Elena Gilbert has style. From the looks of things, all Sookie Stackhouse has is a steamer truck full of the neighbor girl’s clothes. Seriously, that woman has yet to meet a babydoll dress within three clicks of her real size. Forget stylish, we’re still waiting to see Sookie in something that actually fits.
9. TVD’s peeps live a cleaner life.
And by “cleaner” we mean “legal” and “drug-free.” On True Blood, vamps and other supernatural kind are like the gatekeepers to the crime world: Black market blood deals (‘Hey yo, I got that V’). Backwoods dog fighting circles. Human enslavement. They’ve got a hand in it all. So much so that if something funky is going on in your town, odds are Eric or Bill and his people know something about it. Heck, one of their associates might be doing the crime! That’s not the case with the Salvatores. They don’t rule some seedy underworld. They barely even rub its underbelly.
10. The Salvatores accept no substitution.
Speaking of crimes, there is one offense the Salvatores commit on the regular. They rob or otherwise finagle blood out of area blood banks. Unlike True Bloodies, the hemoglobin gobblers onTVD don’t accept synthetic substitutions. They drink human blood voluntarily given from the tap or animal blood.
Sometimes they go overboard with the gore in Bon Temps. From Bill’s torture session with his ex to the whole business with Mississippi King Russell carting around his late lover’s entrails… We’ve seen some things on True Blood that won’t let us sleep at night. The Vampire Diaries, in contrast, keeps the gross-out gore to a minimum.
7. The Salvatores and Co. kill fewer people.
Both shows have had mass murders in their pasts. But on The Vampire Diaries it was of witches and vampires, not of full-blooded innocent humans. Human life is not sacred in True Blood’s world. It is in TVD land.
8. Elena owns clothes in her size.
Yes, we went there. But we can’t help it that our girl knows how to appropriately work a pair of skinny jeans. Or a leather jacket. Or a kicking pair of boots. Elena Gilbert has style. From the looks of things, all Sookie Stackhouse has is a steamer truck full of the neighbor girl’s clothes. Seriously, that woman has yet to meet a babydoll dress within three clicks of her real size. Forget stylish, we’re still waiting to see Sookie in something that actually fits.
9. TVD’s peeps live a cleaner life.
And by “cleaner” we mean “legal” and “drug-free.” On True Blood, vamps and other supernatural kind are like the gatekeepers to the crime world: Black market blood deals (‘Hey yo, I got that V’). Backwoods dog fighting circles. Human enslavement. They’ve got a hand in it all. So much so that if something funky is going on in your town, odds are Eric or Bill and his people know something about it. Heck, one of their associates might be doing the crime! That’s not the case with the Salvatores. They don’t rule some seedy underworld. They barely even rub its underbelly.
10. The Salvatores accept no substitution.
Speaking of crimes, there is one offense the Salvatores commit on the regular. They rob or otherwise finagle blood out of area blood banks. Unlike True Bloodies, the hemoglobin gobblers onTVD don’t accept synthetic substitutions. They drink human blood voluntarily given from the tap or animal blood.