Buffy the Twilight Slayer

In this remixed narrative Edward Cullen from the Twilight Series meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer at Sunnydale High. It’s an example of transformative storytelling serving as a critique of Edward’s character and generally creepy behavior. Through Buffy’s eyes some of the more patriarchal gender roles and sexist Hollywood tropes embedded in the Twilight saga are exposed in hilarious ways

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Very nice that she dusts him at the end.

Well done.

LOL. All Buffy-Twilight fics should end that way. To drive the point home, wear this t-shirt around Twilight fans. :slight_smile:

*** Ponder

You coulda spoiler-tagged that.

Honestly, did you expect anything else? She’s a Slayer. She stakes vamps.

From what I’ve heard on other sites, she probably couldn’t. Twilight vamps are just too tough and powerful. The stake would break, and not actually do much even if it didn’t.

Haven’t seen Twilight, but if it’s half as glum-moody-poser-goth, I’m glad I didn’t. Just confirmation that Buffy does indeed rule. Well done (and w/just the right amount of irreverence). :slight_smile:

Not a Buffy fan, but as I LOATHE Twilight (I’m only reading it for the snark value), I definitely loved that video.

Did anyone notice that “Edward’s” death scene was actually Robert Pattenson playing Cedric Diggory in Goblet of Fire?

That would only be the case if in the x-over universe where the two could meet, the sparklevamps get to keep their powers and background, but Buffy’s just a cheerleader.

That clip is probably now my favorite mashup-type deal, surpassing even the Shining one. Thanks to the OP for posting it here.

No, it would work even they both had their powers. You can’t really stake someone who’s harder than the stake. Buffyverse in general is fairly low powered, and from what I’ve heard ( I’ve read excerpts but not the whole books ) Twilight vampires are pretty high end for vampires.

That’s only because their opponents (not to mention love interests) are wusses. :wink: Twilight vamps look better by comparison.

Buffy would wipe the floor with Edward’s entire emo clan. Using a pencil.

Then she’ll work a bit harder - use an axe, or a missile launcher, or a wrecking ball; or maybe she’ll just have Willow buff her up with a spell or two. Buffy has beaten gods. A mopey super-vamp wouldn’t be that much of a problem.

Vampires are to the Buffyverse what orcs are to Middle Earth - the goons you brush aside on your way to the *real *bad guys. Edward et. al. may be tough enough to be their episode’s main vallains, but no more than that.

The Shining clip?

What if the Shining were a romantic comedy?

Oh yeah, I remember that one now! Thanks!

Vampires differ from fiction to fiction; Buffy vamps are mooks because they are quite weak as vampires go. From what I understand of them, a Twilight vampire could kill most of the cast before Buffy knew there was a threat. And it’s unlikely she has the weapons necessary to kill one ( a rocket launcher would just be dodged ). From what I’ve heard, you’d need something like massed artillery fire; something powerful enough to blow something tougher than stone apart, in a large enough area that it can’t just run out of range. Followed by incendiaries, to burn what’s left.

The fact that Buffy is better written doesn’t make her and her friends more powerful.

It’s not about that.

She’s the Chosen One, destined and imbued and blah blah blah. With that power and background, the sparklevamps are just more powerful than her usual enemy, but she’s beaten tougher already (unless something integral to Twilight is that these vamps are destined to blah blah blah, but I doubt that’s the case).

Without that background and power, she’s just a snarky cheerleader with a stick (which is, aside from Angel and characters like Cord or Willow who eventually prove to have their own powers, what the rest of the cast is). And if we reduce Buffy to that, then we’re not really talking about Buffy anymore.

It’s like how it wouldn’t be fair to the discussion of Supes vs Batman if we deny the existence and effects that being from Krypton confers, or if we don’t allow Batman a chance to prepare. While we could write such scenarios, we wouldn’t really be talking about Superman or Batman anymore.

cough

I thought the video was funny because I HATE Twilight, but from what I know of Buffy (I was never a fan, but I know a lot of serious Buffy devotees) I don’t think it would be in character for her to stake Edward. She probably would have wanted him to move in. Buffy is vastly less obnoxious than Bella as a character, but despite being the Slayer has an even bigger thing for vampire guys and is if anything an even worse role model when it comes to healthy romantic relationships. A parody of Buffy where she became involved with the hot but creepy vampire who’d been obsessively stalking her wouldn’t even be a parody, that’s the actual show.

But Angel wasn’t creepy. Or boring. She was attracted to Angel but she wasn’t obsessed by him (the way I see it), and Angel was protective (at first anyway) because she was a Slayer and needed his help, not because she smelled good.

But I get your point. The way the stories were written makes all the difference.