#panlight polls

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Most likely way YOU would get turned into a vampire?

Vampire and I are in love!

Ironic vampire hunting mishap

One of my parents begs a vampire to turn me to 'save' me

Vampire wants a family and I give ideal daughter/son/child energy

Some guy offers me a cheeseburger but the cheeseburger is a lie

Chosen by a vampire for because of a talent or power

Party bro I'm hanging with turns out to be a vampire

Vampire intends to kill me but my blood is meh so they don't finish the job

A vampire turns me into a vampire to save me from another vampire

Fatally injured somehow and a vampire 'saves' me

Parent hires a vampire to turn me so I can succeed in politics

Lose a bet with someone who turned out to be a vampire

Voting ended onMay 18, 2024

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No context. Pick one.

Edward's going-to-hell sunglasses

Aro's welcome-to-the-black-parade uniform

Carlisle's baseball scarf

Waylon/Victoria's kiss-me-I'm-Irish shirt

Bella's bowling shirt

Jasper's cowboy boots

Billy's cool hat

Marcus' lack of socks

Esme's purple everything.

Laurent's orange jacket

Sue's can't-believe-I'm-at-a-vampire-wedding dress

Voting ended onJun 24

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This poll is not Twilight-specific but it's Twilight related. Edward is 100 years old when he and Bella start dating. Some people are good with this, for others it bothers them.

It's fairly common in paranormal/fantasy romances for these sort of gaps to happen between a non-human love interest who is really, really old and a human who is like, 16-25. This is not a Twilight only phenomenon.

What are your Thoughts? Are you cool with Generic Human dating an immortal vampire, ageless angel/demon, or 10,000 year old fae/elf/whatever?

How do you feel about age gaps in fantasy?*

Grosses me out, even in a fantasy context.

They're fine as long as the human is 18+

Meh.

I actively LIKE them actually. Part of the appeal of fantasy romance.

Don't care but don't understand why Immortal is interested in Human at all

Bothers me less when the gap is impossible in a normal context*

It's okay as long as, like Twilight, they are mentally about the same age.

I literally just don't think about it.

Depends on the story/author.

Depends on the type of Immortal. (Explain)

This is why I write All Human fanfic and eliminate the problem.

Other? (Explain)

Voting ended onOct 1, 2024

*for example, in Twilight, Edward was 86 years old when Bella was born, he could have still been alive if he were human. In contrast, Carlisle was already about 250 years old when Esme was born, they never would have been alive at the same time without the supernatural context.

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In pop culture vampires are usually created by being bitten by a vampire (and sometimes fed their blood), but in the old folklore the reasons were much more varied!

Most likely way you'd become a vampire, folkloric edition

Be the 7th child of the same gender in a family

Have red hair

Lead a life of sin

Die unmarried

Improperly buried

Cursed by a witch

Cat or dog jumps over your corpse

Are a witch

Rebelled against the church

Born with teeth, a caul and/or between Christmas and Epiphany (Jan 6)

Born out of wedlock

Some other reason

Voting ended onNov 6, 2024

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What do you think is the origin of vampires in the Twilight universe?

Divinely and intentionally created by God(s) along with humans

Evolved alongside humans / genetic mutation of humans

The result of some kind of virus or parasite

They're fallen angels or something fallen-angel adjacent

They came about as the result of a curse or spell

They are fairies/fae/fairfolk or created by them

Something demonic or demon-adjacent.

I'm not saying it was aliens but . . . it was aliens

Some other NEUTRAL origin

Some other EVIL origin

Some other GOOD origin

I just wanna SEE

Voting ended onApr 3

90% sure I've asked this before but always fun to see people's answers. Feel free to give more in-depth theories in reblogs! I love to see them!

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Carlisle turning Edward, Esme, Rosalie and Emmett into vampires was . . .

Compassionate. He was moved to save their lives

Selfish. He was lonely and wanted companions.

Bad. He doomed them to a life he never wanted himself.

Good. He gave them eternal life. He doesn't think they are damned.

Some combination of the above. It's complicated.

Ed and Em were OK because someone else asked him to.

Rosalie was a bad, the others were well-meaning.

Someone has to do the turning-into-vampires part.

Better than the way Aro, Maria, Victoria, Sasha etc created vampires.

I'd let him turn me.

Never thought about it, I'm just here for Edward/Bella tbh.

I don't go here.

Voting ended onJun 16

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Book in which Edward frustrated you the most?

Twilight

New Moon

Eclipse

Breaking Dawn

Midnight Sun

The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner

I have never been frustrated by Edward's choices or behavior

He was fine in the books, the MOVIES however . . .

Voting ended onMay 27

Companion Bella poll: HERE

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Book in which Bella frustrates you the most?

Twilight

New Moon

Eclipse

Breaking Dawn

Midnight Sun

Short Second Life of Bree Tanner (just to be thorough)

I have never been frustrated by Bella's behavior or choices

She was fine in the books, THE MOVIES however . . .

Voting ended onMay 26

Don't worry, this isn't a Bella-bashing thing, there will be polls for other characters, too.

It doesn't have to be a dislike thing at all, rather a "GIRL what are you DOING?!" or however you interpret it.