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September 6, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Thursday Throw-down: Vampire Victor

September 6, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS   9 comments

One of the things that the teens and I love to do is get into these huge discussions about what would happen if different characters from all the different books we’ve read would meet up.  How would they interact with each other?  How would they react?  If there was a fight, who would win?  Which is the biggest bad?  Who has the best power?  The list of questions goes on.  So, I figured why not bring our discussion to the YA blogsphere.

So, for today’s THURSDAY THROW-DOWN, who would be the Vampire Victor of these three?

SPIKE, our beloved bleached Billy Idol punk rock vampire from Buffy the Vampire Slayer

or


JASPER HALE,  the empathic, impulsive vampire boyfriend of Alice from The Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyers

or


JAMES STARK, champion archer who’s gift from the goddess is never missing his target, red vampire and Zoey’s Warrior from The House of Night series by PC and Kristin Cast


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About Karen Jensen, MLS

Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 30 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).

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  1. anniecardi.com says

    September 6, 2012 at 12:07 pm

    I haven't read The House of Night, so I'll have to limit my vote to Spike or Jasper. And Jasper is SO boring. Thank goodness he has Alice or he'd be totally forgettable. Spike is a badass; he has hilarious dialogue; and he's killed Slayers, which most Big Bads couldn't manage. Plus he has experience killing vampires after switching to the Scoobies. Spike forever!

  2. RobinReads says

    September 6, 2012 at 12:39 pm

    Indeed.

  3. Mandi Kaye @ Never Too Fond of Books says

    September 6, 2012 at 1:26 pm

    Spike. Obviously. He killed TWO slayers and then fell in love with a third! Then he sacrificed himself to save the world. Yeah, I gotta go with Spike. It doesn't get more BAMF than that. Plus he's really hot in that leather duster.

  4. Laura says

    September 6, 2012 at 1:30 pm

    Spike would win, hands down. No-one could beat him!

  5. Teen Librarian's Toolbox, Karen says

    September 6, 2012 at 1:51 pm

    I also have to go with Spike. Hands down. Not even a contest. But what if it was Angel vs. Spike? Or Angelus vs. Spike?

  6. Mandi Kaye @ Never Too Fond of Books says

    September 6, 2012 at 2:30 pm

    Spike beat Angel to the cup of perpetual torment. Legitimately beat him. I don't know that he could do it every time, but it is possible!

  7. Christie says

    September 6, 2012 at 2:32 pm

    Ah but see, Stark cannot miss his target, so technically, if he gets an arrow off, he could get rid of at least one of his challengers…. 🙂

  8. Teen Librarian's Toolbox, Karen says

    September 6, 2012 at 2:47 pm

    I only read book 1 of the House of Night series. I likes it, but vampires are not zombies.

  9. Maria says

    September 7, 2012 at 12:25 am

    Another vote for Spike – for all the reasons listed above. Plus – that jacket and accent!

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