Vampire Cage Match, Round 1: "Twilight's" Edward vs. "True Blood's" Bill
by Ellen Kim
on November 16, 2009
In celebration of New Moon's opening we are going to explore your
favorite movie & TV vampires and put them head-to-head (or fang to
fang). Feel free to chime in with your thoughts as we match up two
different bloodsuckers every day this week. ROUND ONE: EDWARD CULLEN VS. BILL COMPTON
The most obvious and most compared are these sensitive lovers of flesh-and-blood humans, who put their damsels in peril as often as they rescue them.
WHO?: Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) is a 17-year-old (well, 17 since 1918, when he was bitten) from the Twilight series, written by Stephenie Meyer and adapted into the film Twilight in 2008; the other three books in the saga are also being made into films including this week's New Moon.
Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer), sucking blood since 1868, is a central character from the HBO series True Blood, which is based on a series of books by Charlaine Harris.
UN-UNDEAD SOULMATE: Bella Swan (for Edward); Sookie Stackhouse (for Bill)
INSTEAD OF HUMANS, THEY DRINK FROM: Animals (Edward) or synthetic blood (Bill)
PHYSICAL STRENGTHS: Bill is a Civil War veteran, so he's got military experience. Edward possesses super-speed--faster than most vampires and great for softball games, though it's uncertain if he could actually outrun Bill--and has an entire vampire family available for backup, and one of them can see the future!). Bill's a little better at integrating with regular folk than Edward, who acts like that Goth kid who hung out in the library in your high school.
PHYSICAL WEAKNESSES: Most of Edward's aggression is pent-up, which makes him volatile in tense situations. If you drag him out into the sunlight, he starts this whole weird glittery thing, which can prove an easy diversion from which you can flee. The man also has no fangs. Bill, on the other hand, will not glitter. The sun will prove even more deadly, as will your traditional wooden stakes, fire, and silver.
WOOING: Edward is really good at making Bella's knees buckle by doing absolutely nothing at all. (Except he sounds like he's in pain when they kiss because he's so tempted to kill her). This is satisfying enough for their relationship as they don't make it past first base for three of the four books. No such luck with Bill; he and Sookie do the deed by episode 6.
Which vampire would win this bout? --Ellen
Liz on November 16, 2009 at 10:58 AM
Edward seems to have the advantage, but, with the use of military training, Bill could undermine Edward by infiltrating his weaknesses. If Bill were to win this fight, it would take a lot of effort and a lot of smarts. Since I am not a True Blood fan, my opinion is entirely bias.
Shauna on November 16, 2009 at 06:52 PM
Bill would wipe the floor with Edward.
joesen on November 02, 2010 at 11:56 PM
Bill is a Civil War veteran, so he's got military experience. Edward possesses super-speed--faster than most vampires and great for softball games, though it's uncertain if he could actually outrun Bill--and has an entire vampire family available for backup, and one of them can see the future!). Bill's a little better at integrating with regular folk than Edward, who acts like that Goth kid who hung out in the library in your high school.
xiao on November 16, 2010 at 05:30 PM
who acts like that Goth kid who hung out in the library in your high school.