To All My Vampire Friends...

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Okay...

As some of you know, that darn vampire kit has lodged into my mind and will not let go. The big problem with this thing, is that I am not a vampire fan, and so know very little about the creatures.

I like them well enough...I am absolutely in love with Bill (TRUE BLOOD) for instance, but I never watched Angel (I might though--but then again, maybe I won't so I won't be influenced by him lol), I wallbanged Twilight (is Edward REALLY a vampire? I wonder), I've not read anything but Interview with a Vampire and not sure that counts...okay so I did read Dracula years ago, but I assume times have changed, and, well, vampirism is something I've never really sunk my teeth into.

It will NOT be a romance, TYVM. My POV is not going to fall into the arms of her dark love...uh...no thanks.

So...

What do YOU guys like in your vampires? And dislike, too--like sparkles. Sparkly vampires do not do a thing for me.

Comments

[bodlon.livejournal.com]

I think the thing I hate about a lot of modern vampire writing is that the condition itself is romanticized. Eternal life and beauty, blah, blah, blah.

Yeah, sorry. If I get the bite today, that's definitely not what things will be like. Undeath doesn't automatically make a person gorgeous and independently wealthy. It's a curse, real and actual, and while you can work around it if you're willing to adopt a certain lifestyle, it's not nice.

[theemdash]

YES! *points* That's what I meant about pros and cons.

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And that is a great explanation.

That is what has been a turnoff for me regarding vampires in the past, and why I said 'this is not a romance!' Think that is one reason I like Bill and all his problems he encounters being a vampire--I sure don't envy him, not at all.

Characters who can Do It All also make me screech...I just am about to wallbang another book that I picked up because of the plague elements (lol) because the main character is gorgeous, she can run a castle with one hand behind her back, everyone adores her, she will save the world...and her hair never gets mussed up...

[cruentum.livejournal.com]

Kinda like the Harkness deal of eternal waking from death not being the coolest thing in the universe. (except sometimes it is)

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Yeah...

I often wonder, does Jack REALLY want to die--forever????????

Of course we know his ultimate future, but he doesn't. (um, kind of an ew future, to me...)