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OLDIES AND UNHUMANÂ
Purely deadly
In the old days, in Dracula and Dracula's Daughter, vampires were sensuous and deadly predators[phpbay] They were not three-dimensional personalities with emotions or a conscience[phpbay] Bela Lugosi's Dracula was suave, gentlemanly, sophisticated[phpbay] Part of that sophistication was his inscrutability[phpbay] He did not reflect upon the suffering he was creating and we knew nothing of his thoughts except for their cunning manipulations[phpbay]Â
Not human
The amazingly chic Dracula's Daughter also showed us no human qualities[phpbay] She was a faultlessly dressed and coifed predatoress with no qualms about her mode of existence[phpbay] The last thing she would do is spill her guts to a shrink about how difficult it is to be a vampire[phpbay]Â
Not warm and fuzzy
When Dracula spoke about children, he was referring to wolves and their howls[phpbay] "Listen to them[phpbay] Children of the night[phpbay] What music they make[phpbay]" He is not a warm and cuddly vampire with paternal instincts[phpbay] He is syrupy in his charm and poise, knowing the destruction that lies ahead[phpbay]
TODAY'S TRENDSÂ
Vampires with feelings
We now have new vampires[phpbay] Ones with feelings[phpbay] Of course there's the hero, Edward Cullen in Twilight[phpbay] He's moody and darkly brooding but he lives a respectable life with his vampire family[phpbay] He feels bad about sucking the life out of humans, so he channels his vampirism to animal flesh[phpbay] He even jokes, "We think of ourselves as vegetarians[phpbay]"Â
Buffy The Vampire Slayer is a stylish soap opera about teenage and young adult angst[phpbay] The vampires of Anne Rice are aristocratic in their extreme sensibilities and sensitivity[phpbay] Â
Outcasts integrated
The vampires in True Blood, thanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic blood, have progressed from legendary monsters to fellow citizens overnight[phpbay] Humans are no longer on the menu[phpbay] The waitress Sookie Stackhouse is open-minded about the integration of vampires into human society instead of being the outcasts they are today[phpbay]Â
Seeking to be understood
This kindly view of vampires fits in nicely with my own experience[phpbay] I want the reader to understand that all the atrocities I committed were performed under compulsions that were stronger than my merely human conscience[phpbay] I strive to give humans a glimpse of the down-side of being a vampire--not in terms of being outcasts from society, but in terms of the suffering they know they create, in their lucid, human moments[phpbay]
How brave are you? Can you handle the truth? Then read the story of how I, Emma, a gifted, beautiful college freshman, become a vampire in Transdanubia and selfishly vampirize my three best friends for companionship in my nightly quest for human blood[phpbay] We rampage through Hungary, Vienna, and New York, spreading the scourge[phpbay][phpbay][phpbay]It's all on my web site, http://Predatoress[phpbay]com[phpbay] Sip my Blood™ dessert wine dessert wine while reading it, for a double treat!
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