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    Vampires

    "Vampires don't sparkle!", says the fan who spends roughly zero percent of their free time on mythological research. These are the same people who, ironically, think burning in the sun is part of the original lore.

    Fun fact:

    "Vampires tend to be a metaphor for dangerous or forbidden sex. In Bram Stoker’s day, he perceived that danger to be the supposedly impure gypsy blood of Eastern Europe threatening the purportedly upstanding sensibilities of the English people. Stoker played on that cultural fear in his novel, even though it was not rooted in reality.

    Also, the homosexual nature of the relationship between Dracula and Jonathan Harker was very taboo at the time. If you watch Murnau’s silent film version of Dracula, Nosferatu, you will see that the way the Count is defeated is by having Wilhelmina give herself to the vampire willingly as a source of blood, in a way weaning him of his homosexual tendencies and bringing him back in line with the more traditional, heterosexual norms of the time.

    The sun just happened to come up at that point of the film & since then the idea of vampires not being able to come out in the day time was worked in to vampire mythology."

    Discuss vampires.

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    I always thought of vampires just having no sexual preference one way or the other. Buncha bloodless flip-floppers if you ask me!

    I am loyal to the Vampire Chronicles. Long live Anne Rice, that crazy old batty crone.

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    All I know is that I would do dirty, dirty things to Eric Northman.
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    Vlad the Impaler is my favorite vampire since he actually existed.

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    I like vampire stories for the most part.

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    Interview with the Vampire was a great adaptation.

    Except for Armand. It did not give me my beautiful Amadeo, the sexiest vamp Anne Rice ever made. Hell, he's probably the sexiest vamp ever.

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    Still waiting for Mina to visit me. *casually exposes his neck*

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    I like Armand!

    I read his book once but... I don't remember if I loved it or hated it. I'm fairly certain I remember thinking nothing after Tale of the Body Thief was worth reading, and stopped in the middle of Memnoch the Devil for some reason. I should find out why, because I can't remember ;-;

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jinx View Post
    All I know is that I would do dirty, dirty things to Eric Northman.
    omgoodness yes. Oh so many dirty things.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jinx View Post
    All I know is that I would do dirty, dirty things to Eric Northman.
    Northman? Shove it. Damon Salvatore > Eric Northman and Vampire Diaries > True Blood. True Blood is actually one of the worst shows of the 21st Century. Unbelievably dull.

    ...did I really just make this post?

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    Damon is pretty awesome... He does have that correct...

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    Oh, don't get me wrong: True Blood is a mess of a horrible show. Eric Northman is still a god.
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    Jinx you are absolutely smurfing insane. Never change.

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    now that I think about it, I don't think I've ever read a vampire book or watched a vampire movie or TV show

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shorty View Post
    I like Armand!

    I read his book once but... I don't remember if I loved it or hated it. I'm fairly certain I remember thinking nothing after Tale of the Body Thief was worth reading, and stopped in the middle of Memnoch the Devil for some reason. I should find out why, because I can't remember ;-;
    Of the post-Queen of the Damned Books, Armand'S and Blood and Gold (Marius' book) are the most favorably reviewed. Tale of the Body Thief was awful and Memnoch was just weird.

    But Armand...my darling Armand....
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    Antonio Banderas is not MY Armand.

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