Why The Vampire Metaphor Refuses To Die

It may feel as if we're in the midst of a major vampire moment, but the idea of vampire as artistic metaphor is as deathless as the creatures themselves. The figure of the vampire--a human transformed by a bite into something that looks human but is not, who feeds off the blood of others to survive and has the power to both kill and bestow eternal life--is one of our most powerful and durable myths. Vampires appear in most cultures and across centuries, as both male and female, and with various abilities and weaknesses.

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[mredder4]

The author of this post or the moderator of the comments obviously doesn't want any sort of intellectual discussion. They just want people to comment stuff like "vampires are hawt!" or garbage like that. I posted my own idea on the subject and had it rudely deleted.

[marijam]

You should check out the Black Dagger Brotherhood series or the Carpathian series. Why people like them so much is they aren't fomulaic, well, only up to a point are they following a formula. Each one is new and different and you can't always guess what's going to happen - well maybe you can guess what, but the how is usually different. It isn't just women that like these stories, it's men also.

[ArmyCentrist]

I miss when vampires were just bad guys, and didn't have all those "feelings'...

[marijam]

They always had feelings, just bad ones. Ever see a stoic vampire?