When it comes to modern romance, one thing is clear: We’re far from the days of George and Mary courting in the town square, or riding about in the surrey with the fringe blah blah blah fishcakes. These days, the best-selling romances seem to involve the magic of light bondage, space travel and, weirdest of all, the undead. The novel series whose name I dare not speak really codified the modern sparkly vampire allure, but 20 years ago, Tom Cruise was swanning about in a Jerry Seinfeld puffy shirt lamenting his fate, and even in the 1930s, Bela Lugosi had a most piercing stare, leading us to today’s hypnotic query…
The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) won’t judge you , at least not out loud, asking: When it comes to the idea of sexy-sexy gothic undead, do you feel the vampire allure?
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Absolutely.
While I am not a Twilight or Vampire Diaries kinda guy, Blade and Goth totally work for me.
I’ll admit I’m a huge fan of vampires, including various twists on the lore of vampires and vampire-like creatures. This does NOT mean I’m instantly a fan of all things vampire (I cannot stand Twilight or Vampire Diaries, but I’m not exactly the target teenage girl audience), but I’m still open to different takes on the idea (ranging from tales where it is a virus rather than a magical affliction to comical takes like Count Duckula and so on). Even have my own high quality fangs (though I don’t wear them frequently outside of the Halloween season, I do like putting them in once in a while when I run to the store at night just to see if anyone notices).
But a lot of the allure to me is much like the allure of other superpowered beings. I’ve spent my whole life sick and disabled, so the fantasy idea of being able to be made better appeals to my imagination. The trade off of weaknesses and limitations still appeals more than my current weaknesses and limitations.
Yeah, it does. I prefer my vampires “adult” in more ways than just biting and head chopping.