This is an interesting topic for me. I've studied the original Victorian era fiction, and I've seen how the genre grew; I've read Dracula, Interview with the Vampire, Twilight and many more. I've read a lot of bad vampire fiction, but I've read some good stuff too.
For me, I think my love with the vampire comes down to immortality - not the sex and blood. How would it be for someone who had lived for centuries? What thoughts would they have? Imagine what they would have seen. Did they meet Ramses? Etc. Then there's the nature... what would a vampire really be like? The drive for blood...is it the same as our hunger for food? Are they civilised or violent?
I once said to
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azhure that I think vampire fiction writers sometimes have trouble reading other vampire fiction because we've created the ideal vampire for us. We're our first audience, so we've written to appease our wants and needs when it comes to supernatural fiction. But even then, our tastes change and grow and we find ourselves looking for more. What do you think? What do you want out of vampires, werewolves etc?
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Vampirism is all about inversion to me. Immortal, nocturnal, satanic (in the original Western European idiom), solitary; the opposite of humankind in every way.
That's what I want to see in my fangers. How are they upsetting the natural order of things, how do they hold up a mirror to our current social conditions?
I like to try and think of vamps as part of the natural order - how do humans react to being prey, rather than at the top of the food chain?
Interesting thoughts!!! Let me know when you think of more :)