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This show ruins the true idea of a Vampire!

posted 12 years ago by MrCG
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The characters just pretty much act just like normal teens with fangs. Nothing special or evil about them.

As someone mentioned how sunlight doesn't bother them has got to be the biggest joke.

[–] magolding 12 years ago

Sunlight didn't bother Dracula in the novel much more than it bothers me.

Some folklore vampires were said to be active from noon to midnight, which included several hours of daylight.

I believe that television tropes has a trope called "our vampires are different" 9fromother fictional vampires).

[–] pixie-powder 12 years ago

lol this show ruins the idea of vampires? I don't think anything can ruin vampires like Twilight.

[–] magolding 12 years ago

From what I've seen Dusk ruins vampires even more. Fortunately there are only a few minutes of Dusk seen.

[–] celavie77 12 years ago

As someone mentioned how sunlight doesn't bother them has got to be the biggest joke.

Was it "the biggest joke" in the original Bram Stoker's Dracula when Dracula could survive and even fight in sunlight? Actually, Dracula was strongest in the afternoon, at a time of, ironically, the most sunlight during most days.

Every interpretation of vampires is different. The idea of vampires burning up in sunlight is an entirely modern creation. It doesn't make it "the true idea of a vampire." Even Bram Stoker picked and chose mythological traits to create Dracula; just because his interpretation was popular, and the inspiration for the glut of vampire fiction even today, doesn't make it "true."

This is like the third thread on this subject every new one doesn't offer anything new to say...

[–] Poweranimals 12 years ago

BTVS/Angel had the best interpretation of vampires ever.

"Has anyone seen my bucket of plutonium? It's about yay big and is super radioactive."

[–] magolding 9 years ago

Wikipedia has tables about vampire traits in various sources.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_vampire_traits_in_folklore_and_fi ction

You can see that only SOME vampires have a particular trait you might think that all vampires must have.

And TV Tropes has a trope called "Our Vampires are different".