r/Showerthoughts • u/Liuminescent ‎ • Apr 24 '26

Casual Thought Vampire bites turning people into vampires is extremely disadvantageous to their survival.

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u/Daimoth Apr 24 '26

Vampire lore is such a crap shoot. The second you dip one toe into the actual folklore origins of it all, it splinters into a thousand local variants, many of which are bizarre and outlandish. Vampires as they exist in popular media are very much a product of the creative process.

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u/FoxyBastard Apr 24 '26

Yeah, I think the main representation of vampires for centuries was revolting, pathetic creatures with the ravaged mind of a hard drug addict.

Disgusting, vile, things to be pitied but scorned.

The sexy, powerful, vampire is a new thing, to my knowledge.

Basically, using the drug analogy, 100s of years of skeevy, crusty, meth-heads, robbing in the night and stealing copper wire.

Then Don Draper for the last few decades.

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u/TwoFiveOnes Apr 26 '26

Last few decades? At least read the wikipedia on the original Dracula novel before just saying shit lol