vampires, who likes them, who doesn't?

[Alex]

Ok, so this isn't an "is this cliche" post, I just want to see who likes vampires and who doesn't. Just so we're clear, I'm not talking the sparkly kind. If you do like vampires, how would you like to see them portrayed in a medieval european setting?

[Steerpike]

I like them fine. I like them to be nasty and brutal.

[Jabrosky]

I hated vampires even before Twilight. The mere thought of them has always made me literally nauseous for some unfathomable reason. I guess the idea of a cold, clammy corpse sucking my blood repulses me.

[Mindfire]

I don't really care for them. Unless they're being killed. Underworld is a rare exception.

[Androxine Vortex]

I have never really cared for them too much. I wouldn't say i hate them but they are not my favorite. Interview with a Vampire was really good though, one of my favorite movies ironically.

[ThinkerX]

I have to join the chorus here. I see vampires as being way overdone these days (sorry Ireth).

Biggest gripeconcerns vampiric feeding, the resulting exponential multiplication of vampries, and keeping all this secret, especially in present day society. Or if the victims do not rise, there are still a *huge* number of dead bodies, many with living friends and relatives demanding answers. That sort of thing, even in medivial times, the cops pull out all the stops. No sane government type, be he present day elected politician or medivial lord, wants that sort of thing piled atop his other problems. Even really high status wouldn't be enough to forestall some sort of investigation. The orignal 'Dracula' is a fair example of this.

[Phil the Drill]

I'm fine with vampires in stories. Just usually not being the central characters. I don't have any issues with vampires per se, I'm just not that interested in humanized vampires. I prefer them, as Steerpike said, nasty and brutal. However, if someone can make an interesting character that just happens to be a vampire, I'm fine with that. Just for me, I don't suddenly get interested in a story because it's "about vampires."

[Alex]

Well, I chose vampires because I wanted to write a war story, something dark and gloomy. Not hopeless, but...Desperate I guess. Nasty, brutish, blood-sucking vampires were perfect as an enemy of the other races.

[BWFoster78]

I think you'd be better off creating a whole new race.

Vampires right now are way overdone. I enjoy a decent vampire tale if it's well done, but, at the moment, I tend to avoid anything remotely related to them.

[Alex]

I think you'd be better off creating a whole new race.

Vampires right now are way overdone. I enjoy a decent vampire tale if it's well done, but, at the moment, I tend to avoid anything remotely related to them.

Thank you for your insight, it's hard not to be original when it's my own race!