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#but ordinary humans can be plenty dangerous too (see: 90% of the female characters I'm obsessed with)
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Can somebody please explain to me what the appeal of vampires is.
#I'm genuinely curious
#people seem to go absolutely feral over this concept and I want to KNOW I want to UNDERSTAND
#and there are some really excellent vampire aus that I love and I want to love them MORE because I want to GET IT™
#because all I see are like...societally conventionally attractive people with fangs. who maybe (depending on The Lore™)
#can't go out in the sun. and that just...doesn't resonate with me?
#like I understand metaphors for 'othering' and the concept of monstrosity but I feel like that gets a little lost if there isn't anything
#actually UNPALATABLE about them. like if they just look like what we culturally have idealized in human appearance then how can
#they serve as a metaphor for ostracization or being misunderstood?
#is it primarily an aesthetic thing? is it a *danger is sexy* thing?
#but ordinary humans can be plenty dangerous too (see: 90% of the female characters I'm obsessed with)
#so is it in the sense of you can vicariously experience that danger and heightened emotion in a situation that's removed from reality
#so it feels less overwhelming when you're watching/reading the piece of fiction???
#like I have seen this used effectively as a metaphor for marginalization (undead murder farce) and an exploration of how society
#defines a 'monster' (shiki) but that doesn't seem to be the way most people or works engage with this concept
#is it just that people like when characters are covered in blood because I DO understand that one lmao
#I just feel like vampires have been branded as a Key Aspect of Bisexual/Gay Culture and I feel like I am on a separate plane of existence
#because It Is Not Clicking For Me
#(tbh I feel like there are a lot of Quintessential Queer Experiences™ that don't apply to me but. that's a whole separate thing.)
#ANYWAY would love to hear people's thoughts!
#I am cooking up a Meta Post™ about fandom reaction to the concept of monstrosity and I want to gather as much information as possible
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