tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1245081827692999288.post767340109883217343..comments2024-01-26T18:22:15.668-06:00Comments on Varney the Vampire: Digression: What Makes a Good Vampire, Part 2Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07162829486901987282noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1245081827692999288.post-68712196113375711592013-11-05T07:38:47.614-06:002013-11-05T07:38:47.614-06:00Who says living forever is a benefit? Prolonging ...Who says living forever is a benefit? Prolonging existence in this fallen world would be the worst punishment I can imagine.Kuudere-Kunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06537085979461349854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1245081827692999288.post-69278613609083588612011-11-14T10:22:43.937-06:002011-11-14T10:22:43.937-06:00These posts have been great. I've been thinkin...These posts have been great. I've been thinking about most of these points myself, but comparing different authors' vampires just tends to get me gnashing my teeth about Stephenie Meyer.Michael Gordonhttp://twitter.com/DraculaBitesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1245081827692999288.post-15193309597888057502010-07-02T17:10:31.196-05:002010-07-02T17:10:31.196-05:00Methinks you've pretty much hit the nail on th...Methinks you've pretty much hit the nail on the head here. If being a vampire is not (at best) a faustian bargain, then the tension and drama and conflict is missing. As a teacher of mine once put it, "No one wants to live next door to the Macbeths, but we all want to watch what happens to them on-stage." If you were to be a vampire, then you want that state to be without serious cost. But that doesn't make for a good story.Zahir Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14533361554787004824noreply@blogger.com