Off My Mind: Are Vampires Invading All Our Comics?

Hopefully it's a wave that will ebb once the "tweens" have their fill. Not unlike the zombie storylines that have riddled DC and Marvel, they'll get vampires out of their system and move on to some other stock literary characters like wizards, witches, and Frankenstein.
 
What bugs me is how some writers diminish the essential qualities of vampires - like the fact that they kill people to survive. Instead, they wanna sell a vampire who's some tortured emo boy upset that he lives forever and falls for a girl that he'll either have to turn (which adds more emo) or abandon her for her own good (which only makes her want him more, because that's how all women react to being dumped!). 
 
When Joss Whedon was in charge, at least we understood that vampires like Angel were rare cases. He was tortured because his soul had been returned, but as Angelus, he was one badass killin' machine who could've cared less if someone lived or died. It was more fun to play with his food! As a writer, Whedon is remarkable at finding the core of a character, as we've seen in his run on Astonishing X-Men. Angel is a vampire, yes, but his real story is one of redemption, which gives him far more dimension than Edward Cullen.
 
As a literary device, vampires were a metaphor for sex. Biting the neck was indicative of the carnal and passionate nature of human beings that was looked down upon by Victorian society, so in this regard True Blood's doing pretty well!  
 
It would be interesting if someone explored the feral nature of vampires. They always seem to be portrayed as sophisticated immortals or just maintain the personality of the freshly killed person. Don't you think after being killed, turned, and resurrected that there would be something a little "off" about a person other than their desire to kill people for blood? That's gotta mess with your head somehow. 
 
But as long as the story's done well, let 'em go for it. Who knows, maybe the X-Men will be badass vampires with ridiculously amped superpowers once turned vampire. Either that or they can all dye their hair black, put on eyeliner, and go emo for a few issues.

When Joss Whedon was in charge, at least we understood that vampires like Angel were rare cases. He was tortured because his soul had been returned, but as Angelus, he was one badass killin' machine who could've cared less if someone lived or died. It was more fun to play with his food! As a writer, Whedon is remarkable at finding the core of a character, as we've seen in his run on Astonishing X-Men. Angel is a vampire, yes, but his real story is one of redemption, which gives him far more dimension than Edward Cullen.

Well, you know the old saying "There is no original thought". Trends come and go. Generations like to share their take on classic story elements. I have no problems with vampires. Unless they mope, sparkle, or wear "guyliner".

" Well, you know the old saying "There is no original thought". Trends come and go. Generations like to share their take on classic story elements. I have no problems with vampires. Unless they mope, sparkle, or wear "guyliner". "

" I like this idea, vampires are cool, no matter how much people hate: Twilight, True Blood, Vampire Diaries etc ...    So you cant blame Marvel and DC for wanting to profit on the idea. "

" @Cherry Bomb said:

" I like this idea, vampires are cool, no matter how much people hate: Twilight, True Blood, Vampire Diaries etc ...    So you cant blame Marvel and DC for wanting to profit on the idea. "

Yeah, but the difference is, Twilight makes vampires sparkle. Need I say more? "

" @RedHurricane24 said:

" @Cherry Bomb said:

" I like this idea, vampires are cool, no matter how much people hate: Twilight, True Blood, Vampire Diaries etc ...    So you cant blame Marvel and DC for wanting to profit on the idea. "

Yeah, but the difference is, Twilight makes vampires sparkle. Need I say more? "

And? I think you need to say a lot more to be honest. Making them 'sparkle' is still a unique idea that has not been presented by vampires ever, It breaks the stereotypical laws of Vampire myths, which I think is always good. It's better then the usual boring idea of vampires + sun = die, which we see all the time. "

" @RedHurricane24:  Oh no,I can't agree there. The vampires in Twilight still have alot of 'allure' about them, their pale skin, golden to red eyes, hair etc .... so the fact that they 'sparkle' in the sunlight does not distract at all.  Change is good, people get bored of concepts and then when someone changes them, they criticise. Twilight is first and foremost a romance series, then it's a vampire series. So criticising the author for her original concepts is quite poor. And the 'sparkle' effect still prevents them from going outside, and so they are forced to only come out in very dim light. See, so they are flaws.  Saying how things 'should' or 'have' to be should never happen to be honest.  :/  everything is entitled to being evolutionised and modernised. It keeps the thrill. "

You could say Vampires were in comics first and the super heroes invaded their turf. The laws made the vampire illegal thus why Marvel had to have Dr. Strange get rid of them all. The Laws changed and the Vampires are back.

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