If you really want to dig that far back, vampires were supposed to be ugly. Bloated, discolored, grotesque like the corpses that were accused of being vampires hiding in their coffins.
Turning vampires into a Mary Sue power fantasy of beauty was a later contrivance, and a very annoying and tiresome one.
oh I agree. Like I pointed out elsewhere in the first stories vampires were seductive but by causing terror until their victim gives in. More like a cop using sleep deprivation to get a confession than a charming lover.
If you really want to dig that far back, vampires were supposed to be ugly. Bloated, discolored, grotesque like the corpses that were accused of being vampires hiding in their coffins.
Turning vampires into a Mary Sue power fantasy of beauty was a later contrivance, and a very annoying and tiresome one.
oh I agree. Like I pointed out elsewhere in the first stories vampires were seductive but by causing terror until their victim gives in. More like a cop using sleep deprivation to get a confession than a charming lover.
a pretty good exploration of the themes of dracula