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Oct 29, 2023Liked by Daniel Whyte IV

It may be because I’m on a Buffyverse kick at the moment, but I do wonder if the vampire is only now a replacement for Satan within certain genres. Within the “let’s target teen girls” genre, I would argue that vampires are the latest to be successfully reinvented as at least morally grey if not good guys.

1) We begin with the re-ensouled Angel who is deeply repentant of all he did as a vampire before being re-ensouled. Still a vampire (spoiler!) he will lose his soul should he experience true happiness and revert to his demonic ways.

2) Spike (still Buff) seeks out being re-ensouled to win the heart of the woman he loves.

3) Mina Harker in the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is definitely one of the good guys despite having being turned previously.

⏳Moving rapidly forward (there may be other illustrations)

4) Twilight - need I say more?

5) The Vampire Diaries - at every point there is at least one vampire who is a “hero”. The rest of the vampires are morally grey. If they look like a villain we’re probably about to discover a tragic backstory to make them morally grey.

6) The House of Night series - the vampyres are the heroes but they’re not the vampires of legend. These are a wicca-vampire hybrid reinvented for the 21st century teen.

I keep considering writing something on this but have no problem with others taking the idea and running with it either.

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You should write something on this 😂

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Oct 30, 2023Liked by Daniel Whyte IV

Maybe... but I’ve got a bit more ‘buffyverse research’ to do 🤪 And it might mean actually having to read twilight at last 😭 #lifeistooshortfornotgreatbooks

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