Vampire, Again & Again

Vampire? NOT AGAIN!

I just watched a new TV series called The Originals. Guess what? it's about vampire, again. Nowadays, it seems that vampires are all over the entertainment media. Anyone ever gets fed up with vampires? I know there are many vampire lovers out there. They are the real reason why our entertainment is constantly bombarded by blood-sucking creatures. Many love them, so producers and writers keep making them.

Before I start, I must state that I'm not a vampire-phobic (lol - I talked as if vampire had been real). I do love watching True Blood for example. But I'm just utterly BORED with this non-stop vampire trend. We need other supernatural creatures in our entertainment. Come on, writers and producers. Let your creativity flow! Find us other creatures!

It seems that Twilight is the main culprit. This trend also crosses over to gay community. We have countless M/M romance books about vampires, vampire gay movies/tv - including some gay porno.

My first ever "encounter" with vampire, as far as I can remember, is Forever Knight. It's a TV series in early 1990s about a vampire who worked as detective. It wasn't really exciting but there wasn't much choice on TV. Then of course, the 1992's movie Dracula (my favorite). Vampire then appeared regularly on TV along with Buffy.

Afterwards, I lost track of vampires until Twilight invaded cinemas. Suddenly, every female teenagers swooned over a sparkling vampire named Edward Cullen. Almost at the same time, True Blood was on TV. Since then, vampire keeps invading, esp in books and on TV.

Why vampires are boring?
1. There are too MANY of them, everywhere! I mean, come on. It seems like everyone is copying from one another.
2. Vampire is too PREDICTABLE. They always suck blood, even the gay ones!
3. Whenever a vampire shows up, WEREWOLF will always show up! See? How predictable the plot is?

If this vampire trend keeps going on, to my horror, I may find myself writing a book about gay vampire! LOL


VAMPIRE TRIVIA
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1. Many scholars argue the word “vampire” is either from the Hungarian vampir or from the Turkish upior, upper, upyr meaning “witch.” Other scholars argue the term derived from the Greek word “to drink” or from the Greek nosophoros meaning “plague carrier.” It may also derive from the Serbian Bamiiup or the Serbo-Crotian pirati. There are many terms for “vampire” found across cultures, suggesting that vampires are embedded in human consciousness.^b
2. A group a vampires has variously been called a clutch, brood, coven, pack, or a clan.^f
3. Probably the most famous vampire of all time, Count Dracula, quoted Deuteronomy 12:23: “The blood is the life.”^f