Ever since I can remember I have always loved vampires, yet it hasn't simply been their appearance or how they have been portrayed for numbers and numbers of years. There are a number of reasons why I find them to be so appealing and why I believe that others find them appealing as well. I have many times found myself wondering why it is that people like myself become so obsessed with the idea of vampires existing amongst us, and I have come up with one concept.
During my CWL class different concepts about play and reality and how we define reality were thrown at us and it really made me think of why vampires are so intriguing. Sure for some people it might be the superficial appearance of vampires and them being represented as sex symbols to some extent but i honestly think that there is more than that to it. I find that some people see vampire as more of a divine phenomena, something that is more out of this world but still remains amongst us.
Comparing vampire forms in films and books from today and a couple of years back many things have changed. At some point before the vampire was seen as evil, a creature of the night that fed on the innocence, and more things of this nature. And even today these things are seen but we know find that there are also vampires who are more humane or it comes closer to something we aspire to be. A great example would be twilight books or film, where there are vampires who are evil but also the more humane that are not careless of human life but are more appreciative of it. this vampire has strength, can be immortal, feed on something other than humans, can be out in the sunlight, and is beautiful. In some aspect it is something that many people aspire to, something more closer to the divinity but that still contains a human side to it.
