07-30-2011, 01:19 PM
Quote: I don't want to insult anyone, but I think it has to do with the simple prevalence of bad taste. Vampire romances? No thank you. Since when are dead people sexy? Ick!
We have Bram Stoker to thank for this. Of course, Anne Rice added her particular slant. Buffy the Vampire Slayer took up the stake and ran with it. I have heard some theories regarding the sense of helplessness following catastrophic events at the threshold of the 21stC that sent some into the realm of monsters as a shield against the inevitability of death. But this fascination for vampires has been around for more than a century. Leonard Wolf's The Annotated Dracula is a good place to start for an approach to understanding the mindset of readers and writers alike.
I do prefer living and breathing, sun-worshipping, terminally alive lovers myself.