Shouldn't immortal vampires act like crotchety grandparents and not like suave 30somethings?, Been bothering me since Twilight Options Track this topic Email this topic Print this topic Download this topic Subscribe to this forum Display Modes Outline Switch to: Standard Switch to: Linear+

[Wounded Ronin]

OK, vampires are really bothering me nowadays. I hate how in movies and books and such really old vampires from the 1500s or 1700s always act like these sexy suave 30 year old swingers who like to get it on with young women.

It really doesn't make sense; if a vampire hundreds of years old he or she should act like a really old person even while looking young. Their vocabulary and diction should be noticably different from contemporary vocabulary and diction. If there's a friendly aristocractic vampire from the 1700s sulking around your neighborhood he should talk like he's Henry James or something.

Language is one thing...what about thought and logical processes? I wouldn't be totally surprised if a vampire from the 1500s still had a lot of "magical thinking" or still tended to approach problems with medieval thought processes, or even still actively engaged in 1500s religious practices. If someone from the 1500s suddenly appeared in your neighborhood today you'd probably think that person was just an alzheimer-stricken hopelessly senile delusional person because his way of interacting with things would be so different from how "normal" people today do it.

So, I'm really annoyed by the idea that there's some handsome vampire from hundreds of years ago who is allowed to get romantically involved with a young female and that's not considered as creepy as if some 80 year old perv was doing the same thing. Moreover, vampires should at least run around talking like H. P. Lovecraft or Heny James or something and they probably don't like using computers.