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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dave2008" data-source="post: 7772616" data-attributes="member: 83242">But it is not really the convention.  The convention is "vampire" and there are strong brands outside of Dracula that prevent him becoming the name for vampires.  I think it is unlikely to take root with the strength of the term vampire and no good reason to abandon it in favor of draculas.  I maintain the language is evolving away from draculas as the know of Dracula himself becomes less and less important.  Vampires stand on their own merits without Dracula.It is lesser in terms of the general publics knowledge of it.  I can't discuss the other merits of said fan-fiction, because I have no idea what your talking about.  It is also rather obscure and odd to claim it as part of the story when it was not part of the original author's work.  How would I have known that you were not talking about the original work?  It just seems a bit like your pushing an agenda now.  I don't know, maybe I'm overreacting.</blockquote>