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<blockquote data-quote="InzeladunMaster" data-source="post: 2127244" data-attributes="member: 9774">That would make the game less fun for me.&nbsp; I much prefer the more traditional vampires of yore over the modern, homoerotic, angst-ridden versions of today.&nbsp; The best modern vision of a vampire that I have seen was &quot;Shadow of the Vampire&quot;, which is a retelling of Nosferatu.&nbsp; That was an awesome movie because it brought back the old-style vampire - he was a true monster.Nah, she was just using them as an allegory for alternative lifestyles and how they must stay hidden or else suffer persecution.&nbsp; Which was fine for a book... but I got sick of it after three books.&nbsp; She just beat me over the head with the homosexuality until I just threw up my arms and exclaimed, &quot;Look, I get it!&nbsp; Let it go!&quot; and stopped reading the novels.Even her non-vampire books are filled with nothing but gays.&nbsp; Nothing wrong with that, I just got tired of it.&nbsp; I thought The Mummy would be a decent book, but no.&nbsp; Even the mortals were all gay in that one.&quot;Interview with a Vampire&quot; was a good novel.&nbsp; I will stand by that.&nbsp; The allegory worked for me.&nbsp; After that novel, I thought the theme just got preachy... and less subtle.&nbsp; I know she finds guy-guy sex erotic, but I could only take so much of it before I just stopped reading.The best version of what you are talking about - the asexual vampire who has risen above traditional sexuality - can be found in Whitley Strieber's &quot;The Hunger&quot;, which was made into an erotic movie with Susan Sarandan and David Bowie back in 1983.&nbsp; Ann Rice's homo-vampires cannot hold a candle to Strieber's truly bisexual monsters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="InzeladunMaster, post: 2127244, member: 9774"] That would make the game less fun for me. I much prefer the more traditional vampires of yore over the modern, homoerotic, angst-ridden versions of today. The best modern vision of a vampire that I have seen was "Shadow of the Vampire", which is a retelling of Nosferatu. That was an awesome movie because it brought back the old-style vampire - he was a true monster. Nah, she was just using them as an allegory for alternative lifestyles and how they must stay hidden or else suffer persecution. Which was fine for a book... but I got sick of it after three books. She just beat me over the head with the homosexuality until I just threw up my arms and exclaimed, "Look, I get it! Let it go!" and stopped reading the novels. Even her non-vampire books are filled with nothing but gays. Nothing wrong with that, I just got tired of it. I thought The Mummy would be a decent book, but no. Even the mortals were all gay in that one. "Interview with a Vampire" was a good novel. I will stand by that. The allegory worked for me. After that novel, I thought the theme just got preachy... and less subtle. I know she finds guy-guy sex erotic, but I could only take so much of it before I just stopped reading. The best version of what you are talking about - the asexual vampire who has risen above traditional sexuality - can be found in Whitley Strieber's "The Hunger", which was made into an erotic movie with Susan Sarandan and David Bowie back in 1983. Ann Rice's homo-vampires cannot hold a candle to Strieber's truly bisexual monsters. [/QUOTE]

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