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Originally Posted by crich70
You wouldn't be the 1st to change some details. Bram Stoker for example re-created the vampire with Dracula. At one time their fangs were for ripping a victims throat out rather than biting ala Dracula and they didn't look so good as our old friend 'the count' does either. And I'm sure a lot of the 'traditional' look for vampires owes a lot to Bela Lugosi's portrayal of Dracula in the 1930's as well. The so called 'traditional' appearance of monsters isn't always as old as we might think.
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Not quiet true. Varney the Vampire, for example, which was released in 1845 was had the puncture wounds from the fangs,has hypnotic powers, and has superhuman strength. He appears to have been the source for Bram Stoker's inspiration.
Vampire legends go way way back though, and vary greatly across cultures. The modern concept appears to have grown out of the Victorian era... but to your point authors do shift monsters... but my point is that it is not usually all at once.
No law says he cant try, and its been done before... its his world.
