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Originally Posted by ilovejedd
It's really all about the target audience. I reckon most of the vampire (or werewolf or demon or whatever) fiction being churned out are just a play on the bad boy turned good in the name of love, except being an evilly-predisposed supernatural being adds another layer of danger to the mix.
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Maybe that's why I have a problem with it, although until I read this I couldn't have put my finger on WHY.
This very common fantasy is why so many women and girls get into and stay in abusive relationships - 'I can change him! He just needs a good woman!'
No you can't, and no he doesn't.
This is an interesting discussion because my publisher, after finding out that in the past I had been writing SF (rather than the historicals I'm writing now) tried to encourage me to write some 'paranormal romance' and I threw a hissy fit.
I was sick of vampires a long time ago - I never watched 'Buffy' for that reason, although I'm well aware it was a good show. I think Anne Rice did more for vampire PR than anyone else.