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I don't get the appeal of vampires in general. I don't find bloodsucking monsters and part-wolf creatures sexy at all. I also hadn't heard of "50 Shades" until DA and SBTB started on about it. I had heard of Twilight, but you kind of have to have lived under a rock not to have heard of that. Obviously, this kind of thing *does* tap into some broadly-shared fantasy or there wouldn't be so much popularity or knock-offs (I can barely escape the paranormal romance offerings in bookstores both real and virtual), but I think what women (and people, women being a subclass of people) fantasize about can vary greatly (just like, aha, men). Oh, and I don't want a Bertie Wooster or Christian or Edward--I want an Aral Vorkosigan...
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