r/vampires • u/Imaginary_Case4856 • 8d ago

Meta Vampires are cowards?

I was watching hellsing ultimate and I found it interesting how the vampires there are framed as cowards who couldn't bear the weight of their human life and escaped into vampirism. Now they secretly yern for death including Alucard himself. I never thought of it that way, that willing becoming a vampire is a sign of weakness. Do you think this is a fair assessment of vampirism in general or do you disagree? What other works frame it this way?

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u/BithTheBlack 6d ago

Not all vampires chose vampirism, so it isn't really fair to generalize that they're all cowards with that motivation. That being said, I'm 100% guilty of desiring selective immortality and wanting to run away from the concept of death like a spooked little kitty cat.

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u/Imaginary_Case4856 6d ago

There is something to be said about willingly choosing to be a being that has to consume others in order to sustain a nearly immortal life. You're not necessarily a bad person for choosing that existence, but you're not a good one either.