as they do in Twilight! (which, not coinciidentally, gets criticized for not being a real vampire story.)
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Replying to @nberlat
Hell even Stoker's Dracula argues that the act of killing a vampire is a sad but merciful necessity to save all involved.
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like Van Helsing himself is borderline traumatized by staking Dracula's brides. The "kill them all bc one did bad things" narrative
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the whole point of I Am Legend is he thinks of vampires as things and killing them as a game
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and only at the end realizes they're sentient and from their POV he's the monster
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Replying to @arthur_affect @nberlat
You see surprisingly few narratives where it's just "kill this monster... Bc he's a dick. Others might be ok!"
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Replying to @loudpenitent @arthur_affect
nobody appreciates twilight enough.
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Replying to @nberlat @arthur_affect
A phrase one will rarely see :p anyways yeah, I suspect part of it is bc the vampire hunter is inherently awkward
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Replying to @loudpenitent @nberlat
eeeenh... The vampire society in Twilight is objectively evil and the "good" vampires are still complicit
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this was a major complaint, the Volturi slaughter humans for sport and the protagonists do nothing about it
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and in the scene where we find this out the whole focus is on the emotional effect it has on Bella and Edward
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at least Harry Potter handwaves that the protagonists change the ugly facets of their society in the future
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