Vampire

Fangs dripping blood rising sensually from some woman's neck, her pearl white skin a contrast against the predator's dark good looks. Everyone wants to be the Twilight scene, or the Trublood scene....can't say as I blame them about Trublood. A very good show.

But what would a real vampire be doing? Medicine. Can you imagine the healing properties a nice vampire who struggles with his inner predator could do? Being able to smell something wrong with the blood, stopping a blood clot without instruments, stopping air bubbles in the line that others would miss, lifting collapsed people, hearing abnormalities in heart beat that others might miss. What a gift!

What about a vampire who works in dialysis? Who's a kind nurse who saves his patients and eases their suffering? I know there are novels out there including Twilight that are looking at the desire to be saved from a  terminal illness.

Super strength? EMT's, cops, soldiers, fire fighters rescuing the innocent and saving them from harm. It's already in the novels where the vampire is good, and loves humanity. But what if it was real now? What would a real vampire do? Know any? Maybe I do. (wink) LOL! But I think the imagery is interesting and the idea of what is something that immortality would inspire, and how blood links us to life, to love, to passion and to survival. The images are graphic, and visceral, and link into the subconcious all our fears, desires, and secret urges. I love the paranormal and the urban paranormal especially. I love the images of heroism, and virtue that one struggles with in our baser nature, while trying to find compassion as a balance to our violence.