Daniel Damouth wrote:
> I'm not clear on why, in "Moonlight", it's bad to be a vampire. It
> clearly doesn't stop one from being a good person. Mick seems to have a
> psychopathology about it. In this episode he alluded to "sucking human
> blood" as the worst part about being a vampire, but we know a vampire
> doesn't have to suck blood to stay live. A vampire must simply consume
> blood, and it doesn't even have to be human. No one has to suffer.
> Other disadvantages of vampires include not tolerating extended bouts
> of sunlight, some sort of inability to appreciate food, and... what?
>
> Compared to immense improvements in sight, hearing, strength, healing,
> and (above all) life span, those problems seem minor. I'd choose to be
> a vampire in a second.
The downside, of course, is that you can't partake of any of the
pleasures of the world. They can't taste food, for example. And the
blood lust puts any human lover in danger, and there seems to be a bit
of territoriality that prevents vampires from forming long-term
relationships with each other.
Of course, only Mick seems to have a problem with being a vampire. The
other vampires, including Josef and Coraline, are perfectly happy and
content with their status. Mick is too attached to the idea of humanity,
too enamored of the living, and those feeling overwhelm his ability to
enjoy life. A lot of that probably stems from the fact that he was
turned involuntarily and forcefully, and his sire (Coraline) was not the
best of role models.
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JWH
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