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'''Warning: Marked and Unmarked spoilers throughout the page. Read at your own discretion.'''
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''Blood Ties'' (2007-2008) is a Canadian [[Vampire Detective Series]] set in [[Toronto]], the old haunting grounds of ''[[Forever Knight]].'' It ran for two seasons (22 episodes total) on [[Lifetime]].


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''Blood Ties'' (2007-2088) is a [[Canadian Series|Canadian Live Action]] [[Vampire Detective Series]] set in [[Toronto]], the old haunting grounds of ''[[Forever Knight]]''. It ran two seasons for twenty-two (22) episodes total on [[Lifetime]].
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The series is based on the ''[[Blood Books]]'' by Tanya Huff. [[Vampire Detective Series|The leads are a private investigator, a vampire, and a cop]]. This show plays with and [[Subverted Trope|subverts]] several tropes of the [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampire]] genre: we are supposed to be sympathetic to him, but he isn't "friendly" in the usual sense.


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The series is based on the ''[[Blood Books]]'' by Tanya Huff. [[Vampire Detective Series|The leads are a private investigator, a vampire, and a cop]]. This show [[Played With|plays with]] and subverts several tropes of the [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampire]] genre: we are supposed to sympathize with Henry, but he isn't "friendly" in the conventional sense.
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Henry Fitzroy has no visible [[Wangst]]. He is not [[The Atoner]]. He doesn't suffer from [[I Just Want to Be Normal]] syndrome, so he does not waste any time looking for cures. He ''likes'' being a vampire. Since he likes being a vampire, [[I Hate You, Vampire Dad|he does not want to kill his sire.]] He still carries a torch for her.


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[[Vampires Are Sex Gods|Henry]] [[Raised Catholic|Fitzroy]] has no visible [[Wangst]]. He is not [[The Atoner]]. He doesn't suffer from [[I Just Want to Be Normal]] syndrome, so he does not waste any time looking for cures. [[Fully-Embraced Fiend|He ''likes'' being a vampire.]] Since he likes being a vampire, [[Subverted Trope|he does not]] [[I Hate You, Vampire Dad|want to kill his sire]]. He still carries a torch for her, in fact.
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He is a very efficient practitioner of the [[Kiss of the Vampire]], so there is a long line of bimbos who want to get into his bed. (The book version of Henry Fitzroy is cheerfully bisexual, [[No Bisexuals|but this version is apparently heterosexual]].)


Strictly speaking, Henry is a Vampire [[Sidekick]]. The actual lead is Vicki Nelson, a human PI (and former cop), who's wound up specializing in cases on the unearthly side. There is a [[Love Triangle]] between Henry, Vicki, and Vicki's old flame Mike Celluci, who is a (human) police detective and the resident [[Agent Scully]].
Strictly speaking though, Henry is the [[Non-Human Sidekick|Vampire]] [[Sidekick]] of this equation. The actual lead is [[Only Known by Their Nickname|Victoria]] [[Weirdness Magnet|"Vicki"]] [[Occult Detective|Nelson]], a human [[Private Detective|PI]] and [[Career-Ending Injury|former cop]], who's wound up specializing in cases from the unearthly side of the tracks. There is a [[Love Triangle]] between Henry, Vicki, and Vicki's [[New Old Flame]] [[Friend on the Force|(Police) Detective]] [[Cop Boyfriend|Mike]] [[Agent Scully|Celluci]], [[Muggle|also human]].


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Further note: [[Our Vampires Are Different|Henry has no problem with holy symbols]]; he carries his own crucifix and attends Catholic Church. He is as good a Catholic as television and his vampirism permit (he has to be awfully promiscuous so that no one loses much blood over time).
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* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]]
* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]]
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* [[Our Demons Are Different]]
* [[Our Demons Are Different]]
* [[Our Ghosts Are Different]]
* [[Our Ghosts Are Different]]
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* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: Henry has no problem with holy symbols; he carries his own crucifix and attends church. He is as good a [[Christianity Is Catholic|Catholic]] as television and his vampirism permit. (He has to be awfully promiscuous so that no one loses too much blood at once).
* [[Our Werebeasts Are Different]]: A werejaguar takes revenge on a hunter that kills various types of werebeasts. It is implied that (as in the ''[[Blood Books]]'' the series was based on) wereism is hereditary, rather than transmitted.
* [[Our Werebeasts Are Different]]: A werejaguar takes revenge on a hunter that kills various types of werebeasts. It is implied that (as in the ''[[Blood Books]]'' the series was based on) wereism is hereditary, rather than transmitted.
* [[Our Zombies Are Different]]
* [[Our Zombies Are Different]]
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** Interestingly, the only anti-vampire weapon they show him having is a sun-shaped Chinese-made object that weakens a vampire to the point of a human being stronger. The object has to be physically attached to the vampire's chest to work, requiring trickery, given the vampires' speed.
** Interestingly, the only anti-vampire weapon they show him having is a sun-shaped Chinese-made object that weakens a vampire to the point of a human being stronger. The object has to be physically attached to the vampire's chest to work, requiring trickery, given the vampires' speed.
** Mike attempts this too in early episodes, and helps Javier {{spoiler|hunt down Henry.}}
** Mike attempts this too in early episodes, and helps Javier {{spoiler|hunt down Henry.}}
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* [[Vampires Are Sex Gods]]: Henry is a master at performing the [[Kiss of the Vampire]], so there's a long line of bimbos who want to jump his bones. (The book version is cheerfully bisexual, [[No Bisexuals|but this version is apparently straight]].)
* [[Vampires Are Sex Gods]]: Henry.
* [[Weirdness Magnet]]: Vicki. Her demon tattoos draw supernatural things to her, explaining why all of her cases suddenly have to do with monsters and demons.
* [[Weirdness Magnet]]: Vicki. Her demon tattoos draw supernatural things to her, explaining why all of her cases suddenly have to do with monsters and demons.
* [[Wendigo]]
* [[Wendigo]]
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