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{{quote|''...she was a bloodsucking fiend, but she was a pleasant girl nonetheless.''|''You Suck: A Love Story''}}
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Authors moved on to [[Deconstruction|exploring]] the effects this [[Horror Hunger|need to kill]] had on the vampires themselves and their relationship with humanity, as in the books by Anne Rice, the movies ''The Hunger'' and ''Near Dark'', and the [[Tabletop Games]] ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade (Tabletop Game)|Vampire: The Masquerade]]''. Sometimes one of these vampires would be a [[Tragic Hero]] or [[Reluctant Monster]].
Finally, a new wave of authors, such as Kathryn Rusch and Laurel Hamilton, have chosen to portray vampires as a persecuted [[Token Minority]], unusual cultural group, or just [[Star
Television and film have lagged behind books a bit, with nice vampires exceptional rather than common. The vampires in the ''[[Blade]]'' movies would seem capable of living just on stored blood, but since they seem to be [[Nietzsche Wannabe|Nietzsche Wannabes]], they enjoy killing humans as a [[Transhuman Treachery|demonstration of superiority.]]
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Compare to [[My Species Doth Protest Too Much]]. [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampire|FNVs]] who actively fight for good are [[Monster Adventurers]]. See also [[Vegetarian Vampire]], [[Reluctant Monster]], [[Monster Roommate]], [[Monsters Anonymous]] and [[Vampire Refugee]]. These vampires are often on the friendliest end of the [[Sliding Scale of Vampire Friendliness]].
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