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{{quote|''"And when she was doing it, I ''liked'' it, Ben. That's the hellish part. I actually had an erection. Can you believe it? If you hadn't been here to pull her off, I would have... would have let her..."''
|'''Jimmy Cody'''|''[['Salem's Lot]]''}}
When a vampire is hungry, and isn't quite so decent or hard up as to lower himself to only buying blood at the butcher's or trapping and draining small animals instead, their dietary supplement of preference is [[Horror Hunger|human blood.]] They can [[Vegetarian Vampire|survive on the blood of lesser beings]], sure, but [[Evil Tastes Good|human blood is the good stuff]]
▲{{quote|''"And when she was doing it, I ''liked'' it, Ben. That's the hellish part. I actually had an erection. Can you believe it? If you hadn't been here to pull her off, I would have... would have let her..."''|'''Jimmy Cody''', ''[[Salems Lot]]''}}
The decent sort of [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampires]] tend to feel bad about what they must do to their victims. Kiss of the Vampire is how the vampires who can make the experience of being a drink box not just enjoyable but pleasurable for the donor.
▲When a vampire is hungry, and isn't quite so decent or hard up as to lower himself to only buying blood at the butcher's or trapping and draining small animals instead, their dietary supplement of preference is [[Horror Hunger|human blood.]] They can [[Vegetarian Vampire|survive on the blood of lesser beings]], sure, but [[Evil Tastes Good|human blood is the good stuff]] -- it's the difference between artificial processed cheese food and genuine aged cheddar as a human palate would comprehend it.
Vampires who are in love with their partner fall under this category, as do the ones who tend to regret being undead creatures of the night who must drink blood to survive, though it is not a strict limit.
▲The decent sort of [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampires]] tend to feel bad about what they must do to their victims. Kiss of the Vampire is how the vampires who can make the experience of being a drink box not just enjoyable but pleasurable for the donor.
▲Vampires who are in love with their partner fall under this category, as do the ones who tend to regret being undead creatures of the night who must drink blood to survive, though it is not a strict limit.
The effect of the bite and draining being pleasant to the victim also may depend on the vampire's circumstances. If the undead blood drinker is injured, enraged, or starved, the effect may not be enough to counteract the pain of a crazed vampire's attack. Or the vampire may flip out completely and [[Vampire Bites Suck|savage the victim]]. This may lead to [[Wangst]] when the vampire comes back to his senses and realizes he went outside his preferred mode of behaviour.
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This is often justification for the [[Fridge Logic]] question, why do the victims always stop struggling when the vampire bites them?
Naturally, common aversions occur in family fare involving Vampires. The bite isn't painful, but it is rarely portrayed as overtly sensual or orgasmic either.
See [[Our Vampires Are Different]]. See also [[Vampire Bites Suck]] for the vampires who don't have the type of consideration shown here. For extra [[Squick]], go for ''both.'' IE, it's bloody, messy, deadly, and you're dying...and you're [[Out
Not to be confused with the movie ''[[
▲See [[Our Vampires Are Different]]. See also [[Vampire Bites Suck]] for the vampires who don't have the type of consideration shown here. For extra [[Squick]], go for ''both.'' IE, it's bloody, messy, deadly, and you're dying...and you're [[Out With a Bang|enjoying every second of your death.]] If the vampire also gets turned on by feeding on blood, then they're [[Hemo Erotic]].
{{noreallife|Sorry, we have to impose Wikipedia's "reliable sources" rule on this one.}}
▲Not to be confused with the movie ''[[Film/Kiss Of The Vampire|Kiss Of The Vampire]]''.
{{examples}}
== Anime and Manga ==
* The former trope picture was Moka Akashiya of ''[[Rosario
* In ''[[Karin]]'', Vampire bites suck out emotional states. Most of the Maaka/Marker family suck out things like dishonesty, stress, and unhappiness, which gives the human "victims" a healthy boost to their mental state. Of course, then it turns out {{spoiler|Elda sucks out ''love''}}, at which point things stop being so fun.
* The bite of the tiny vampire Shinobu-chan from ''[[
* The bite of ''[[Vampire Princess Miyu]]'' is effectively a [[Lotus Eater Machine]] - those bitten are permanently captured in a delusional fantasyland of pure joy and happiness. She usually deals it out to humans who've just barely survived a traumatic encounter with the Shinma she hunts, thus making it a sort of 'mercy'. Still doesn't change the fact that they'll spend the rest of their lives staring empty-eyed into the wall, though.
* In ''[[
* Evangeline A.K.Mcdowell of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', because of her [[Power Limiter|small state]], usually delivers more-or-less painless drinks of blood. Then other times, she really does deliver kisses, [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v15/c137/19.html also more-or-less painless]. Whether she'll admit it or not, she does care about her apprentice. Earlier in that same scene, she played this as straight as possible in what could be the [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v15/c137/7.html most risque scene in the course of the series] ([[NSFW]], obviously).
** Note: the thing in front of him is [[Weasel Mascot]] Chamo. It's not ''that'' [[NSFW]].
*** Although it's entirely possible that [[Ken Akamatsu]] [[Visual Innuendo|placed Chamo there intentionally.]]
* In ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]'', this is Lady Bat's power, which [[Villainous Crossdresser|he]] uses to put his opponents into a daze before [[Magic Music|singing]]. He even refers to biting people as "kissing".
* Though it is only mentioned once, Nathan from ''[[Blood
* ''[[Genesis of Aquarion]]'' does a variant of this trope- [[Hot
* Inverted by Ageha of ''[[Omamori Himari]]''. Sucking Yuuto's blood gets her aroused (or more precisely, the demon slayer power in it does). Also subverted in that she made him unconscious first.
* Vampire bites in ''[[Black Blood Brothers]]'' are depicted as very pleasurable, so much so that a woman will squirm and moan orgasmically as she is being fed upon. One character even goes so far as to say that [[Better Than Sex|sex pales in comparison]] to being bitten.
* ''[[Vassalord]]'' features Charley, who lives off the blood of his (similarly vampire) master Johnny. Johnny enjoys being bitten enough that he once hauls Charley into the airplane lavatory for a quickie. As if they didn't have enough [[UST]] [[Ho Yay]] already.
* Subverted in ''[[Grimms Fairy Tale Classics]]'' episode "The Crystal Ball," although it is a wicked witch, not a vampire, who routinely bites the neck of an innocent princess, in one of the most cruel and sadistic scenes ever imaginable. The princess also turns into a corpse afterwards, and somehow regenerates.
* Jean-Marais in ''[[Dance in
* In ''[[Shiki]]'' vampire bites don't seem to be particularly painful ( {{spoiler|Masao}} even looked like he might have been enjoying it a bit in episode 5) and the bite marks aren't very severe (a doctor mistakes them for incect bites). Also, it's speculated by Toshio that the bites might inject a narcotic substance into the victim to keep them under control. It should be noted that while bites don't cause any immediate harm, multiple drainings can lead to death.
* There's Hazuki and Kouhei in ''[[
* Episode 5 of ''[[Kore wa Zombie Desu
* In ''[[Midnight Secretary]]'', according to Kyouhei, blood tastes better when partner has an orgasm. {{spoiler|Even more so if one falls in love.}}
== Comic Books ==
* Screamqueen's bite in ''[[Scare Tactics (
* Subverted in ''[[American Vampire]]'': after fighting under the [[Achilles' Heel|new moon]], Pearl's left weak and incredibly thirsty so Henry lets her [[Vampire Bites Suck|feed]] off of him. She does make it up to him, though. Blood must been an [[Hemo
== Fan Works ==
* ''[http://archiveofourown.org/works/50405
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'''Riku:''' Great, encourage him. We'll be lucky if we don't need a transfusion when we leave here. }}▼
* Tsukune in the ''[[Rosario
== Film ==
* The ''[[Dracula]]'' films are practically the [[Trope Maker
* In ''[[Once Bitten]]'', the vampire's bite was accompanied by euphoria and partial amnesia. He couldn't remember much about the prior night.
* In [[The Movie]] of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', vampires were able to hypnotize their prey into either not minding or not reacting to the bite.
* In [[The Movie]] of ''[[Interview
* ''[[Dracula: Dead and Loving It]]'' is a PG-13 vehicle so the sexy aspect of the kiss is left out altogether.
* This is also true for ''My Mom is a Vampire''
* And ''The Little Vampire''
* As well as ''[[Love
** In fact, ''Love At First Bite'' couldn't be said to leave out said aspect, as the woman being bitten seems to be (based on the sounds she's making) in the throes of, if not an orgasm, than something just about as good. The scene just afterward [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|builds upon the implication that it was the equivalent of good sex]].
* The prostitute bitten by the Master vampire in ''[[John
* One of the ''[[Blade]]'' films showed a couple of vamps putting razor blades in their mouths before making out.
** The first film had Blade feeding on the female sidekick in a moment of desperation. At first she stoically endures the pain, but after a minute or two she's clinging to him, moaning while he kind of...growls.
* Subverted in ''[[Near Dark]]'', where Mae starts out kissing Caleb in a moderately-sexy way, but he cries out in pain and pulls away from her when her teeth actually break skin.
* ''[[Queen of the Damned]]'' is an interesting example. While some of the victims in the film do not seem to struggle and are visibly enjoying their bite, others are screaming in pain and definitely NOT enjoying it. Apparently it depends on how vicious the vampire goes about his biting.
* The [[Hammer Horror]] films, especially the ones with [[Christopher Lee]] as [[Dracula]], have the victims get all... breathless... as a vampire bites down on their exposed necks.
▲* [[My Immortal|Enoby's a vamrpire, an she an Dracko kisx an havr sexx.]]
▲* [http://archiveofourown.org/works/50405 At least one] ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' fan-fic has Sora discovering his vampire "costume" acts a little differently when he visits Halloween Town with [[One True Threesome|Riku and Kairi.]]
▲{{quote| '''Kairi:''' You really shouldn't wear him out like that too often. If you get hungry again, you should probably switch off between the two of us.<br />
▲'''Riku:''' Great, encourage him. We'll be lucky if we don't need a transfusion when we leave here. }}
▲* [[Rosario to Vampire|Tsukune]] in [[Here in My Arms (Fanfic)|Here in My Arms]] has this ability when he becomes a vampire. It's so strong it is equivalent to sexual pleasure, even if the recipients can die from it. The girls don't mind, especially since it's from someone gentle like Tsukune.
== Literature ==
* Beating out ''Dracula'' by 25 years was ''[[
* John Polidori's [[Lord Byron]] Expy, Lord Ruthven, also predates Dracula by quite a bit of time. He was written as a seductive rake whose attention to young women is just the pre-dinner show. (Polidori was not fond of Byron's womanizing.) So yes, the people who claim that vampires = sex is a modern invention are full of nonsense.
* The kiss/bite of the vampire is an analogy for rape in Bram Stoker's ''[[Dracula (
* ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' explicitly describes Red Court vampire saliva as a highly addictive narcotic. So addictive, in fact, that Harry, just ''remembering'' what it was like to be under the influence, starts drifting into the euphoria state on the spot. And they call it their Kiss. On the other hand, the White Court [[Emotion Eater|feed on emotions]], not blood, and the Black Court are straight ''[[Dracula (
** Though the members of House Raith of the White Court has their own special
*** Something that Waldo Butters hasn't gotten in two years and Harry Dresden hasn't gotten in ''four''. I mean, damn.
* ''[[The Sookie Stackhouse Mysteries]]'' describe vampire fangs as injecting an anti-coagulant, and the saliva a coagulant and agent to assist healing in their victims. But the vampires who indulge with a victim to make it part of sex, choosing an inner thigh vein rather than, necessarily, the neck.
** Unfortunately, if a vampire is newly risen or starved for blood, he'll go into immediate attack mode. Attack mode includes raping the victim while drinking from him/her.
** The feeding-from-the-thigh thing is also mentioned in the [[Kitty Norville]] books- in the context of a young woman calling into the main character's radio show tentatively wondering how she can... wean, so to speak, her vampiric lover from said vein and more to the conventional neck-feeding. And also how she can get him to wear poet shirts more...
* P.N. Elrod's ''[[The Vampire Files]]'' series does not describe the bite as sexy/euphoric, except to say that the sex is better for Jack if he can drink at the moment of climax. But his girlfriend doesn't seem to mind, so it must feel at least painless to her.
** Actually, in book 2, ''Lifeblood'', Bobbi explicitly states that Jack's bite is preferable to normal intercourse because "it just goes on and on...." In the same scene, Jack refers to the fact that the act of feeding from her stimulates the pleasure centers in the same way that sex previously did.
* A vampire's bite in the ''[[Anita Blake]]'' series is as painful as you might expect, unless the vampire put the victim into a trance beforehand, in which case it feels really good.
** Except for Asher. His bite is of the orgasmic variety. Victims can become addicted to Asher's bite, and can experience flashbacks of the feelings said bite causes.
* [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[Dracula]]'' tribute ''[[
** Well, it's implied that Straker's death was more of a gruesome one. Barlow, in his letter to Ben ''et al.'', makes oblique reference to his own appetites betraying him.
* In yet another case of [[Our Vampires Are Different]], Octavia Butler's novel ''Fledgling'' uses this trope.
* According to reformed vampire Otto Chriek in the [[Discworld]] novel ''[[
* [[Anne Rice]]'s vampire series, as well as [[The Film of the Book]] for ''[[Interview
* Frequently subverted and averted in Brian Lumley's ''[[Necroscope]]'' novels, where the vampires like to viciously rape women, [[Out
* The vampires in Larry Niven's ''[[
* In ''[[The Hollows]]'' series by Kim Harrison, the saliva of vampires contains neurotransmitters that make the pain of a vampire's bite feel like pleasure. Vampires can also sensitize their victim's bite so that only that vampire can affect the victim, leaving the victim mentally bound to that vampire.
* Vampire bites in Moore's ''[[
** The sexual connotations are subverted in the sequel. Because {{spoiler|she turned Tommy}}, she has to find sources of blood other than her boyfriend. After reluctantly feeding on a passed-out homeless man with a [[Mega Neko|huge cat]], the following conversation occurs:
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'''Jody:''' How do you think it was? It was necessary.
'''Tommy:''' Well, I mean, when you used to bite me it was kind of a sexual thing.
'''Jody:''' Oh right. I planned all this because I wanted to fuck the huge cat guy. }}
* In [[Mercedes Lackey]]'s ''Children of the Night'', the vampire doesn't even have to be conscious for this to kick in. The heroine suggests it's a survival mechanism, to make sure the food doesn't get away too soon.
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* Amelia Atwater-Rhodes' Nyeusigrube vampire bites are generally enjoyable, but if a bitten human struggles they have the potential to become a very strong vampire. There is a vampire bloodline that specifically only turns humans if they fight. Two of her books are narrated by vampires in that line (Risika of ''In the Forests of the Night'' and split between Aubrey and {{spoiler|Jessica}} in ''Demon In My View'').
* In the ''[[Night World]]'' series, a tranced victim will not feel anything, and an unwilling victim [[Vampire Bites Suck|actually feels a pain akin to having ones soul sucked out]]. However, a willing victim gets a feeling of the vampire's mind, and since most of the vampire bites we see with a willing victim include the 'soulmate principle'...
* In the ''[[Night Huntress]]'' series, vampire venom spreads through the donor's blood and arouses them. Vampires often use this as foreplay with their human lovers, although it can also be used to make rape victims less aggressive.
** They actually have three sorts of venom they can choose to use. The type detailed above, one that makes the victim more susceptible to suggestion, and one that is exceedingly painful.
* In the ''[[Ravenloft]]'' novel ''Vampire of the Mists'', when Jander feeds from Ana for the first time, it says that she moaned, but did not pull away. Later on, when Jander is describing what feeding is like for both vampires and their victims, he compares it explicitly to sex. On the other hand, the book also uses the opposite trope, [[Vampire Bites Suck]], for when vampires lose control during feeding.
* In [[Tanya Huff]]'s ''[[Blood Books]]'', Henry generally feeds by taking blood from his partners during sex. They usually don't even notice.
** It's also plainly erotic for the victim, even for those with [[Incompatible Orientation]], as Vicki and a (male) friend discover when they force him to drink from them to save himself.
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* In J.R. Ward's ''[[Black Dagger Brotherhood]]'' series, this is almost always the case. Regardless of the combo (vampire/vampire, vampire/human, vampire/[[Emotion Eater|sympath]]... you get the idea). The vampires almost always find the feeding experience pleasurable, and it's specifically described in ''Lover Eternal'' that the act of {{spoiler|Rhage drinking from a vampire woman named Layla had "a shocking level of intimacy." This deserves special mention because he was desperately trying ''not'' to feel anything for her. He wanted to feed from the human woman he'd fallen in love with, Mary, but since she wasn't of his kind and [[Our Vampires Are Different|it's impossible to "turn" a human]], he would've killed her before his body regained the nourishment it needed.}}
* John Alfonz in ''[[Family Bites]]''.
* Subverted in the ''[[Vampire Memories]]'' series by Barb Hendee: Wade is, at least initially, turned on by the thought of Eleisha feeding on him, but she shuts him down, saying explicitly that it would not be sexy, but that it would hurt.
== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' seems to have examples that fit this trope and its flipside, [[Vampire Bites Suck]].
** For example, in season 5 Riley pays to get bitten. Vampire bites in the Buffyverse can apparently induce euphoria, addiction or both. [[Alternate Character Interpretation|Although]] Riley's addiction could be more masochistic in nature; he was clearly growing addicted ''to'' the pain of being bitten and the resulting
** A better example might be Buffy's reaction to being bitten by Angel in "Graduation Day". She needed to get him to bite her because the blood of the Slayer was the only thing that could cure a poison in his blood stream. It starts off with them both standing as he bites her, then they fall to the floor with him on top and though Buffy is obviously in pain at first it takes on a decidedly more sexual appearance after a second with her moving her legs up around him.
*** [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|So it hurts at first, but starts feeling good after a while?]]
** Not to mention that at the - climax - of the experience, Buffy's body shudders and her leg kicks out violently, sending a bench and urn crashing to the floor. This was a deliberate attempt to equate the experience with sex and the violent ending spasm with orgasm in a way that would avoid the censors, according to the Word of God.
** However, Spike (or as he was at the time, William) was obviously in pain while being bitten by Drusilla on the night he was sired. He screamed out in pain the entire time.
*** Though Drusilla is not only evil but completely bonkers too so it might depend on your intent. She was also quite young and inexperienced at the time...
*** Look at the scene (in "Fool for Love") again. William is shouting in pain at first, then has a look of pleasure as he sinks to the ground.
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* Kivala seems to give these out in ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]''. Though if Narutaki's reaction is any indication, he might be getting a little ''too'' much pleasure for a kids' show out of it.
** At the end, she gives one to {{spoiler|Yuusuke's corpse, not only bringing him [[Back From the Dead]] and also making him [[Brainwashed and Crazy]], just in time for his participation in the [[Bolivian Army Ending|Bolivian Army "Ending"]]}}.
* ''[[Ultraviolet (TV series)|Ultraviolet]]''. A woman comes across a vampire feeding on a security guard and faints. She's woken up by the same security guard, who's concerned for her and hasn't noticed anything unusual happen to him, implying some sort of hypnosis.
** It was said earlier in the series that vampire bites make the person bitten more 'suggestible' and can only be seen under UV light, with obvious benefits for covering the vampire's tracks.
* ''[[Scrubs]]'' has three examples of this, each part of JD's fantasies. One features him being bitten by two female vampires, quite messily, and sheepishly admitting to liking it. The other two examples are JD biting women, who both immediately have orgasms.
* Although it's not even close to a 'kiss', when the Wraith of ''[[Stargate Atlantis]]'' feed on a person, the person drifts into this expression. It's hinted that the body experiences a sensory overload so they're not killed instantly.
** Beckett explains that they inject an enzyme that acts as a steroid of sorts in order to keep the victim alive for as long as possible. Aiden Ford gets addicted to the enzyme, as it makes him incredibly strong for a human and is later seen capturing and "milking" Wraith for it, a sort-of sick reversal.
== Tabletop Games ==
* A pleasurable, almost sexual experience is how The Kiss is described in both ''[[Vampire: The
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** Both settings mention "Blood Dolls", humans who become addicted to the experience of being fed on. In ''[[
** Also The Kiss is described to be the only real pleasure a vampire can ever feel, since every other thing they enjoyed before tastes stale and they have no real sexual desire whatsoever. But as some kind of compensation it is described to feel unbelievably good!
** Similar to the original Giovanni, the ''[[
* [[Dungeons and Dragons]], as usual, have several variations.
** In ''Van Richten's Guide To Vampires'', [[
** With vampyres, ''living'' monstrous humanoids from [[Ravenloft]] who share real vampires' feeding habits, it's their narcotic saliva that dominates and pacifies their victims.
**
* Averted by the ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' card [http://gatherer.wizards.com/pages/card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=193546 "Last Kiss"]: "Romanticize it, glamorize it, call it what you will. To me, it will always be carnal, bloody murder."
== Video Games ==
* There are plenty of enslaved humans in ''[[Boktai
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Last
* ''[[Eerie Cuties]]'' often has people bewildered the first time, but when not, they visibly enjoy the process and get [[Say It with Hearts|hearts]] in speech bubbles. Those who stay conscious in the first place, anyway. Of course, it's used for comedy purpose a lot.
*
** Later it turns out that Chloe is [http://www.eeriecuties.com/d/20101217.html very much] into [[Cute Little Fangs]], though as a drunk Succubus she may find ''[[Rule 34|everything]]'' kinky at the moment.▼
*** In "[http://pixietrixcomix.com/eerie-cuties/the-kissing-booth The Kissing Booth]" mini-arc Tiffany ended up seeing [[Bishie Sparkle]]s and jumping into arms of the first vampire boy she meets (who was somewhat shocked by this).
** Brooke seems to [http://www.eeriecuties.com/d/20110321.html enjoy it too]. {{spoiler|It leads to an actual kiss, though under the pretense of [[Practice Kiss|practicing]].}}▼
▲** Later it turns out that Chloe is [http://
▲** Brooke seems to [http://
** Later while Layla was rumored to be a lesbian (and became even more popular), she misunderstood an offer of a drink from someone who knew what she is, and a nearby curious catgirl [http://pixietrixcomix.com/eerie-cuties/2011-05-18 called this] "got to first base with Layla", while the "donor" was stoned giggling.
== Web Original ==
* ''[[Vamp You]]'', the vampire porn site, relies on this trope a ton, especially when it combines turning scenes, and sex scenes.
* ''[[Gaia Online]]'' pulls this off in the Halloween 2008 event comics. A vampire caught "attacking" a human and his supposed victim are both blushing, sweaty, and quick to insist that "It's consensual! Yeah!"
* Averted ''hard'' in ''[[Blood Light]]'', when Alex bites Connor out of annoyance and just lets him bleed.
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