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[[File:~~kissofvamp03_2047~~.png|frame|Fangs for the memories!]]

[[File:kissofvamp03 2047.png|frame|Fangs for the memories!]]

{{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]] ~~-- it~~'s the difference between artificial processed cheese food and genuine aged cheddar as a human palate would comprehend it.

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.

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.

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* The bite of the tiny vampire Shinobu-chan from ''[[Bakemonogatari]]'' is unusually graphic by anime standards with regards to the unhealing bloody holes she leaves in Koyomi's neck, but the way she sits on his lap while drinking and he pats her back to let her know when to stop is ''adorable''.

* 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 ''[[Nightwalker]]'',Shido gives a literal [[Kiss of the Vampire]] to Riho to keep her from dying from wounds inflicted on her by Cain. {{spoiler|That was more of an [[Emergency Transformation]] than anything else.}}

* In ''[[Nightwalker]]'',Shido gives a literal Kiss of the Vampire to Riho to keep her from dying from wounds inflicted on her by Cain. {{spoiler|That was more of an [[Emergency Transformation]] than anything else.}}

* 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]].

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== Film ==

* The ''[[Dracula]]'' films are practically the [[Trope Maker~~|Trope Makers~~]] for this, as the male vampire as seducer and bringer of pleasure practically begins here (for female, see the novella ''[[Carmilla]]''). Dracula in the films is a thinly veiled analogy for a dangerous, predatory (and - gasp! - foreign) man who ruins pure, innocent English girls, so even though he is not explicitly portrayed as "sexy," the parallel with seduction is obvious.

* The ''[[Dracula]]'' films are practically the [[Trope Maker]]s for this, as the male vampire as seducer and bringer of pleasure practically begins here (for female, see the novella ''[[Carmilla]]''). Dracula in the films is a thinly veiled analogy for a dangerous, predatory (and - gasp! - foreign) man who ruins pure, innocent English girls, so even though he is not explicitly portrayed as "sexy," the parallel with seduction is obvious.

* 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.

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* The kiss/bite of the vampire is an analogy for rape in Bram Stoker's ''[[Dracula (novel)|Dracula]]'' novel. Instead of trying to seduce Mina Harker like Carmilla did with Laura, Dracula tricks one of the mental patients in Dr. Seward's house into inviting him in and physically forces Mina to drink his blood against her will, leaving the traumatized girl to go through periods of denial, anger, and depression while viewing what she suffered that night as a [[Fate Worse Than Death]] than which [[Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil|nothing could possibly be worse]]. Since most Gothic literature of the 18th and 19th centuries used the word "seduce" where we would use "rape," Stoker gets major points for being possibly the first author since [[The Faerie Queene|Edmund Spenser]] to recognize the difference between seduction and force. Then [[Adaptation Decay|along came the movies]] that ship Mina with her metaphorical rapist with the public's approval. The adaptors apparently somehow got Stoker's novel confused with ''[[Carmilla]]'' and ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]''.

* ''[[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 (novel)|Dracula]]'' types.)

** Though the members of House Raith of the White Court has their own special ~~Kiss -- as~~ they feed on lust, they manage to excite emotions in their victims and drive them into a state of pleasure that drowns out everything else, even death. In one book, Harry's apprentice Molly tries to get a read off of the victim of a Raith's attentions to figure out how she died... and gets something else entirely.

** Though the members of House Raith of the White Court has their own special Kiss—as they feed on lust, they manage to excite emotions in their victims and drive them into a state of pleasure that drowns out everything else, even death. In one book, Harry's apprentice Molly tries to get a read off of the victim of a Raith's attentions to figure out how she died... and gets something else entirely.

*** 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.

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* The vampires in Larry Niven's ''[[Ringworld]]'' series use pheromones to seduce victims into a crazed sex-mood. They then take advantage of the fact that the victims are either having sex with the vampires or each other to eat to their heart's content.

* 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 ''[[Bloodsucking Fiends]]'' aren't particularly painful and heal quickly, thanks to a minor healing agent in their saliva (which Tommy then attempts to convince Jody [[Mundane Utility|to use on his stubbed toe]], with very little success). If the vampire is clever enough, they can even feed without the victim noticing at ~~all -- Tommy~~ assumed that Jody was giving him a hickey until she pointed out the blood on her teeth and flat out ''told'' him what she was doing.

* Vampire bites in Moore's ''[[Bloodsucking Fiends]]'' aren't particularly painful and heal quickly, thanks to a minor healing agent in their saliva (which Tommy then attempts to convince Jody [[Mundane Utility|to use on his stubbed toe]], with very little success). If the vampire is clever enough, they can even feed without the victim noticing at all—Tommy assumed that Jody was giving him a hickey until she pointed out the blood on her teeth and flat out ''told'' him what she was doing.

** 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:

{{quote|'''Tommy:''' How was it?

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== Video Games ==

* There are plenty of enslaved humans in ''[[Boktai|Lunar Knights]]'' who completely enjoy the sensation of their regimental vampire bites. Since the humans are fed on pretty much everyday, the bite is completely subverted ~~altogether--the~~ humans get ''bottle caps on their necks.''

* There are plenty of enslaved humans in ''[[Boktai|Lunar Knights]]'' who completely enjoy the sensation of their regimental vampire bites. Since the humans are fed on pretty much everyday, the bite is completely subverted altogether—the humans get ''bottle caps on their necks.''

== Web Comics ==

* ''[[Last Res0rt]]'' has Jigsaw unwilling to feed on her (sleeping) lieutenant Daisy until she remembers that it's supposed to be harmless, "like bloodwork". After some initial hesitation, both Jigsaw AND Daisy are starting to [[Freud Was Right|enjoy it a bit too much]], at least until [http://www.lastres0rt.com/2008/07/and-just-like-bloodwork-you-can-still-screw-it-up/ Jigsaw freaks out and bites a little TOO hard], going from Subversion to [[Kiss of the Vampire]] to [[Vampire Bites Suck]] in only a few panels.

* ''[[Last Res0rt]]'' has Jigsaw unwilling to feed on her (sleeping) lieutenant Daisy until she remembers that it's supposed to be harmless, "like bloodwork". After some initial hesitation, both Jigsaw AND Daisy are starting to [[Freud Was Right|enjoy it a bit too much]], at least until [http://www.lastres0rt.com/2008/07/and-just-like-bloodwork-you-can-still-screw-it-up/ Jigsaw freaks out and bites a little TOO hard], going from Subversion to Kiss of the Vampire to [[Vampire Bites Suck]] in only a few panels.

* ''[[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.

* ''[[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.

** Note that when Layla [http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/a_good_meal bites] Tiffany, the latter blushes {{spoiler|''both as a ghost and body'', and this instantly terminates her out-of-body session even though the original reason for it is still present}}. Later, she [http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/staking_customers looks disappointed] when Layla does ''not'' drink her, and [http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/that_i_am_alive the next time] also got a thought bubble with [[Purple Prose|over the top flowery account]] of her sensations.

** Later it turns out that Chloe is [http://www.eeriecuties.com/strips-ec/the_sexy_chart very much] into [[Cute Little Fangs]], though as a drunk Succubus she may find ''[[Rule 34|everything]]'' kinky at the moment.