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 ** Eks-Because all the vampires would have to be on the same page to take over the world. In most vampire stories, there are many different "sects" or "clans" of vampires.
 ** [[User:Motree]]: Got ya covered, buddy. The only major perk of being a vampire in my 'verse is a really long lifespan, and not needing to feed as much to keep your body running. Otherwise, you're really not that powerful and the vampires in-verse find it baffling as to why humans insist on overpowering them so and are a bit offended that they get portrayed as viral undead.
-** Because those circumstances don't happen. In many stories, an exceptionally powerful vampire is the product of much work, a long lifespan or a special case, the general bloodsucking population isn't too threatening. Even [[The Scottish Trope|there]], humans have a natural defense that develops if vampires are in the vicinity too long. Many works take this even further and create a [[Food Chain of Evil]] to keep vampires in check. Even when there is no natural defense, predator or competing species, vampires tend to fight amongst themselves. Add a few [[I Hate You Vampire Dad]] cases and there you go. In the event that vampires really aren't hindered by ''any'' of those, and for whatever reason, can't be killed by human beings they usually ''do'' rule the world as in [[Daybreakers]], or there is something to limit their reproduction as in ''[[Darkstalkers (Video Game)|Darkstalkers]]'' where the really powerful ones aren't even from Earth and don't care to rule it.--Cider
+** Because those circumstances don't happen. In many stories, an exceptionally powerful vampire is the product of much work, a long lifespan or a special case, the general bloodsucking population isn't too threatening. Even [[The Scottish Trope|there]], humans have a natural defense that develops if vampires are in the vicinity too long. Many works take this even further and create a [[Food Chain of Evil]] to keep vampires in check. Even when there is no natural defense, predator or competing species, vampires tend to fight amongst themselves. Add a few [[I Hate You, Vampire Dad]] cases and there you go. In the event that vampires really aren't hindered by ''any'' of those, and for whatever reason, can't be killed by human beings they usually ''do'' rule the world as in [[Daybreakers]], or there is something to limit their reproduction as in ''[[Darkstalkers (Video Game)|Darkstalkers]]'' where the really powerful ones aren't even from Earth and don't care to rule it.--Cider
 * [[Tropers/Blunderbuss|Blunderbuss]] - Why is it whenever we see vampires wearing old-fashioned clothes to signify their age, it's always ''always'' '''always''' clothes from the Victorian era? For god's sake, if they truely are ageless, why would they stick to clothes of any particular period much less that one? You'd think vampires would frown heavily on that time period considering that was when their prey started vastly outnumbering them, got a lot more dangerous, and their scientific advances were more deadly than traditional measures. Not to mention that it's really, really overdone at this point. Where are the Renaissance vampires? The medieval vampires? The Roman vampires? I'd pay a lot of money to see a series where the hero/ine bursts into the vampire feast and find that its a huge toga party.
-** [[Tropers/Anomaly|Anomaly]]: In ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', the recurring vampire Mavra dresses in a way described as similar to portrayals of Hamlet. Sure it's no toga, but it's still a nice bit farther back than Victorian. Also, I'd guess the reason for the common use of Victorian garb is because it looks the most 'old-timey' to a [[Viewers Are Morons|modern audience]].
+** [[Tropers/Anomaly|Anomaly]]: In ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', the recurring vampire Mavra dresses in a way described as similar to portrayals of Hamlet. Sure it's no toga, but it's still a nice bit farther back than Victorian. Also, I'd guess the reason for the common use of Victorian garb is because it looks the most 'old-timey' to a [[Viewers are Morons|modern audience]].
 ** Vampire Toga Party. I would pay to see that too, and I am notoriously stingy on such things.
 ** My guess: you can go anywhere now with Victorian clothes, specially if you have eternal youth. People will just think "Oh, those freaking post-modernist guys today...". Try do the same wearing some togas. But still, I'm in to see the Vampire Toga Party.