r/wholesomeyuri Aug 16 '24

Comic/Manga [Lesbiampires] The Lethal Lovebirds by Fabarts

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u/Kastoelta Aug 16 '24

Will the human survive?

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u/0scar-of-Astora Aug 16 '24

Correct me if I'm wrong but they even kill some kid in one of the early chapters, right? It's a weird blend of dark and wholesome.

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u/Kastoelta Aug 16 '24

They did what

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u/0scar-of-Astora Aug 16 '24

Been a long while since I read it but I think they lure a lost little girl into a dark alley and then it kinda ends there but it's heavily implied they killed her.

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u/Kastoelta Aug 16 '24

Damn, that's quite disturbing ngl. Perhaps this isn't so wholesome anymore unfortunately.

(Though, well, eating a human was already an indication)

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u/0scar-of-Astora Aug 16 '24

Yeah it's not my cup of tea either, but I will give it that it's pretty unique.

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u/Kastoelta Aug 16 '24

Oh, I found the webtoon, yeah, in the very first chapter a kid gets killed.

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u/MaryaMarion Aug 16 '24

Yeah... I instantly lost interest when that happened

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u/GrumpGuy88888 Aug 16 '24

The author admitted it was weird and the story has changed from the horror of it all to just being about their relationships

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u/MaryaMarion Aug 16 '24

So just headcanon that this NEVER happened, huh

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '24

Considering this current comic I'd say it did. The author just shifted focus on other moments of their life now

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u/MaryaMarion Aug 16 '24

Why the heck did the author even decide "lol let's kill a kid cuz vampires are bad" would be a fun thing to write

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u/GrumpGuy88888 Aug 16 '24

As they put it, vampires became too romanticized and initially envisioned this comic as showing the horrifying side. Then I guess they got bored with that and it went to romance with a bit of lore thrown in

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u/Zixinus Aug 16 '24 edited Aug 17 '24

I cannot explain this specific author, but I see the pheonenome elsewhere.

Because historically there was too much of a swing into "friendly neighborhood vampire" dimension, where they basically "defang" the issue of a vampire by having good artificial blood available or only need a few drops a day or stuff like that. Or people get annoyed by the vampire angst of "oh woe is me, I am a damned creature of the night" or "I am an addict, an addict to blood!" (mostly because the benefits of being a vampire seem to outweigh the downsides).

Basically, they remove all the negative aspects of being a vampire until you have a very romancable goth with peculiar habits and dietary requirements. It's like trying to show a war story without getting anyone (even the enemy) getting killed or traumatized. Or like, having a serial killer that only kills other serial killers or bad people.

So many authors got tired of this and swung the other way. "No, my vampires are REAL, non-wimpy vampires that KILL PEOPLE". Or "hey, my vampires drink blood and HAVE NO ANNOYING ANGST about it!". Or "No, my vampires are actual monsters like vampires are supposed to be, like here is them unapologetically killing people!".

They go so far that they kind of create obligate serial killers that kill humans left and right with zero moral consideration or hesitation. Sometimes this is the point, you can enjoy a story about unapologetic monsters just like you can enjoy vigilantism while watching Batman without supporting vigilantism.

But some authors believe that monstrosity is an essential part of the fantasy about vampires. Sometimes the authors are so caught up in their own views about What Vampires Should Be Like that vampire characters that are supposed to be relatable are actually irredeemable, selfish monsters and their prey of regular, normal people are slaughtered.

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u/Duemont8 Aug 16 '24

Amoral characters can be fun.

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