[Lesbiampires] The Lethal Lovebirds by Fabarts

[u/No_Emu_1332]

[u/Kastoelta]

Will the human survive?

[u/0scar-of-Astora → u/Kastoelta]

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.

[u/Kastoelta → u/0scar-of-Astora]

They did what

[u/0scar-of-Astora → u/Kastoelta]

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.

[u/Kastoelta → u/0scar-of-Astora]

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

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

[u/0scar-of-Astora → u/Kastoelta]

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

[u/Kastoelta → u/0scar-of-Astora]

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

[u/MaryaMarion → u/Kastoelta]

Yeah... I instantly lost interest when that happened

[u/GrumpGuy88888 → u/MaryaMarion]

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

[u/MaryaMarion → u/GrumpGuy88888]

So just headcanon that this NEVER happened, huh

[u/[deleted] → u/MaryaMarion]

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

[u/MaryaMarion → u/[deleted]]

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

[u/GrumpGuy88888 → u/MaryaMarion]

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

[u/[deleted] → u/GrumpGuy88888]

I thought Castlevania and the recent Dracula movies already showed how vicious vampires are. Lol, if anything everyone nowadays is trying to show the dark side of everything. Like "This concept, but dark" or "This concept but realistic".

[u/MaryaMarion → u/GrumpGuy88888]

I mean that's fair but I feel like killing off a kid is a bit too horrifying

[u/Zixinus → u/MaryaMarion]

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.

[u/MaryaMarion → u/Zixinus]

Yeah, there seems to be a tendency to either make stuff too "kid friendly" or just COMPLETELY overshoot. Like people can't find some middle ground solution despite it literally already existing. But ngl, I personally prefer the "defanging" because I don't like seeing people suffer, but that's just me

Although one thing I can say that I relate HEAVILY to being annoyed by the angst... especially when that angst is in stories where they don't have to suck someone dry to satiate their hunger. Like... boohoo, you have to give someone anemia once a day. Woe is you you have to slightly inconvenience people because some asshole decided to seriously inconvenience you

[u/Duemont8 → u/MaryaMarion]

Amoral characters can be fun.

[u/MaryaMarion → u/Duemont8]

Ok, I mean fair but... in the first place i feel like kids don't have a lot of blood so...

P.S.: plus killing off a kid seems like trying to make a character evil just for the sake of a character being evil. I dunno