The Sexy Vampire Trope, Explained
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Check out our limited edition designs available on the Merch Shelf now before they’re gone: the-take.mytee... | Among all the monsters lurking in the shadows, none of them turn us on quite like the vampire. Most teenagers don’t have posters of Frankenstein on their walls, and The Shape of Water didn’t inspire a raft of other love stories about humanoid fish-men. From Dracula to Buffy The Vampire Slayer, The Lost Boys to Twilight, it’s the sexy vampire who’s been our favorite supernatural pin-up for centuries, a creature that’s long been associated with the lust for more than just blood. Here’s our Take on the continued allure of the sexy vampire, the roots of this cultural obsession, and why our love for them refuses to die.
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The girl and boy duo please
Please cover the Asexual or Aromatic Trope in more detail! 💜🤍🖤
You guys ship internationally?
Possible topic: representation of mental health in media - or more specific topics:
Depression
Autism
Schizophrenia/DID or other demonized mental illnesses
Also I agree with @Trina Q -Asexuality is a great subject to cover
It's not about making more videos, it's about making more money.
The most interesting part of the vampire trope is how teenage girls are hated for loving it
What's so sexy about antrothomorphic leeches?
Because ppl love hating teenage girls for everything they do
Women are shamed for our sexual fantasies and wanting attractive men. Meanwhile virtually all media features the male fantasy of being mediocre (or below) and getting the most beautiful and extraordinary women. There’s even a tropes about the slob husband and his perfect wife
@@witchplease9695 right like and ugly man gets an average women
An average man get an gourgeous woman
An attractive man gets a goddess
teenage girls are hated for anything
Interview with the Vampire was a game changer on so many levels. Vampires were seen in a different light, it elevated Brad Pitt's a Tom Cruise's status even further, and it introduced us to a little girl named Kirsten Dunst.
I saw it last Halloween. It's so underrated and very good. Why isn't it a thing??
@@gitlashooster2179 it is a thing, anyone who grew up during the height of their fame knew about the movie and if you're a big fan of vampires in general it's a must watch... Cuz it is indeed so good
@@gitlashooster2179 it may be underrated now, but in my time, it was THE shit... Many read all the books after watching that movie (but don't watch the other movies, the books are amazing, but the movies are just not)
IT was way too pretty
No Alucard? Immortal pretty boy, shape shifter, fighting machine, slight daddy issues, bestest family friend over generations.
😍👌
There's a lot
Alucard from hellsing/ hellsing ultimate?
Hell yes😌
@@cyberhexxcin
I wasn't talking about that one, but maybe that one too. 😅 Alucards of all series unite!
@@Alias_Anybody watch hellsing, you would not be disappointed.
*heads up, ultimate has an updated art style and follows the Manga closely.
Also watch the abridged by team four star. Best shit ever.
finally the question of the century has been answered 🙌
I have two hot UA-camr girlfriends and I am the best UA-camr ever and YOUR savior. Good bye dear poss
I remember back in the day, you weren't even allowed to sit with the other team at my school. literally, team Edward was on one side of the lunchroom, Jacob was on the other, and the kids who were neutral to the conflict were in the corner and scared
it was insane
Omg I remember that as well what a time to be alive lol
James Marsters did not bleach his hair for 6 years for you not to include him as an example of a sexy vampire smh
I agree. So much.
nacienunbarco thank you 😂 Spike is stunning !!!
❤️🤣
Damn straight.
Who🤷🏾♀️
Aaliyah in the thumbnail? Yes, please. And thanks! R.I.P. Aaliyah
My thoughts exactly. I love her. She was such an original. R.i.p.
Who is she from?
@@kittykittybangbang9367 are you asking what movie she was in or who is she?
@@ooin_otaku4282 What movie is she from
@@kittykittybangbang9367 she plays Akasha in Queen of the Damned.
Louis and Lestat: Sexy, charismatic, manipulative vampires with a compelling troubled backstory, who are actually well written.😍
Edward Cullen: Sparkly, bland, borderline emotionally abusive stalker. 🙄
Yup👍🏾
Let's be honest, Lestat was far more emotionally abusive than Edward. He turned a little girl into a vampire just to make Louis stay with him.
@@DaleMallows well. He walked around lonely for like, centuries lol
Cue Taylor Swift's Wildest Dreams for me please.
🎶He's so tall & handsome as hell...he's so bad, but he does it sooo well...🎶
Somehow these lines always remind me of Lestat de Lioncourt
@@Atem_in_the_streets nah, if you read the books he was never lonely that long except when he bury himself and sleep for a long time.
I also like to point out, that The Vampire Diaries barely delved into LGBT storylines, but The Originals slowly started bringing LGBT storylines to the main characters, and as of Legacies, the LGBT storylines are fully embraced and showcased.
Them: "the shape of water didn't inspire a raft
of other love stories about humanoid
fish men"
The internet: You must be new here.
I’d like to see a Buffy character breakdown !
May I suggest The passion of the nerd channel. His analysis of the characters of the Buffy universe is much deeper than anything The Take could come up with in a 20 something videos.
I'd like to see the "disposable partner".
Yess
Especially with rom-com films
@@LucyLioness100 soooo many movies there’s some innocent side character that just gets shit on. Or they make the disposable partner so horrible we re rooting for new couple
Can’t believe a clip of Angel wasn’t used when you described them brooding lol
lestat and louis relationship, and how Anne Rice has written queer characters literally helped me come out
Can you guys finish the ATLA personalities series ie earth and air
please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Agree
Lol they forgot about the other 2 elements
Twilight, for all its many, many, MANY faults did start a very interesting conversation about abstinence and teen sexuality.
Most of it was problematic, but it did *start* one.
I mean..... They got married at 18 so it's not like they waited THAT long 😂
That's true, I also liked its portrayal of badass characters, such as Alice, Rosalie or Leah, that is when they were allowed moments to shine, of course! 😁✨
It was Mormon propaganda and did nothing for the topic on domestic abuse heh..
@@soarrefly Domestic abuse has been romanticize in other media you know. Like 50 Shades of Grey.
@@kittykittybangbang9367 that one sucks too.
How is Edward Cullen on the thumbnail for "sexy" instead of Eric Northman? Absolutely criminal.
Because denying Twilight of it’s role in bringing the sexy vampire back as a cultural phenomenon for the 21st century would also be criminal.
@@taleytaleytaley I don't deny that Twilight may have been the introduction to the trope for many young people in the same way The Vampire Chronicles were in the 1970s and onward, but let's not pretend that the trope was dead in the 21st century before Edward Cullen came along. The Sookie Stackhouse novels came out in the early 2000s and True Blood ran from 2008 - 2014. Twilight came out in 2005. They were all running concurrent with one another and different franchises were popular with different demographics.
@@tyf.5111 shh, don't you know that all those are just rip-offs of twilight? /s
Who is that? The Northman guy I mean?
I literally had to search Eric Northman, so yeah, the most recognisable vampire after Dracula would be used in the thumbnail.
Honestly I would love if the vampires who slowly transformed into gigantic bats over the years would be implemented in the mainstream vampires
In the book, Dracula is less "metaphorical seducer" and more "metaphorical rapist." I nearly puked when I read the chapter where Mina was forced into vampirism. It was so visceral and crushing.
Yeah, and Lucy's not seduced, she is consumed by a sickness. Mina's husband is similarly traumatized.
Although the part where he climbs walls like a lizard is still kinda funny
Maybe they did that to show that they are still monsters.
Yet they romantise that shit like the one with all the power is making the human willingly choose especially if it's a young female 🤢
@@bulumkomadaza5755 depends on when that book was read, in the 21st century we're able to tell...back then were they able to?
@@sarroumarbeu6810 The book itself doesn't really romanticize it, although there is still a lot of sexual subtext in there. I think it was really the movies that romanticized Dracula.
Lestat is the sexiest vampire, change my mind.
Even the ladies & gentlemen aren't immune to his charm. Just go ask Louis & Akasha.
Yassss Tom Cruise and Stuart Townsend best LESTATS
I won't, he's clearly the most attractive vampire ever portrayed in screen!
Eric Northman Eric Northman Eric Northman 😍
@@jocelynw6405 no one can resist
The Sexy Vampire feels guilty about having to feed on people..... I always thought the sexy vampires were the ones who don't.... hmm
Same here! Vampires have been my thing since I was a kid, but I much prefer the Lost Boys lust for life Vampire versus the broody whiny boys. Spike is clearly better than Angel. Damon is clearly better than Stephan. Angel and Stephan dragged down their shows for me with their constant wallowing! I say Louis is the original Bella Swan to be honest.
@@Nightengale90 Oh yeah. I mean, I didn't watch much of TVD, but as for book Stefan, I really wished that he had grown more. His constant self-hatred and guilt was such a bummer and when reading from Elena's perspective, I cared for him and really wanted him to love himself some more and grow out of that. Spike (especially with Dru) is definitely a more fun Vampire Character than Angel, in my opinion (but def not romantic interest OOF), but I do appreciate how Angel had the dichotomy of being Angelus, as well. I feel like that made his guilt make more sense, IMO. I definitely prefer a happy, confident vamp, myself, ha ha.
Kind of sad you didn’t feature Spike from Buffy at least a little... but glad you turned me on to Bit, which I somehow missed.
Vampire Academy is such a good read. It's puts a new spin on the whole vampire thing but also gives in to the tropes associated with it. The Vampires are just like normal humans, but also alluring, sexy, intoxicating, ugly, evil, and very dangerous. The vampires in Twilight were alluring and dangerous and that made romance with them problematic. That's not an issue in Vampire Academy. Also the author delves into pretty intelligent themes on sexuality for a YA like living in polygamous marginalised societies, giving answers to why women stay in the home and lots of symbolism about slut shaming. Definitely worth a read if you wonder society acts the way it does.
I loved Vampire Academy and Bloodlines!
i’m only 7 minutes in ( i will delete this if it does not hold true for the rest of the video) but i had some issues with your take on Dracula. lucy is an ingenue in the book, only bringing up marrying multiple men in terms of not wanting to make her suitors unhappy by rejecting them, and the closest she gets to “open about her desires” is just being clearly in love with arthur. meanwhile, dracula himself generally comes across as less a charming seducer than kind of rape-y. less importantly, the three vampire women he lives with are not identified as sisters. i did like your point about how dracula’s attentions cause lucy to become a “crazed sexual demon” and how the fear of vampires is a fear of sexuality, though.
Everyone: Lestat and Louis...
Anne Rice: This is absolutely not funny, delete it immediately or my lawyer will be in contact
@heni tink Welp you said it XD
Did she stop chasing fanfic writers?
It’s just really unrealistic at this point, there’s nothing really attractive about a creature who craves your insides......
Obviously not true for everyone, but look at the people who love Ted Bundy. It’s a real thing.
@@rachelhansen2417 man there’s some twisted people out there
@@rachelhansen2417 y e p.....
it's just another version of being attracted to the bad boy or a criminal. It's dangerous, edgy... A lot of people do like the thrill of being around danger or in danger.
I think the obsession comes from the star crossed lovers aspect that is usually depicted.
What about SPIKE!!! William the bloody is the sexiest, and totally missing! I keep getting the feeling that The Take is not into Buffy.
They really missed the mark by not putting Spike into some of the scenes.
Me: *hears 3 notes of Buffy and Angel theme*
Me: *cries*
I want ya'll to know, you had me at "we have merch". All I do is encourage people to watch your channel. I love your content so much and often times I only watch movies/shows because you suggest them.
I wish more production companies would take up new takes on vampires. They make the idea of ducking blood painful but many texts explore if the blood sucking felt good. Fledgling by Octavia butler for example is really good. I wish they'd make a movie or TV show based on that.
Ok but damon salvatore ❤️❤️no but on a serious note, i love myth, legends and folklore and the vampire myth is such a treasure. My reason of anger with Twilight, besides the shitty plot, is that it ruined the vampire myth and made it look silly to everyone
The vampire diaries is much better in this note. They portrayed a lot of the stuff related to vampire myth, the stake, needing to invite them into a home, vervaine, and a lot more
Idk I was quite disappointed with the way vampires were portrayed in the vampire diaries (twilight too of course, that sucked). I suggest you watch Buffy, it’s much better in all accounts
@@Hannah-rn7td Buffy really??? They are weaker. I mean I guess it’s a preference. I prefer strong harder to kill vampires like TVD. The vampires in Buffy are easier to kill and overall weaker.
@@claireindigo1200 have you even watched Buffy...? Yeah Buffy can kill them easily because she is a superhero but there are plenty cool and amazing vampires: Angel/Angelus, Spike, Drusilla, Darla, Sunday, Harmony, Mr Trick, Vamp Willow, the Master etc etc there is also Glory, Illyria, the First, the Mayor who are all immortal or semi immortal. They are in no way weaker. The way vampires were portrayed in tvd was just kinda bad as it just glorified them. They kinda just cheated to forward the plot. Like the daylight rings and even the fact that they have reflections and don’t have a reaction to crucifixes/crosses. I could go on. Anyway, there is no question that Buffy is obviously the better show. I mean there are college courses on it so it’s kinda a gimme.
@@Hannah-rn7td I am watching Buffy and I’m presently binging it. Giles, Willow, Zander and even Cordelia can kill vampires. For someone really strong Buffy kicked Spike’s ass a lot. The vampires aren’t that strong compared to TVD. And for it being the better show that’s debatable as something like that is subjective. College courses isn’t really a demarcation of it being good, in my book. Buffy is a really good show, love the characters and everything. Since it’s from Buffy POV it makes sense to make the vampires relatively weaker, so they are beatable but TVD is from the Vampires’ POV, hence they have short cuts and are stronger, which actually make more sense(because with their special abilities it’s understandable how they have remain secret) There’s no logical reasons that the vamps in Buffy aren’t public knowledge. So I think TVD has better vampires but I guess it is a subjective debate. But in respect to OG vampire lore Buffy is better at that. Let me also be clear I think for the 2 shows situations their vampires styles make sense, I just prefer the TVD one.
@@claireindigo1200 If there are college courses about it, because of the deeper meanings and messages and the way it was groundbreaking for tv.
I wrote another paragraph but it contained loads of spoilers so I just got rid of it as I think I may have spoilt a little bit of it beforehand (sorry)
Imagine being a vampire, only to realize you were ugly when you became a vampire and you’ll be ugly forever.
I don’t think sexy vampires would be common unless Dracula goes around biting every hot babe and dude he sees
I like the vampires that lean more towards total monster than sexy. Kind of like the vampires from The Strain.
I'm SO GLAD kindatv got some love with their reimagining of Carmilla!
Well, its really not a new thing the idea of the sexy vampire. The vampire most likely originated in the Balkans, in fact the word "vampire" is one of the only serbian words within the modern English language. The vampire was often said to be sexually active, he often scouted out human wives in order to have children. So its really not a new concept of the vampire being a predatory both in a physical and sexual way. Its sad that the origins of the vampire were overlooked. Many people within the south slavic villages still engage in protection rituals against vampires. The belief is still VERY strong. The vampire has always had an allure, there are meant to defile nature.
Damon Salvatore wins the sexiest vampire title💁🏻♀️
Sorry Stefan Salvatore and Klaus Michelson Beat him. 😍😍😍 Elijah Too.
Now there's a trope I can sink my teeth in. :-)
I love this video so much!!😍😍😍
I will love to see the next video on the toxic relationship trope depicting the toxic relationships in the media and our society and how to break out of those toxic cycle altogether
It makes me so sad that louis and lestat from the vampire chronicles are put in the same category as Edward from twilight now.
😒extra
Same
The Take is taking video suggestions straight from my 14 year old diary now...
....I mean, I'm not mad but I wish they had warned me...
When looking at the age difference often found in century age old vampires and their teenage girlfriends, the relationship between Edward and Bella makes the relationship between Humbert and Lolita almost look innocent.
My list of the movies I want to watch is already full... wait a minute, I'll go get a pen
Damon and Eric were my biggest childhood crushes 😍😍😍
I love your videos! I have a slightly different take to share with you, vampirism depicted as a drug dependence. The Addiction (1995) is definitely worth a watch for those who enjoy the vampire genre.
I do have a Frankenstein's poster!!!! And I'm 20 y.o
You mean I don't have to wait till October 2021 for this? Thank you!
Aaliyah as Queen Akasha 🙏🏾
Just you wait, The Shape of Water just haven't had it's time yet, that was a sexy romance 👽😤
I'm joking but I did like that movie a lot and I will always remember that part where she describes his peen opening by showing with her hands kind of like a blooming flower lmao
I thought it was gonna be an escape movie but I was pleasantly surprised that it turned into an alien romance. I stan.
Fun fact : I actually dressed up like a vampire for a few years
Because of my pronounced canines and my vitamin d deficiency, my friends call me the subversive vampire because also asexual and hates wearing black. I also imagine my vampire self drinking blood out of one of pouches of blood you see in medical settings rather than directly from a human.
I was a teenage vampire (who identified with them) but was always in love with warecats and zombies. Please do a video on lycans or even better The Cheetah! Come on with Kristen Wiig playing an endangered one, us long-time Take watchers NEED that!
i've been rewatching true blood for the last week, this couldn't fall more on point
WHEN I SAW THE CARMILLA WEBSERIES I GOT EXCITED
Even the Count from Sesame Street has multiple lovers
One! One more thumbs up ah hah hah!
We not gonna mention Marceline from adventure time a rockin bi vampire who became the queen after killing the king vampire she literally killed the patriarchy and replaced it! Keeping in mind this was intended for kids it’s pretty wild!
The original Dracula was uuuuglyyyy and Lucy was VERY innocent.
AALIYAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *takes a deep breath* AHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thoughts on the True Blood reboot? Although i will watch it feels like it just ended!
Why no mention of the Countess from American Horror Story or Spike from Buffy?
Still love Bram Stoker's Dracula and Anne Rice's vampires. Ugh my vampire-crush days - good times 😈 (ok I'll read her books again)
I’ve always wondered why I’m so fascinated by vampires and magic.. thanks for giving my mind something to chew on ;)
6:37 Clearly the writer of this video has never read the book.
Angie Kelley The Dracula one? Painfully obvious.
@@corycianangel6321 Yes.
Barely any Damon and no Spike. A video about sexy vampires without the sexiest vampires. And WAY too much about Edward Cullen.
Indeed. Damon tops the list... and what about the vampires in being human? Or Underworld... not to forget Blade...
@@TVeldhorst you forgot about the mikaelsons
I think one of the interesting aspects of the Vampire icon is that it often is able to be representative of various dark outside elements of humanity and society. There’s the sexual aspect as explored in this video where vampires are able to be as overtly sexual as they want and indulge in whatever sexual attractions including those of the LGBT+ community. There’s also the vampire as the dark side of power in that not only do their supernatural powers give them great physical strength but vampires are often high ranking elitist socialites who literally feed off of others to make themselves more powerful, and often wanting to make everyone into vampires like them. Hell the dark side of power aspect even relates to the vampires as outsiders given how certain nations have painted themselves as the outsider group while secretly creating corrupt dictatorships that force people to be like them such as Nazi Germany or the Soviet Union. They can also serve as outsiders of faith and religious values, which of course has become mainstream with the Atheist movement, and one can have good vampires who can show their values while still not believing in religious values, or you can show the dark side of certain atheists who believe their lack of faith makes them smarter or better than those who practice religion(working back into that power allegory). And there’s even the potential allegory of vampires and mental health with the book Carmilla saying vampires are created in instances of suicide, Dracula having a B plot with psychiatrist and recovering addict Dr Seward interviewing the seemingly deranged Renfield, Lucy Westenra going from nice to monstrous like a bipolar victim, and even more PG vampires like Marceline being a recovering victim of years of trauma and loss. There’s a lot of layers to the vampire and it’s why it’s one of my favorite types of monsters
Interesting take. I have to say that I've never cared for vampires as a whole. They were either hypersexualized, or boring (and no, I didn't bother with Twilight). The only instances of vampires I could deal with were Blade, American Horror Story: Hotel (kind of), and the anime "Shiki".
The Eternal Stud sounds like a book title
Aren't vampires just glorified mosquitoes?
In buffy the vampire slayer, vampire Willow discovers she is gay (or bisexual) long before non-vampire Willow.
I cannot believe a video of vampires doesn't give even 30 seconds to vampire diaries
real missed opportunity to talk about the introduction of the sexy vampire as Polidori lampooning Byron at that famous scary story competition in the year without a summer. Obvs great overlap with the "Byronic (anti)hero" trope and an interesting look at how we glorify gorgeous "monsters" among us.
This is wrong i say! Wrong!...wrong me! Wrong me! Wrong me!!
Please do the Italian troope
I was honestly expecting more Anne Rice in here. Great video, but, c'mon, Interview With The Vampire is gold and should have had more relevance.
Great video. Please make a video about the Christmas movie trope. This months is the perfect time.
*is unaffected by any of the vampires*
*Aidan Turner shows up*
Well, fuck.
Always confused about the glimpses of sexy Nosferatu?
This video could not have started with a more perfect clip 😂
The best and accurate Vampires ever would probably be Louis and Lestat from interview with a vampire and The vampires from what we do in the shadows. And ofcourse Dracula when they stick to the story. Rest all are just a marketing selling point for a certain demographic (Ofcourse I'm talking about twilight)
Vampire diaries is perfect for this with Stefan trying to be good and Damon being the complete opposite lol... twilight on the other hand is absolutely awful 😂😄
The hilarious thing is that the vampire diaries copied nearly everything from Buffy. Don’t know how they got away with it tbh
@@Hannah-rn7td you do realize that vampire diaries was a book series that came out in the 90s right?
@@sarahkolakowski2012 I do. Buffy was a movie that came out in 1992 and a show that came out in 1997. I’ve read tvd books and the show is extremely different. The things that happened in the show, even what the characters are like, are not the same as in the books and mostly copy Buffy (Julie Plec is a HUGE Buffy fan and admitted she took “inspiration” from it). The more recent books are also just direct copies of Buffy. I just can’t fathom why they couldn’t think of something more original
But why, oh WHY must thee put Twilight in the video? Those "vampires" were nothing but a satire, a stupid excuse for vampires. I think Stephanie Mayer when she was creating Twilight wanted to put too much from other vampire movies and/or books and in the end to make it original and not seem like oh yet another classical teen book she was like "Let's add a little bit of ✨sparkle✨"
“Intersexual feminist vampires” There isn’t enough bamboo spikes to shove under my fingernails in the entire world to make me watch that.
Can someone please name all the movies they used in this clip please? Bout to go binge.
um... when did David ever catch Michael in The Lost Boys?
yall forgot about spike and I'm mad
Are there any Ace vampires?
Bram Stoker’s original version of Dracula wasn’t “sexy.” He was depicted as a dirty old man who assaulted his victims. He didn’t get “sexy” until the Hamilton Deane play from the 1920s that Universal adapted into the 1931 film.
Carmilla’s production is Canadian-I’m honored
I needed this to understand why I simp for lady dimitrescu
Vampires always have been sexy since John Polidori's "The Vampyre" from 1819 with Lord Ruthven modeled after Lord Byron whose is "Mad, Bad and Dangerous to know" especially where the term "Byronic" comes from as well.
Where are all of the sexy zombies?
They're all in Moe Anime
Warm bodies?
Smexy vampires are Lord Byron fanfiction by Poliodori
vampire is a creature from folklore that subsists by feeding on the vital essence of the living. In European folklore, vampires are undead creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighborhoods they inhabited while they were
A trope so white
What??
Good point, wish they'd talked about that more
The fact that it took 8.5 mins for anything from the Buffyverse to pop up is almost insulting.
Old movies with their corny ass music I just can't 🙄🙄
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Thank you Take for this videos
you know what, if you have the time atleast think about for a video, the evil fairy trope, based on the horror movies, like Leprechaun, Wishmaster, Troll (1986 movie) Elves (1989 holiday horror movie)
weird timing, because i definitely had a dream about vampires last night and I'm not the biggest fan of that market.
Gerard butlers Dracula in Dracula 2000 rocked my too young to understand world.
Would.
Can you do one on the hitchcock blonde?