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Not being a vampire or an expert in vampirism, I'm curious what those of you who are more versed in the subject believe to be the truest portrayal of vampires in media and fiction. Whether it be books, movies, tv or some other form of media, what's closest to the real thing? Why do you think so? What's your qualifaction for knowing?

One of the closest representations I can think of is the Anne Rice series. Save for the fact that much of what Anne Rice wrote about between certain vampires was a bit to homo-androginous for my taste.

I may be able to think of more, but I should at least wait for other posters.

Much of what movies have to offer is glamour. Many within the community do not "glamour" themselves out to seperate themselves from the mundane population. I have friends of whom are truckers, service industry workers and the like, who are vampire...But do not "glamour" out even for a night on the town. They are just your average everyday looking individual.

What are my qualifications you ask? Do yourself a favor and peruse my profile and portfolio for the specifics. That will explain everything.

I think the 'truest' representation of vampires are the older myths. The ones from before the vampire was romanticized, back when they were monsters to be feared, rather than lusted after.

Yes I feel it is all linked with the watches who found the maidens faire .. as read about in the book of Enoch and the nephilim created our a fear thing in our DNA just like spiders and snakes…. A warning … we are expressing this as it builds

While I could discuss at length my agreement in principle with LaVisbre's position that the origin of the "vampire" began with the descent of those called the "Watchers" unto the many beautiful "daughters of men" as first recorded in Semitic sacred texts in the Biblical Book of Genesis (Ch. 6) and similarly documented in sacred and historical texts from almost all other of Earth's first great civilizations, and thus were exactly as they were later depicted in the original Slavic accounts, also as "handsome young men" who circulated amongst the women of those times as well, expressing fully with them also their "insatiable sexuality" resulting in the females' prolonged sensual and emotional euphorias that repeatedly left them "exhausted and emaciated," thus resembling the disease "consumption" (tuberculosis) that gave the original Slavic vampire one of its most prolific names: Nosferatu (meaning "plague carrier"... not bloodsucker).

(*Whew!* -- How's THAT for a loooooooong sentence?!)


Yet, this topic is not about historical and/or factual origins of the "vampire," now is it?

Thus to reply to the topic question and given the actual history involved here, I would have to say that the best representations in fiction of a true vampire as actually existed would have to be a combination of the following:

Edward Scissorhands (for his emotional angst at being so alienated from those around him due to his extreme uniqueness and therefore alternately desired, exploited, despised, and hated by all for it... never understood and never truly loved... and in the end, alone)

Neo of "The Matrix" (for having discovered fully within the duality between "reality" and what truly is Real... and having learned to recognize and reconcile each with the other into the principle of ultimate power and "gnosis" that he did... as also did the "Watchers" and the pure bloodline community of their descendants, the Rephaim)

Jonathan Livingston Seagull (for the same reason as for "Neo")

Lestat from "Interview with the Vampire" (not for any bloodsucking depiction, but for his pride and arrogance, which is what such extreme sexual uniqueness as the true vampires possessed can do to same given the sensual power with and... at times... over females such unique insatiable capacity offers continually)

Louis from "Interview with the Vampire" (the opposite face of Lestat: for the emotional angst caused by that very same power and the regret and compassion one feels for having at times exercised inappropriately that arrogance and power upon females)

Spock (for the iron-clad emotional discipline and sensual control needed to be constantly maintained throughout life so as to properly channel and direct such true sensual insatiability and its power for good and the benefit of all with whom such is revealed and potentiated)

??? - What is lacking here is the fictional character to name whose emotional and spiritual nature does not reflect the values and drives of the stereotypically shallow male, but shares the far-deeper qualities and values of the female in addition to their deeper male equivalents. The only equivalent in literature where such is hinted at can be found in the Gospel of Philip and the Gospel of Thomas in the Nag Hammadi Gnostic texts.


- Upir'

Very well said UpirLikhyj

Upir,

Thanks for that, I never would have thought of those first ones you listed, but you qualified them excellently!

Once again my hat goes off to Upir, this is another part of what I was thinking but only he can put it into words!!