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The Vampire is the well-known blood-sucking humanoid creature from various folk-tales and movies from yesteryear (Nosferatu) and also recent times (Interview with the Vampire) and the 'lure' of vampire-lore in culture suggests that (as humans) we're fascinated by some odd metaphysical 'link' between culture-exchange and 'cathartic shock.'
Here's a yarn I wrote inspired by the film Dracula 2000.
Cheers,
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Teddy and Sandra travelled to Romania as part of their Dartmouth College Foreign Studies Program in the summer academic session. Teddy and Sandra were a cute couple and both Mythology majors with good grades. They shared the same faculty advisor (Lenore Dranos) who sent them to Transylvania to investigate vampire-lore in Romania, since Teddy and Sandra were both peculiarly and precociously interested in vampires. Specifically, Teddy and Sandra wanted to write a joint senior thesis about the connection between consumerism 'cholesterol-culture' (e.g., Burger King, Wall Street, eBay, etc.) and vampire-lore/mysticism. Dranos was not told that Teddy and Sandra were actually 'real vampires.'
When Teddy and Sandra got to Romania, they met a strange wandering philosopher and swordsman named Alanon who claimed he was a descendant of Van Helsing, the vampire-hunter who searched for the trail of the 'father of all vampires,' Dracula. Alanon listened to Teddy and Sandra tell him about their special senior thesis about vampire bloodsucking behavior analysis and connections to consumerism cholesterol 'greed.' Alanon was convinced Teddy and Sandra's faculty advisor (Lenore Dranos) was a vampire, but he was only half-suspicious that Teddy and Sandra were vampires too. Teddy and Sandra told Alanon they were jaded by 'Planet Hollywood' capitalism and were drawn to the 'archaic sanctity' of vampire-lore in Romania. Alanon suggested that such 'youthful idealism' explained the appeal of countless Dracula films in America.
Alanon explained that he was not a vampire-hunter, even though he was descended from Van Helsing, however, Teddy and Sandra suspected that Alanon was, in fact, some kind of 'real vampire' (just like them). Alanon showed Teddy and Sandra strange ancient texts in a remote and secret library in Transylvania which presented both first-hand accounts of even pictures (and photos of sculptures) describing intricate and sometimes bizarre vampire-cult rituals such as draining blood from the neck of a decapitated corpse robbed from the grave. Teddy and Sandra realized their senior thesis just might bring them great academic acclaim, so they were cheerful about their newfound 'alliance' to Alanon. Alanon, however, was oddly interested in meeting Lenore Dranos and American figures interested in vampire-lore. You see, Alanon wanted vampire-lore to see a 'resurgence' in modern culture!
Alanon showed Teddy and Sandra a picture of his favorite vampire-sculpture, an ivory-stone bust of a voluptuous female-vampire (named Elana) who was apparently at first a mistress of Dracula before she became her own 'vampire-queen.' Alanon told Teddy and Sandra that Elana was the inspiration for the fictional 'vampire-queen' Akasha written about by vampire novelist Anne Rice, whose work was adapted into a high-profile film starring the big-time movie-stars Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. It was then that Teddy and Sandra realized that Alanon was on some kind of a 'quest' to bring vampire mysticism to America. Teddy and Sandra then too wondered if Lenore Dranos had sent them to Romania to discover the odd fact that the 'spiritual eccentricity' of vampire-lore and cult-mysticism was representative of a real interest in anarchism in modern time. Teddy and Sandra were ready for a 'youth-infusing adventure.'
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Here's a yarn I wrote inspired by the film Dracula 2000.
Cheers,
====
Teddy and Sandra travelled to Romania as part of their Dartmouth College Foreign Studies Program in the summer academic session. Teddy and Sandra were a cute couple and both Mythology majors with good grades. They shared the same faculty advisor (Lenore Dranos) who sent them to Transylvania to investigate vampire-lore in Romania, since Teddy and Sandra were both peculiarly and precociously interested in vampires. Specifically, Teddy and Sandra wanted to write a joint senior thesis about the connection between consumerism 'cholesterol-culture' (e.g., Burger King, Wall Street, eBay, etc.) and vampire-lore/mysticism. Dranos was not told that Teddy and Sandra were actually 'real vampires.'
When Teddy and Sandra got to Romania, they met a strange wandering philosopher and swordsman named Alanon who claimed he was a descendant of Van Helsing, the vampire-hunter who searched for the trail of the 'father of all vampires,' Dracula. Alanon listened to Teddy and Sandra tell him about their special senior thesis about vampire bloodsucking behavior analysis and connections to consumerism cholesterol 'greed.' Alanon was convinced Teddy and Sandra's faculty advisor (Lenore Dranos) was a vampire, but he was only half-suspicious that Teddy and Sandra were vampires too. Teddy and Sandra told Alanon they were jaded by 'Planet Hollywood' capitalism and were drawn to the 'archaic sanctity' of vampire-lore in Romania. Alanon suggested that such 'youthful idealism' explained the appeal of countless Dracula films in America.
Alanon explained that he was not a vampire-hunter, even though he was descended from Van Helsing, however, Teddy and Sandra suspected that Alanon was, in fact, some kind of 'real vampire' (just like them). Alanon showed Teddy and Sandra strange ancient texts in a remote and secret library in Transylvania which presented both first-hand accounts of even pictures (and photos of sculptures) describing intricate and sometimes bizarre vampire-cult rituals such as draining blood from the neck of a decapitated corpse robbed from the grave. Teddy and Sandra realized their senior thesis just might bring them great academic acclaim, so they were cheerful about their newfound 'alliance' to Alanon. Alanon, however, was oddly interested in meeting Lenore Dranos and American figures interested in vampire-lore. You see, Alanon wanted vampire-lore to see a 'resurgence' in modern culture!
Alanon showed Teddy and Sandra a picture of his favorite vampire-sculpture, an ivory-stone bust of a voluptuous female-vampire (named Elana) who was apparently at first a mistress of Dracula before she became her own 'vampire-queen.' Alanon told Teddy and Sandra that Elana was the inspiration for the fictional 'vampire-queen' Akasha written about by vampire novelist Anne Rice, whose work was adapted into a high-profile film starring the big-time movie-stars Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. It was then that Teddy and Sandra realized that Alanon was on some kind of a 'quest' to bring vampire mysticism to America. Teddy and Sandra then too wondered if Lenore Dranos had sent them to Romania to discover the odd fact that the 'spiritual eccentricity' of vampire-lore and cult-mysticism was representative of a real interest in anarchism in modern time. Teddy and Sandra were ready for a 'youth-infusing adventure.'
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