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The original Dracula similarly gets his ass handed to him at each turn in the pages of the book. I think he has like one W before the ultimate L.
Huh? He drains Jonathan and leaves him so weak he’s out of the story for months. He successfully migrates to England, killing the entire ship’s crew on the way. He lives in London for months, killing many locals while he does so. He kills and transforms Lucy. He comes incredibly close to also turning Mina. His minions kill Quincy Morris in the climax of the story.
For sure, it’s a very old book that really doesn’t follow the storytelling conventions we would expect today in terms of how the pacing of tension and the back-and-forth between protagonists and antagonists work. But it’s a far cry from “one W before the ultimate L”. Hell, basically the entire first half of the book is all Ws for D.
Don’t forget to spread some dirt from their homeland so they can sleep properly
Also, they can’t come into your house unless you invite them.
Imagine how un-scary every other monster would be if they had that rule.
Ahhh! The monster that would go on to be synonymous with kink culture and non-con smut has a consent mechanic BUILT IN to the lore.
Eh, depends on the work in question. Vampire: The Masquerade vampires 🧛♀️ are quite powerful, and a normal human basically doesn’t stand a chance. Unless the human has true faith, which basically hard counters vampires.
Even with no powers they are a formidable force. They may have lived 100s or 1000s of years amassed great wealth and knowledge during that time. So they’re trapped inside but they can get one of their minions to go out and get you. Now if we’re talking about a universe where they do have powers like superhuman speed strength perception etc then you’re even more fucked. Nowdays they got AR15s and FPV drones so dont feel so safe behind your thin walls and garlic.
And with all their weaknesses, some stories don’t even get any powers. They’re just a creepy guy who drinks blood and can’t go outside much.
“The only way they’d be a threat is if people were so horny for them they abandoned all caution and reason-- ah.”
What makes them scary isn’t the fear they’ll hurt you. It’s the fear of being one.
Wasn’t the original inspiration for them something about skin retracting after death?
