There will be no pictures with this blog today. There are two reasons. First, I have not yet figured how tp decorate blogs with images. Put it down to lack of skill. Second, the subject of this post is also one I've heard has no ability to be captured by the camera. If you know differently, please let me know.
I like to read and an enamoured of heros and sometimes heroines.
The strong, the stubborn, those willing to take risks are often on my hit list.
Heroines will have other times here. Today I want to speak of one hero I am not
able to love.
Dear readers -- if you find my least likely hero one of yours make a
comment telling me why you find him fascinating.
Dear writers -- if one of your heroes can claim this status, tell me
about him. Either leave a comment here or email me and I'll let you have your
say and even post a small except (PG please) that shows why he is entitled to
be a hero.
I cannot give my heart to a vampire hero but I'm sure I could be
convinced. To me a vampire makes the perfect villain. After all, he'd dead. In
my former career as a nurse I came in contact with the dead. Their skin is cold
and kind of clammy. Is this the stuff of heroes. Another thing about the dead
is the flaccidity of their limbs both before and after rigor has occurred. I
ask you, does a woman need a limp hero?
Then there's the blood-sucking aspect. I do not like rare meat.
The taste of blood is unpleasant. As a nurse I've dealt with blood including
giving transfusions for blood loss. That seems to be the reason a vampire
drinks a victim's blood. Except the dead don't need transfusions. What always
pops into my mind when I read of a vampire hero feeding is a leech. A creature
of the swamp that fastens to an animal or a human and sucks their blood. A
leech is not a pretty creature.
I am sure there are more reasons but these are the most important.
So tell me why a vampire should be thought of as a hero.
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