It seems like there could be other more interesting ways of making a character attractive than to always resort to the standard GQ model description. I mean, what about the guy that's fairly average looking but has an incredible sense of humor, or the lanky nerd that's really brilliant and a nice guy. Physical beauty and being attractive to the opposite sex aren't necessarily the same things, and people find all kind of things attractive. I guess I'd just like to see more variety in leading men and women.
Oh, I'll definitely agree with that. Several writers I know have trended towards going out of their way to avoid meticulous descriptions of their characters' physical attributes. It also saves aggravation when you look at a cover and the figure on the cover doesn't look a bit like the description in the book.
I still don't know about the nightclub thing, though. Sure at one point, it would probably be one of the few jobs a night-owl could do, but we live in a global environment with the internet now. I don't see why a vampire couldn't be a US-based stockbroker for the Japanese stock exchange and work third shift at TD Waterhouse. Or work in the meat department at the all-night grocery. Or any number of endeavours that don't require the wearing of leather pants and puffy shirts.
Some horror story I read back in the mists of time postulated that the change to becoming a vampire stole all a person's creativity. I don't remember the name of the book or the author, only that it took place at Anne-Rice-style fandom cons, the author-vampire used mirrors to teleport into her fans' rooms to feed, and she stole their fan-fiction after she killed them (which alone makes it hysterical) and touted it as her own. Vampires, lack of imagination, and fan-fiction theft for the win. Making fun of Anne Rice was just a bonus.
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Oh, I'll definitely agree with that. Several writers I know have trended towards going out of their way to avoid meticulous descriptions of their characters' physical attributes. It also saves aggravation when you look at a cover and the figure on the cover doesn't look a bit like the description in the book.
I still don't know about the nightclub thing, though. Sure at one point, it would probably be one of the few jobs a night-owl could do, but we live in a global environment with the internet now. I don't see why a vampire couldn't be a US-based stockbroker for the Japanese stock exchange and work third shift at TD Waterhouse. Or work in the meat department at the all-night grocery. Or any number of endeavours that don't require the wearing of leather pants and puffy shirts.
Some horror story I read back in the mists of time postulated that the change to becoming a vampire stole all a person's creativity. I don't remember the name of the book or the author, only that it took place at Anne-Rice-style fandom cons, the author-vampire used mirrors to teleport into her fans' rooms to feed, and she stole their fan-fiction after she killed them (which alone makes it hysterical) and touted it as her own. Vampires, lack of imagination, and fan-fiction theft for the win. Making fun of Anne Rice was just a bonus.