Poll: Who wrote the coolest vampires?

[That One Six]

Bram Stoker for Dracula.

 

[Twilightruler]

Agreed with the "Anyone but Stephanie Meyer" posts. Vegetarian angsty teenage sparkling pussy-whipped rejects...those are Twilight vampires for you. Nonetheless, Bram Stoker, he's what vampires are all about. All these vampire drama's and all that crap wouldn't even exist were it not for him and all they are doing is screwing with it all.

 

[Zand88]

Let's all vote from Bram Stoker, even though no one here has probably even picked up his work. xD

 

[TheOnceandFutureKing]

Other: Jum Butcher. Deserves it for writing the Dresden Files along with the four main Vampire 'races' within it: White Court, Red Court, Black Court and Jade Court.

It's referenced inside the bookseries that 'Stoker told everyone how to kill Black Court vampires. That was the best plot of centuries to thin out the competition, all orchestrated by a White Court vampire'

White Court are essentially emotion feeders and most human-like of them all. Some feed on lust (and coincidentally control the porn industry), some on fear, some on despair etc. Only barely stronger and faster than humans, they can for short periods of time boost their natural abilities at the cost of getting hungry sooner. Not bothered by sunlight, holy symbols etc. Their main advantage is a charming mind-control lure that uses their natural grace and beauty along with some natural vampiric magic to lull victims into a false sense of security and trust.

The only major weakness of the White Court are those touched by true love: Mere skin to skin contact with such a person is enough to give them severe burn injuries. Feeding from one would be like 'Drinking burning gasoline while standing in a pool of Napalm'. Ouch...

Red Court are slimy bats wearing a 'human costume', a thin facade to hide and distract from their monstrous nature. Closer to traditional vampires: Strong, fast and drink blood. Severe allergy to sunlight.

Their saliva is highly addictive, transforming feeding victims that they allow to survive into highly-obedient slaves to whom nothing else matters but serving (in any capacity they are requested or they can think of) the vampire that fed from them.

Black Court... well, as mentioned, think Stoker's Dracula when it comes to weaknesses and strenghts. Younger Black Court, who are extremely rare (due to the 'how-to kill Black Court' manual written by Stoker, disguised as a novel), die almost instantly in sunlight. Older vampires are merely weakened at sunlight.

Jade Court is as of yet unknown, being only briefly referenced in a few books. Assumed to be some kind of vampire strain who control unknown, but presumed huge, areas of middle-east and Asia.

So really, Butcher get's this one for creating a variety of vampires that blend seamlessly into his stories, each having parts of other popular vampiric characteristics within the written literature. Nothing too original here, but he does mix them up nicely and seperates them into functional categories that are at odds with eachother.

I was originally going to say the guy who made Hellsing but after this I had to change my mind.

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

F. Paul Wilson for The Keep,

His vampire is a horrible ancient godlike being that serves Cthulu-esque beings trying to conquer earth that doesn't just feed on blood, he feeds on agony, fear and hatred.

 

[sharks9]

Definitely Darren Shan for his Cirque du Freak series

 

[Agema]

There are no cool vampires. Not unless you're a Goth, anyway.

 

[Akai Shizuku]

Definitely Darren Shan for his Cirque du Freak series

Those are some really kickass vampires. I read the whole series, loved every minute of it.

 

[bushwhacker2k]

I don't really know all of the authors well enough to judge, but I enjoyed Hellsing and Vampire the Masquerade.

 

[Arkhangelsk]

Don't know any names, but whoever made the Moonlight show. Those vamps are awesome!

 

[IrrelevantTangent]

Steve Niles, the person that wrote 30 Days Of Night. Forget all you've heard about this pansy hands-wringing sensitive vampire bullcrap, these vampires are shrieking, bloodthirsty abominations that can and will rip you apart with their bare freaking hands and ravage your mutilated body with their claws.

Which is, ironically, what a lot of people want to do to Stephanie Meyer. COINCIDENCE?!? You decide.

 

[GruntOwner]

Bram certainly did a good job of popularizing them, though the idea of someone not getting over their wife after 3 brides and a century just seems so... Clingy. It's like Vlad Topes was some socially inept teen who can't get over that girl he sat behind in high school.

I don't recall this ever being mentioned in Dracula. Did you get that idea from an adaptation?

The movie with Keanu Reeves. I had heard somewhere that it was basically a the novel but in movie form and with Reeves, so I figured the book was also about him going after some lass because she reminded him of his wife... Was I misinformed? Guess I'd best edit that post either way.

 

[G1eet]

Everyone vote for Stephanie Meyer, for the lulz.

I was originally going to strangle you until I finished reading that sentence.

OT; why is Meyer there? Why, oh why?


THEY SPARKLE, FOR FUCK'S SAKE!

Edit:

Steve Niles, the person that wrote 30 Days Of Night. Forget all you've heard about this pansy hands-wringing sensitive vampire bullcrap, these vampires are shrieking, bloodthirsty abominations that can and will rip you apart with their bare freaking hands and ravage your mutilated body with their claws.

Which is, ironically, what a lot of people want to do to Stephanie Meyer. COINCIDENCE?!? You decide.

Agreed, those are some badass motherfuckers. The only vampire that's scared me more than those beasties is the head vampire from Underworld, just 'cause he looked kickass in bat wings.

 

[Deleric]

I'd go with Bram Stoker on this list, but my write in is Joss Whedon, for Spike and Angel.

 

[obliterate]

I'm gonna have to go with Bram Stoker.

yup me too

 

[tehroc]

White Wolf Publishing

 

[BehattedWanderer]

Vlad the Impaler! Live Dracula!

Folklore and older incarnations were what Bram Stoker used as reference, though his stuff was much better written than most of that. Then Anne Rice, because hers were at least good. Meyers Sparlies are a fashion statement against the hard reality that was portrayed before, and hamilton's sex-fiends are less vampire and more organic copulation pieces.

 

[Azraellod]

best i've read are terry pratchetts vampires in carpe jugulum.

i'm sure there are better ones, but the closest so far that i have read is the hellsing manga.

 

[The Sorrow]

Either Kouta Hirano or Garth Ennis.
Alucard is concentrated badass in a hat, while Cassidy could but the Jaysis out of any of those pussies in the poll.

 

[SendMeNoodz84]

Other. Richard Matheson's vampires in I Am Legend.
The book is different from the movie.