I suspect that some of the stuff I experience everyday is about to go into my fiction. A part of this is intentional: how can I not use the hateful things people send my way because I\u2019m Jewish and use them as triggers for vampire attacks? What vampire wouldn\u2019t react to a really wrong insult that tells them who and what they are and gets it entirely wrong? What vampire wouldn\u2019t get bloodlust and rage and remember how much, how very much they will always hate Bram Stoker?<\/p>\n
And then there is the \u201cIf you don\u2019t think like me, you do not belong.\u201d This is hidden under other words, but it\u2019s the useful subtext. And it explains why we do not clearly identity the vampires and werewolves in our midst, because why would they self-identity when we\u2019ve already told them they don\u2019t belong if we do?<\/p>\n
The concept behind this is not new at all. It\u2019s much easier to address the hate we experience everyday when we have vampires and werewolves and fae and other beings to act as a channel.<\/p>\n
And that\u2019s all I have to say this week, because this week is one of those weeks when I have a solid amount of despite targeted at me and, if I were a vampire, I would be both triggered and well-fed.<\/p>\n
Fortunately, I am not a vampire. Why fortunately? I\u2019m so glad you asked.<\/p>\n
Have you ever wondered how a Jewish vampire would explain to a rabbi that they live on blood?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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