These vampires also didn’t have the choice in becoming what they are just who they are… See the difference. It is even more enticing and thought provoking because Edward IS beautiful. You think only ugly people are chaste?
Many vampires (fiction) do not have a choice. As a matter of fact, all of them don’t. I know the big thing now is to romanticize and philosophize the vampire, but, when a vampire was turned in fiction or folklore, it was akin to a rape. Dracula held mina to him to drink his blood as a bad child forces a kitten’s head down to drink milk (book). We’ve seen this again recently, the brooding vampire in Louis in “Interview with the Vampire”, the vampire in “Moonlight,” and Bill in “True Blood.” None of them had a choice. …Neither did Lucy in Dracula ('92 movie) to think about it. Dracula went after her because (I think) he was losing the love of his life…again, but, now he could do something pro-actively.
Spoilers involved about Dracula '92:
It is perverse, what Dracula did to Lucy in the '92 version because, the movie IS SO very Christocentric and Copolla really captures so many things perfectly, about a man rejecting God and God’s forgiveness. Anyway, yes, Dracula being pro-active in biting Lucy; he was renewing the vows he took initially to reject God. It was such a perversion of baptism and the Eucharist and the Priesthood what he did to Lucy that night. Instead of waiting until he couldn’t have the love of his life anymore, and rejecting God afterwards, he now has the ability to reject God and punnish humanity and make the woman he love suffer on what should be the happiest time of her life simultaneously as she rejects him.
**End **
…Incidentally, I saw Matrix Reloaded over the weekend. There’s a scene shared with Keanu Reeves and Monica Bellucci. In the background, either a '70s Dracula movie is playing or ‘Brides of Dracula’ or something (though, I’m pretty sure there’s a close up on the Mina character). I thought this was cute, if not intentional, because in the '92 Dracula movie, there’s a few scenes shared between Reeves & Bellucci (he was Harker, she was a Bride, you see). …Just some trivia in case you’re ever on Jeopardy or playing Trivial Pursuit or something.
While it’s all well and good that Bella’s advances are constantly rejected by Edward to turn her, this is the exception, not the rule.
And, no, I wasn’t saying that only ugly people can be chaste. Far from that. What I’m saying is that if one wants to promote chastity, don’t have a guy that makes tween girls squee and fantasize about and wait in line at 4 in the morning for 5 hours so that said good looking guy can sign a shirt with his face on it, that the girl can hug in bed every night. Don’t have a book where it’s a romance novel for the daughters of the women who read romance novels.
Now for the vegetarian comment, that is what the family addresses themselves as, that is why we address them as that. They abstain from drinking human blood.
It’s a re-definition. As much as the jacket covers are redifining what is black and white and red all over.
The Collin’s family isn’t the first to do such a thing as of late. I don’t want anything garnering this is a novel idea.
As for Edward talking to Lesat, well that is something else the movie goer misses from the books, and well the other movies are set to be made. There is a background, and those type of Vampires. That comes in with the other books more. You get a bit of it with the Nomads in this movie/book, but more in New Moon.
That’s the third book, right? May the movie be more enlightening on this, then.
Overall, I am happy with the movie and books being loved by only the fans. I am good with the rest of the world not understanding, liking, or getting it. To each their own.
Is this an elect/eletist thing, then?
AmyS
Wow, you are amazing! I love your post about the struggle between good and evil
My husband said that the vatican site doesn’t have a “teaching on vampires” because VAMPIRES ARE NOT REAL! Same reason they don’t have one on unicorns or other fictional creations.
I was like, yeah if someone in real life claimed to be a vampire (and meant it) asked for my blood I’d laugh and call the cops.
Yes I know there are crazy people out there who do blood rituals
But vampires are FICTIONAL and those people need therapy.
The Vatican doesn’t have a teaching because the Church condones drinking blood. They don’t need to have a teaching officially when drinking blood is not in oposition to God.
Vampires do not ask random people.
I don’t think you know as much as you think you know. I resent you diagnosing and condemning people. Please, please don’t.
I wasn’t condemning anybody. 
I like the different portrayal of vampires.