Vampires: The Ultimate Desire

     The pilot of a series reveals an astonishing amount about the morality, and viewpoints of it's characters, and the issues the show is trying to address. The writers of the show frame Trueblood so that it can be interpreted in various ways. The first season of Trueblood brings up a lot of interesting gender, and racial dynamics, and I would like to reflect, discuss, and reiterate some of those fascinating dynamics and how they are relevant in our society today.

    Have you ever wondered how the world would react if they found out vampires were real? Trueblood does an amazing job at giving us an idea. People have been fascinated by the idea of Vampires since the tales of Dracula. This fascination can be seen in movies like Underworld, The Blade Trilogy, The Twilight Saga, and countless other forms of media ranging from comic books, to video games, and even Disney feature films. What makes the content in Trueblood so special is that it is the first time that the existence of Vampires is global common knowledge. In most of their appearances in films, and media, the very fact that vampires exist is kept away from the general public. Vampires remain unknown in other films, and shows but in Trueblood they are revealed. Vampires become known by the public, but because so little is known about them, they still remain unknown to a certain extent. They morph from the desired, romanticized, imaginary, unknown, to actually existing. But because so little information is known about them, they retain a mysterious veil around them, drawing those with secret desires into their bloody, sex filled, dark realm. Trueblood succeeds at transforming vampires into the ultimate desire of humans, much to their ultimate dismay or pleasure.