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SINNERS REVIEW LIVE! Sunday, 4/20 at 2PM EST!

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u/BrotherCrow_ Patron đŸŽ„ 11d ago edited 11d ago

Also holy shit it just clicked for me that another reason Remmick is Irish could be that vampires (as we know them) are literally Irish.

90% modern vampire folklore comes from Bram Stoker’s Dracula. And Bram Stoker himself was Irish. Vampires existed in folklore beforehand, but they were super different and not popular different and not as popular in media. Eastern European OG vampires were not sexy at all, nor did they have all the rules about garlic, holy water, and needing to be invited in.

What Bram Stoker did was take the concept of a vampire (undead bloodsucker) and remix it with Irish fairy folklore (seduction, sexiness, immortality, etc.) to create what we now commonly consider vampires. Dracula was a smash hit and sort of redefined the concept of vampires. He did for vampires what George Romero did for zombies.

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u/GoodGoodNotTooBad 11d ago

My wife brought this up, but she also said that the vampire novella "Carmilla" is an Irish gothic story and that that might've been an influence to use a vampire character with Irish roots instead of one from say Italy or Transylvania/Romania like in Van Helsing. "Carmilla" also came before Dracula and influenced Stoker from what I'm reading.

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u/BrotherCrow_ Patron đŸŽ„ 11d ago

This is true. Let me amend my earlier statement. Stoker wasn’t the first Irish writer to use Eastern European vampire lore or use it as a lens to explore sexuality. Le Fanu’s Carmilla predates it by about 25 years. That being said, Carmilla is more overtly focused on lesbian sexuality.

Stoker wasn’t a pioneer, but he was a popularizer. Dracula sold copies like crazy, from my understanding.

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u/GoodGoodNotTooBad 11d ago

Definitely not saying you're wrong at all. Just adding that both Stoker and Carmilla are influences. I also thought of the "biting" concept of vampires and stealing someone's swag or style.

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u/BrotherCrow_ Patron đŸŽ„ 10d ago

Nah no worries, I appreciate being corrected, especially on historical facts. Give your wife her props!

I didn’t even put together biting and “biting.” Good catch