PostMODERNISM

The only vampire series that I’m interested in is Vampire Diaries. However, the concept of vampires in general is a postmodern concept. Originally they wore capes, had pale skin, and only came out during the nighttime. The postmodern vampires wear nice clothes, look like regular people and in Vampire Diaries, they have daylight rings that enable them to function in the daytime. The vampires in Vampire Diaries even go to school with the regular teenagers. Also the original vampires were often old and dark, but now the vampires are young and vibrant. Vampires like Dracula were more mysterious, the Vampire Diaries vampires’ existence is well known. The older vampires had more a negative connotation, they were automatically assumed to be horrific and most times they were. In Vampire Diaries, they FALL IN LOVE and make friendships. They have to tone down their “vampirtivity” to not hurt their loved ones. They’ve become more accepted and people aren’t as afraid of them as they used to be. The postmodern vampires blend in with normal people. One of the most postmodern scenes was when the vampire Caroline got pregnant. Most vampires are “turned” into vampires and they aren’t able to reproduce, but she just so happened to have to be chosen to reproduce. In addition to her having vampire babies, they babies were half witches. They could cypher power to do different things. As a whole, vampire diaries is postmodern because they aren’t what they used to be, the concept has been revamped (pun intended). Nowadays the vampires are hip and accepted as opposed to them being scary and mysterious. 

This is a picture of Caroline pregnant. Technically vampires aren't supposed to be able to procreate.