Are all vampires inherently bisexual or do they just like to bite both ways? Let’s review the history of vampire media to find out. Happy pride month, guys!
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Sources:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/10Zn4rhy-ZH1JifNXNh4MEMqdyBT-Sn0bxCUvoWyO6wk/edit?usp=sharing
Videos mentioned:
https://youtu.be/8EQ_axr1y7Y?si=3PIWP1nkxcqsoLiU
https://youtu.be/yg5KeD45nek?si=MYKaF6pGOmBuUtbW
https://youtu.be/hqdD5d3iRoU?si=Nk2RTjCHU_kS32xP
My social media:
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Extra playlist with videos about vampires that I didn’t quote or mention but enjoyed watching:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpHAaZxQWTrnlicZK6-sVgpmSEAIH5ZUL&si=aRLXYPuWpfVCU8WA
00:00:00 – Intro
00:00:52 – Folk Roots
00:03:53 – the Bi-Ronic Vampire
00:14:11 – Dracula: the Bi-Homicidal Vampire
00:27:44 – Interview with the Bi-pire
00:40:18 – Vampires Will Never Hurt You: the Emo Vamps
01:11:16 – Twilight: the Straightification of the Vampire
01:22:51 – Who We Do in the Shadows
01:38:28 – Conclusion
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tl;dr
The writer's barely disguised sexuality
Then came in the mormons.
спасибо большое за субтитры! с месяцем гордости вас 🏳️🌈⊂(•‿•⊂ )
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tysmm for uploading pooks ur the best <33
I’m very exited to watch this in its entirety once I find the time! -bisexual Vampire lover
well done!! and i'd watch a 3h video of you talking about vampire lore tbh.
getting this video as the new season of iwtv is airing?! oh, the world is good and kind
This turned out better than all of the fun vampire facts combined!! Congrats on finishing this behemoth 🎉
I can't believe how hard it was to find your video after stumbling upon your Tiktok about it, what a shame! It was amazing, you deserve a lot more visibility (anyway you gained at least one subscriber today, great video!)
THIS IS SO INTERESTING!! All the work you put into this research was so important! I hope it reaches even more people (also, I can't wait to hear your take on the AMC's Interview with the Vampire series)
Just came from tiktok!!! Thank you so much for this masterpiece, I'll enjoy it SO MUCH
Great video!!!
Found you from your tiktok. Hope it will reach a bigger audience 👍
asked my bisexual boyfriend how he felt about vampires and he said 'theyre ok'… i feel betrayed, its like i dont even know him anymore.. a bisexual who's neutral about vampires…. such a thing can exist..??
I came here from the tik tok video hello
its true, im bisexual and i wish vampires were real
This is the third bi vamp vid I got and I feel like life is worth living now
I'm not bisexual(maybe? I'm questioning), but I was obsessed with vampires when I was younger.
I was shocked when I saw this in my recommended and felt little called out.
Speaking as a bisexual the short answer is Byron
Calling Megan Fox pale is wild
Well done on the video, it's really interesting how the image of the vampire has simultaneously stayed the same and changed.
YouTube knows me too well. I’m not bi but I am queer and I sure do love vampires.
This is like the 8th video essay I've seen on bisexual vampires and I'm very much here for it and I'm proud of myself for having a YouTube algorithm that knows I would like s*** like this and not having to come from tik tok
Yeah the algorithm knows me. Queer vampires forever!!!
As a bisexual vampire lover, I approve this message
Great video, but I'm kinda sad you didn't talk about Carmilla. Maybe it's because lesbian media and not a bi one, but it inspired Dracula and furthered connection 'vampires = queerness'. Also hii from another Eastern European who loves vampires
I’m bi and love vampires 🧛♀️❤️
My heart aches every time I meet vampire lovers, because they do not know Miss Christina, a female strigoi (vampire-adjacent demon being, a regional, Romanian variant of the og umpir or however were they called) from the story bearing the same name, written by Mircea Eliade. (There are also 2 movies but… I like the novella too much lmao. I havent seen them). Like she is so cool. She also was part of my awakening but she is so cool regardless. Like she is one of the only female strigoi I have ever met in stories, even though this is a modern piece of literature- shes cannon okay? I love her
Thank you for mentioning Polidori, I feel like he's often overshadowed by Stoker. I would like to add two more works to the early queer vampire lore. Christabel by Samuel Taylor Coleridge is an unfinished poem about some kind of demonic woman who seduces another woman. Since it's unfinished, it's unclear if she is a vampire, but Carmilla (Christabel being often called inspiration for it) is explicitly about lesbian vampire. Both were published before Dracula, Christabel even before The Vampyre! Byron knew Coleridge, having visited him and Wordsworth when there were living together in Lake District. Highly recommend reading both Christabel and Carmilla, they're very similar, I feel like Carmilla is what Christabel would look like if Coleridge had finished his poem. Gothic, erotic and also pretty gay 🖤🦇
Vampires are my special interest, and I love a good video essay<3
As a bisexual, it all started with count von Krolock.
Incredible video! Im queer and neurodivergent, and the otherness of monsterous characters has always really connected with me. The inherent queerness of vampires as well as the monsterous apects and general otherness is a part of the reason for this, and i really feel like the target audience here. This whole video was just so interesting, also happy pride <333
i think this video was hand crafted for me. i am bisexual, i love vampires, nicole rafiee AND kaz rowe.
This video made my day!!!! thank you very much!!! i just learned about lord Byron, and got very exited abt the My chemical romance section owowo! 💞i hope you get all the recognition you deserve💞!!!
My comment is for the vampies and bisexualls.