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Long-time DC Comics Fangirl, Space Enthusiast, Obsessed With "West Side Story" and The Phantom of The Opera", Grogu's Birth Mother (She/Her)

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VAMPIRE BOOK RECOMMENDATION

Hello, everyone!!!

I wanted to know if anyone could recommend a book about vampires working with humans and protecting them from a greater enemy.  It’s kind of like an enemy mine situation where sworn enemies work together for a shared purpose only to discover that they’re stronger together than apart. Does anyone have recommendations?  Thank you. :)

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Jerry Dandridge And Charley Brewster Get The Worst Neighbor Ever.

Colonel H. Mother Fucking Stinkmeaner

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Jerry Dandridge From “Fright Night” And Godric From “True Blood”

I want to see this interaction between Jerry Dandridge from “Fright Night” and Godric from “True Blood.”  Like Lorena, Jerry is a very old vampire (1,000 years) with a sense of entitlement and a propensity toward violence.   Another thing that Jerry and Lorena have in common is the sadistic delight they take in toying with the humans they interact with.  I could see the much older and wiser Godric putting Jerry in his place.  Godric would be a mentor to the younger vampire and teach Jerry that there is a better way to live in a world where vampires live openly among humans.  This could lead to a full redemption arc for Jerry.

Jerry Dandridge

Godric

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Charley Brewster “Fright Night”

Could you see "Fright Night's" Charley Brewster going down a dark path? During the course of the movie and its sequel, he becomes traumatized from his encounters with Jerry Dandridge and his sister.    The movies end happily with Charley going on with his life as if nothing happened.  Charley is shown to maintain his optimism and a certain level of innocence despite the horrific events he went through.  This could also be applied to the remakes as well.

In reality, if you were as young as Charley when you met your first vampire, your mind would break.  You'd suffer from constant fear and paranoia, never knowing when a bloodsucker would show up next and try to kill you or the people you love.  You'd feel powerless to prevent it from happening again.  Then anger might set in.  What would that do to you, realistically?  It's not unreasonable to think that Charley’s personality could undergo a change.  He’d begin to hunt and kill every vampire he came across whether they were good or not and rationalize it by insisting that he is protecting us from what he considers monsters.  I could see Charley go down this temporary dark path, if only to remember who he really is at the end.  That would be a more realistic ending in my opinion.

Hell, I’d give Jerry Dandridge a redemption arc too.

“All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man alive to lunacy.” - The Killing Joke

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I’D LOVE TO SEE THESE TWO CHARACTERS INTERACT

My head canon is that they’d be the best of friends and bond over their shared trauma caused by the vampires in their lives. I think Sookie is about 25 when the show starts and Charley is about the same age in Fright Night 2, give or take a year or two.  They both have an innocence about them.

It would also be cool to see how Charley would fare in Sookie’s world.  

Charley Brewster

Sookie Stackhouse

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The Great Rivalry

I’ve been laid up in bed all week with covid and decided to read “Dracula” for the millionth? time  (hey who’s counting).  It’s a timeless story about good versus evil battling for dominance. Being the vampire geek that I am, I was again awed at the epic battle between Dracula and Van Helsing.  Dracula will stop at nothing to get what he wants from the humans around him, while Van Helsing will stop at nothing to protect them. This powerful human and vampire have become the paradigm for every human and vampire rivalry that has come after. 

One such rivalry that has always captivated me is Jerry Dandridge and Charley Brewster from “Fright Night.”  I admit that Jerry and Peter Vincent would be a better fit, but there’s always been a certain something about the struggle between Jerry and Charley that grips me in a such a way like no other. With the release of “Fright Night: Origins,” my interest in exploring their dynamic has piqued again.  Jerry and Charley represent the struggle between good versus evil, yes, but are so much more:  shadow and light, confidence and fear, corruption and innocence, vice and virtue, despair and hope, hate and love, respectively.  

 I could write a whole damn essay on this.  In fact, I think I will.

What are some of your favorite vampire/human rivalries in literature and on the big screen?  

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DC Headcanon

It’s gotta be damn awkward when Superman is involved in mediating between humans and Kryptonians.  For example, in the New Krypton arc, there’s a panel where Superman and a dozen or so Kryptonians meet the President and his delegation.  There are 3 whole ass pages where the two groups just STARE at each other, not saying a word.  The ice is only broken when Doomsday shows up.  The whole meeting was awkward AF, but a nice comedic touch.  Superman was probably thinking:  “I’m not even supposed to be here today.”

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A Woman With A Hat Made Out Of Pumpkin Pie

https://creator.nightcafe.studio/creation/7reDYBffTj03OsJEsiBn

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Hi!  I hope that everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving!

This is an actual image of me drenched in mashed sweet potatoes.  

https://creator.nightcafe.studio/creation/AljA56mZwcedz7OfjCSH

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DANCING ON A NEBULA

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PACHEBEL’s CANON

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MOTHER EARTH

She’s framed and sitting on my dresser! :)

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My favorite things about Kryptonian Lore; Rao evolved from a polytheistic background to a monotheistic God with the capital ‘G’, Krypton had a Moon Goddess called ‘Yuda’, Krypton actually had two moons.

which makes it doubly tragic because Jax Ur canonically destroyed one of those moons. Effectively not only committing mass genocide but also desecrating one of the biggest religious symbols in Krypton.

Also Superman and Supergirl’s families are WAY too prolific. Inventor of the Telescope? Turned Krypton into a monotheistic religion? Inventor of the compass? Damn dude.

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An Actual Photo Of Me About To Sink My Teeth Into A New Book

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Here is an image of Rao and Sol from DC comics “The Sandman.”

In “The Sandman,” Rao is the anthropomorphic personification of Krypton’s red sun.  Despair of the Endless remarks that it would be “artful” to allow the civilization of Krypton to flourish, and then for the planet to be destroyed; and for only one inhabitant to survive - Superman.  Rao reluctantly agrees.  Sol is shown to be the anthropomorphic personification of Earth’s sun, portrayed as a toddler.

Sol is on the left.  Rao is on the right.  I’m thinking of an older brother/younger sister relationship.   

I created this image on Nightcafe.  Enjoy.  :)

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The Guardians Whenever Kryptonians Ask For Help

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DIN and GROGU in THE MANDALORIAN ↳ for the pedro to my oscar @spacedjarin