I think "society" because they don't answer to broader society's laws or mores on any point ever. Or "massive cult."
I just can't get over the fact that in Kiss the Dead, the "villains" were basically normal people who happened to have been vamped and didn't want to be enslaved by someone who stole their energy in order to grow his hair. And Anita saw not wanting to be enslaved as utterly evil and worthy of torture and murder (including of a sleeping child.)
Vampire society works on the principle of might makes right, period. It's constant rape and abuse and more rape, and Anita likes to go off on how "prejudiced" anyone who doesn't embrace this is. Not only is this disgusting, but it's utterly unworkable. A society in which the so-called leaders were THIS self-absorbed and controlled by their crotches would self-destruct in no time.
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I just can't get over the fact that in Kiss the Dead, the "villains" were basically normal people who happened to have been vamped and didn't want to be enslaved by someone who stole their energy in order to grow his hair. And Anita saw not wanting to be enslaved as utterly evil and worthy of torture and murder (including of a sleeping child.)
Vampire society works on the principle of might makes right, period. It's constant rape and abuse and more rape, and Anita likes to go off on how "prejudiced" anyone who doesn't embrace this is. Not only is this disgusting, but it's utterly unworkable. A society in which the so-called leaders were THIS self-absorbed and controlled by their crotches would self-destruct in no time.