it seems like nobody's really thought to question this trope
Of course they haven't. Too many people are too thoroughly brainwashed into the "all things Christian symbology are good, holy, and deeply meaningful" mentality and "all things not Christian aren't real or don't count" mentality.
And it still doesn't address why the large majority of vampires and their angsty girlfriends tend to be white and of the middle class.
Because the largest majority of the people writing those shows/books are white and middle class and that's the world they know/see/and think interesting.
Also consider that a lot of people are uncomfortable writing main characters that belong to groups the writer doesn't because they fear they'll do it badly, and that's just worth the flak.
Personally, I would not want to see a transgendered person as the vampire or vampire's lover because that would be too much unusual in the story for my tastes. One or the other. Not both. And I absolutely could not write either.
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Date: 2008-11-21 02:01 am (UTC)Of course they haven't. Too many people are too thoroughly brainwashed into the "all things Christian symbology are good, holy, and deeply meaningful" mentality and "all things not Christian aren't real or don't count" mentality.
And it still doesn't address why the large majority of vampires and their angsty girlfriends tend to be white and of the middle class.
Because the largest majority of the people writing those shows/books are white and middle class and that's the world they know/see/and think interesting.
Also consider that a lot of people are uncomfortable writing main characters that belong to groups the writer doesn't because they fear they'll do it badly, and that's just worth the flak.
Personally, I would not want to see a transgendered person as the vampire or vampire's lover because that would be too much unusual in the story for my tastes. One or the other. Not both. And I absolutely could not write either.