Pros and Cons of Being a TVD Vampire

I’d rather be a vampire over other fantasy creatures such as werewolves etc. for many reasons. There are the cons of having decayed looking skin every time you got the munchies and having to be really stealthy with hiding your vampirism but on the other hand, you’d never waste 5 minutes every time you were given a menu because you only ever eat/drink one thing and you’d never get tired except of people who bothered you. So I put together a list of reasons why vampires are pretty darn amazing and another with reasons that Jacob Black fans can appreciate (werewolf from twilight).

Pros

With sonar hearing like a bat- it wouldn't be hard to eavesdrop

Sleepless nights- means you could be up finishing homework without needing a sugar hit, practicing beating your siblings at pool so you can waste them in the morning, never be late to school, if you’re into MMO games like Runescape you could waste every day, night and penny on that and you’d have extra hours to do almost anything.

Super heal- say goodbye to blemishes and hello to flawless skin with the all new ‘Vampire Treatment,’ only at the cost of your life.

With super speed- you can make a quick dash anywhere! For a bite, when you’re late, while cleaning up, to the toilet, when you’ve forgotten something, when you’re hiding, to be first to dinner, to win a race.

Having increased emotions- you’d have to brace yourself for intense love.

You could stay young for as long as you unlived.

Compulsion- would allow you to compel almost anyone to do whatever you wanted

You can sort of time travel into the future if you were desiccated for some time by becoming dry of blood and re-awoke some years later after being fed.

Super strength of course is an advantage

Cons

High frequency noises would be nerve rattling

You could burn in the sunlight without a witch’s magic and tanning would no longer be an option

Finding food would not be so hard but hiding your vampirism would be an issue

Vulnerability to burning by touching a vervane plant or failure to compel someone on vervane would be a weakness.

Prepare for wild rampages and highly emotional meltdowns

A craving for blood on the odd occasion could set you in a mess you’d have to fix.

You couldn’t have kids unless you adopted or were human first or are a man.

Werewolf bites would be infectious and deadly unless you had hybrid blood for an antidote.

If you went unfed for a while and became desiccated, until someone fed you you’d probably miss out on a couple years or so.

So there you have it, the reasons why and why not being a TVD vampire would be so awesome. In my opinion the pros outweigh the cons by the level of each benefit compared to each disadvantage. The pros of being a vampire are what make them more admirable in comparison to the pros of being a werewolf, mermaid, goblin, avatar, or any other fictional being but after going through the lists I’ll leave that for you to decide.

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