1 | '''Basic Trope''': A vampire with an aversion to drinking human blood, usually [[DarkIsNotEvil on moral grounds]]. |
2 | * '''Straight''': Vlad does not bite humans. He instead prefers to drink animal blood. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': |
4 | ** Vlad does not drink ''any'' kind of blood at all. |
5 | ** Vlad is a literal VegetarianVampire who satisfies the blood requirement by eating in a manner similar to an anemic. |
6 | * '''Downplayed''': |
7 | ** If any human blood is drank, it's in very small quantities. |
8 | ** Vlad only drinks blood from murderers or other {{Asshole Victim}}s. |
9 | ** Vlad never kills or otherwise hurts people to get his hands on human blood - he just "borrows" it from hospitals and blood banks, making sure to take the blood types that would get thrown away anyway. |
10 | * '''Justified''': |
11 | ** Vlad believes that drinking blood from humans is wrong. |
12 | ** Vlad is an "energy vampire"; he survives on spiritual energy, not blood. |
13 | ** Vlad was [[AfraidOfBlood hemophobic]] in life, and that trait stayed with him when he became a vampire. |
14 | ** Vlad doesn't like the metallic taste of blood. (He may be a relatively "new" vampire and not used to it.) |
15 | ** Vlad is concerned for some reason about the possibility of contracting blood-borne illness (such as AIDS or Hepatitis) or parasites (such as malaria or flukes) from biting humans. (Why that should be a concern to an undead creature [[ItMakesSenseInContext depends on the setting]].) |
16 | ** Vlad is ''supposed'' to subsist on something other than blood (such as [[MustHaveCaffeine coffee]]) to get the energy he needs. |
17 | ** Vampires in Vlad's setting don't require human blood specifically; animal blood works just as well and is more readily available. |
18 | * '''Inverted''': |
19 | ** Vlad drinks ''only'' human blood, direct from the source. |
20 | ** Vlad isn't a vampire, he drinks human blood ForTheEvulz. |
21 | ** Vlad is a FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire. |
22 | * '''Subverted''': |
23 | ** But, in one episode, Vlad drinks human blood... |
24 | ** Vlad isn't a vampire, but a [[BeastMan humanoid Fruit Bat]]. |
25 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
26 | ** But only from medical bags from the local blood bank, not directly from a human. |
27 | ** Or only if the human in question ''offers'' it to him voluntarily and consensually. |
28 | * '''Parodied''': |
29 | ** Vlad drinks "soy-based blood substitute". |
30 | ** Vlad drinks only tomato or cranberry juice, or any other red liquid that maybe ''looks'' like blood but isn't. |
31 | ** Since seduction is usually a key element of vampires, [[BestialityIsDepraved Vlad seduces the cow he bites into...and is seen with it later.]] |
32 | ** WarmBloodbagsAreEverywhere |
33 | * '''Zig Zagged''': Vlad's blood drinking is treated like chronic alcoholism. He means to stay off the human blood, but falls off the wagon every so often. |
34 | * '''Averted''': |
35 | ** Vlad is not a vampire. |
36 | ** Vlad ''is'' a vampire, but primarily (or exclusively) drinks human blood. |
37 | * '''Enforced''': OurVampiresAreDifferent, FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire, DarkIsNotEvil. |
38 | * '''Lampshaded''': |
39 | ** "Oh, no. Biting humans is wrong. I only bite cows." |
40 | ** "What? It's just cranberry juice!" |
41 | * '''Invoked''': Vlad is "turned", but does not feel comfortable biting humans, especially without their consent. |
42 | * '''Exploited''': Vlad's refusal to drink human blood makes it much easier for him to stay near civilization, without the necessity for a whole masquerade. |
43 | ** A LesbianVampire seeks out menstruating women at the local lesbian bar. That way, she has a steady supply of blood, without needing to kill for it. |
44 | * '''Defied''': Vlad's BloodLust is overwhelming, and he bites the first human he sees. |
45 | * '''Discussed''': "What kind of vampire drinks tomato juice?" "You'd rather him chomping on you?" |
46 | * '''Conversed''': ??? |
47 | * '''Deconstructed''': Non-human sources of blood aren't as nourishing, and Vlad grows weak. He becomes more and more tempted to bite humans, either because he's at risk of being destroyed or because [[HorrorHunger his thirst]] [[WarmBloodbagsAreEverywhere is becoming more difficult to resist]]. |
48 | * '''Reconstructed''': |
49 | ** OurVampiresAreDifferent; Vlad is able to sustain on non-human sourced blood. |
50 | ** Alternatively, Vlad is able to go to blood banks to get the required blood. |
51 | * '''Played For Laughs''': Vlad joins a group of vampires called "VETH" ([[AnimalWrongsGroup Vampires for the Ethical Treatment of Humans]]). |
52 | * '''Played For Drama''': Vlad ''craves'' human blood; will his own willpower be enough to keep him off it? |
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54 | Back to VegetarianVampire |
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56 | %% Optional items, added after Conversed, at your discretion: |
57 | %%* '''Implied''': ??? |
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