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When I read Vampire Expert I did not think serious literary academic. They definitely did her dirty there.

word they should put a lil more respect on her name

They should really change the title, yeah. It makes her sound like the Ancient Aliens guy, which she clearly is not.

@@Aelffwynn Agreed

Right? I almost didn't click on this because of that. How can anyone be an expert in a fantasy creature? Gothic literature makes a whole lot more sense.

Vampire historian

She was not fascinating to listen to. The books and lore she refers to is fascinating, in itself. But not her. Not when she's trying to force her own world views and biases onto everything she sees and reads. And living forever would not make you, "out of touch, like a dad times a thousand". When you have all the time in the world you would be very in touch, because you would be present to experience everything that is going on. People that age become out of touch, because once you get old you are not spending time experiencing the new fads of young people, etc. If you could be young forever, you would always be out in the world, experiencing things as they change. The only way that living forever could cause you to be out of touch would be if you just shut yourself in and never did anything at all. This woman is not as intellectual as people seem to think she is. People here seem to be impressed by her, credentials. What credentials. Anyone could have the same knowledge as her on English literature and folklore just by simply reading the subject matter. That is all it would take. There are plenty of people out there that don't have degrees that probably read more than she does. Her, "credentials", are all pretty worthless as well. Nothing she has a degree in would be of any use, whatsoever, out in the real world. And, not to mention, her comment was pretty sexist. If she were a guy and said that you'd be out of touch like a woman, or a mom, times a thousand, people would be jumping all over it. The double standards in these things is ridiculous.

@@daemonthorn5888 u are so right I love u

@@daemonthorn5888 please touch grass

She's not fascinating, but her relationship to her father may be of interest to certain professionals.

@@GodsCosmicBollock this is so weird.... do you realize how fck weird you sound

🤣🤣🤣🤣

Buffy the vampire slayer is not homosexually related, that's why...

@@agusdwiriyanto1854 Have you seen Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin off, Angel the series? If not, you should. And if you already have, then perhaps give it a rewatch.

I had the same reaction!

@@agusdwiriyanto1854 really? Are we talking about the same show? XD

That was me as well! Quite literally exactly how you worded it!

I started laughing like histerical huena,when she introdused herself as a vampire expert

@@theevilpinkkitten6345 *hysterical *hyena *introduced

Gothic literary professor and gender and sexuality studies

Being an expert isn't crazy, but not everyone has the credentials to back it up (like Dr Westerngard does.) And especially in an area like vampires, lots of wackadoos call themselves "experts" online. So choosing to title the video with "vampire expert" rather than "mythology researcher" or something like that is a little strange. It calls to mind the Ancient Aliens guy, rather than actual academic research.

Crazy is not the word I would have chosen, stupid is the word I would have chosen. Then again, why get a PhD. if you're gonna waste it on literature? That's a lot of money to read some books you can get at the library....

The 'cult' of culture deserves no respect ... especially when it's engineered for idiots still in these liberal arts universities.

@@aick "Expert in Vampires" seems more credible to me than "professor of gender and sexuality" 🤮 ... give me a break with that crap.

The actual term is Vampirologist it's a real mini degree that was fun to do

also discovery of witches

@@ElliePorges oh yes I haven't watch season 3 yet.

and true blood!!!

OR BUFFY

I agree but you can’t deny twilight’s cultural impact

While I agree, imagine having that as a title and trying to explain it to family and friends. Also, these Telegram bots need to f off.

seriously! I want to be a vampire expert, that would be so cool

It's more like ''expert in literature that includes vampires'' than a ''vampire expert''.

@@somngreu4800 look who's the party-pooper

@@friendlyneighbourhoodbridg1354 What can I say, vampires suck !

It's filmed in Toronto lol, but I definitely heard that in Berry's voice.

Man hattah

Everybody needs to see What we Do in the Shadows!

Should've been set in Pennsylvania because it sounds like Transylvania and we all know that sounds cool.

Yes! What We Do in The Shadows is my favorite comedy right now! It has ingrained itself in my head like a worm, and I’m always thinking about it. Every time I watch it I find something new. It’s everything I love about the vampire genre, tied up in a messy bow and thrown at me like a fastball to the face. And it’s amazing. And after the season 4 ending, I am even more excited to see where they go with it!

the strain would have been nice!

YAAAAS

I almost booked a flight to Morocco after watching.

Loved this film ❤

Yes!! Please!! I think we need a part 2

Bianca R.P. do not reply to the text below. It's a spoof account.

@@marieroberts5458 thanks Marie. I wouldn't, but the warning was VERY thoughtful 💕

Amen 🧛

Silver is known to have properties that will destroy either bacteria or viruses (I don't recall which off the top of my head). Silver as a counter to vampires plays to the "disease" element that Dr. Westerngard was talking about; they would fear and be repulsed by something that combats disease. There's also an argument to be made about the silver being something natural that does that, while the vampire is typically seen as unnatural.

Watch what silver can do to ice…

This theme with vampires versus werewolves is very recent thing that Hollywood came up with .Silver is used in church to turn water into ''holy water'', it's an old trick the church used by keeping a silver spoon in water, killing the bacteria and making the water stay fresh for longer, so people believed it was holy.It translated into vampire literature by its connection with the church.

Most paranormal creatures are said to have an aversion to silver :)

Werewolves and vampires actually weren't that distinguishable in old folklore, particularly in Easter Europe. Even Bram Stoker touches this topic in Dracula: "'vrolok' and 'vlkoslak'-both mean the same thing, one being Slovak and the other Servian for something that is either werewolf or vampire" (chapter 2).

She have a PhD in gothic literature. So yeah, you can very much call her a "vampire expert" since vampire literature have traditionally and generally been attributed to the gothic genre.

I think part 2 could easily be just about Buffy and Angel, those two shows have more lore in them than all the movies and shows in this video combined.

And Hellsing!

Oh, and Vampire Hunter D.

And My Babysitters a Vampire lmao

And with only lovers left alive!!!

Yes! I’d love to hear her take on Castlevania!

There would be no twilight, vampire diaries, origionals, or probs what we do in the shadows without buffy paving the tropes

Cause those are caca.

@@TECfan1 Tru Blood is great. Sorry not sorry!

@TECfan1 No, they aren't 💀

@@ok.4720 They're literally a campy soap opera with vampires.

@TECfan1 Girl, no one talking about the quality of the show, we are talking about the vampires in of itself and lore

I love that film too ☺ such a creative interpretation of vampires- its brilliant and so well done

I'm with you random person

@@soso-mx8nb me too

Yup. She probably watched all of these films at least twice!

I was surprised to find that my mom, who is 79 years old, had never seen Frankenstein! She just watched it this Halloween!

@@lisaspikes4291 I hope she enjoyed it!

Yes my favourite adaptation!

I just rewatched it. Also a Keanu fan and I've defended his acting before (anybody who says he can't act should go and watch My Own Private Idaho and River's Edge) and Point Break is an all time favorite, but yeah, you're not wrong, he isn't at his best in this.🙂

Remember, our ways are not your ways.

I feel the same. This movie was great. Yet although I love Keanu, he was awful in this movie! I always wonder what it would have been like if they had cast someone else. Maybe Johnny Depp or Christian Bale. Or Val Kilmer. Hmmmm.

Agreed 100%! Love the movie! Specially Gary Oldman and the sublime soundtrack!

Spike Lee's "Da Sweet Blood Of Jesus" was the first thing that came to my mind, but I have NO idea why. It would be interesting to hear their opinion on it, it was certainly different! It was the weirdest vampire movie I've ever seen, and I've seen *all* of them, lol! I would also love to hear them discuss "Only Lovers Left Alive".

30 Days of Night!

Same i think she just uses them idk 😂

This is a very common interpretation of the text, and death to the author and all that, but this isn't the reading that the author intended. He even wrote an epilogue where Oscar gets turned into a vampire as a short story!

@@jultejock7185 ok did not know about that part just said by watching movie idk the back story or the book either :D

@@jultejock7185 yes and the "poor old man" is actually pedophile who is sexually attracted to Ellie just like the person who mutilated him and turned him into a vampire Ellie is just exploiting that for protection (e.i. a place to stay and a daytime Guardian/minion which he needs when vulnerable as we can see in the scene where Ellie would have died if Oscar had not woken him)

"This is a very old being, wearing the guise of a child, in order to groom a new minion" Actually, Eli WAS just a boy when they were turned into a vampire. It's in the book. They actually paired with a human adult because it made it easier to get properties- you can't rent a room as a child. Unfortunately, those adults (in the book) preyed on children and Eli let them pray on him as payment for safety services. Not that Eli needed a human to be SAFE as they had extreme strength... but, rather, safety as in fitting in with society better.

Zombies!!! We have had SO 👏 MANY 👏 ZOMBIE 👏 FILMS/SHOWS

I liked how most were formed by counter culture while twilight was the outlier that ascribed to capitalist ideals. It's probably why so many folks who enjoy vampires hated them (besides the terrible story, acting and visuals).

@@DA-js7xz lol, story , acting and visuals for great for what it was trying to be. Just a blockbuster flick about human girl falling in love with a vampire and a werewolf. It is not on the level of Shakesperian literature, because it doesn't even pretend that it is. It knows what it is and does it very well.

And Legacy of Kain, Blood Omen, or Soul Reaver.

@@EclipseandtheWitch I have never heard of these, are they movies?

And awesome soundtrack! 🫶🏻🦇🖤

Yes!! The Lost Boys fandom is very much alive even with the younger generation 🦇

... more than* once ...

@@einundsiebenziger5488 Thank you! 😊

How much did u get paid to write that?

Yes, I was a little confused when she said that too. It was touching in some ways, but that also made it more disturbing because of how unhealthy their bond was. And how the vampire had clearly groomed a young boy before to help in killing people. To me, it really showed how mistreating and neglecting a child sets them up for exploitation.

The touching part I think she was referring to was (and she briefly mentioned it) that it was the humans who treated Oskar horribly and the actual monster was sympathetic and understanding to his status as an outsider. I certainly found that part of the film touching

I thought they were roommates, which couldn‘t be more different, but also are best friends. I saw them as example of opposit charakters to teach children that each person has his own personality, with nice or annoying aspects at the same time, which makes someone special and somewhat lovable. As an example for different personalities, Ernie and Bert had no sexuality, they only teach children important aspects of life in a children‘s show.

@@manuelabrieden2908 I love that outlook on it!

@@manuelabrieden2908 Think the same. Since Sesame Street is a program for children of pre-puberty age, none of its characters should have any sexuality at all.

ME TOO

Or vampires in webtoons/(kpop) music videos!

Oooh yes

Have you seen the tv series?

It's a very good film, but a better musical - Tanz der Vampire. I'd love to see a reaction to vampires in theatre video as well, since it could cover Tanz, Lestat, Dracula (the musical and the separate stage play), Seal of Roses, Silver Rose Chronicles....

She projects gayness into everything

Don’t forget that a young Kirsten Dunst was in it.

Yes!! I am devastated that there was no Buffy (specifically TV Buffy!!)