So those Edward and Bella fans want to believe that they're
the first teenagers to stay up nights, dreaming about some
bloodsucker that uses too much hair gel? Sorry. Generations of
adolescents have pined away for smokin' hot vampire lust and
not just teens.
I agree with *most* of
Simon's
earlier theory on the Vampire = Teen connection but don't
think it's limited to adolescents.
( Get his original theory on how Vampires are the teenagers of the spirit world here.)
Vampire appeal goes beyond teens.
In Freudian terms, I think vampires represent the id.
Freud defines the id as:
"the dark, inaccessible part of our personality, what
little we know of it we have learnt from our study of the
dream-work and of the construction of neurotic symptoms, and most
of this is of a negative character and can be described only as a
contrast to the ego. We all approach the id with analogies: we call
it a chaos, a cauldron full of seething excitations... It is filled
with energy reaching it from the instincts, but it has no
organisation, produces no collective will, but only a striving to
bring about the satisfaction of the instinctual needs subject to
the observance of the pleasure principle.
[Freud, New Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis
(1933)]
Here are a few themes to support my 'id theory of vampires.'
1. Transformation - People are always are growing and changing. Women mark this cycle every 28 days or so. Guys have other own stuff. People of all ages, especially teens, feel lost and alienated...even from their own bodies. Who better to identify with than a vampire...a creature so close and yet so far from humanity? Vampires understand. They're changing, too.And, at least for Anne Rice's newly-minted vampire Louis, (portrayed by Brad Pitt in the movie, "Interview With A Vampire") there's the comfort of having an older guy like LeStat around to help explain it to you.
2. Immortality. Immortality is a huge part of
Vampire appeal and connection to the id. The id operates on
impulse, without thought of consequence. Think of Anne Rice's
Vampire Chronicles and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" DVDs.
Those dudes live forever. Well, unless Buffy gets to them first.
Teens think they are immortal. Adults spend their lives
wishing it were true. The anxiety of death's finality affects
everyone. Vampires offer another, more pleasurable path. 3. Blood
lust. Simon came close, but didn't really get into how the
pleasure principle is such a huge part of Vampire DNA and
attraction.
3. Blood lust. Simon came close, but didn't
really get into how the pleasure principle is such a huge part of
Vampire DNA and attraction.
Vampires are freakin' hot! Any girl back in 1979 who needed
a few minutes of to...uh...collect herself after watching Frank
Langella's "Dracula" sink his pearly fangs into Jan
Francis's neck understands this. It's that bad boy appeal.
It's everything their parents warned them about...staying out
too late, hanging out with guys in black, the undead...Hello? Your
id is calling. It wants more pleasure.
4. Eternal love and security. This is the weakest
part of my Vampires represent Freud's id theory. It's hard
to reconcile the home and hearth attraction of eternal love with
the unfocused, pleasure-seeking lust of a Vampire in heat. Yet,
eternal love does resonate with the pleasure principle on some
level. If you were immortal it would probably feel good at times
knowing you had a 24/7 immortal booty call to accompany you through
time.
The appeal of this part is undeniable, though. Women old
enough to know better are devouring the "Twilight" series
like Lindt truffles and salivating over each installment of Bill
and Sookie's romance on HBO's "True Blood." Why?
It gets her in that 13-year-old place...the one that makes her weak
in the knees over a guy who vows to love her until the end of time,
no matter what.
Finally, regarding my theory of the vampire/id connection, do we need to explore the symbolism of long, pointy teeth puncturing the skin and sucking out blood? There's a whole other theory there: vampires represent phallic desire.
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