Vegan VampiresIt started with bunnies and ducksA special fictional category has emerged: vegan vampires. In the 1980s there were two shows featuring vegan vampire animals. Bunnicula (based on a series of books by James and Deborah Howe) was a vampire bunny who sucked the juice out of vegetables. The protagonist in the British animated show Count Duckula would eat only vegetables after a botched reincarnation ritual in which tomato ketchup was substituted for blood. But it's only recently that teenagers and young adults have begun to identify with sensitive human vampires who refuse to kill to eat. Books, Movies and TVWith the popularity of the Twilight movie and book series, the term "vegetarian vampire" has entered the language (although the vampire in Twilight isn't truly vegetarian – he just lives on animal blood instead of human blood). But vegan vampires are gaining traction, too. There is now an HBO series called True Blood, about vegan vampires who live on synthetic blood and are trying to integrate into society.The book Mysteria Lane (Berkley Sensation) by MaryJanice Davidson, Susan Grant, Gena Showalter, and P. C. Cast is a collection of stories set in a town full of supernatural beings. The story “It's in His Kiss” by P.C. Cast features a vegan who becomes romantically involved with a vampire. The new young adult book The Knaveheart's Curse by Adele Griffin is about a family of reformed vampires, now vegan, who live in New York City and must confront the evil Knaveheart vampires. There's even an online comic strip called Vlad the Vegan Vampire. Vegan Vampire MockumentaryOn a reality show/mockumentary about “real” vampires in the U.S., there's a self-proclaimed vegan vampire who claims to drink soy blood. vegan vampire - watch more funny videos Vampire FruitNow it seems the only thing left to worry about is vampire fruit. There are Balkan myths that an inanimate object left out in the full moon for too many consecutive days will become a vampire. Pumpkins and Watermelons are particularly susceptible to the condition.
Other vegan vampire news:The theme is spreading, popping up in user names all over the web, and the term has made its way into the Urban Dictionary as well. Vegan musician Moby, who has in the past expressed a fascination with vampires, is one of the characters in the upcoming Canadian indie film Suck, where he plays a rock star who has a romance with a vampire.
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