𝐕𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲

The vampire cannot live without the other, but at the same time, he puts them at risk. It's a metaphor for romantic dependency, for how desire can be both salvation and damnation. Let me explain further:

It has a romantic, nocturnal air: intimacy in the dark, fangs like an extreme kiss, blood like a secret pact. Vampirism is endless repetition: hunger always returns, there's always a need for more. This brings it closer to the idea of love as a habit, as a constant need, just like dependency.

The vampire grants immortality, but also condemnation. Love can be the same: salvation and risk, light and shadow. The power of vampirism lies not only in its depiction of consumption, but also in its portrayal of infinite dependence, desire that never dies, and intimacy that becomes a shared wound.

Love is vampiric: it bites me gently and leaves a mark that never fades. It doesn't devour me all at once, like a cannibal, nor does it promise me heaven like religion. It demands blood every day, reminding me that to love is to accept eternal thirst: it's never enough, never quenched, and yet, without that wound, I wouldn't live.

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