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By luring women away from the men who control them (fathers, husbands, priests), the vampire threatens the patriarchal structures of family, marriage, and religion. 25 At the same time, the vampire offers his victims a new birth - a new and immortal patriarchy in which he not only is the husband of numerous brides but father of countless "children of the night." [34] The vampire is an ambiguous figure in a number of ways - and increasingly so, as more and more films augment the humanity of the vampire while attempting to retain his or her destructive power.

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Publisher: Pegasus Books; 1 edition (September 15, 2014)

ISBN: 1605986143

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Robot..................................................... 45 Celestial.....................................................45 Angel...................................................... 46 Demon................................................... 46 Immortal............................................... 46 Gestalt........................................................46 The Beast............................................... 47 Mad Science Hybrid........................... 47 Risen...........................................................47 Classic Vampire................................... 47 Metrosexual Vampire......................... 48 Mummy................................................. 48 Zombie.................................................. 48 Shapeshifter.............................................48 Bastet..................................................... 49 Doppelganger..................................... 49 Lycanthrope......................................... 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Horror...................... 61 PART-TIME HORROR.......................61 Part-Time Campaigns...........................61 Solo Sessions........................................ 61 Story Arc................................................ 61 Season................................................... 61 Part-Time Scenarios...............................62 Future Flash.......................................... 62 Time Gone By....................................... 62 What If Worlds..................................... 62 Alien Planets........................................ 63 In Someone Else’s Shoes.................... 63 Tangent One-Shots............................. 64 FEAR AND CORRUpTION................64 Fear..............................................................64 Fearlessness.......................................... 64 Corruption................................................65 Types of Corruption............................ 65 Acquiring Corruption......................... 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