On the subject of vampires

[flemmings]

Parasol Protectorate was my first encounter with vampires as bees-- female-led by a queen, at the very least, even if they lack drones and swarms. Now here it is again in Patricia Briggs. Have I just not been reading the right vampire writers? Who first turned the isolated aristocrat Count Dracula into a they, and a they who are part of a social system as well?

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[petronia.livejournal.com]

Blood: The Last Vampire/Blood+! The original anime was 2000, the TV show 2005. I believe the queen vampire stuff dates from the TV series.

[petronia.livejournal.com]

Less formally, the White Wolf series of tabletop RPGs had vampire clans tied by both blood and politics (to varying degrees depending on breed/clan), and what one might call municipal/yakuza turf type governance. The Anita Blake books had a similar social structure. But there's no biological queen or anything in those.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Ah cool. I did wonder.