the concept of consuming a person’s blood — a physical manifestation of their life — specifically when it’s done via bite to the neck, is in all ways a similar intimacy and vulnerability to what is experienced with romance. these portrayals are either indirect or direct messaging about embracing one’s sexuality. 

cannibalism and consumption have often been used as a metaphor for love and all its deep-seated complexities through many forms of media, and vampires embody it perfectly. it is the idea of loving someone or being loved in totality, about complete understanding and the terrifyingly raw vulnerability of being understood.

🌟🌟 ⊹ ࣪ ˖ love in all its agony. it’s the torment of loving deeply while wanting so desperately to be loved that deeply in return.