Dark Creature Favortism?

[author_by_night]

I apologize to those on my flist who are not into Harry Potter, but this is a poll I want to make available to those not necessarily on my friends list.

I have noticed that Vampires do not seem to be shunned in potterverse, like Werewolves. They have special candy for them, and apparently can be famous singers and invited to Christmas Parties in school (wherein they are followed by girl students.)

So - my poll:

[Poll #857657]

Comments

[arianablack.livejournal.com]

Not to be repetitive, but I think it really does come down to the issues of control and conformity. Vampires have so many more ways of blending into human society than werewolves. While werewolves may look perfectly human a majority of the time, there's always that one time of the month where its impossible for them to hide what they are. Even should no one they know be around them at those times, it seems inevitable that their regular disappearances will be noticed. Look at Lupin and the Marauders. Heck, even Hermione figured it out, and she really only saw him during class, not every single day like the Marauders. Vampires, on the other hand, can usually pass for humans up until the moment they decide to sink their fangs into you. Werewolves have no choice in whether they transform or not, while vampires can not only choose when and who they bite, they can also make the decision not to attack a person at all, but rather an animal. Werewolves seem to prey solely on humans (though I'd love to see something like a were-hamster).

I also think vampires can be a bit more rational than werewolves could ever be in their animal form. Granted, wolfsbane is available, but as Lupin said, its a fairly recent development, and it doesn't sound as though its available to everybody. Lupin had to depend on Snape for his supply.

It may also be partly to do with the respective transformations themselves. By all accounts, the werewolf transformation is a grotesque experience, whereas with vampires, its usually just their teeth getting longer. And I think "barbed_whispers" made a good point about werewolves being animals. It sounds as though, without wolfsbane, werewolves on the full moon are really little more than animals.

Of course, with people like Fenrir Greyback running around preying on children, who can really blame the Wizarding community for favoring vampires over werewolves? Between Greyback and Bela Lugosi's Dracula, I know who I'd rather be around.