[And obviously something can be true to a concept or less true. We all have ideas of what "dragon" means, be it the Oriental or the Western version, so imagine if someone decided to make a story where a dragon was a winged cow that has a very nasty swooping attack where it farts gas while belting "MOOOOOOOOH!" at a terrifying volume? Fun encounter, sure, but what does it have to do with the concept of dragons? Not a thing.
Astarion (and Twilight) have as much to do with the general concept of vampires as a farting winged cow has with dragons. And frankly it doesn't matter if you could find a funny folk tale somewhere that lets vampires be something other than monsters, because that doesn't change the general concept of vampires.
Damnit !! Now I really want to trade Astarion in for a secret vampire cow level in BG3's Underdark !!!
