"Ravenous" this isn't about vampirism, though as I read it, it's of a Hannibal theme. Also a completely dark series, with Mads Mikkelsen, which has gotten an impressive amount of popularity. However, Astarion approves of asking to keep a piece of dwarf meat, a sentient creature (of course, the deed has already been done by a goblin). But indicatively Astarion likes to watch all sorts of shows and something completely wrong. Man not Louis, for sure.
Vampirism is fantasy, it makes it so friendly, you could even make children's cartoons. Vampirism is interesting to me because it doesn't exist, it's easier for me to reason about. People like detectives, to study the mind of the real criminal. Though a lot of fantasy demons find origins in reality, like innate psychopathy. But real-world topics are limited within the limits of psychology for humans. On a vampire, real life psychology, behavior, morality can work like a crooked mirror. But that's a good thing, we can reason more boldly than within the limits of humanity. A vampire always has a redeeming feature: blood is a necessity, a hunger, it is objective. I'm more interested in the "fantasy demonism of consciousness" that makes creatures what they are. Depending on the lore, there are different kinds of vampirism and attitudes towards humanity: it's on and off, it warps consciousness, in whole or in part. Sometimes it doesn't affect "humanity" at all - just eternal life, youth, power, hunger and personality do their thing. In DnD, spawns and Vampire Lords are affected by it, vampirism just corrupts consciousness. But in BG3 with spawns, I don't know. Ascension is an even more interesting thing in that regard - maybe it overrides the rules of True Vampirism by DnD5 and Astarion "plays" Lord and is just being that person.
