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vamp
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Explanation

This comic addresses the question of why women are attracted to vampires in fiction. One character suggests it's because women "secretly want to be controlled by powerful men," offering a sexist explanation for the popularity of vampire romance.

A woman in the group offers a far simpler explanation: vampires are attractive because they take care of themselves, are clean, and dress well. She points out that "some vampires are mean" but "they all wear pants that have functional pockets and elastic" -- practical clothing features that are notoriously absent from women's fashion. The punchline reframes vampire appeal as being not about dark, dangerous power fantasies but about basic competence in self-care and practical fashion -- things that are apparently so rare among human men that supernatural creatures become appealing by comparison. The final plea to "please, please, please stop growing a beard" drives the point home: the bar for attractiveness is not mysterious or sinister, it's just basic grooming and functional clothing.

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