On the decline and fall of the classical vampire

[unixronin]

There is no reason to get upset because you get to live forever while not being hunted to death by righteous men, having to avoid delicious garlic¹, while also having every girl or boy in a mile radius fall madly in love with you.  That is not the curse of the ages.  That is awesome.

[1]  I assume the author meant "not having to avoid..." here.

Comments

[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

Nope, the author didn't mean "not having to avoid." It helps if you rearrange it a bit, though.

"There is no reason to get upset because you get to live forever while having to avoid delicious garlic¹,not being hunted to death by righteous men, while also having every girl or boy in a mile radius fall madly in love with you. That is not the curse of the ages. That is awesome."

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry, it makes no more sense to me that way around either. It still looks as though there's a "not" missing (or possibly, in the original order, an "and").

[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

You know, looking at it again, having to avoid garlic is not a positive. I think I see what you're saying now.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Particularly when described as 'delicious garlic'.

[lebo-superman.livejournal.com]

Having to avoid garlic, while not necessarily a positive, is certainly nothing to get all mopey about.