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But didn’t Lestat himself wonder, at some point, why vampires were always beautiful? Was it because they picked out the young and pretty to turn or because everyone became beautiful after the change?

I always found that rather funny, wherever the question came from, on a very self-referential level. Why are vampires always young, beautiful, without flaws or wrinkles or liver spots or greying hair?

Cult of youth, probably, let’s be honest.

Haha this always catches my interest too! I think in canon in the later books, one of the vampires actually starts trash talking on “modern day” immortals because they were no longer picked out of being beautiful or held the romanticism in killing that the “old generations” did. Correct me if I’m wrong but. Kinda funny!

//Yes, if I’m not mistaken  it was Marius who actually makes both of these observations in Queen of the Damned. First in the “vampire bar” makes a mental note of how different and almost comical the newer generations of vampires are. Then in Sonoma when he’s taking stock of the entire coven he notes  how uniquely beautiful each other them is and wonders, “Was nobody ugly ever given immortality? Or did the dark magic simply make beauty out of whatever sacrifice was thrown into the blaze?”

Honestly, I think it might be a little bit of both. In the old covens of the Children of Darkness it was a rule to turn only the beautiful because it was more perverse to do so.  I think Armand might make mention of it in TVL and then in TVA he explicitly states it. 

Marius also tells Lestat that if he is going to make a fledgling it should be because “he likes to look at them.” As a generality, I think vampires tend to fall for the exceptionally beautiful anyway. They come in contact with so many humans and each one is magnificent simply on the grounds of them being alive. Therefore it makes sense that they would   end up falling for and turning those who are exclusively “above average” because they stand out. 

At the same time, however, think about what vampirism does. It smooths the skins, makes it gleam, the hair is fuller, eyes are brighter. All imperfections are done away with and there’s a certain allure that comes with perfection. BUT if the person was not beautiful to begin with, the effects can just make them look monstrous. Magnus is a perfect example of that. He was much older when he was made  and was  not very nice to look at, by his own admission.

Sorry,  this sort of turned into a rant, but it’s a very interesting discussion point.