I Think I'm Becoming Racist Against Vampires

I'm already pretty racist against High Elves (They think they're so damn perfect. Wood Elves are okay though. Usually.) but generally I like vampires. I get them. As other people have pointed out they're supposed to represent what happens when a person stops thinking of others as people and starts thinking of them like prey. They're powerful because they're willing to step on and/or kill people to get what they want.
Hey, I even get why people find them attractive. The bad boy/girl mojo usually wrapped up in a package that also contains supernatural abilities and generally comes with wealth. Score. Sure you might end up dead if you date a vampire but I suppose that's also part of the allure. It's dangerous, which makes it interesting and they'll change their ways for a person they like. It would make a person feel special to be involved with someone like that. It's the same reason people date absolute bastards sometimes- they feel special because they treat them differently than everyone else.
Smart, sexy, worldly, powerful- so why am I not liking vampires? Guess what, it's not because of Twilight, though that may account for some of it.

Real surprise.

It's because I like werewolves.
Yeah, say what you will about them, but I think werewolves are totally awesome, especially the White Wolf kind. I'm a canine kind of person. I have both a wolf and an Anubis tattoo. I think there's so much that could be done with werewolves and they're just not getting the kind of love that they should.

 This is the basis for my tattoo, if you're wondering how lame it is.

While werewolves are getting the shaft, vampires are becoming the coolest thing ever, to the point where no one's really surprised if a vampire shows up in a story.

If a werewolf shows up in a vampire story, the wolf gets to play second fiddle if he or she is lucky. Don't know what I'm talking about? Let's review. 

True Blood- All photos are from the True Blood Wiki.

The show, not the books.

To be fair, I really like this show, it's just one of the ones where it has stood out for me that werewolves are getting shafted.  Despite the fact that season three was promoted like this:

 

The aforementioned werewolves spend most of the season getting ordered around by this guy:

To be fair he is actually pretty threatening.

Now the story goes that Mr. White Horse has a group of werewolves following him around like a pack of hunting hounds because he feeds them addictive vampire blood. He's been doing this since vikings were roaming around and messing up the place. Maybe even before then.

The problem is that so far only one werewolf  isn't completely under a vampire's thumb (also maybe the hairdresser one?) and despite the warnings of how powerful they are, said weres have proven about as effective as a regular German Shepherd would be.

 Aww who's terrifying? You are! Yes, you are!

This might be because everyone else has a heavy dose of plot armor while the werewolves are red shirts. It might be because having werewolves more like the usual  kind (the kind that can turn into 8 foot death beasts) are too damn expensive to make for a TV show, but it just serves as another reminder that a werewolves just aren't as cool or smart as vampires. Heck they can't do anything unless a vampire is ordering them around, can they? They'd just be running around in the forest peeing on trees if it weren't for the blood-suckers.

Jerks.

Underworld

I hate this movie, so if you like it, I'm sorry.

Someone told me that this movie is kind of like the White Wolf story but really, I don't like it. Werewolves were once slaves to the vampires. Werewolves rebel (with the help of a vampire) and become hobos.

Let's pull something from wikipedia on the werewolf leader, Lucian:

 "Lucian is portrayed as being significantly more sophisticated than his fellow Lycans. He usually makes a point of being polite and rarely gets angry. His calm and cautious demeanour contrasts with other Lycans. His species are not always civilized; an early scene in the first movie shows a pair of Lycans fighting while being cheered on by a group of other Lycans. Lucian berates them for acting like a pack of rabid dogs and it appears his leadership is what keeps them disciplined. Ironically Lucian's former life as a servant to Viktor [an f'ing slave-owning vampire] is probably the reason for his greater sophistication."

(italics and small rant mine)

Lesson: vampires are twats and you'd be much better off if only you'd just behave like a good doggy.

Being Human (North American Remake)

This show is, as of now, only into it's third or so episode but already the poor werewolf (Josh) is getting kicked around by vampires. Now he's the traditional form of werewolf- meaning he changes unwillingly during the full moon and has no control during that time, so I can forgive some things.

This show is notable in that I realized I automatically despised every vampire except for the main one (Aidan), because he seems like a pretty cool guy and doesn't give the werewolf any crap.

 You can live, vampire guy on the right, you can live.

What really irked me- a fledgling vampire (maybe a week old?) kicks Josh around and kills one of his friends. EAT HER ALREADY MAN.

Twilight
Do I even need to say it? The werewolf hits on the vampire's girlfriend and protects her sorry bum when the vampire isn't around. Of course he doesn't get the girl. There are vampires around, man!
 

Conclusion

Think about it. If someone said to you "Oh they're just animals really. Without our help they wouldn't be much more than savages" about another section of humanity, you'd probably rip their tits off for it.

But vampires get away with it. All. The. Time.

 I think if there ever comes a time when we can all change into werewolves and vampires, I'm going to the wolves and leading a revolution against the long-toothed oppressors. 

 Berets optional.

Maybe the humans will attempt to drive us out and both species will band together and learn something but I doubt it. The vampires will probably try and blame everything on us. Damn socialites.