Immortal powerful being

>immortal powerful being
>is a recluse that sleeps in a cave
Why does this trope happen so much? If vampires and such really existed they would be god emperors controlling all the worlds resources and mortals would be their slaves

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Because if the vampires already had complete dominion, you couldn't have anyone to stop them.

YWNBAV

their centuries of wisdom led them to realize that the neetpill is the final and ultimate redpill

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Maybe immortality gets fucking boring. So boring you just fuck off its not even interesting to manipulate events anymore.

There are only two options. That or pure opulence. Nothing else makes sense for an immortal.

Because the more time you spend away from the shadows the more resistance you face.

that's what I would do, who can be fucked ruling over a bunch of dumb humies?

in Bloodlines it's kinda like this

There are just as many stories that do the cliche of manipulating humanity from the shadows for their own sustenance and pleasure.
But in the cases of the full on innacave types it's usually having grown tired of mankind or driven mad by their inhumanity there's no point in keeping up the pretense of humanity and just fucking off.
In a few cases they're chased there by necessity or trapped by those who wish to rid the world of them.

Vampires having several weaknesses to go with their powers should have stayed the norm.

FUCK all the new media that portrays them as supervillains for you to shoot and fight.

Maybe he did try to rule at one point? Maybe he did have an empire. He's been there done that. It's busy work and anything can topple it. Maybe he's open to trying it again, but It's not like there's any hurry. Maybe a guy just wants to take some time to himself.

They do and then get bored.

No fuck you Dracula was able to hang out in the sun and turn into werewolves and do anything he wanted. rules were made up by Hollywood film makers. Infact all western fiction is fucking dead and boring now because if autists like you who impose fucking rules into fantasy. Meanwhile most every country let's themselves change shit up for fun. Idk who you purity fags are but kill yourself.

Ennui is a very powerful force user.

Controlling something is tiresome and takes a effort and resources from you. It's a job.
And why would you have a job if you're an immortal all-powerful elite monster?

Pretty much every setting with vampires has a specialized order or family whose sole purpose is to kill vampires, usually caused as a direct result of vampires fucking around too much. After a while there comes the tipping point where their tools, weapons and magic shit reach a level where being a vampire actually becomes a detriment since they can exploit every single one of your weaknesses and maybe nullify most if not all of your benefits, so it'd make perfect sense to just fuck off for a couple decades or even centuries and wait for things to hopefully blow out.

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People need to remember that vampires aren’t bad because they’re oppressed by humans and the sun, they’re evil by nature because they gave up their soul and humanity for immortal life and power. It's hard to imagine a loss of empathy or humanity in ourselves because suddenly getting turned evil is hard to picture while still retaining parts of your personality. It's why being a vampire seems appealing on paper because the concept of a soul usually only seems relevant in the afterlife. In reality, by reality I mean in this fiction and those like it, if you were made a vampire you wouldn't be able to want to be good nor would you attempt all those noble things you thought you would after becoming immortal: you wouldn't dedicate your time to researching amazing things and only eating the bad. No, you would be petty, narcissistic, disloyal, shortsighted and savage. You would not be able to grasp the issue with stabbing an old woman in the back as long you're no caught and you would meditate on those you have wrong assuming they are dead. You would be evil and soulless and your thoughts would be barely human, despite poessing intellect and human memories. You could not make friends, love beauty, respect others or even feel content with peace. You would live in a cave be an asshole because anything else you would ruin by your disgust and irreverence

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Ligmaballs

>You could not make friends, love beauty, respect others or even feel content with peace.

Even if Vampires are fictional. I'm sure they would be able to do this no problem. People own cats and they look at us like we're immortal. You just get another cat. It's easy to love, recognize beauty. Respect doesn't really matter because it's a trait that the poor and the ignorant extol like it's a noble virture.

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>I’m sure beings that are canonically evil and soulless will do things that require human compassion and a soul
Do you even read own posts? A vampire would eat a newborn and not give a shit. That’s the trade off: you can live forever but you’re a fucking evil creature

If you are referring to the Elder One in Blood and Wine DLC he simply doesn't give a fuck about humans nor does he understand them. He is just waiting in the cave until he can fuck off back home when a new conjunction happens. Higher vampires in the Witcher universe are a lot different than the normal vampire tropes you see in other forms of media.