“All vampire mythology has vampires living forever with incredible beauty.”
I would say that is true with most modern versions of vampires in the media. But Max Schreck as Nosferatu isn’t exactly a heart throb. And if you look at the eastern europe myths about vampires I think you will find a lot of variance with the modern vampire ideal.
As far as the incredible looks of the twilight vamps, I reckon it has more to do with attracting young girl readers in volume than any LDS stuff. Just like they made the aliens in the movie Avatar graceful cool looking cat people instead of ugly tentacled blob-beasts.
Freegards
True, some of the old drawings/books are scary. I was more talking about the Dracula style, where a handsome count enchants a young lady, only to reveal he is a vampire.