Week Three Post

I think that the term family used by the vampires in the Gilda Stories is much different than what a human would consider to be a family. The vampires see their own kind to be their family, not just the people they're related to and live in the same house with. Although it may be odd to think of the people who you have met as your family, it makes sense in the vampire world. Vampires are immortal and we have seen that many times throughout the story Gilda, so supposedly the other vampires are as well, feels isolated and lonely. In chapter three it was clear that Gilda was lonely, which is why it was good that she had Aurelia to lean on. I think that she made the right choice with Aurelia, being a vampire was not her destiny. Speaking of Aurelia, the connection that Gilda made with her created a "family". Although Aurelia was not a vampire or part of her "blood family", Aurelia was a huge part of Gilda's life and she needed her. By Gilda revealing her secret to her, she showed that she considered her to be family and that there would be nothing to hide, the true commitment generally only found in familial relationships. This alternative form of a family is, in my opinion, what Gomez is trying to show us, that just because a family isn't the image of the traditional family, doesn't make it any less of a family to the people involved.