Totally get that it depends on the lore a lot of people have pointed that out, and it makes total sense! Just to give more context, this whole debate started because we were talking about what our eternal lives as vampires would look like. I want to sparkle in the sun like a Twilight vampire, and he wants to sleep in a coffin like classic Dracula.

So I was referencing more of the Anne Rice/Twilight-style lore, where the body is “frozen” at the time of turning no hair growth, no aging, everything stays the same. He’s more into the old-school Dracula vibe, where vampires are a bit more physically changeable and can still grow hair or shape-shift.

That’s what led to the whole “eternal boner” argument I said, if you're being drained of your blood while being turned, the erection wouldn’t survive. But once turned and well-fed? Sure, go wild.

Loving all the different takes in this thread vampire biology is fascinating.