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Bridgette 2022-03-26 09:01:06

Eve and Adam are a vampire couple who lived too long. Although they love each other, they don't live together most of the time.

Adam lives in an old castle in Detroit, the American Motor City, at a time when Detroit is already very depressed. Adam's hobbies are composing and collecting vintage guitars. He was friends with Shelley and Byron, and his works were sent to some composers for publication.

Eve lives in Tangier, Morocco. Tangier is an ancient city and seaport in northern Morocco, the capital of Tangier Province, and the largest tourist center in the country. Located at the mouth of Tangier Bay in the Strait of Gibraltar, at the crossroads of world traffic. Ships entering the Mediterranean Sea from the east and the Atlantic Ocean from the west must pass or park here. Ships traveling from south to north on the east coast of the Atlantic must also adjust their course here. The strategic position is very important, and it has always been a battleground for the military. Eve's hobby is reading.

Eve's vampire friend Marlowe writes and once ghostwritten for Shakespeare and other writers. Eve and Marlowe got fresh blood from Marlowe, and Marlowe's blood was obtained from a doctor. Adam buys blood from a doctor.

Their way of making a living is probably buying and selling antiques, writing, composing, and distributing them underground, or giving them to famous artists of the time to distribute them on their behalf.

Adam gets world-weary every once in a while, and this time he entrusts his middleman to buy a wooden bullet, ready to commit suicide. Eve, who finds Adam in a bad mood, takes a night flight to Adam's residence. They toured the city in the dark of Detroit, visited the abandoned Grand Theater, and reminisced about the glory of the city.

Since the 15th century, for their own survival, the vampire family began to abide by certain rules, secluded from the crowd, and maintained their lives by purchasing blood. Although fresh human blood is a great temptation for them, they all try to restrain their urge.

Eve's younger sister, Ava, the unruly member of the vampires who got in trouble for her sister-in-law years ago, makes a surprise visit. Although she resented her, she could only temporarily take her in.

Unsurprisingly, the blood-loving Ava gets into trouble again, biting to death the zombie who served as the middleman to collect antiques for Adam. Adam kicks her out of the house, but it will also expose their whereabouts. After they had disposed of the body, they had to abandon the hiding place.

Without carrying too much luggage, the two returned to Tangier, the city where Eve lived, the blood that Adam and Eve needed most at this time.

They go to find Marlowe, and waiting for them is the bigger problem. Marlowe's life was at stake because he couldn't continue to get pure blood and cited some contaminated blood. After their arrival, Marlowe's life ended after seeing them one last time.

Leave Marlow's residence and go back to the street. They face the same question, live or die. A couple who had a tryst in the dark entered their sight. In order to survive, they decided to make an exception,...

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Only Lovers Left Alive quotes

  • Eve: How can you have lived for so long and still not get it? This self obsession is a waste of living, It could be spent surviving things, appreciating nature, nurturing kindness and friendship, and dancing. You have been pretty lucky in love though, if I may say so.

  • Ava: [after she has drained Ian of blood] Oh, I didn't mean to, he was just so cute. And now I feel sick.

    Eve: What do you expect, he's from the fucking music industry!