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Aaliyah played the character Akasha in the 2002 movie Queen of the Damned. She was a killer and the Queen of the Damned. Aaliyah liked vampires. I did too at one time. I watched ‘The Lost Boys” and the day time serial “Dark Shadows” , which aired from 1966 to 1971.

Aaliyah loved the dark side of fantasy. She wanted to play as a vampire. If Aaliyah had lived, there might would have been more movies of the Queen of the Damned, Akasha. The character probably would be full of revenge. She might would be a lonely vampire in the dark & lost. It’s possible that Akasha would want to experience love if she came back. It’s possible that she could find some good in her heart and choose to drink the blood of animals instead of humans. The character Akasha would probably have some problems in a romantic relationship with a human being as a vampire.

Aaliyah said that Queen of the Damned was like a full on dream role. And if you knew Aaliyah, she was a person that loved Egypt. She was obsessed with Egyptian things. Paintings, books, and rugs. She loved the culture, and she loved vampires.

I went to the movies to see Queen of the Damned because I am an Aaliyah fan. I loved watching her, and some of the things she did. It’s okay to love some things that we love & some people if we don’t invite evil in & put people & things above the one above. Through fantasy, we can invite real evil into our lives. It can creep in. Sometimes we can accept things we may not know we are accepting. We have to be careful with fantasy & imagination & things that we love because evil is waiting & evil is watching.

I’m Gail Nobles. Today’s topic: Aaliyah and the dark side of fantasy.