Jokes aside, the process of switching to eating only blood is irreversible and also very painful. And it comes with risks. Lucian doesn't want to lose the advantages that are available to him, even if in the hierarchy of vampires he is considered the weakest species.
In the latest version it depends on your humanity. Vampires with it very high can enjoy human food like a mortal, in the middle can fake it and keep it down for a while, and at the bottom they immediately hork it back up even when using the Blush of Life to look human.
When you say "half British" what exactly do you mean? English, Welsh, Irish or Scottish? Because, and I know Americans don't know this, Britain isn't a country. It's four countries.
The thing about power fantasy is that realistically, most superpowers wouldn't be relevant to day to day life, so it's pretty reasonable for characters reject powers in favor of stuff like the ability to eat. It seems like the more powerful it would make you, the less fun it would be to live with.
Also, I like the idea that in order to gain that type of power, you have to experience starving to death and having all your organs fail but not dying from it. I consider that more badass than it requiring a more instantaneous type of death that you can probably get over more easily.
Yes, for some vampires such a choice may be full of regrets (and this will also require a lot of endurance, because they will die inside longer than an ordinary human)
The true secret behind that I want to believe in is that if he switch to blood only, that mean he would never be able to enjoy having an heartwarming meal with Matthias
No more 1 smoothie with two straw on the side of a terrasse, no more hot soup in the couch in the winter, no more morning coffee
