Avoiding Orientalist Stereotypes when Writing a South Indian Vampire

Vanillaateaa asks: CW: very brief/non-explicit mentions of sex My character is a Punjabi South Indian-coded woman who does not consider herself religious. She is a vampire NPC in a gothic romance/horror TTRPG. The game is set in an isolated demi-plane (an extra-dimensional space about the size of one of the larger U.S states) that pulls in people from other worlds, and is ruled by a corrupt vampiric aristocracy. She is one of the few forces of humanity and goodness left in this demi-plane. She “feeds” on all kinds of love (romantic, platonic, familial, ect) instead of blood, and is the patron of a rotating group of performers and artists that provide sources of love for her while she takes care of them & protects them in return. Her relationships with them vary — some are romantic or sexual, some are platonic, others queerplatonic or familial, but all of them love her deeply in their own way. Some of the relationships aren’t always entirely healthy, as she is able to feed off of toxic…