SO... How DO you like vampires?

[Dfskelleton]

I think people should stop using vampires in media. They were fine, but there's so many variations these days that a vampire could be anything from a giant winged demon to a sparkly pretty boy.

 

[Talvrae]

I love vampire... In some variety, classic era Bram Stoker'ish vampire, Anne Rice vampires, World of Darkness (Mascarade, DarkAge, not the Requiem thing) pnp ... but not the Twilight thing

 

[Hawgh]

I'm indecisive between the demigodlike Dracula idea, and the World of Darkness variety.

 

[Fallen-Angel Risen-Demon]

Lustfull always lustful.......................................................................?.??.?
sorry what?

 

[Lunar Templar]

*Cough* Ahem. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines. Those are proper vampires!

you win!! *throws confetti and pops a few party poppers* and your prize * gives a whole bag of cookies and fresh apple pie* the pie can be substituted for a pie of your liking :3

but back OT: YES!! VTM ( what little i know of it) is vampires the RIGHT WAY, another good example of vampires done right, the Hellsing anime, dunno it, watch it, ether one and you get the idea,

and mind you, i don't even like vampires, and twilight STILL pisses me off

 

[AWAR]

Shaken not stirred.
I just want them to suck blood not cocks!

BTW Vampire: the masquerade was an excellent example of my preferred vampires

 

[The Arc of Eden]

Read "The Last Vampire". That'll give you a pretty good idea of the type I like. I will summarize what I remember though.


Sunlight hurts, but doesn't kill: It basically will weaken you, but unless you haven't eaten in a long time, it will not kill you
Blood is necessary to survive, but is not required all that often: You can go months without blood, and you can live off of animal blood if need be.
You are fast and strong: You are lightning quick and stronger than a normal person.

Change the first one and you'll have my answer. I think sunlight should humanize a vampire, so if they stay away from sunlight, they could live forever. But the more sunlight they're exposed to, the more they age, and become easy to kill.

 

[Silent observer]

May sound like a bit of an oxymoron, but I like vampire traits to be as realistic as possible

I mean, stuff that could hypothetically have some sort of scientific explanation - like drinking blood as a method of sustenance, for example. Or an aversion to sunlight. That sort of thing.
This pretty much rules out transforming into a bat or dog or whatever, but I've always felt that that somewhat detracts from the otherwise general suaveness and sophistication of vampires.

 

[Angelus SnV]

Lessee...in a perfect world vampires:

-Have fangs but can hide them (retract like a snake)

-Somethin' about their facial features change when they're hungry/pissed/lustful, etc (eyes change, bumpy foreheads, whichever...it adds to the monstrous nature/it's friggin' cool)

-Holy symbols (crosses, star of david, pentacle) will ward 'em off only if the bearer has true faith in whichever symbol he/she's holdin' (i'd love to see some "less than pure" priest hold up a cross and get th'gorram thing ripped from their hand at th'last seccond)

-I like the idea of the "no entry without invitation" angle, but that always gets complicated...ie: can they go into walmart, etc?

-Need to feed on HUMAN blood...can survive on animals, but let their be some kinda repricussion: (they're not as strong, they start gettin' animalistic traits, etc)

-I always liked on Buffy when they die: Dust...but that seemed so impractical to me...i prefer "ash" like in Blade...it at least explains where the clothes go...

-Death: Lack of blood, sunlight, fire, decapatation....stakes: paralized.....


that's just all i can think of right now......


OH YEAH! And to the person gettin' bit: absolute euphoria....i mean c'mon, who wouldn't wanna be a vamp if when y'bite into a hottie she's damn-near beggin' for more...(giggity)?

 

[Ekonk]

The True Blood vampires.

Fangs that are retractable - like cat's claws. It allows them to appear normal when luring unsuspecting humans to their deaths.

Sunlight kills, but if you're a relatively young vampire you can survive perhaps a few minutes, if you're a couple o' thousand years old you'll dissolve into ash in seconds.

Silver burns the skin.

Their blood has powerful, druglike qualities and also bind humans who drink it to them.

They are capable of 'glamoring' simple mortals, basically the jedi mind trick.

Also, they can't enter unless invited. But the jedi mind trick makes short work of that most of the time.

And most of them are basically like an undead mafia.

Also,

-I like the idea of the "no entry without invitation" angle, but that always gets complicated...ie: can they go into walmart, etc?

In most instances this refers to a mortals home. Nobody lives in a Walmart.

 

[Ekonk]

The True Blood vampires.

Fangs that are retractable - like cat's claws. It allows them to appear normal when luring unsuspecting humans to their deaths.

Sunlight kills, but if you're a relatively young vampire you can survive perhaps a few minutes, if you're a couple o' thousand years old you'll dissolve into ash in seconds.

Silver burns the skin.

Their blood has powerful, druglike qualities and also bind humans who drink it to them.

They are capable of 'glamoring' simple mortals, basically the jedi mind trick.

Also, they can't enter unless invited. But the jedi mind trick makes short work of that most of the time.

And most of them are basically like an undead mafia.

Also,

-I like the idea of the "no entry without invitation" angle, but that always gets complicated...ie: can they go into walmart, etc?

In most instances this refers to a mortals home. Nobody lives in a Walmart.

Oh yeah, and when they die they dissolve into puddles of bloody sludge and occasional pieces of skin. It's gross, but different than the whole MAGIC COMBUSTION thing.

EDIT: shit, that wasen't supposed to be a quote.

 

[Bourne]

30 Days of Night was the most recent vampire flick that really captured the horror of vampires, but I also liked the romanticism of Anne Rice's Interview With A Vampire.

 

[Birdmad]

To me vampires should die if they step out in the sun, they should be strong and fast but nothing overdone, they should be able to seduce through hypnosis or something, but I think vampires being all sexy and all a impossible thing... I mean... what if they turned someone very ugly into a vampire, the person would magically become hot as hell? o.õ'
They'd not look like they are monsters or something. I think a threat you can't tell is a threat is more scary than an obvious monster...
They should be unable to live without blood for more than a month. I think every mammal could work as food...
They should be violent and cruel. I'm ok with some humanity now and then, but most should be evil and that's it. - They should be able to pretend being nice, though.
And...
They shouldn't be able to have sex! HA! Just 'cause humans need some big advantage, you know?
And they shouldn't be able to taste food or any delicious pleasure of human life!

 

[kickyourass]

I only have two rules that are 100% non-negotiable for someone to be a vampire and they BOTH must be followed:
1. The blood of the living is your life force: Doesn't need to be human blood (although that is preferred), but they must drink the blood of a living being to feed themselves.
2. Sunlight = Badness: if they are out in sunlight they either die (Not necessarily instantly) or in an extremely weakened state due to an extreme burning sensation (actual fire optional.

Other then that I'm pretty flexible, silver, garlic, methods of turning, crosses, even the stake to the heart rule I'm not completely dictatorial about as long as the two rules above are followed.