Vampires, how should they be?
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they should be like they are in true blood. of all the vampire stuff ive seen i like the vamps from true blood the best.
Ok, I know this is out of place, but I'm curious.
If a vampire drains someone with an STD (let's say Herpes, for sake of example), does the vampire catch the STD?
If a vampire drains someone with an STD (let's say Herpes, for sake of example), does the vampire catch the STD?
left WELL alone. they're becoming a cliche, so everone should go back to zombies for a while until that gets boring. by that time vampiers will be ok again!
Seeing as how they're a fictional creation, there's no reason why they can't be reinvented as just about anything. Sparkly, good-looking, ugly-looking (everyone seems to forget the 1922 classic Nosferatu). I guess you could narrow it down slightly to something vaguely cannibalistic tendencies. I mean, they drink blood? but that's as far as you could really take it.
The standard vampire to me is more or less the ones used in the Underworld movies. Immortal but killable, feeding on blood, superhuman but not unbeatable reflexes, and heavily affected by sunlight. Basically anything that would be scientific explainable without too much effort (try and explain somebody not having a mirror image).
Of course it doesn't, but they drink blood. From humans. Which, most likely, will lead to the deaths of some humans. Someone might not like that. And people really like to gossip.Knonsense said:
See where I'm going with this?
And the Christian church as always tried to use the Ban-Hammer on anything that threatens it's power over people even the slightest. So someone else than the Church offering immortality? They really wouldn't like that, y'know.
I put Vampires more in line with the World of Darkness style. There are different kinds, all require human blood to survive. The first Vampire was Cain, a vampire may create another only by an act of will and a ceremonial(or at least special) bite. As generations go on, they become weaker but more resistant to the sun. 4th Generation down to 1st are very harmed by sunlight, etc.
They are not repelled by Garlic, or maybe they are as much as humans are (which could be substantially). Holy Water has no value against them as such, only deeply held faith may work there. So, Holy Water isn't what works, it's the person's belief that Holy Water will work. This works for many things, so a devout Capitalist may turn vampires with his faith that his money will save him.
Also, some Vampires can raise the undead. Weak undead are easily put back down, and cannot cross running water. Strong undead (just below the level of the Lich) can cross small bodies of running water, but nothing as substantial, as, say, the Rhine or the Mississippi. The Undead cannot survive over Seas or Oceans.
They are not repelled by Garlic, or maybe they are as much as humans are (which could be substantially). Holy Water has no value against them as such, only deeply held faith may work there. So, Holy Water isn't what works, it's the person's belief that Holy Water will work. This works for many things, so a devout Capitalist may turn vampires with his faith that his money will save him.
Also, some Vampires can raise the undead. Weak undead are easily put back down, and cannot cross running water. Strong undead (just below the level of the Lich) can cross small bodies of running water, but nothing as substantial, as, say, the Rhine or the Mississippi. The Undead cannot survive over Seas or Oceans.
I like Stephen King's "Salem's Lot" interp of vampires.
Borderline psychotic, ruthless killers who are capable of light mindtouch and can evolve into badass Dracula-esque, suave vampires who can control others.
They're bastards and that's just what they should be.
Borderline psychotic, ruthless killers who are capable of light mindtouch and can evolve into badass Dracula-esque, suave vampires who can control others.
They're bastards and that's just what they should be.
