I really liked the vampires from Let the Right One In. Especially with the whole second "brain" forming in the heart.
Vampires... Your definition?
- Thread starter raikounen
- Start date
Recommended Videos
The essence of a creature may change but the characteristics shouldn't.
For example, zombies have been depicted in dozens upon dozens of ways, most notably the magical and the scientific. They're still rotting reanimated corpses. Vampires are immortal nocturnal monsters which prey upon blood for sustenance and are weakened and slain by holy objects, sunlight, smelly vegetables and pointy sticks.
Of course there are times a definition can be used without the creature not fitting the description. Elves can be workaholic pygmies or feral tall people adept at ranged weaponry to even the original form of what the locals now call orcs. Likewise a troll can be a gargantuan humanoid which regenerates injuries quickly, sometimes with an affinity for dark mystical rituals and voodoo, living under bridges to stalk goats or even people on the internet.
For example, zombies have been depicted in dozens upon dozens of ways, most notably the magical and the scientific. They're still rotting reanimated corpses. Vampires are immortal nocturnal monsters which prey upon blood for sustenance and are weakened and slain by holy objects, sunlight, smelly vegetables and pointy sticks.
Of course there are times a definition can be used without the creature not fitting the description. Elves can be workaholic pygmies or feral tall people adept at ranged weaponry to even the original form of what the locals now call orcs. Likewise a troll can be a gargantuan humanoid which regenerates injuries quickly, sometimes with an affinity for dark mystical rituals and voodoo, living under bridges to stalk goats or even people on the internet.
raikounen said:One thing that's been bothering me lately is a small argument I've had with myself. What is the vampire? The reason I've been arguing is that there has recently been a lot of medias about vampires and all are depicted differently. So I wondered if the audience of "The Escapist" could help me find the general opinion of vampires.
The rules are simple:
1. Name your definition of a vampire and the reason for your choice
2. Don't post negative replies about a fellow members choice, it is thier opinion and not yours
In my opinion the most "vampire" vampire [http://www.google.no/images?q=Alucard&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:nb-NOfficial&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=X2CnTLvFJIjqOaCq6aAM&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CDAQsAQwAA&biw=1280&bih=620] is Alucard from the manga Hellsing [http://www.google.no/imgres?imgurl=http://www.starstore.com/acatalog/Hellsing-1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.starstore.com/acatalog/Starstore_Catalogue_DARK_HORSE_COMICS_GRAPHIC_NOVELS_1909.html&usg=__E2Y4ylDT4cPoSZALRpEy8kDY7LQ=&h=545&w=400&sz=85&hl=no&start=0&sig2=qrvPRWW1U-0lIAEySqUwgA&zoom=1&tbnid=jgL3XJ20WoS_bM:&tbnh=161&tbnw=116&ei=oGGnTIW4B8SOjAfzovnlDA&prev=/images%3Fq%3DHellsing%2Bbook%2B1%26um%3D1%26hl%3Dno%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:nb-NO
My reason is that:
1. He has the right amount of pride and insanity to pull of incredible dialouge and personality.
2. When he drinks the blood of a human and kills it he can summon them forth as his minions, as blood is the currency of life.
3. He is a commander of blood, and if there is blood outside of a human in the vicinity he does not need to it, but rather it flows to him at his command.
4. He is immortal and can regenerate from any wound. No use with sunlight, a cross, stake or guns. He can regenerate even if his body totaly whiped out.
I agree the Hellsing vampires are the most accurate representations of a vampire of modern times.
But then again it is heavily based upon Stoker's work
Drink human Blood, If victim killed then are dead if not will become vampire them selfes and will be slaves to the one who converted them
They cannot enter a house unless they are invited in first
They cannot survive in sunlight
Can only be killed if spiked in the heart
Cannot stand garlic
Cross will burn skin
They cannot enter a house unless they are invited in first
They cannot survive in sunlight
Can only be killed if spiked in the heart
Cannot stand garlic
Cross will burn skin
Look at my name.. Do i need to say More
Im a big Fan of the DayWalker.. I think a Vampire needs Class like Dracula and not Like in Twighlight.. Some Whimp with fangs -.-
Im a big Fan of the DayWalker.. I think a Vampire needs Class like Dracula and not Like in Twighlight.. Some Whimp with fangs -.-
the Noble Dead vampires *except for a couple things
1) they burn in sunlight
2) they drink blood to survive *but they don't need to kill the donor
3) they have to completely drain their pray to turn them into a vampire
4) the turned vampires have to obey their masters' commands but other than that have free will
5) Decapitation will kill them *as will a stake to the heart
6) they can't change into a bat
7) they don't have magic powers. If they can seduce or influence you it's because they spent years practicing.
8) they need permission to enter a house.
9) they burn if they touch garlic or crosses
10) *their bodies are dead and they don't decay as long as they drink blood regularly
11) their personalities remain unchanged, they stay the same person except for the previous 10 things
EDIT: 12) oh and I guess they don't cast reflections any more but I never really cared about that.
1) they burn in sunlight
2) they drink blood to survive *but they don't need to kill the donor
3) they have to completely drain their pray to turn them into a vampire
4) the turned vampires have to obey their masters' commands but other than that have free will
5) Decapitation will kill them *as will a stake to the heart
6) they can't change into a bat
7) they don't have magic powers. If they can seduce or influence you it's because they spent years practicing.
8) they need permission to enter a house.
9) they burn if they touch garlic or crosses
10) *their bodies are dead and they don't decay as long as they drink blood regularly
11) their personalities remain unchanged, they stay the same person except for the previous 10 things
EDIT: 12) oh and I guess they don't cast reflections any more but I never really cared about that.
This. Also, dogs and cats hate them (though wolves seem to quite like them), and they seem to have a bizarre power of hypnosis/mind control over their victims, who enter a pre-vampire state until either killed or turned by the original vampire. Also, shape-shifting, or various tricks to present that illusion, is a power many exhibit. Oh, and stronger and faster than people.FargoDog said:
See: Any vampire post-Dracula
Alternatively, they're closer to being the 'fast zombies' of 28 days later etc..., except actually undead.
Near-mindless creatures, filled with a burning hatred for all things living, with superhuman strength and speed (debatable), that require the blood of the living to survive.
See: Eastern European folk tales, the revenants in Anne Rice's vampire stuff.
a hierarchy, really only in terms of what happens to the resultant victims, high-vampires make victims low-vampires, low-vampires make zombie ghoul things
and dracula is the highest of the high, obviously
aside from that though, I believ in the traditional weaknesses and strengths of vampires ala, Bram Stoker mainly.
and dracula is the highest of the high, obviously
aside from that though, I believ in the traditional weaknesses and strengths of vampires ala, Bram Stoker mainly.