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prismatica2020-08-07 08:50 am
bloodspring) wrote in prismatica2020-08-07 08:50 am
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Hello. My name is Louis, and it’s been about a month since my arrival.
This is something I’ve been curious about since arriving, so I’d like to gauge the current community:
Are you, do you know, or have you ever known a vampire?
If so, I’d like to learn as much as possible about the vampires from your worlds. While one might have in mind a vampire they would call “stereotypical,” that is undeniably a relative label, and it interests me just how widely the differences can range under what may very well now be called an umbrella term.
For example: My race goes by the name “revenants.” For all intents and purposes, I would still classify us as vampires, as we are immortals sustained by drinking blood—but perhaps you might think other criteria more appropriate for determining whether or not one falls into the vampire category? I welcome any challenges or elaboration.
Some further questions for consideration:
As all of this may be a sensitive or even unpleasant topic for some, I want to offer full transparency from my side of things, and welcome anonymous responses should anyone wish to protect their identity. Please share as much or as little as you’d like, and feel free to ask if there’s anything you’d want to know of me, as well.
Thank you for reading.
This is something I’ve been curious about since arriving, so I’d like to gauge the current community:
Are you, do you know, or have you ever known a vampire?
If so, I’d like to learn as much as possible about the vampires from your worlds. While one might have in mind a vampire they would call “stereotypical,” that is undeniably a relative label, and it interests me just how widely the differences can range under what may very well now be called an umbrella term.
For example: My race goes by the name “revenants.” For all intents and purposes, I would still classify us as vampires, as we are immortals sustained by drinking blood—but perhaps you might think other criteria more appropriate for determining whether or not one falls into the vampire category? I welcome any challenges or elaboration.
Some further questions for consideration:
- Do your vampires have fangs? Powers, abilities?
- What kind of blood do they drink? How often? How do they feed?
- What does a vampire’s immortality look like to you?
- Are vampires well-embedded in your world’s history, or are they more recent?
- What relationships do you or they have with non-vampires?
- How have other vampires adapted since coming to this world? Are there any particular hindrances you or they encounter?
As all of this may be a sensitive or even unpleasant topic for some, I want to offer full transparency from my side of things, and welcome anonymous responses should anyone wish to protect their identity. Please share as much or as little as you’d like, and feel free to ask if there’s anything you’d want to know of me, as well.
Thank you for reading.
video; un: ardeur -- DO YOU MIND A REALLY LATE TAG-IN??
[Jean-Claude tilts his head to the side, a softly curious smile on his face.]
Do you not think it is a risk, mon ami? To admit your nature in so open a way? For all to see. There are always those that might wish you harm, even in so open a city as this may seem.
video; NOT AT ALL!!!
It's not that I hadn't considered such beforehand. But no progress was ever made without some measure of risk, and I have reason to believe the risk here is minor; as we're all people displaced from our home worlds, so too are we parted from our prejudices of circumstance...
It's within anyone's right to feel afraid of what I am, but should anyone wish me harm like you say—at the very least, they won't have an easy time killing me.
Well, that aside... Did you have any questions for me?
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You are searching for criteria for -- defining what it means to be vampire?
But what if there are those of us who have within our experience several different bloodlines? Each with their own unique traits and talents?
[Those like Jean-Claude himself, for example?]
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It's not so much that I am trying to define the vampire as I am feeling out the term's breadth. With all these differing realms and experiences joined in one place, there are bound to be contrasts between your vampires and mine. While I can't say I have broader plans for this information yet... I suppose it's something of a comfort to meet others like myself, and learn how they've adjusted to their lives here.
I am intrigued though by bloodlines carrying different abilities. As revenants are a quite new race, not having been around for even a decade yet, we don't have much to say on hereditary traits... though from what I've seen, siblings don't necessarily share similar talents, either.