Being a Vampire!

[brian]

When I was 18 I had a "Lost Boys" poster on my wall - "Party all night, never grow old - it;s fun to be a vampire". Being a vampire seemed like such a cool thing to be!

But nowadays...I don't know whether it's having a family, or crossing 30, but being a vampire would seem such a drag nowadays!

Having to get up in the evening to bite someone's neck - chore! And since when do most people care for the necessary cleanliness in having their neck bitten? I mean, seriously, when was the last time anybody here rubbed their neck with soap?

Going to sleep in a coffin filled with earth - well, that's going to ruin your clothes, else mean you have to spend half the night by the washing machine.

And living at night - really, where's the attraction? Most of the shops are shut, the TV is terrible!

And party all night? Oh, please, no! Let me have a comfortable night in with a book and a glass!

Funny what age does to you. Or I am I simply being the grump again? :P

[dwndrgn]

I never wanted to be a vampire but I sure loved that movie!

I'm with you though, give me a good book, nice fire, lots of chocolate...and you may not see me for days!

[scifimoth]

There is so much different Vampire lore that it's really hard to figure out anymore what a Vamp can and can't do....Aghh...vamp confusion!
As far as my personal thoughts on this...if I had to be a magical critter...there are lots of more interesing things to be than undead!

[brian]

there are lots of more interesing things to be than undead!

LOL! I think you summed it up there!

[Twelve]

When I was younger, I hated vampires. I mean, the idea of a creature sucking the blood of another disturbed me.

Now I find the concept of female vampires to be strangely....attractive.

I'm sick, I know, but...

I mean, I was watching the HELLSING anime, and the female vampire in that series was SO adorable.

And I just got done watching LXG, and the female vampire in that movie was absolutely stunning.

*shakes head*

I don't know what's wrong with me...

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[dwndrgn]

There's nothing wrong with you! It is just the 'mystique' and the feeling of danger that is attractive.

Why else would so many male villains be attractive to women? The dangerous 'wild side' appeals to our inner adventurer that we usually suppress in daily society. We revel in their ability to do exactly what they want, when they want without rules, mores or societal strictures to hold them back.

There's my psychobabble for the day. Leave a nickel on the counter as you leave...NEXT!
;D

[scifimoth]

Freud would be proud!

[dwndrgn]

Aww...shucks, I'm blushing

[Twelve]

*throws nickel to dwndrgn*

Is that what it is? Good...I like that answer.

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[kiwimac]

Hey,

Ya get great clothes to wear, liquid diet, get to fly, can turn invisible (Great for getting in free to movies, etc.), If you are a dracula type you can control animals and the weather!

Sounds like fun to me! plus I LOVE the night!

Kiwimac

[brian]

Hi kiwimac - and welcome to the chronicles-network as well! (I've already said hello at comparative-religion.com ).

The free movies would definitely have to be a plus - but I feel so old and creaky and hardly go anymore as it is!

Btw - that actually a very good signature.

[kiwimac]

Why thank you Brian, (who is a: not the Messiah and B: a very naughty boy!)

Kiwi "Alms for an ex-leper" mac -- Who LOVES the Life of Brian

[brian]

And who couldn't?

I have so got to get the US DVD release - the region 2 release for the UK is just the film with very few extras. Region 1 is stuffed with them - deleted scenes??! Methinks Father Christmas and I will have words.

[mac1]

And living at night - really, where's the attraction?

Call me antisocial - but the distinct lack of people for a start. There's little more satisifying than a long walk in the dark with a distinct lack of the small-minded vulgarity that is general public.

Ya get great clothes to wear, liquid diet, get to fly, can turn invisible (Great for getting in free to movies, etc.), If you are a dracula type you can control animals and the weather!

Come on, whats not to like about that!

[littlemissattitude]

Well, my friends tell me I would make a great vampire - I'm not that thrilled with the daylight hours, and I thrive at night. But, as someone else said earlier - scifimoth, I think - the lore is somewhat contradictory, even in the widely held belief that vampires cannot go out in the daylight. There is one scene in Bram Stoker's original novel in which the Count is out and about during the day. And, in Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's St. Germain novels, the vampires are regularly able to tolerate sunlight, as long as certain precautions, such as wearing shoes with the soles lined with their native earth.

I don't know about the blood-drinking part - don't think I'd like that. And I'd miss regular food. But I would definitely love the part some versions of the lore(including Yarbro's) include, that vampires don't need to sleep at all in normal circumstances. I wouldn't mind that at all. It would mean that I could sleep if I wanted to, as a recreational activity; but if I had things to do, I wouldn't be bothered by having to stop to sleep.