vampire mythos
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fandomaniai was trying to think about something that ALL vampire mythos have in common.
*they have fangs (nope, Kindred vamps don't)
*they can't be in the sun (nope, Dracula and Mick can be)
*they sleep during the day (nope, a lot of vamps are awake during the day - most are just not out in the sun)
*they hate garlic (nope, my vamps love garlic on things, 'specially spaghetti)
*they abhor crosses (depends what the wielder believes in)
*they can't eat real food (nope, there are some vamps that can, they just don't get any sustinance from it)
*they drink blood. this was it, the one thing that i thought of that crosses all mythos.
what do you guys all think?
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*they have fangs (nope, Kindred vamps don't)
*they can't be in the sun (nope, Dracula and Mick can be)
*they sleep during the day (nope, a lot of vamps are awake during the day - most are just not out in the sun)
*they hate garlic (nope, my vamps love garlic on things, 'specially spaghetti)
*they abhor crosses (depends what the wielder believes in)
*they can't eat real food (nope, there are some vamps that can, they just don't get any sustinance from it)
*they drink blood. this was it, the one thing that i thought of that crosses all mythos.
what do you guys all think?
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I *LOVE* Vampire lore!
Date: 2007-10-28 10:50 pm (UTC)His weakness is wood, a wooden blade will hurt him. (Kind of like Vampire: the Masquerade)
And if you saw "subspecies" The vampire there came back from Decapitation. I think that Lydia from Forever Knight (Lacroix's kid) came back from it too.
And I've found some vampires just turn into big wussies if they don't get enough blood. They just curl up and die.
Blood's not a universal thing either, unfortunately. "Children of the Night" by Mercadies Lackey had three types of vampires, blood (nice guy!), psi, and Soul. The X-files had a fat sucking vampire.
I think the only thing I can really see is that they all crave something to sustain them that normal people don't. Be it blood, energy, or sex.
Re: I *LOVE* Vampire lore!
Date: 2007-10-28 10:52 pm (UTC)Lacroix's daughter was Divia. i didn't realise she was beheaded though....
Re: I *LOVE* Vampire lore!
Date: 2007-10-28 10:55 pm (UTC)Parasites is a good way to put it. ::nodnod::
That's what I got from what I'd read, that Lacroix had beheaded her, the devious little poisoner that she is...::gris::
Re: I *LOVE* Vampire lore!
Date: 2007-10-28 10:58 pm (UTC)well, i'm rewatching all of FK, started a few weeks ago, so i'll get there. Divia certainly was a bitch!
Re: I *LOVE* Vampire lore!
Date: 2007-10-28 11:06 pm (UTC)My vampire has reffered to himself as a parasite when he gets all emo and whiny.
Re: I *LOVE* Vampire lore!
Date: 2007-10-28 11:08 pm (UTC)Re: I *LOVE* Vampire lore!
Date: 2007-10-29 03:57 am (UTC)since it's on wiki take that as you will....but yes, Divia is Lacroix's vamp sire.
Re: "Life can cheat death, it will always find a way."
Date: 2007-10-29 04:09 am (UTC)also, i'm rewatching FK - since i got them on DVD from a friend... so i'll get there in due time. i'm only up to 1x04. heh.
Re: I *LOVE* Vampire lore!
Date: 2007-10-28 11:02 pm (UTC)I did not see it, and decapitation seems to kill just about everything.
Really? Wussie vampires when they don't get enough blood? That'd be... interesting to see. Although i suppose not quite as compelling as the monsters we see.
Eww... fat sucking vampire! Although, good for the US population!
Re: I *LOVE* Vampire lore!
Date: 2007-10-28 11:10 pm (UTC)Yeah...Hm. Trying to remember...I know I've read about some and was like "Aww, he's just gonna whine about being hungry?"
Re: I *LOVE* Vampire lore!
Date: 2007-10-28 11:45 pm (UTC)And I probably could have used a good laugh last week.