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CS Otherkin
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Let's Compare Meyer-Pires and Real Vampires
Just for fun... Because loads of people have been asking me about vampirism, and whether I can get changed or not. I do think I'm having an awakening (it's all Hili's fault >>). People seem to think that being a vampire is great fun and glamorous. It's not. Let's compare the Meyer-Pire vampires with real vampires.
1. Meyer-Pire vampires can go out in the day without any side effects beside sparkling.
Look, people. VAMPIRES DO NOT SPARKLE. If they did, every so often you'd see a sparkly girl or boy, because there seem to be a lot of them around.
2. Meyer-Pire vampires are pretty, intelligent, live forever, and are fast and strong.
Some vampires are pretty, and some are intelligent, but this isn't a trait that is a given. Nobody lives forever, and vampires have basically the same metabolism and immune systems, as well as the same bodies as normal humans, so they live as long as everyone else lives. I'm not even sure why vampires in the Twilight "saga" ARE fast and strong, it's probably to catch prey but I don't think it was terribly clear. There's no point in an evolutionary standpoint.
3. Meyer-Pire vampires can be made by having one vampire bite a human.
I think if enough blood is exchanged, then a vampire can create another out of a human, but this isn't something anyone's willing to try, as this would normally end up killing the human. Proper vampires are born or have some latent vampiric nature before an 'awakening', they are rarely made.
4. Meyer-Pire vampires are pale and cold.
I think it was to liken them to a corpse, because in the book series they stress how one must die before being reborn as a vampire. As real vampires are very much alive, the only reasons for pale-ness would be that vampires often stay out of the sun, so they don't get tanned. After an awakening, you might find that your skin colour becomes paler as your skin replaces itself and any tan you had wears off. Cold skin, again, is because there's no blood flowing in M-P vampire veins. There is in real vampires, though their body temperatures might be a bit colder, BECAUSE THEY STAY IN THE SHADE.
5. Meyer-Pire vampires have excellent senses, and any strong traits they had in their human life are passed along.
Senses are slightly better in vampires, but not so that they can hear/smell people from miles away. Just across the room. The thing about real vampires is that there's no *poof* moment, so that there's no TIME for them to get prettier/stronger/or develop any traits. Some vampires claim to have supernatural powers, but either they are lying or they are hybrids. This is not inborn in solely vampiric people.
-Rose
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Let's Compare Meyer-Pires and Real Vampires
Just for fun... Because loads of people have been asking me about vampirism, and whether I can get changed or not. I do think I'm having an awakening (it's all Hili's fault >>). People seem to think that being a vampire is great fun and glamorous. It's not. Let's compare the Meyer-Pire vampires with real vampires.
1. Meyer-Pire vampires can go out in the day without any side effects beside sparkling.
Look, people. VAMPIRES DO NOT SPARKLE. If they did, every so often you'd see a sparkly girl or boy, because there seem to be a lot of them around.
2. Meyer-Pire vampires are pretty, intelligent, live forever, and are fast and strong.
Some vampires are pretty, and some are intelligent, but this isn't a trait that is a given. Nobody lives forever, and vampires have basically the same metabolism and immune systems, as well as the same bodies as normal humans, so they live as long as everyone else lives. I'm not even sure why vampires in the Twilight "saga" ARE fast and strong, it's probably to catch prey but I don't think it was terribly clear. There's no point in an evolutionary standpoint.
3. Meyer-Pire vampires can be made by having one vampire bite a human.
I think if enough blood is exchanged, then a vampire can create another out of a human, but this isn't something anyone's willing to try, as this would normally end up killing the human. Proper vampires are born or have some latent vampiric nature before an 'awakening', they are rarely made.
4. Meyer-Pire vampires are pale and cold.
I think it was to liken them to a corpse, because in the book series they stress how one must die before being reborn as a vampire. As real vampires are very much alive, the only reasons for pale-ness would be that vampires often stay out of the sun, so they don't get tanned. After an awakening, you might find that your skin colour becomes paler as your skin replaces itself and any tan you had wears off. Cold skin, again, is because there's no blood flowing in M-P vampire veins. There is in real vampires, though their body temperatures might be a bit colder, BECAUSE THEY STAY IN THE SHADE.
5. Meyer-Pire vampires have excellent senses, and any strong traits they had in their human life are passed along.
Senses are slightly better in vampires, but not so that they can hear/smell people from miles away. Just across the room. The thing about real vampires is that there's no *poof* moment, so that there's no TIME for them to get prettier/stronger/or develop any traits. Some vampires claim to have supernatural powers, but either they are lying or they are hybrids. This is not inborn in solely vampiric people.
-Rose
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My proper name is Hilary-Leigh, but because it's way too much trouble to say "Hi, Hilary-Leigh," some person at school got the bright idea of calling me Hili. I'm a vampire, and have been one since birth. I love animals and so only eat raw/rare steak, and sterilized animal blood... it's bad to ingest too much wild animal blood, think of all the diseases one could get.
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