This page was contributed by Cruentare.
A member of the House of Demonic .
What is a Vampire? Hollywood would have us all believe in fanged creatures with ravenous appetites for any sort of blood including animals, which kill indiscriminately to satisfy these appetites. According to writers and filmmakers, these creatures have no reflection, are burned by crucifixes, singed by silver, and only come out of their coffins by night. And no one believes in them for good reasons. In spite of what most people are comfortable in believing, there are those of this world who drink blood. Not always in mass quantities like you see in the movies, but they do enjoy the taste of it in varying amounts. The choice to drink blood is like hunting some do it for food, others for sport.
As for fangs, some choose to have them for visual effect, some find them most erotic, others find it a most convenient way to draw blood from someone willing to have such done.
Now about the sunlight thing, some of the modern day vamps are perfectly capable of getting a nice tan. Some will burn like a lobster in 3 to 5 minutes( I happen to fit into this category and a nice sun block works wonders). And some prefer their flesh to be that soft white color and texture that one would just love to sink their fangs into. But I have yet to meet or hear of one who just explodes into flames or a bloody heap of flesh at the first sign of sunlight.
On to the next myths, those trinkets that supposedly make vampires cringe, run screaming, or burn to a crackly crunch. If the churches knew their crucifix could not harm creatures of the night, their members would become a stampede of frightened sheep. The churches would lose power in the eyes of their flocks. It feeds their egos (and purses) to be the ones these sheep turn to when something strange is around. So if they want to believe a mere metal, plastic, or wooden T-shaped thing will scare off a vampire, let them it won't.
Silver? Sure, it will burn, if you heat it up and put it on someone's skin. That works on anyone. Silver itself in all its cool beauty harms no one, unless they have an allergy to metals, which some do.
Coffins and the sleeping therein are another choice. I've found some to be quite cozy. It also makes a good deterrent to those who insist on leaving a club with you. Most do not relish the thought of sleeping in the very thing they will spend rotting in for eternity. Another good one is "my coffin has room for only one. You wish to wake up in it alone?" Other than that, they are good for keeping away unwanted houseguests, like relatives that you really find unsavory. Personally, I have found a four-poster bed with curtains around it to be quite cozy and more than roomy enough for two. Or three, if that's my whim at the time.
Look around you; most likely there is someone in your town who is a vampire. Do you fear anyone? Probably not. The only thing you should fear are those who greatly exaggerate or just out right lie. I promise we won't bite.... hard....
