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<blockquote data-quote="Cassiel Moonfall" data-source="post: 4187005" data-attributes="member: 60534"><p>I recently, and oddly enough spent the other day playing a vampire based video game. And it made me think of this thread. So i had to post up this thought string.</p><p></p><p>Every culture has a different view of what the vampire truly is. Any movie you watch with vampires has a slightly altered affect of what they are to keep us interested and to be a bit more original. Games, books (authors), game systems. I have yet to see one of these standards of media and myths that actually have one solid view of what a vampires abilities, weakness/powers, origins and ect...ect.. really are.</p><p></p><p>Some ideals say they are undead, some say its actually a virus much like lycanthropy is a virus. Vampires are pretty and seducing creatures - other are bestial animals. Nothing is ever truly the same in any case that i personally have seen. Which honestly is all perfectly fine and dandy with me.</p><p></p><p>Now I noticed that the original question was not truely really answered to 'why there is so many'. could be blamed on media but I do know that there is a actual RP group out there that that is consisting of vampires on purpose. Im sure that that group gave others the idea to make a vampire too and run with it as new ideas are formed in our heads every day.</p><p></p><p>There are hundreds of ideas of what everything really is. For example, in the Gaelic mythology Elves were very tall (around and over 6ft), very slender people who were actually faeries. Some other cultures view them as slender yes but rather short in stature. DnD itself had the 'hobbit' the furry footed halfing which in 3rd edition became just the halfing which is more akin to a very small elf in features with no fur on the footies.</p><p></p><p>Different authors of books speculate there own ideas on dragons, lycanthropic afflicted beings, vampires, elves, and any other mythological/fantasy being you can possibly imagine. So really it all comes down to some ones own ideas on what the fantasy being could be or perhaps who there favorite author, comic writer, film director, or even favorite cultural myth was.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cassiel Moonfall, post: 4187005, member: 60534"] I recently, and oddly enough spent the other day playing a vampire based video game. And it made me think of this thread. So i had to post up this thought string. Every culture has a different view of what the vampire truly is. Any movie you watch with vampires has a slightly altered affect of what they are to keep us interested and to be a bit more original. Games, books (authors), game systems. I have yet to see one of these standards of media and myths that actually have one solid view of what a vampires abilities, weakness/powers, origins and ect...ect.. really are. Some ideals say they are undead, some say its actually a virus much like lycanthropy is a virus. Vampires are pretty and seducing creatures - other are bestial animals. Nothing is ever truly the same in any case that i personally have seen. Which honestly is all perfectly fine and dandy with me. Now I noticed that the original question was not truely really answered to 'why there is so many'. could be blamed on media but I do know that there is a actual RP group out there that that is consisting of vampires on purpose. Im sure that that group gave others the idea to make a vampire too and run with it as new ideas are formed in our heads every day. There are hundreds of ideas of what everything really is. For example, in the Gaelic mythology Elves were very tall (around and over 6ft), very slender people who were actually faeries. Some other cultures view them as slender yes but rather short in stature. DnD itself had the 'hobbit' the furry footed halfing which in 3rd edition became just the halfing which is more akin to a very small elf in features with no fur on the footies. Different authors of books speculate there own ideas on dragons, lycanthropic afflicted beings, vampires, elves, and any other mythological/fantasy being you can possibly imagine. So really it all comes down to some ones own ideas on what the fantasy being could be or perhaps who there favorite author, comic writer, film director, or even favorite cultural myth was. [/QUOTE]
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