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[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Being a vampire wouldn't be so bad.

I honestly don't understand the downsides of it.

You don't even have to see yourself in a mirror, and I'm extremely pale and already burn in sunlight.

I'd get superpowers and require drinking blood? I'm sure I could figure out something.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If I have to find something, it's the long term psychological effects. You don't care about your former love as much as a symbol of that love, like a locket. Vampire homes are presented as formally being fancy, but have fallen into disrepair, thus matching their mental state.

But I still want to be Laszlo Cravensworth. I'm here to drink and fuck for eternity.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I liked stories where the vampires are productive like engineers or world class sculptures. Imagine being immortal and staying on bed all the time so dumb.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

Many vampire myths come with some assumption that you are innately evil, from being a vessel for satan to having genuine impulses for more than just blood but cruelty and malice.

I like this take on the the vampire. To become one, you are dying, your soul moves on. A malevolent spirit then resides in your body with full access to you memories and the capability to masquerade as you in personality, but crucially, they are not the same person as they were when they were alive.

The vampire myth where you retain your soul and basically are just a superhero with stipulations basically exists for people to have the power fantasy of being one.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I would hate needing to go out and hunt for food every day. Prepared and packaged food, frozen dinners, and fast food exist for a reason.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

How much blood does a vampire really have to eat in what period of time? Will other mammalian blood suffice? Because a whole cow, a vacuum sealer and a deep freezer could last a while. It's vampire meal prep!