ok...seriously now... If you were approached by a vampire Ricean in qualities and intellect, powers and capabilities, what would you do...

..let me set the scene a little... most of us on this site have more than a little obsession with these creatures for a variety of reasons. My question is philosophical in nature... set aside if you will the complexities of scientific proof needed for immortality, the ability to remain hidden and hunting etc..

try and push aside any glamourous images you have or romantasised ideals...

a vampire, yes very goodlooking and infatuated with you, offers you the chanse to go with him/her for eternity to explore the planet and the realms of human exsistance ...froma distance. TO climb every mountain etc...to traverse climates inhospitable for mortal humans...BUT

and this is a very big BUT..you have to leave behind absolutely everything that means anything to you in this life, and partners, children, jobs, pets, friends etc and you have to go with the vampire right then and there.... you could not tell anyone what had happened to you but you could watch from a distance and you know you would have to watch your family etc mourn you...

could you do it would you say yes...if confronted by your biggest fantasy in the midst of your reality would you be able to cross over ?

not always a chance is given,

all you know is that you'd die for him, and you cannot even consider answering no to all of his quetions.

I would go in a heartbeat, BUT and this is a big BUT, he would have to let me get my computer or atleast buy a new one, I am a geek and a geek I shall remain :D

I would definitively accept...

But I'd have to deal with inmortality...

seriously, i would have to love this vampire....

i will not trade my mortality and my family for immortality with a person i hate....

if i love him, whether in the loevr's sense of fatherly sense..... yes, i would....

who doesnt crave immortality?

i would if my family were dead... or something like that...

As fantastic as it all sounds....No way. I'm rather attached to my family, my mortality, my pets, my social life (or the lack thereof). If I didn't have to give it all up, then maybe. I'd still have to think about it.

Lyssiah Stormwhisper

I would not deal with immortality . . it depends on who the vampire was; if it is Cure; I would go with him in a heart beat or faster and if it was Cure he wouldn't have to ask.

Everything has its pros and cons however . .

Pros and cons.......... yeah..........

but what about Love? sorry, being sentimental.........

I think that your definition of love would evolve over the years on a much grander scale than it already does on a human level.. i know for certain that my ability to love and the different types of love i feel for people have evolved and expanded since i was an early teen to my age now.. and no doubt it will continue to do so...

taking in to consideration all the factors of an evolving psyci (sp?) and the fact that degeneration of brain tissue is not a factor, emotional evolution a distinct probability and your interpretation of beauty and love most likely to change over 100's of years your question of 'but what about love?' is a very valid one... however, i would suggest that the question that preceeds that is 'what would you percieve love to be at say 600 years old?'......

The biggest fear of a vampire is being no more able to find attraction and love to the beauty

very good point vicereine............

and i also believe that, all other thinsg remaining constant, we would evolve, drastically, our emotions, our attitudes, our view on things........

well, if i were 600 and never felt true love, well, i would sincerely say that i would view Love as a sham, a hopeless invisible thing that kills me inside.....

but if i had tasted love, i think that at 600, love would be the greatest gift of all...........

But then you would have to love another vampire or an inmortal...

And, you know, that may be a little hard....

But if you fell in love with a mortal, after she or he dies, you would feel vanished, broken, incomplete, alone...

I could leave all loved ones behind and only watch from a distance if i had to because this is what i do already... watch from a distance(mentally)
there are few i would actually feel hurt to watch mourn my abscene

the fact of losing the ones you loved to time has been discussed often..

two choices: make your Love immortal or deal with it

if i found the One, i wld probably change him, if he wanted to

if not, it wld kill me but what wld keep me going is the thought of falling in Love again..........

Yes. I'm not really too attached to anyone right now to say that I "can't live without them", and that vampire opportunity sounds too good to pass up.

But I was just wondering....

The people you know would be going to die...

But if you are inmortal, it would be almost the same, just, you would stop looking at them...

I would drop everything with no second thought. I have a small theory that I just newly thought up :punk: no, not that one. but say this being approached me in the dead of night and offered this, there would be a short time of bewilderment then i'd be ready. fate is my theory. if Zeus has something to show me, and he doesn't beat Hades, that's his loss. the great race my friends...
which ancient olympian has ur :evil:

sry, that was supposed to b "which ancient olympian has ur heart...

I don't have any huge explanation, but I do know I would do it in a heart beat. I am already alone. Aleast I could be alone and travling the world.
Rose

travelling the world would be my first priroty, and maybe i'll do a Louis and search for others of my kind.,......

Why a vampire would approach an Archangel with such an offer is beyond me, lmao

Seriously though - Absolutely , totally, no way would I accept. I don't particularly care for immortality, and I could easily abandon my family, friends, and loved ones should I choose to....

What would this vampire have to offer me then? Nothing I care for.

was re reading this thread and it got me to thinking.... what is immortality really? what does it have to offer... i have spoken to people about why they would want it and most have been people who arent happy with life now, i would think that the 'gift' of living endlessly would then be seen as more of a curse.

I would have thought that a person who is in love with life already, not specific people, but life generally. That would, ironically, be the best person to offer immortality to because they would enjoy it. It would be a gift for them.

If someone is depressed or hates life etc... why would immortality appeal?

maybe i should start another thread.. just a thought.

I would accept in a heart beat. if things are set in stone here and i had to travel with my maker and see everything blah blah blah, then i would seriously have to love this vampiress. if i am not bound by that, then I would accept without hesitation. I would then return to my love (For I am in love <3 ) and offer her immortality as well. if she did not accept then i would leave her to her mortal life for she did not love me enough. if she couldnt accept for another reason, (maybe religious?) then I would live as an immortal until the day she died, and then I would end my own immortality at the same time, and be forever with her... If she did accept then all is well.... Immortality is not an issue for me, because as a vampire immortal, there are still ways to perish. so you could end it at any time you wanted. there couldnt be anything i would desire more than to be eternally linked with my soulmate. she is my everything, and beyond.. my day and night... my breath of life... my reason for being... I would die without hesitation or second thought, for her. Even when we are fighting, I find beauty and inspiration in her anger.......erm........ I shall shut up now though heh... *blush*...

I would say no in a heart beat.

I like my life as it is to much to end it willingly and wouldn't give it up for a thousand nights or more. Leaving my family wouldn't be a problem for various of reasons.

Immortality would only appeal to me if I could live my mortal life fully first, and even then when about to die of old age I would rather die knowing I'we lived my life fully and that my time is over(I hope atleast ^^).

Another interesting question is if you would really be able to endure eternity if you chose Immortality.

Would someone who had it forced upon them endure it "better"?

Would someone made immortal at a young age survive it better then someone old?

perhaps alittle offtopic but when I read this I come to think of these questions.

/Cheers

Christofer

(and sorry about my bad english.. )

I think it would be a little awkward, you know, having an eight year old eating you. Or even being the eight year old. I think that when your about sixteen...then you get to look a little more fit for yer position as a vampire. But would a vampire really want to drag an annoying little kid around???

well when I said "young age" I meant someone in their erlier part of their life around 15-20 years old ^^

huhuhu, sry. thought maybe u were sayin that, but then again...maybe u weren't...maybe...
in that case, being forced into it would kinda suck i guess. i mean, that's like havinga cast iron held against your arm until you agreed to sell your fathers life. except, you would be promising destruction of others life instead. i think you might endure it better if you were also forced to get into earlier, literally.
being young, hmmm, maybe you'd be more willing. but i've noticed that not everyone here has lost faith and pursuit of happiness. i myself prefer my life ablaze, risking my life with every question. if not my life someone elses. blood must be shed on this god forsaken country or it becomes cloud 9. or drinking blood...
tempting...
would the offering vampire expect something from you for their hospitality or would they back off and give you space?

Up until yesterday, if I had read this post, I would have said yes. Without a doubt.

I have spent all of my life burning bridges and abandoning friends and lovers and family too. It is as familiar to me as the back of my own hands, as familiar as the skin I live in, and about as comfortable as my favorite T-shirt.

But there is one person that has walked into my life and changed it all, and given it a bit new meaning. Today, I have to say no. I will not abandon those that love me. If they are unselfish enough to love me regardless of all the times I have abandoned them, then I am going to start being a better person, or at least try, and stay beside them.

The grass is not greener on the other side of the river.

i would go in a heartbeat...due to the fact that my life sucks that much......i think it wouldnt be that bad..living day to day with no fear and watching society F*** up :icon2:

if i could watch bush mess this country u better than he has already...better than cinemas.

First of all I'd go back to wherever my family was and kill them so that none of them know what has happened to me and none of them come looking for me. Once that was done I'd part ways with the vampire and get on with my 'life' as it were. If he asked why I'd tell him.

"I used you. You meant nothing. Good evening."

Then I would turn around, walk out the door, and dissapere.

i would definitely go for it. i mean immortality would be great and even if i had to go right then and there i would in a heart beat. there is only one thing i would miss and that would be going swimming with my son. :greyalie:

In my words, fuck love. I'd go for the vampire abilities. You're bound to find a vampire lover one of the times.

I would go, but I am slightly worried that I would follow in the footsteps of Lestat and bite my mother, who is dying of cancer, as well. Telling me no contact with family is unrealistic considering if I were immortal I wouldnt necessarily allow myself to be governed by mortal rules.
I would not however start a relationship with her as he did with Gabrielle. Dont get me wrong, I give mad props to Lestat for being who he is but the whole Oedipal thing doesnt really impress me.

Perhaps if this question completely bothers people they should read John Gardners Grendel, which I recently did an extensive research study on for another academic journal entry. Refer to the Dragon's Time-Space theory. Any interests and I will surely quote this for anyone....

:batman: in respons to Jwar21 it sounds really interesting it would be really cool to
know more on this subject. please mylord let me know more.

Yeah. I'd do it. I'd say yes. I have nothing to lose, AND I CAN MAKE MORE LITTLE VAMPIRES AND DESTROY THE WORLD!!! MUA HAHA!

I will do so as soon as I finish a document I am revising. Most likely sometime tomorrow. Patience my pet...........

y thank u my lord for ur respons and i shall whate for to hear more.

my mother died of cancer also.. when i was at age 20... i had begun to get into the chronicles when i was 18 so i see what you mean.. i would love to hear what you have to say... and what is John gardners Grendel?

It in truth matters what I have and what I don't... I am a very emotional being, more so than the average girl.
If I loved this vampire then I might do as I have done in the past and foresake all for love, but if not... if I loved a mortal, and a vampire came to me with this proposition I would have to say no. I cannot abandon those I love so lightly, for in doing so I would harm myself equally as much as I harm them.
I would be too emotional to be a very good Night Hunter. I would be akin to poor, pitiful Louis, of Anne Rice's books, a sad creature worth not even the blood it would expend to turn.

I'd make a fantastic vampire...plain and simple...I care just enough for there to be a purpose existing and not to lose the beauty in the fragility of human death.

thanks for the response. its not exactly the most fun time, you know. but im glad (for what it's worth) that someone knows what it's like. anyhow, i'll work on posting about Gardner's Grendel for you and Drazella later this evening.

I would have no problem with this set up, I'm not exactly attached to the physical persons in my life and I would still be linked via energy to those that I truely connect with. Eventually I just might pop up in their lives anyway, never been one to follow the rules after all.
There are limitless possibilities to keep me enraptured with existing on this earth, but I've been told to try it for a while and then decide. If given a choice today I'd say sure, where do I sign?

It depends on what you mean by "loved ones"

As the only person I truly love is myself (and someone who may not exist), then it would be a bit hard to leave them behind.

Of course, if that involved leaving my immortal soul behind for all time, damned to an eternity of pain and torment, then hell no.

Otherwise, I'd have no problems with it

to be a mortal is to fear death. to be immortal would be to fear nothing, but you would still have to look fowared to somthing. what would be the point of existing if you had nothing to yearn for?

Maybe I am mistaken but if a person were a vampire and decided that they couldn't stand being immortal, couldn't stand watching loved ones die, couldn't stand being alone, would they not be able to immerse themselves in flames and put an end to their own lives?




-Necurata

I might go...but i have a lot of people that i love....it depends on if i was alone or not....but right now im not alone so i'd have to say no.

I think wile it is a hard dissision I'd have to answer yes
I have thought about this offen as far as the imortality being a curse I personaly love life and would realy like it to last for ever
and the whole life without illness is a pluss
and I allready shun sun light (I burn to easy)
don't have any religious probs don't beleave in god
the two biggys would be the killing and the leaving behind loved ones
I'd find it hard to leave behind my mother but think I would as that day will come eventualy when I will have to eventualy.
and with the vampire fetish stuff probably could get away with not killing (at least not often)

If you ever ned to talk about it.. feel free to pm me about it.... Looking forward to hearing about Gardner's Grendel.. sorry not been around for a few days.. had a stomach bug.. must be something i ate