Let's assume vampires are as real as panda bears and man-eating lions.
If you somehow became a vampire and had to feed on blood and such to survive, who would you eat? Would you go after people who'd bullied you when you were alive? People you deem to be unworthy of life? Would you be a vigilante vampire- going after those you deem too wicked to live? Or would you find rats and stray animals to sate your appetite?

A few ideas I have -

1. I'd lend my services as a professional assassin, or an executioner. Hey what better line of work for a vampire?
2. I'd be a teacher, taking only blood offerings in return for wisdom. I could impart the teachings of a Zen monk exactly as I heard it, or Socrates as he challenged his listeners to think for themselves.
3. I'd be a complete and total hedonist, seducing both men and women for their strength, their passion, and of course their life essence. They'll wake up only knowing they had the most incredible time of their lives.

I'd feed of those I hate, those who stand in my way, those I feel are complete and utter pieces of shit.

Also I would try and find a group of attractive men and women who I could have as willing donors/decoration/sex things.

i think it would be more fun to pick people at random.

being a vampire, you dont realy have much to fear so far as common personal defence weapons go, so noone realy should get the jump on you. I would just go around picking unhappy looking people, or highly attractive people. because vanity is a sin i dont like to let stand

Probably anyone who attempted to attack me (future, not past). I'd just go walk throughout the city looking like a victim (sure to attract attention). When they tried to attack, I would try to dissuade them. Then if they continued I would likely attack them. Other than this i would not feel comfortable attacking humans, at least i cannot now see that I would. I would definitely not go out and seek out people, they would need to come to me as the aggressor.

He's been doing this since 1782 anyway. Pay no heed to this rambling assassin monk. Oh, and he's responsible for most of the 150 year old vampires around the San Fransisco area btw...

Cool reply though Pier. ;-)

Idea #1 is very logical and financially beneficial plan. Idea #2 is pretty incredible, though.




Why not go after people who are clearly hurting others? You know. Murderers/serial killers, pedophiles, abusive spouses, despotic leaders, etc.

Who ever was unlucky enough to be around when I got hungry, like any true predatory beast.

I would go through the ages with my lover and companion, Kimberly. (duh)

And we would feed on the corrupt and wicked. MTV would HAVE to start a show called "Crypts". Instead of 'Cribs'. Since ours would just be the shit.

I would love to see mankind take to the stars, and even though I am 32 but look 21, I know I'm not gonna last that long. So, vampyrism would be the way to go. That or cyberization...

I would be much like the vaunted LeStat. Only I wouldn't fuck up and be trapped feeding on rats for 200 years! bleck.

Great answer. Same.

well, I could never kill an animal, So it all would depend on how I'm feeling. I would probably just have donors, you know the peole who are ok with being fed on, but you don't drink them dry.

Hmm. What about myself then though? Someone doing the same to me.

One can feed without taking life. There are willing donors out there.

Thanks for blowing my cover.




Thanks.... I already thought up a story involving Idea #2, in case you haven't guessed
Seriously, imagine such a being. A living (or undead) repository of knowledge, passing through the centuries, learning, and teaching, bringing entire civilizations to the fore and serving dynasties of kings and emperors. Possessed of great wisdom, knowledge, and skill. Imagine an immortal being who's Merlin, Lao Tzu, Confucius, Siddhartha, Hammurabi all rolled into one. Imagine what great things we could accomplish with such a person among us.

If I did become a vampire... this is an undertaking I would gladly embrace.




I thought about that for a bit, but I realized I did not want to engage myself in such a petty line of work as a vigilante. I would prefer to transcend this and become a guide, a teacher, a sage.

That sounds like an amazing story. Let me read it when you've written some of it!

And yes, agreed about the vigilante thing.

my question would be. for the purpose of this question are we assuming that you take on the emotions and partial soul memorys of the person you feed from when you kill them? and is it pleasurable for them?

If the answer is yes to both of these then I would NOT be feeding on peadophiles and rapists etc... they would be dispatched quickly and without empathy.

I may feed on the terminally ill who just want to sleep and not wake up. I would no doubt 'kill the baddies' but not in a way enjoyable to them. I would be a mercy feeder. Releasing the trapped souls to be free.

I wouldn't assume a vampire which drinks blood could take any memory or what not from its victim anymore than a mosquito, leech, or vampire bat can. Its just blood after all.

I was just going on the way the question was asked. Assumed we were speculating on the vampires that were real being like the classical type

Ah..but aren't there chemicals in the blood that are precursors to memory? Some scientists believe that memory is stored throughout the body on a cellular level and not just in the brain.
Would ingestion of the blood possibly give flashes of memory? Some vampires (HLVs) claim that they can absorb the emotional state of the person through the blood chemistry.

Some organ transplant receivers have gained personality traits of the organ donors. But blood donors? Not so much.
Speaking of blood donors... would vampires have to feed off of a certain blood type?

I doubt it for the same reason that most *successful* predators aren't limited to one particular prey.

and it depends on the "nature" of what the vampire does with the blood.

if its zombie assimulation (become what you eat) maybe like a blood donor, but wouldn't make much sense even in that case (otherwise they might have to only feed on relatives "which however does coincide with traditional vampires which fed on family members who were still alive. but thats circumstantional).

If they only feed to kill their prey like Traditional vampires then unlikely.

or if they have an animal metabolism and digest the blood it wouldn't need to be the same anymore than it needs to be the same for leeches, vampire bats, ect... who breakdown the blood and its cells in their stomach.

A lot of you have good points, but if Misan is right about memory in blood then vampires could have their victims memories, even if human blood recipents can't get traits from the donor, because of the fact that vampire have hightened senses.

Odds are I would get animal blood from a slaughter house. Going after people would eventually draw to much attention and soon the village people would come after me with torches and pitchforks........Yeah I watch to many movies.

virgin girls... bathory style

Good evening....

lol

I would eat only from the finest, the most beautiful and elegant. And when I tire of beauty I shall bath in the blood of evil in every form until repulsion drives me back to the good. Immortality would drive insane if I stuck to a defined set of rules.

We would continue to consume babies....

I would feed off animals still..if i had to defend myself, I would use the strengths vampires have....I would not make it obvious that I was a vampire..then all kinds of people would be after you or want to stay away..and I couldn't deal with that.

I love Death Kittens reference to Elisabeth Bathory.

depending on what sort of vampires we speak of....of which story. I am unclear on the generally accepted type of vampires, besides blooddrinkers, and cant see the sun...but there are so many different stories and worlds that vampires come from...

well, if i absolutely had to feed on blood in order to keep my conciousness, and instead just couldnt become a wraith and bury myself in the ground, i would feed on animals. If i couldnt feed on animals than i would do as many have done in the anne rice novels, and feed on the evildoer. Be a vampire of good and justice (whosever good and justice may be subject to change, i speak merely of my own) who would only drink when truly neccessary...

As much as i personally despise the human race, i do not personally want to be at fault for the loss of anothers life. Not even for an animal or an insect....but if i lived by the night only, needing to feast on blood, that is how i would do it...perhaps i would practice the ways of the "little drink".

~highfives darkangel~

*Gives Death Kitten a highfive*. She's my fav. women sereal killer.

Me too, subtle

*Gives highfive to Ragamuffin*

We all love Bathory.

i think i'd drink my lovers' blood, slowly, slowly.......... ;)

Sexy.

What a strange way to waste your gift.

So what are you gonna do? Go around biting people and letting them run around showing their bite marks?
You risk of Vamp Slayer Squad forming and coming after you.

no no... it has to be subtitle and discreetest!

I'm thinking of some kind of Mansion out in behind-god's-back mountains where I would hire service.
...every week


Fuck! That's again Bathory style!
No matter where you go or what you do you always come to her! :)

Today, it's chicken rigatoni with alfredo sauce, salad, garlic (YES!) toast, and pumpkin pie.

Yes it does always go back to her, that's good. And what I think Misan meant is that you get some one to consent to being a donor in other words find people who would like to be fed on. I've met some one who would let me suck their blood.

I am not sucking any blood from a pale dark anorexic vampire fan that doesn't value his blood!

I do not want to know what it would taste like!

I need something fresh!

...something young and strong...

...healthy...

...full of life and loving it...


...mmmmmm... now thats a blood I would lick of the ground!


Doners don't have respect in their vains! They have no fear! Fear is sweat...
...fear is sweeeeaaaaaat....

True but it's a way for you not to kill your victims and have to worry about you telling people.

Wretched twentieth century!

Back in the old days a decent vampire could feed like man! (well not really)

Maybe I'd give a go with the junkies! You feed AND you get a hit!

Brilliant!

Yes it really is better than killing.

You're right!

Why kill as a vampire when you can do it as a human?

I would never kill people with fangs! Only with my bare hands!


maybe we could make a commercial?! " If you let me drink your blood I will fix your bathroom flood"!

Sounds catchy!

Now you're thinking and it is catchy.

If I was a Classical Vampire...
I think I'd pick beautiful fare for my own tastes... Plump little morsels with blood filled cheeks and full lips and hips.

I wouldn't mind being a bounty hounter/gun for hire/hitman/etc.
Then.. I would take dangerous game. Highly skilled, trained killers.
ones to match my skill.

Yum.

well as soon as I became a vampire I would find gabriela and make her a vampire cause she would be a badass vampire....

hmm..I would probably find a commune, become their gardener who(funny enough) only works at night and try to develop mind control powers so I could feed and no one realise what I was doing..

Now you'd have to share how you developed the mind contoling power with me. Cuz I'd love to feed w/o getting caught.