Re: Vampire dialogue again

En réponse à Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>:

>
> IIRC, most vampires were born as vampires, seeing humans not as
> "potential vampires", but as sort of "game animals".  Altho I guess it
> was also possible to become a vampire (since Snipes' character was
> half-vampire thru his mother being bitten by a Vampire while pregnant
> with him).  Certainly the "bitten by a vampire, become a vampire"
> scenario is illogical - if that were so, then the number of vampires
> would increase exponentially (since everyone who becomes a vampire must
> then drink the blood of others), until the entire world consisted of
> nothing but vampires who would then starve to death.
>
That's why I like the way vampires are described, whether in Dracula or in
Vampire: The Masquerade (the series was on a French cable channel during
Christmas holidays, but then stopped after only six or seven episodes. Was there
ever other episodes of it? It was quite nice and interesting). To become a
vampire, you must drink the blood of another vampire after s/he drank yours. So
only chosen people become vampires. What I really liked in Vampire: The
Masquerade was the code of honour that prevented vampires to kill anyone or to
transform them into Kindreds without their agreement. The caste system was also
very interesting.

Christophe.

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