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Vampires are real. I have proof. I have long long write outs on why they are and all the proof that you'll need. Pm me if you want me to explain all of it to you. But I know that they are real, and that they exist, and they're cool.

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i'll sort out, once again, some myths and the facts on them

1. vampires are immortal

FALSE. we are just as mortal as any other human being

2. Vampires are evil

Again, FALSE. we are no more inherently evil than the rest of humanity. the very concept of this is a demonization, likely of christian origin.

3. Vampires servive only on blood

FALSE. some of us do drink blood, some of us take in the verious energies in the world around us, some of us can do both, but those are more of a supplement, similar to taking vitamins. blood-drinking vamps typically do not need much blood at all, maybe a spoonful a day, and this is taken from willing donors who are educated on exactly what they're doing

4. vampires can 'turn', 'embrace', etc other humans and make them into vampires.

This is most likely FALSE, though it is debated in the community. the more accepted theory is that a feeding can awaken one's own Latent vampirism, or that one can develop what is known as 'sympathetic vampirism', which results from being fed on too often or too much at once, and typically results in temporary manifestation of vampiric abilities and thirst.

5. vampires are superhuman

again, FALSE. We do sometimes develop some odd abilities, but these are also within the range of normal humans. these include but are not limited to: Slightly overaverage strength, psychic ability, increased speed, and limited ability to influence the minds of others.

6. vampires burst into flame in the sunlight

FALSE. we won't burst into flame, but most of us are extemely photophobic or photosensitive. personally i wear sunglasses everywhere outside of the home, including at school, to the supermarket, and everywhere i go outside, and i usually wear a hooded sweatshirt when weather permits, though during the summer i wear a lightweight hooded shirt, which i intend to cut the arms off of and wear a mesh top underneath because it allows for more airflow while still protecting the skin fairly well. most of us sunburn rediculously fast, ranging from instantaneous to anywhere under a half hour(it typically takes me 15 to 25 minutes of direct exposure to sunlight and temperature over 10 degrees celsius to sunburn, unless theres a good breeze going to cool the skin)

7. Vampires sleep in coffins

Honestly, i have no idea how this started, but returning to the idea of photosensitivity, it could be that some early vampires DID sleep in crypts, seeing as they effectively cut off the light and allow therefore for better sleep.

8. vampires are strictly nocturnal

this is again false, and runs in with the idea of vampires bursting into flame in the sunlight(remember bram stoker's dracula? The count walked around in the daytime, he just wore a wide brimmed hat and sunglasses). some of us have been fortunate enough to live a fully nocturnal lifestyle, but most of us have not. we simply deal with having to walk around at the day and live in horribly lit environments. it's simply a part of life that we find inconvenient and occasionally painful.

9. vampires have made a deal with the devil

again, christian demonization, not to mention absolutely rediculous.

this is like the third time i've bothered to edumacate anyone on this stuff, so look around, i probably missed a point or two.

again, you speak of what you do not know. the thing is, vampirism deals with metaphysics, not genetics. it is actually something very very old. the term 'vampirism' wasn't neccessarily applied to it until several hundred years back, and the community itself has only been willing ot reveal itself as of late, considering these days to be a more 'safe' time, though the satety of today's world, with it's wars and almost constant social upheaval is easily debateable. Like any myth, as i have indicated to anyone with the intelligence to read between the lines, the vampire myths, especially that of dracula, has a loose base in reality, with some extra crap tossed in based off of religious superstition and like i said, demonization. it's really as simple as that.

again, returning to the idea of vampirism being of a metaphysical origin, one must seek outside of the realms of science(bearing in mind that most of the scientific stuff about these days is more theory than fact...evolution, atomic theory, etc), and must therefore seek the realms of what would today be called mysticism and magick, but were once simply parts of life. the origins of true 'vampirism' have many possible traces in literature, from an ancient egyptian god to an extrabiblical text telling of a race called the nephilim to various otherworldly and extradimensional origins, most of which grow very confusing. the one thing that is consistant with any of us that have any real experience is that our subtle body(aka the soul) often has damage to it which is somehow irreparable(for example, i have a few chakra points that leak energy constantly). Again, for this to be considered at all valid one has to deal with the metaphysical world, and have at least a base understanding of it. i'm quite glad to go into details.
Now, as for relating the energy vampire to a succubus, that wouldnt work. a succubus or incubus(succubus is female, incubus is male) is, by folklore, a creature who steals your soul by having sex with you. we neither steal souls or need to absorb energy through sexual relations, though the do prove to be the best way of gathering energy for some of us (typically termed 'sexual vampires', for obvious reasons). you addressed the statement that someone sunburning instantly is rediculous. this is incorrect. there are a few well known diseases that will cause someone to sunburn quite severely instantly. Personally, i doubt at first any claim that anyone makes that they sunburn immediately until i see it for myself or see any proof otherwise, but the amount who claim this(bear in mind they usually mean they get pinkish, not that they have third degree burns) makes it plausible, though still unlikely. as for my statement regarding the wind, it helps to keep the skin cool, if it's a nice cool wind, but it is no substitute for sunscreen, nor is it very effective at all. it just helps ease pain.

any questions?

Yes the way she writes and describes about them really makes you wonder....^^

Of course some us 'came out of the coffin'. most would have either been laughed at or in some sense executed. there were a fair number of people executed from 1300 to 1700 for 'vampirism', though much of them i would imagine had no involvement. and yes, most of us would prefer to stay in hiding, for the simple reason of fear of persecution. bear in mind that when the world was taken over by Constantine and the roman catholics, a large amount of knowledge was lost and detroyed(THERE IS HISTORICAL PROOF OF THESE EVENTS). the existance of the illuminati has been known more because of the media than anything else, which should be obvious. there were rumors here and there, but nothing was confirmed until people decided to tell the media. information was alot more difficult to gain access to 100 years ago and even right up until just after the incorporation of television. did we arise in silence? ******** no. we just kept our asses hidden with the beginning of the rise of christianity so that ignorant people foolishly choosing to demonize everything their religion couldnt explain wouldn't kill us.



Actually, yes. the statement would be theory. a theory is basically an estimated rule. who knows, what we percieve as 'gravity' could be something entirely different altogether. the rules in themselves can even be broken if you know what you're doing. Bear in mind that scientists once thought the earth was flat, and it was widely accepted as fact.



again, you seek what would be considered proof according to science. science does not, for the most part, recognize metaphysics. to see such proof requires that you be there. you can't really 'write a rule' or anything of the sort to explain what has been termed vampirism. you can't really understand what allows us to take energy from other beings and things, why some of us can manipulate people and things around us, just as science cannot explain telekinesis or extra sensory perception or spiritual activity, despite the fact that anyone can feel even a change in atmosphere or temperature when they walk into a place that is very actively haunted. Do some of these claims on the spiritual world contradict each other? yes, of course. not all of them are factual, and the perception of hte other side and otehr dimensions can vary from person to person anyways. often you can find psychics coming into a haunted place with no prior knowledge or very little, and stating historical things that are indeed later proven through research, however. not even science can deny that without slandering the person or simply calling them a liar.



Not all vampires harvest blood. in fact there are often statements in myths and legends from a few cultures pertaining to what has been termed by the modern community 'psychic vampires', or those who harvest energy, like myself. most psy-vamps would consider themselves the purer form of vampires, though again, it's something debated within the community. besides, it's not like we just accept it. we question ourselves and others quite often, and prove ourselves to others. i've drained a person of energy before, though it was only partly intentional. Also, sanguine, or blood vampires, do not drain a body of blood. this was a fear tactic, likely made seem more real by the occasional murder/exsanguination.


yes, IF it were part of the chemical makeup. in the case of vampirism it is not. it is part of the way that the soul allows the body to absorb energy. whether you realize it or not, the human body DOES absorb energy. During sex, EVERYONE, not just vampires, is exchanging energy, but again, this is part of understanding magic and metaphysics. If you are unprepared to suspend your disbelief there is no point in arguing with you, because there will not and likely never will be scientific proof for the existance of the metaphysical, because metaphysics deals with that you cannot see or properly scan.


correct. the whole sunlight thing was not seen in any media form until nosferatu(i own a copy of the film on DVD actually, though I'm not into the whole vampire film thing and never really was). However, that does not make it a recent invention, just a recent MEDIA invention. alot of us have actually debated the whole sun thing, and we don't often have that big a problem with it, though there is a problem. some of us simply find that it makes us uncomfortable, some of us get sunrashes(like me) with any exposure over a certain time(typically 10 minutes), and some of us claim to get some very bad sunburns. why this is I don't know, but it is unquestionably related to the vampiric condition. the only thing relating ot the sun that is almost completely universal within the community is that theres a problem with our eyes which no optometrist seems to be able to find. some of us worse than others. i have prescription lenses. the optometrist himself told me after 3 visits that there was most definitely a problem, he just couldnt figure out what it was(i have seen several specialists who agreed completely) oddly enough, the problem is only with ultraviolet light. Flourescenty lighting, halogen lighting, sunlight, etc. if i even wear so much as a tightly woven fishnet shirt i dont burn, but i still get some nasty sun rashes, and i need my sunglasses wherever i go(though rainy weather seems to be only ever so slightly hard on the eyes, probably because of cloud cover or something of the sort). Some of us have even brought up the possibiliy of eye related problems being Psychosematic(basically a mind over matter thing), which i think is quite likely a possibility.

if you had been reading at all you would realize that those of us who do claim to be vampiric do not believe in the traditional vampire, as in 'nosferatu', which is a german vampiric myth

you would claim that the vampiric condition is of my own mind's creation? I never wanted it in the first place, and now that i have it, i make the best of it. if it were of my own creation, i would not be able to use it to adversely effect others, as i have done on many occasions.

Nonetheless, your mind is already made up. there is no point in arguing with one so foolhardy as to close their mind because society says something is impossible. dwell in your ignorance, but we exist nonetheless.