I Am a Real Vampire

Not a vampire, but a mage.

I am tired of seeing people say they are "psychic" vampires. If you claim you are a psychic vampire, you are not a real vampire.

If you claim to be able to turn someone or to have been turned, chances are you aren't a real vampire (while turning may be possible, I have yet to see any reason to believe modern vampires have retained this ability).

If you claim to have been turned by biting someone or having been bitten by a vampire, then you are not a vampire. Saliva does not transmit vampirism, if it did then EVERYONE that vampires (when they mostly retained this ability) fed on would have turned. This obviously never happened, and so even if you somehow have retained the ability to turn people, a bite will not do it.

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Aidan · 26-30

so is vampirism in your definition some sort of magical ability?

TheMorningsStar · 26-30, M

@Aidan

Not at all, though vampires are commonly tied to the "supernatural" and thus part of what I like to study.

Aidan · 26-30

@TheMorningsStar but a mage uses magic right?

TheMorningsStar · 26-30, M

@Aidan

Yes, a mage uses magic.

Aidan · 26-30

@TheMorningsStar So whats a vampire then?

TheMorningsStar · 26-30, M

@Aidan

A vampire is a human with altered DNA (maybe caused initially by a Human Endogenous Retrovirus or HERV) that gives it some different traits (aversion to sunlight, need of blood, etc.)

If a Vampire has the HERV in its blood still it can infect people with Vampirism, but if the HERV has left (except for the altered DNA) then they can only pass on vampirism via breeding.

Aidan · 26-30

@TheMorningsStar interesting

DoveJana

@TheMorningsStar Well it's actually common knowledge in things genetics. If the genes were not already present in the mattress then it can not work. With us in Germany one has a proverb: from shit you can not make a sweet. Should be joking

DoveJana

@Aidan yes, I understand it this way: telepathy and hypnosis can also make you perform a dance by letting the magician do that