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#True Vampires
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Master Post Part 0: Summary Part 1: General Traits True Vampires: The Head (You are here) True Vampires: The Body
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𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝
A True Vampire is a vampire that was turned by way of divine curse. Vlad the Impaler/Dracula is the only True Vampire with higher vampires being those he turned, or corpses that were raised from the dead by the spray of blood during his human death in 1476. The traits of these monsters follow as such:
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They have highly specialized eyes, suited for the blackest of nights and have visual capabilities on par with an eagle’s, meaning that they can see prey from two miles (3.22 km) away and have a field of vision of 340°. They can also see in near pitch black. Their pupils are slitted in nature which allow for a more dramatic expansion and contraction of the pupils, giving increased ability to see during night and in dim lighting along with protecting the eyes from bright light during the day. Think of them as similar to eyes of a cat. Their eyes contain an Apetum lucidum: A layer of tissue in the eye of many vertebrates and some other animals. Lying immediately behind the retina, it reflects visible light back through the retina, increasing the light available to the photoreceptors. This is what causes the eyes to produce a glow and enhances visual sensitivity at low levels of light. (Ex image left)
Along with this, they possess a nictitating membrane, this is also known as a third eyelid, it is a transparent or translucent third eyelid present in some animals that can be drawn across the eye to protect and moisten it while maintaining vision. Allows them to keep their eyes moist and protected while they are open. (Ex image right)
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NOTE: The only disadvantage a vampire has visually, is poorer vision during the day, due to being adapted to night hunting and being nocturnal. Along with this, they are highly photosensitive with great amounts of light causing pain, blindness and overstimulation.
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A True Vampires ears are highly developed and can detect sounds between 1 and 200 kHz. Can hear a human heart beat from about a mile (1.61 km) away, and can even hear the blood in someone’s veins if close enough. They are controlled by around 30 muscles and are hyper mobile. They can move to a forward facing position, droop, perk up and move individually to each other. They are about 4.75 inches (12.065 cm) long with tips that taper into a point. Can be described as “elf-ish” or “elf-like” in appearance. On the flat inner portion of the ear, they have bat-like ridges which allow for sounds to be amplified. Also allows them to sense vibration at a greater sensitivity and distance. (Example of such ridges below)
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A vampire's ears have many nerve endings that also aid in sensing vibration, and can function as an erogenous zone as a side effect of these nerve endings.
NOTE: No touchy touchy, otherwise you get a very aroused and angry vampire (Ear touching is a social taboo with vampires, it is seen as a very forward sexual advance, and an unwanted one if touched without consent). NOTE: Vampire's ears are highly sensitive, leaving them weak to loud noise and high pitch frequencies. They are also sensitive to things like vibration.
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300 times better than a human’s, and they have more than 100 million sensory receptor sites in the nasal cavity. They can track a blood trail over 50 hours old and can track something over 130 miles (209.215 km). They can smell fresh wounds about a mile (1.61 km) off. Sense of smell is equivalent to a bloodhound’s.
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Teeth: As per usual, vampires have fangs– except with my vampires they have two sets of fangs for top and bottom jaw with both serving different functions. They can also unhinge their jaws like a snake.
The first set, where the canines would be, are long and more needle-like to aid in making wounds for feeding. They are about 19 mm in length and have a hollow channel which is used to inject venom from glands located above the hard palate. These fangs are also retractable when not in use.
The second set, where a human’s first premolars would be, are shorter. These fangs are about 14 mm in length and possess serrated edges to aid in shredding flesh and causing damage– unlike the puncture fangs, these do not retract.
NOTE: In vampiric culture, a baring of the fangs is seen as a threat or sign of agitation. This “baring” can also be involuntary, caused by muscles flexing in the face. However, smiling is not considered “baring” as the mouth and lip posture is distinctly different.  EX:  Lip corners upturned when smiling, lips curl back and corners turned down when baring.
Venom: Vampire venom is a toxin produced by a vampire’s venom glands (Located above hard palate). The effects of the venom consist of a feeling of extreme euphoria, lightheadedness, weakness of the muscles and a heaviness of the limbs, and being more open to suggestion. The potency of the venom is dependent on the individual and how old the vampire is, as venom becomes more potent as a vampire ages
If enough venom is injected when a human is on the verge of death, they become a vampire.
The saliva of a vampire could also be classified as an anticoagulant, allowing the blood to flow continually instead of clotting, preventing the scabbing and healing of wounds inflicted by their fangs.
Tongue: A vampire’s tongue is usually around 3 inches (7.62 cm) in length with a very pointed tip for easy access to cuts and wounds caused by fangs or claws. Allows for easier feeding. The tongue is also covered in back facing spines that abrade wounds, causing more bleeding because of the rough surface. Seems to have a mixture of cat and vampire bat (Ex pictured below).
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I love the vampire quartet, specially Carmilla, Lenore and Striga.
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True Vampires-Sondra London
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I've almost finished reading the book True Vampires-Sondra London.
The author had a relationship with Gerard John Schaefer and his signature is in the section of the book, that is about Erzsébet Báthori (Elizabeth Bathory in English)
I wasn't expecting a American serial killer's signature in the book, so it's interesting that the signature is in this specific section of the book.
Sondra London also had a relationship with Henry Rollings
(The Gainesville Ripper, the inspiration for the Scream horror film franchise)
I've always been curious if Sondra London was aware that either man was a serial killer a the time she knew them or had a relationship with them.
This book is about a lot of people that are role-playing fantasists, that are delusional, mentally ill, mentally/emotionally/psychologically unstable/damaged people that were suffering from Clinical Vampirism and claimed they were a "self-proclaimed Satanist" a "self-proclaimed Vampire"
If you are genuinely a Satanist, an Occultist, a Spiritual, sanguinarian, psychic or tantric vampire you don't need to be "self-proclaimed".
A lot of the people mentioned in the book except Nico Claux are attention-seeking, delusional, mentally ill, edgelords.
In my opinion Nico Claux is a totally different calibre of person in comparison to the other people mentioned in the book.
Nico Claux, Gilles de Rais, Vlad the Impaler, Erzsébet Báthori are the most interesting to me.
Nico Claux isn't delusional, mentally ill, and never claimed to be something he isn't, he was serious about his intention, practices witchcraft, i've not read about anyone that practices Necromancy to invoke The spirit of Vlad the Impaler before, it was interesting and creepy to read about.
I love Nico's artwork that was used in Sondra London's book, it includes one of my favourite paintings-a self portrait of Nico when he was younger and he had long hair, the painting has a dark, angry, vampiric/ghoul vibe about it.
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Black Vampires
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Interview with the Vampire 1.05 A Vile Hunger For Your Hammering Heart || Interview with the Vampire Season 2 Official Trailer
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mychemicalraymance · 1 year
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vampire corporate card! 3 2 1 we came to suck!!
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ordinarysparkplug · 3 months
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telling a vampire "youre not allowed in my house anymore" and they get blasted out through the nearest wall
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"Armand is a quite snazzy drezzer" - Sam Reid
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nativehueofresolution · 3 months
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the sopranos (1999) / interview with the vampire (2022)
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crazykuroneko · 1 month
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Icb AMC got an opportunity to do the funniest ever and they took it
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loumands · 5 months
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INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE 1.02 "...After the Phantoms of Your Former Self"
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mrsdulac · 29 days
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lgbtiwtv · 2 years
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god. god. the significance of the diary pages about claudia’s assault being torn out raggedly by Louis, clearly in a fit of guilt and anguish and trauma, vs the diary pages about louis mourning lestat and regretting killing him being removed with surgical control and precision. by armand. this wasn’t a heat of the moment action it was deliberate and calculated and I can’t stop thinking about it
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talesfromthecrypts · 8 months
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I'll put you in your coffin, Father.
Interview With the Vampire (1994)
The Hunger (1983)
Queen of the Damned (2002)
Baldur's Gate 3 (2023)
Interview With the Vampire (2022- )
Bit (2019)
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