Poll: Would you turn into a vampire?

[bubba145]

nope. i'd be a vampire hunter. dealing with the imortal heathens. also what about decapitation by guns or blades?

 

[kingpocky]

What's it like for the person having their blood drained? Is there a risk of killing someone accidentally by drinking their blood?

If I could survive without hurting anyone, and there are no theological consequences, then yeah. Trading the ability to go out in the day for super-strength and immortality is a pretty sweet deal.

 

[Mstrswrd]

Sunlight hurts like heck. Doesn't make you sparkle, just makes you dead, as in instantly sets you on fire like you're covered with gasoline and I dropped a match on you. You can cover yourself with clothes, but it has to be sunproof and clothes that sunproof don't exist as far as I know. (Edit; I'm told they do exist.)
A stake in the heart'll kill you.
Can't die of old age.
Cross all the running water you like.
Yes, you turn into a bat, but only for an hour a day (or night, whatever).
Yes, you are allergic to garlic.
You need to sleep as usual.
You're super-strong.
You have to eat every third day to survive, but waiting that long'll make you really hungry. Sucking blood once a night makes you quite full. Two people are a lot, and three a vomit-inducing feast.
It has to be human blood that's sucked from a human being or through a straw in a bag of blood. It has to be as fresh as the blood they put in people that have been in accidents. You know, you can't let it coagulate. But you can put it in the freezer and take it out again later. Just keep it reasonably fresh.
No hypno-powers apart from stopping people from running away when you try to zuck their bludd.
No staurophobia. (Fear of crosses or the crucifix.)
Doesn't change your looks apart from the fangs.
Please, ignore all religious implications of turning vamp. In other words, assume that god isn't real. (No offense to religious people.



And here's the thing: You have to be honest. No saying "Sure, cuz vampires are cool!" or "No, vampires SUCK!" You have to seriously tell me what you would do in a situation like that.

Yes, I would. The number of adveantages outnumber the disadvantages by far. This is how it would work for me;

-Go to night classes, work nights, etc.
-To stay covered, wear leather, and possibly a leather hooded cloak. Possibly live in a colder area so that the cloak doesn't stick out as much.
-For food, as long as you don't let yourself get into a feeding freenzy, waiting outside a bar for drunks and then drinking a small amount of blood from 2-3 of them to equal one full meal would work (and so none die). Also, perhaps rough them up a bit, not to badly, but enough, so that they just think they got into a drunken fight, and think nothing of the various wounds on them. Again, you have to not be too rough; just enough to make them overlook the puncture wounds on their neck.
-I'm assuming the transformation into a bat is a concious thing, and that you can only turn for an hour. That wouldn't affect my life at all. I might see if the old legends are true, though (keep practicing to see if I can make it last longer, try to turn my body into mist, that kind of stuff). If it is a "you will always turn into a bat for an hour," kind of thing, than I would probably have a safe room in my house for just such an occasion.
-The super strength would be nice, but, again, not that big a deal.
-I don't like Garlic.
-I am assuming that, with time, power is going to be increased, perhaps even drastically.
-I'm also assuming that we are highly allergic to Silver as well, and, again, this means little to me.

For myself, who is a night person anyway, this would be great. Yeah, the whole sunlight is bad thing would kinda' suck, but there are always ways to get around it (have no windows in you house, for example). My life wouldn't change much, except that I would wear a lot more leather to keep myself protected from sunlight. Also, you'll excuse my assumptions, but I'm assuming that being turned into a vampire is the classical "They bite you, drink most of your blood, then make you drink some of their blood" deal. Who knows, I might see if a few people want to come with me on this.

Overall, the pro's outweigh the con's, and most of the con's can be neutralized (some, not all) easily enough, either with a creative mind or technology... or classic vampire mythos of "long-lived=more power," and "more power=immunity to certain weaknesses."

EDIT: Also, I already enjoy the taste of blood, so... yeah.

 

[IronicBeet]

Yeah, I'd take the vampire up on their offer. I'm already a vampire sort of.

No, no you're not. Vampires are hideous monstrosities, not normal-looking people.

OT: Eh, probably not. I'd miss the sunlight and I find constant darkness incredibly depressing.

 

[ICanBreakTheseCuffs]

no,but I would turn into a werewolf if I could cause it's like a vampire minus fangs,bats,garlic,stakes,and any bad thing that could happen to a vampire

 

[Marmooset]

Suck it up, man.

I wasn't angry, I was just pointing out that it's not on here and most likely non-existent for this.

I didn't think you were. Look at the thread we're standing in. How could I pass that line up?

 

[Sir_Tor]

Hell no! I don't want to live forever!

 

[Fat Hippo]

Nah, because I don't like to eat blood. It tastes like Steel. Plus, I am a morning person, not a night guy.

Its more like aluminium. But I'm assuming that if you were a vampire, blood would start tasting nice.

Maybe even be like some kind of awesome drug. Hell, drugs that are not only good for you, but essential to your survival? Sign me up!

Overall, it sounds like a sweet deal. Okay, leaving friends and family behind would suck, but immortality doesn't come cheap.

 

[Sansha]

Hell yeah, I'm in. Immortality go.

 

[SideburnsPuppy]

If I get superhuman strength/speed/agility, then probably yes, depending on how much the turning process would hurt. Walking on walls and turning into mist would only strengthen the case of turning. However, there is a deal breaker: Do I have to kill people, or can I just have a quick bite? If I have to kill people, then I'm not doing it. Ditto if I can't control whether or not I turn my victim, because in order to refrain from murder, I would have to make a mass civilization of vampires, which (for some reason) I'm opposed to.

 

[Dan B]

Im ginger does that count? I have no soul and the sun burns me in seconds...don't have the super strength though, so yeah i guess i would do it.

 

[Rakkana]

No. I'm a werewolf man.

 

[Dxz5roxg]

I would. The immortality would be the main reason. Turning into a bat for a while would be a plus to.

To anyone who's read Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter I think Henry is the perfect vampire. He's just a better form of a human.

 

[Dana22]

I always wanted to be a Zombie...

 

[teisjm]

Sure, after several years of nightshifts, i'm pretty used to working at night and sleeping most of the sunny hours away, and i can easily game in a sun-free room.

Shouldn't be that hard to get donor blood for your "condition" Or i could just eat all the twilight fans.
"Hey i'm a real vampire like that twilight dude, want a bloody kiss? you'll be like that twilight chick, only, you know... dead and stuff."

 

[Kyuubi Fanatic]

With religious implications I'd have to assume I'd be damned to hell, so no. However for the sake of this argument, and assuming in this argument that God is not real (as you requested) I'd have to say yes. There are a lot of downsides to immortality, but I feel that there would be so much more I could experience as a vampire that it might be worth the centuries of loneliness and guilt.

As a big fan of both Alucard and Lestat I am basing my judgment on how I think I would handle experiencing their particular existence, both relishing and hating eternal life in the same breath.