Vampires... Your definition?
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Dracula, Nosferatu are what I would call "vampires".
I don't really care about the rest. I will see them as vampires since thats how the writer meant them to be. I'll judge a story or movie by how good they are. Not how they define vampires.
I really enjoyed "Hellsing" and "Hellsing Ultimate", the Anime's. "Van Hellsing" was a good one too. XD And was kinda freaked out by Nosferatu, even though its an old movie. 0.O (It's the actor.. omfg look at him)
There's some limitations so my likings of vampires though. A serie called "Angel" kinda stopped playing by its own rules by having soulless vampires know the feeling "love". It stopped being good a little bit before so this was the straw and I stopped spending all that money on the DVD's.
I don't really care about the rest. I will see them as vampires since thats how the writer meant them to be. I'll judge a story or movie by how good they are. Not how they define vampires.
I really enjoyed "Hellsing" and "Hellsing Ultimate", the Anime's. "Van Hellsing" was a good one too. XD And was kinda freaked out by Nosferatu, even though its an old movie. 0.O (It's the actor.. omfg look at him)
There's some limitations so my likings of vampires though. A serie called "Angel" kinda stopped playing by its own rules by having soulless vampires know the feeling "love". It stopped being good a little bit before so this was the straw and I stopped spending all that money on the DVD's.
Just a Vampire? The bare bones essentials that create a Vampire?
A formerly living creature that was dead, and is now animated again without being traditionally alive due to the efforts of another vampire, OR it itself has the ability to create its own vampires. Essentially, there must be some sort of reproductive mechanism at work. It is intelligent (at least above animal)if it was intelligent in life (An animal could be a vampire). It has the desire to consume the lifeforce of the living.
A good vampire could have any of a million of combinations of other characteristics, the most common of which is sunlight vulnerability, superhuman powers, Blood as the source of lifeforce for the Vampire, and immortality, but can include pretty much anything. But I think those are the absolute bare bones, and what makes an undead thing not a Zombie or something similar.
A formerly living creature that was dead, and is now animated again without being traditionally alive due to the efforts of another vampire, OR it itself has the ability to create its own vampires. Essentially, there must be some sort of reproductive mechanism at work. It is intelligent (at least above animal)if it was intelligent in life (An animal could be a vampire). It has the desire to consume the lifeforce of the living.
A good vampire could have any of a million of combinations of other characteristics, the most common of which is sunlight vulnerability, superhuman powers, Blood as the source of lifeforce for the Vampire, and immortality, but can include pretty much anything. But I think those are the absolute bare bones, and what makes an undead thing not a Zombie or something similar.
The vampire is a mythological creature and thus defined primarily by what what favor of cultures of social background you are looking out. Vampires from different places and people are different and diverse I'm not going to step in and say any one is better then another, that's not my place. My vampire is actually a collection of elements from many stories and not singlely defined. Of course my vampire doesn't sparkle in the sun, he burns.
Personally i prefer the depiction of vampires you find in vampire the masquerade. Several different clans of vampires each with their own powers.
And almost everybody that has mentioned Bram Stoker's Dracula has mentioned that vampires should burn in sunlight, Which is something he never mentioned it was introduced in some of the later films. So all these people going on about twilight screwing that up, you might want to check your facts before you jump onto the bandwagon.
And almost everybody that has mentioned Bram Stoker's Dracula has mentioned that vampires should burn in sunlight, Which is something he never mentioned it was introduced in some of the later films. So all these people going on about twilight screwing that up, you might want to check your facts before you jump onto the bandwagon.
They need to survive on human blood untimely, die from sunlight and they need to have once been human. I don?t mind if they don?t need to drink as much human blood by drinking blood from other animals and I don?t mind if it takes them a little while to die in the sun.
Vampires should be sterile, they are undead, they bread by infecting other humans.
Edit: Actually I?m not even so sure about the whole sunlight thing though it has become one of the main characteristics. I could settle for them having an aversion to sunlight. They should be primarily nocturnal.
Vampires should be sterile, they are undead, they bread by infecting other humans.
Edit: Actually I?m not even so sure about the whole sunlight thing though it has become one of the main characteristics. I could settle for them having an aversion to sunlight. They should be primarily nocturnal.
Look like humans but are pale and with red eyes
Drinks blood to survive.
Can transform humans to vampires through blood-to-blood contact.
Harmed by sunlight (if in old times they are killed by it but if in modern times they aren't, I imagine vampires might have evolved since Dracula times)
Heightened senses and agility
Can survive most things but any destruction of the heart (be it stake, blade or bullet) will kill them.
NOT whiny emo stalkers.
Drinks blood to survive.
Can transform humans to vampires through blood-to-blood contact.
Harmed by sunlight (if in old times they are killed by it but if in modern times they aren't, I imagine vampires might have evolved since Dracula times)
Heightened senses and agility
Can survive most things but any destruction of the heart (be it stake, blade or bullet) will kill them.
NOT whiny emo stalkers.
Vampires are people (in one form or another) who drink blood as a life-giving sustenance. Really, that's the basic definition. Any other details are extrapolation growing out of a certain lore, whether that be medieval Eastern European, Gothic-Romantic, or unique 21st century twists on the idea. People who argue and argue about 'must-have' aspects of the vampire are ignoring the fact that the concept is much more transcendent. Specific mythology is formed from your personal preference, or from an author's decision.
Hemophilic, allergic to sunlight (extreme photosensitvity), allergic to some of the lighter heavy metals - such as silver (argentophobia).
Vampires should develop deformities such as elongated cuspid teeth, extreme lack of body fat, accelerated hair and nail growth, loss of skin saturation, discoloration of irises, and an agressive attitude.
Other than that, the Porphyric hemophilia should grant vampires some superhuman abilities - increased strength, agility, night vision (Tapetum lucidum), and the ability to survive on human blood. ^^
Damn, I like using Wikipedia and finding all those nice definitions.
Vampires should develop deformities such as elongated cuspid teeth, extreme lack of body fat, accelerated hair and nail growth, loss of skin saturation, discoloration of irises, and an agressive attitude.
Other than that, the Porphyric hemophilia should grant vampires some superhuman abilities - increased strength, agility, night vision (Tapetum lucidum), and the ability to survive on human blood. ^^
Damn, I like using Wikipedia and finding all those nice definitions.
Anything that feeds on blood. Bats, birds, bugs, to name ones that exist, and any mythological creatures. I don't mind different series establishing their own mythos. I don't hate Twilight for making vampires sparkle, I hate it because it's popular despite being crap.
Although the twilight- mythos doesn't make much sense and is dull. I prefer my vampires with weaknesses and non-BS powers that exists just because the writer sucks at exposition.
Although the twilight- mythos doesn't make much sense and is dull. I prefer my vampires with weaknesses and non-BS powers that exists just because the writer sucks at exposition.
Pretty much thisFargoDog said:
As for the Last piece, probably because it's hard to rationalise in some fictional settings (Underworld for example)
Some pieces of fiction actually get around it very well (The Noble Dead Saga).
One way to look at it is this, what if that piece of lore is a rumour spread by Vampires? In order to lull prey into a false sense of security?
I have two definitions:
1) The book "Dracula" by Bram Stoker.
2) The movie "Van Helsing"
Either of those will suffice for me.
1) The book "Dracula" by Bram Stoker.
2) The movie "Van Helsing"
Either of those will suffice for me.
Alucard from the Hellsing Anime/Manga. Mostly because he's the same kind of vampire if not The Vampire of the original Bramstoker's novel.
Immortality and drinking blood from humans is a curse.
Shapeshifts.
More powerful in a full moon.
Can walk in sunlight but loses some powers.
Actually scary.
Undead and sleeps in a coffin.
Immortality and drinking blood from humans is a curse.
Shapeshifts.
More powerful in a full moon.
Can walk in sunlight but loses some powers.
Actually scary.
Undead and sleeps in a coffin.
