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Post by Mairi on Mar 10, 2004 9:47:58 GMT -5
Does it seem to you that Vampires seem to seek the extreme in everything that they do? The clothes they wear, music they listen to, their fetishes, lifestyle ect.
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Post by Grim Reaper on Mar 10, 2004 17:33:10 GMT -5
Well i'd have to say i'm 50-50 on this one. Yes it does seem like most of us like to go all out...whether it be clothes,fetishes,what have you.
Then there is the ppl who try too hard to be something there not...which turns into the clothes,fetishes,etc. Not that there is anything wrong with that...it's just some try too hard to fit in when they can't seem to find another outlet.
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Post by Jasmine Nyte on Mar 10, 2004 20:55:54 GMT -5
I agree with Grim on the fact that some go to far and try too hard, I think some of that is a desperation to fit in, It also seems that some who are valuable assests are overlooked because they are not extravagant, I guess it all boils down to the old adage: You can't judge a book by its cover.
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Post by Mairi on Mar 11, 2004 7:27:08 GMT -5
True, there is that factor. But in most cases I think that Vampires feel that they are a minority and need to do whatever to feel more alive and draw the attention they need. It may be the way they draw energy or merely the need to boost their self esteem.
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Post by Vampirella on Mar 13, 2004 18:47:40 GMT -5
ok my take or views on things ,i consider vampires very extreme in general, so why would it surprise anyone that how they dress or the music they listen to, or the fetishes they get involved with would would be extreme ? im not surprised if they were seeking extreme ,it's when the lack extremeness that , id be totally surprised hehe but i think it all boils down to this ,everyone does like to be or feel accepted by others so the more extreme a vampire or anyone is the more attention they will get in return for their attempts ,whether its positive or negative that got attention and thats all that matters ,if its not extreme enough and doesnt get enough attention they will be tons more extreme the next time around just my 10 cents worth.... inflation sucks a motherf**cking A** see my point ;D lol
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Post by ShadowChild on Mar 15, 2004 22:16:00 GMT -5
I think some vampires go to the extreme. Usually, in my experience, they are the more attention seeking ones (no offense to anyone). I am a vamp and am pretty normal. Maybe it is age combined with children at home. Or maybe we all are just incredibly different?
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Post by isis32680 on Mar 16, 2004 13:32:24 GMT -5
I have the privilege of knowing five vamps. I say privilege because they are such amazing people to know. Two of these people you would look at and classify as Goth. Then there's the cowboy marine (I'm not kidding here), the girl next door, and the guy you wouldn't really notice in a crowd. But that's just clothing. As for their actions, well I would have to say that all of them go to the extreme. Two are black belts in more than one form of martial arts. The third is a second degree brown belt (I'm not positive about which form). We have all gone sky diving together, white water rafting, the list goes on, but I'll spare you. I guess from looking at us as a group, you could say we have a "zest for life". None of us are going to die in our beds in an old folks home. I don't necessarily think we seek only the extreme in life. But you never hear any of us complain about being board either.
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Post by caineunholy on Mar 16, 2004 15:11:34 GMT -5
Some Vampires are physics vampires. They make a buzz/high around them to feed on, the others, if you wear 200+ years old you would want to get as much excitement in your Un’life as possible. But then there is the vamp hue has lost the will to be dead! You just don't notice them.
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Post by WinterWitch on Mar 16, 2004 15:28:49 GMT -5
I've often wondered if they just didnt' do the things they do to feel something. Not that they're dead as in undead. But after being discriminated against for so long you are just numb and you need to feel something.
I know I didn't explain that well at all. Sorry
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Post by paradisiac on Mar 17, 2004 14:03:29 GMT -5
I am of the opinion that vampires have feelings that reach deeper than most others. We are more easily affected by the things with which we surround ourselves.
I think also that many vampires try to fill their hunger by trying extreme things. I know that was a huge factor in my drug abuse and my hardcore BDSM lifestyle.
I am coming to a very comfortable place in my life right now. I feel sort of like a skin stretched out over a drum shell: I fit well in my life, sometimes I need to be adjust and if I am touched in varying ways I will resonante differently.
Vampires may very well be the eternal adolescents of the Otherkin. We are always searching for where we fit, how we fit and why that is so.
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Post by StarrLamia on Mar 17, 2004 17:53:22 GMT -5
I dont personally think that all vampires are extreme in nature, some that I have met are rather normal (although its hard to say because lol most kin arent acting normal at large kin gathers). But in saying that being a goth isnt in anyway being extremist, it really isnt so odd to see goths, unless you live in a very small city. Most that I know even if some are classified as goth are very normal goth.. And some are just plain normal looking people.. at some points they can act extreme in some ways, but generally they know better then to draw unneeded attention to oneself.. It is from my experience attention seekers who act silly, its a way of drawing energy from people..
Also... who is talking about undead 200 year old vampires? yeesh.. and its psychic not physic.. lol..
And... I dont think we have deeper feelings, I think that it is our hightened awareness of energy, and in turn empathy with people that would cause one to feel so much deeper about things when faced with a situation, and quite frankily there are a lot of drama queens in the community.
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Post by paradisiac on Mar 17, 2004 20:15:35 GMT -5
"And... I dont think we have deeper feelings, I think that it is our hightened awareness of energy, and in turn empathy with people that would cause one to feel so much deeper about things when faced with a situation, and quite frankily there are a lot of drama queens in the community. "
Wouldn't that constitute deeper feelings?
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Post by StarrLamia on Mar 18, 2004 17:40:55 GMT -5
Perhaps in some sense it could, but those feelings arent always our own, they are influenced by our sensitivities to such things. Empathy isnt about feeling these things as your own, but feeling someone else's feelings.. I personally just dont think that means you feel it any deeper then anyone else would/could. I suppose it depends on the situation and relation to how anyone else involved in such situation would be feeling. I think it would exagerate more then deepen feelings.
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Post by DARKLOVE1978 on Apr 1, 2004 10:17:38 GMT -5
as vampires we do take things to the extream but was as vampires dont really know what the extream is and as normal people you this its un real just becouse we like to dress good, and we know what good music to listen to now the fetishes yes some do take it tooo far but as most of us are lifestile is normal to us as drinking beer is to a drunk man
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Post by arrwyn on Jul 19, 2004 9:18:46 GMT -5
My opinion on this subject is that it is age related as well. I know a few vampires who are over 40 and they are less extreme than those I know in their 20s. Or ... they keep it quiet better. Most of the "older" vampires I know lead very normal lives and do not dress in the extreme. One has a passion for anything purple and wears something purple almost every day but it is "normal" clothing, usually. I think the more one must involve themselves in the mundane situations of job and family life the extremist attitude goes farther and farthur into the background of your life. Extremist behavior is a providence of the young.
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