RKCoon
05-20-2006, 01:57 AM
OK al l,this is my first serious stab at an article. enjoy or dread, at your leasure. ; ) Keep in mind, thisi stil lconsider a "rough" draft, i may improve it, i may just leave it the hell alone; most of the feedback ive gotten on it so far has been incredible. : D
RK's Primer to Vampirism and the Vampire's World
Intro -
OK, This is going to be an interesting one, as my brain decided just as I was crawling into bed that I needed to write this article. I’ve been seeing a lot of Crap lately on a number of boards and locations, and I think its time that I put forward MY view, to help clear the air some. So, without further ado -
TO start with, First, it will seem vague, as to my defining what a vampire is or is not – aside of the blatantly obvious things, ie, we need blood, but the BS of the movies is just that, BS, and so forth – I am leaving precice definition somewhat nebulous – primarily, in an effort to spur self searching, and to try and limit the potential amount of “deciding because one source said so”. Id much rather someone took the time and went thru a number of large sources ,before saying yes or no to something on this scale – it leads to one being more sure of ones self.
However… that idea of being sure of yourself can and usually does come into question -- when the hunger strikes.
It happens, for its own reasons, that usually cant be 100% pinned down, but generally, it can be at least traced to some form of event -- heavy stress, actually incidentally touching another’s blood, hell even watching a vampire movie or show. Don’t laugh, it happens -- hence the waves of RPers that we have to weed out after every new Blade or Hellsing or similar movie; we get dozens of kids (age notwithstanding) out enjoying the scene - -but we do also get the few that are genuine, in their thoughts -- and fears. and if your laughing because I said scary, your either cocky (like me) or haven’t felt it. The hunger, and I’m going to stick primarily to my expertise of sang here, is something that will throw your world into a whole new level of chaos you’ve never imagined, ready for it or not. It’ll consume you, if left unattended, with far more fire than love AND hate combined. It is usually enough, even for the strongest amongst us, to crush ANY form of mental barrier we erect, or has been erected for us. It’ll tear its way thru you, and it’ll confuse the hell out of you -- to the point that people will notice.
Step one. Stay calm, and analyze yourself, your body, your surroundings and your pressures. In detail - Starting with yourself, if you feel this obscene urge to bite, more, to feed off another’s blood (warning, regurgitated line here) get yourself checked out, not by a shrink, but by a medical doctor. there ARE a number of diseases that have some similarities to vampirism, either way, its always nice to be certain there is nothing physically wrong with you. Note i said not with a shrink -- this IS my personal Point of View, but i DO feel still that any mention of vampirism, to any but the MOST open minded of shrinks, will either land you drugged up, funny farmed, or exposed to your family -- which, if you had a family like mine, would be the most nightmarish. (as a side note, I’m not saying my family is abusive in any way -- but merely, VERY old fashioned and old school.) Once you’ve taken care of the body, move next to your surroundings. what are you around? what is pressuring you? do you have a lot of stress? That kinda crap. it may seem off topic, but believe me, removing or otherwise dealing with day to day hassles as easily and properly as possible makes your self journey SO much easier to deal with. Puberty makes this a royal pain, i might add, as often that alone triggers ones awakening. Trying to weed out your body growing and yourself actually awakening CAN be a challenge --but patience is the key here, with yourself most of all.
OK, so you've addressed those issues, but the thought, most likely along with a number of urges. Now what? Well, the funner stuff starts -- you get to RESEARCH! OK ya i know, sounds lame -- but this isn’t some dreary ass subject your boring school teacher babbles incoherently about. This is something to do about YOU and you alone, at least, for now. Herein lies the rub, however -- There IS a LOT out there -- but, at my last check, about 75% of it is fluff, or otherwise garbage. Add to that, the fact that every vampire, just like every human, is different, and you can soon see where the problem sets in. The trick, for you, is going to be sorting it out, what is real, what is RP or otherwise fake, and so forth. For Sanguines, aka blood drinkers, your going to find easily twice as much RP, or more specifically, RP and lyfestylers mixed in with the knowledge your going to need to survive. I’m NOT going to list sites here, That I leave up to each and every person to choose from, just as I’m NOTY going to list sites to stay away from -- rather, I’m going to rattle off, from my experience, the key pointers you’ll want to look for to find what you need, as well as what’s worked -- and NOT worked -- for me.
Feeding directly -- this is the key issue, what makes us different, and there is no denying we are different, from the rest of humanity - because, while we ARE locked in human bodies, something, that i as yet haven’t determined, is within us, driving us to fill this need, a need which one finds in short order to be worse even still than the need for food or water. Now, there’s a LOT of issues here ill address -- donors, blood safety, privacy, personal and legal safety and so on. To start --
1. Blood safety. While we vamps love nothing more than to ham ourselves up -- we ARE just as susceptible as any human to ANY blood borne or otherwise infectious disease. Aids, hepatitis, you name it -- you CAN AND WILL catch it by drinking blood. Think about it -- the very liquid that carries the diseases in another WILL be absorbed directly into you, the second it goes into your mouth, down your throat. by the time it actually makes it to the stomach acids, its already had direct contact with your internal organs, and hence, your blood. Scary, isn’t it? It’d better be. This is THE most important thing to keep in mind, when you’re looking to feed -- be it animal OR human. Note I said animal. I will confess right now, I’ve not fed from a live, or recently dead, animal -- I have, however, used raw steaks, both cooked "blue rare", and straight, cold, from the butchers block -- to work on my hunger, while without a donor. it gets into ethics that ill cover later, but suffice it to say for now -- KNOW your source, as unequivocally as possible. when you’re feeding from a human, and sooner or later, if for no other reason than to answer the question of weather or not you are one, you will, KNOWING your donor is 100% clean will e a mind saver, and a life saver. For this, the best you can do, trust issues aside, is have your donor to receive a full battery of blood tests -- and, if at all possible, wait 6 months, while getting to know your donor and past (sexual and otherwise) and have the test re-administered. the reason for this, is many diseases, if recently infected, take that long to incubate -- AIDS, as a matter of fact, can remain dormant and undetected for upwards of two YEARS. This, as a side note, is why Police members, as well as health care workers, if bitten, scratched or otherwise exposed to uncertain or contaminated blood, wind up taking tests immediately, 3 months, 6 months, one year and two years after the fact to find out. a VERY painful time for all involved, not knowing for that two years. NOT something you want to put yourselves or loved ones thru by ANY means.
2. Trust. Perhaps even more paramount in most of our minds than blood safety is trust. For us to feed, one of two things are happening -- you are cutting your donor to cause bleeding, or your donor is cutting his/herself to bleed for you. Either way, direct physical harm is being caused in this manner. I will not deny, I have had MAJOR issues with this for years, and still, am not quite 100% comfortable with it -- but I deal with it, in order to survive. Now, this is where the trust part, obviously, comes in -- and far more an issue for anyone that may be less than legal age. For those legal age, it has been known to pass off feeding as a blood or unusual fetish, such as a S&M or BDSM activity. However, for younger people, its much more, er, debatable. All I can really say, with this, is, while adhering to the thoughts above concerning blood safety, you would probably already be building that trust level -- DONT abuse it. That being said -- don’t let it BE abused either. This is something that requires a great deal of thought and caution, as well as "working on the fly" approach -- but taking ones time, and being careful, are the safest ways to approach here. Further, ill expand this to include discussing it with others -- Online, we have a false amount of anonymity, where we think we can blend in with the background -- but keep in mind, you post once, and it is fairly easy for you to be tracked, both from the computer your on, and online elsewhere. Take as may precautions as possible -- avoid revealing personal information (obviously) and if planning to meet in person, plan on open, public places to meet at, to help protect yourself. Again, lots of this IS common logic and so forth -- but our hunger does make it easy to forget this, so it doesn’t hurt to be reminded. Legal issues can be included here, as it is an act between two (or more) individuals, so often, if in any doubt, best to put it off until there IS none.
3. Dealing with the Online Vampire Communities (OVCs) as a whole. As mentioned above, you’re going to be dealing with this in your looking for information, and most likely, personal assistance or friendship, unless you plan on absolutely no communication with anyone. Most likely you WILL be speaking with others, and wanting to become a part of an ever expanding community. Here, I’m going to give a few pointers, based on my personal episodes and, how to say, mishandlings, both on my part and others.
A. People making nearly or totally unbelievable claims. here are but a few specific examples to give you a fairly broad idea
i. i am personally aware of one self claimed elder, who also made the claim that a sanguine vampire could survive without feeding on human blood, for all their lives, and claimed that shed done so for over twenty years. Well, in my personal experience, after twenty-seven MONTHS, hardly over two years, i was ready, quite literally, to find the nearest human and slit them from ear to ear. Sorry, but in my experience, substitutes only go so far, before they go no farther. Yes, they work reasonably well for some, and NOT so well for others -- my whole point with this particular example, is keeping in mind, eventually your going to need to feed for real, and beware of those that tell you otherwise.
ii. I have run across a number of separate individuals that claimed the ability to read minds, aka telepathy. Now, we vampire DO tend to be far more empathic than the average human (and indeed, most of us use this to our distinct advantage), however, I’ve yet to run across one that could back the claim. This however, is more an example of being able to shield ones emotions, so as not to be as easy pickings for others. Keep in mind, as a newly awakened vamp, you will find they SEEM to know what your thinking -- probably because, if their real, they went thru much the same on their own, and if their NOT real, probably spent a considerable amount of time reading about it from those that ARE, so don’t be thrown by this.
iii. Those claiming to be elders. now, touchy subject here, as there are literally hundreds of various boards and groups out there, each making this claim , but there’s a number of things here to look out for -- what KIND of elders these people claim to be, ie, self titled, weather they claim to be 400 years old, TURNED is one of my personal favorites for a laugh, and so on. Usually, one finds that someone that’s a true "elder" is merely someone whose been IN the community, and i mean REAL not online, for a substantial amount of time, and is widely respected for their knowledge -- AND is one that doesn’t use the title themselves. Far FAR more often, you will find people that claim the title for themselves, usually accompanied by some longwinded bullshit title stemming from their board or group -- and is younger than I am, of all of twenty five. To paraphrase Foamy the Squirrel, "these people REALLY need blood poisoning." The best course of action here is to observe, keep quiet, and when you see signs of self-granduering and a select number of people essentially kowtowing to a select group, bow out and look elsewhere. This ALWAYS inevitably leads straight to such wonderful things like drama and arguments -- something young vamps get ENOUGH of, I’m sure.
B. Now let me touch on the boards and groups themselves, some of this I’ve already partially touched on.
i. Boards claiming ancient ties. I personally have yet to see ANY board group or otherwise prove ANY existence of ANY ties with Anything in this regard – ALL the time I’ve run across this, I’ve proven it to either be directly out of an RPG of some form, OR its just total BS meant to lure unsuspecting people in. Either way, its a BIG time warning sign – not one to be tangled with (unless your like me and enjoy screwing with peons ;) )
ii. Boards demanding strict adherence to “board structure”, i.e., Elders, councils and the like – generally, this is more a case of the owners and their close circle of friends getting their rocks off by being lost in lala land. Else wise, It IS straight of an RPG – a true warning sign if you are wanting to be in the real crowds.
iii. Boards with longer “rules and obligations” or similar, than most warranty cards on vehicles – pretty self explanatory here – it falls back generally to the “either RP or people lost wishing to be IN an RP, or the TV Idolized version of vampires.
iv. Boards with posts or comments expecting high posting and turnover – generally, but not always, the staff on these boards are more concerned with their post count and seeing how many friends they can make, than they are about reality. Its one thing to see the owner asking his or her mods to post regularly and keep tabs on their board – its quite another when this is passed to the members. Usually, this is far more hassle than its worth.
v. Blatant or obvious drama – You’ll see this very quickly upon perusing a board that’s afflicted with it – people bitching ranting or complaining at or to or with each other. This is one you’ll find where, if you enter, you’ll quickly get sucked in to take sides – though I will admit I’ve been guilty of this myself. This ties back in learning how and who to trust – if drama is present its VERY easy to get hurt, betrayed, lied to or otherwise. Use EXREME caution if you suspect this.
Finally, I’m going to throw in a side note here – Other Kin. This term, to me, includes vampirism, but also includes ALL other kin, or, technically, “persons who have spirits that are not human”. This includes therians, persons with, or are, within their human bodies, spirits of real earth based animals and creatures. These are creatures that ARE, or have been proving to once did, exist on this planet, for example, Raccoons (boo ;) ), cats, avians, wolves, etc. This does not include such creatures as dragons, faeries, phoenixes, unicorns, gryphons, and so forth. These each tend to each have their own “sub-genre” and their own peoples within. Further, you will find, quite possibly within yourself, that Vampires are as well kin, be it thru past lives, visitors thru astral or psionics means, shared bodies or so on. Vampires can and regularly are “mixed kin”, and there is no harm or crime in that – but for some it will make life a bit more, ahem, interesting. ;) For more information, obviously, Research again is necessary. Hopefully, overall, this gives you a fair idea of what your up against, and what to look for.
Copyright 2006 by me, RKCoon. May be emailed, and may be reposted -- just lemme know where its going. im not doin this to maka buck, its there to help those that wish it -- and im curious to see how far this goes. ;)
RK's Primer to Vampirism and the Vampire's World
Intro -
OK, This is going to be an interesting one, as my brain decided just as I was crawling into bed that I needed to write this article. I’ve been seeing a lot of Crap lately on a number of boards and locations, and I think its time that I put forward MY view, to help clear the air some. So, without further ado -
TO start with, First, it will seem vague, as to my defining what a vampire is or is not – aside of the blatantly obvious things, ie, we need blood, but the BS of the movies is just that, BS, and so forth – I am leaving precice definition somewhat nebulous – primarily, in an effort to spur self searching, and to try and limit the potential amount of “deciding because one source said so”. Id much rather someone took the time and went thru a number of large sources ,before saying yes or no to something on this scale – it leads to one being more sure of ones self.
However… that idea of being sure of yourself can and usually does come into question -- when the hunger strikes.
It happens, for its own reasons, that usually cant be 100% pinned down, but generally, it can be at least traced to some form of event -- heavy stress, actually incidentally touching another’s blood, hell even watching a vampire movie or show. Don’t laugh, it happens -- hence the waves of RPers that we have to weed out after every new Blade or Hellsing or similar movie; we get dozens of kids (age notwithstanding) out enjoying the scene - -but we do also get the few that are genuine, in their thoughts -- and fears. and if your laughing because I said scary, your either cocky (like me) or haven’t felt it. The hunger, and I’m going to stick primarily to my expertise of sang here, is something that will throw your world into a whole new level of chaos you’ve never imagined, ready for it or not. It’ll consume you, if left unattended, with far more fire than love AND hate combined. It is usually enough, even for the strongest amongst us, to crush ANY form of mental barrier we erect, or has been erected for us. It’ll tear its way thru you, and it’ll confuse the hell out of you -- to the point that people will notice.
Step one. Stay calm, and analyze yourself, your body, your surroundings and your pressures. In detail - Starting with yourself, if you feel this obscene urge to bite, more, to feed off another’s blood (warning, regurgitated line here) get yourself checked out, not by a shrink, but by a medical doctor. there ARE a number of diseases that have some similarities to vampirism, either way, its always nice to be certain there is nothing physically wrong with you. Note i said not with a shrink -- this IS my personal Point of View, but i DO feel still that any mention of vampirism, to any but the MOST open minded of shrinks, will either land you drugged up, funny farmed, or exposed to your family -- which, if you had a family like mine, would be the most nightmarish. (as a side note, I’m not saying my family is abusive in any way -- but merely, VERY old fashioned and old school.) Once you’ve taken care of the body, move next to your surroundings. what are you around? what is pressuring you? do you have a lot of stress? That kinda crap. it may seem off topic, but believe me, removing or otherwise dealing with day to day hassles as easily and properly as possible makes your self journey SO much easier to deal with. Puberty makes this a royal pain, i might add, as often that alone triggers ones awakening. Trying to weed out your body growing and yourself actually awakening CAN be a challenge --but patience is the key here, with yourself most of all.
OK, so you've addressed those issues, but the thought, most likely along with a number of urges. Now what? Well, the funner stuff starts -- you get to RESEARCH! OK ya i know, sounds lame -- but this isn’t some dreary ass subject your boring school teacher babbles incoherently about. This is something to do about YOU and you alone, at least, for now. Herein lies the rub, however -- There IS a LOT out there -- but, at my last check, about 75% of it is fluff, or otherwise garbage. Add to that, the fact that every vampire, just like every human, is different, and you can soon see where the problem sets in. The trick, for you, is going to be sorting it out, what is real, what is RP or otherwise fake, and so forth. For Sanguines, aka blood drinkers, your going to find easily twice as much RP, or more specifically, RP and lyfestylers mixed in with the knowledge your going to need to survive. I’m NOT going to list sites here, That I leave up to each and every person to choose from, just as I’m NOTY going to list sites to stay away from -- rather, I’m going to rattle off, from my experience, the key pointers you’ll want to look for to find what you need, as well as what’s worked -- and NOT worked -- for me.
Feeding directly -- this is the key issue, what makes us different, and there is no denying we are different, from the rest of humanity - because, while we ARE locked in human bodies, something, that i as yet haven’t determined, is within us, driving us to fill this need, a need which one finds in short order to be worse even still than the need for food or water. Now, there’s a LOT of issues here ill address -- donors, blood safety, privacy, personal and legal safety and so on. To start --
1. Blood safety. While we vamps love nothing more than to ham ourselves up -- we ARE just as susceptible as any human to ANY blood borne or otherwise infectious disease. Aids, hepatitis, you name it -- you CAN AND WILL catch it by drinking blood. Think about it -- the very liquid that carries the diseases in another WILL be absorbed directly into you, the second it goes into your mouth, down your throat. by the time it actually makes it to the stomach acids, its already had direct contact with your internal organs, and hence, your blood. Scary, isn’t it? It’d better be. This is THE most important thing to keep in mind, when you’re looking to feed -- be it animal OR human. Note I said animal. I will confess right now, I’ve not fed from a live, or recently dead, animal -- I have, however, used raw steaks, both cooked "blue rare", and straight, cold, from the butchers block -- to work on my hunger, while without a donor. it gets into ethics that ill cover later, but suffice it to say for now -- KNOW your source, as unequivocally as possible. when you’re feeding from a human, and sooner or later, if for no other reason than to answer the question of weather or not you are one, you will, KNOWING your donor is 100% clean will e a mind saver, and a life saver. For this, the best you can do, trust issues aside, is have your donor to receive a full battery of blood tests -- and, if at all possible, wait 6 months, while getting to know your donor and past (sexual and otherwise) and have the test re-administered. the reason for this, is many diseases, if recently infected, take that long to incubate -- AIDS, as a matter of fact, can remain dormant and undetected for upwards of two YEARS. This, as a side note, is why Police members, as well as health care workers, if bitten, scratched or otherwise exposed to uncertain or contaminated blood, wind up taking tests immediately, 3 months, 6 months, one year and two years after the fact to find out. a VERY painful time for all involved, not knowing for that two years. NOT something you want to put yourselves or loved ones thru by ANY means.
2. Trust. Perhaps even more paramount in most of our minds than blood safety is trust. For us to feed, one of two things are happening -- you are cutting your donor to cause bleeding, or your donor is cutting his/herself to bleed for you. Either way, direct physical harm is being caused in this manner. I will not deny, I have had MAJOR issues with this for years, and still, am not quite 100% comfortable with it -- but I deal with it, in order to survive. Now, this is where the trust part, obviously, comes in -- and far more an issue for anyone that may be less than legal age. For those legal age, it has been known to pass off feeding as a blood or unusual fetish, such as a S&M or BDSM activity. However, for younger people, its much more, er, debatable. All I can really say, with this, is, while adhering to the thoughts above concerning blood safety, you would probably already be building that trust level -- DONT abuse it. That being said -- don’t let it BE abused either. This is something that requires a great deal of thought and caution, as well as "working on the fly" approach -- but taking ones time, and being careful, are the safest ways to approach here. Further, ill expand this to include discussing it with others -- Online, we have a false amount of anonymity, where we think we can blend in with the background -- but keep in mind, you post once, and it is fairly easy for you to be tracked, both from the computer your on, and online elsewhere. Take as may precautions as possible -- avoid revealing personal information (obviously) and if planning to meet in person, plan on open, public places to meet at, to help protect yourself. Again, lots of this IS common logic and so forth -- but our hunger does make it easy to forget this, so it doesn’t hurt to be reminded. Legal issues can be included here, as it is an act between two (or more) individuals, so often, if in any doubt, best to put it off until there IS none.
3. Dealing with the Online Vampire Communities (OVCs) as a whole. As mentioned above, you’re going to be dealing with this in your looking for information, and most likely, personal assistance or friendship, unless you plan on absolutely no communication with anyone. Most likely you WILL be speaking with others, and wanting to become a part of an ever expanding community. Here, I’m going to give a few pointers, based on my personal episodes and, how to say, mishandlings, both on my part and others.
A. People making nearly or totally unbelievable claims. here are but a few specific examples to give you a fairly broad idea
i. i am personally aware of one self claimed elder, who also made the claim that a sanguine vampire could survive without feeding on human blood, for all their lives, and claimed that shed done so for over twenty years. Well, in my personal experience, after twenty-seven MONTHS, hardly over two years, i was ready, quite literally, to find the nearest human and slit them from ear to ear. Sorry, but in my experience, substitutes only go so far, before they go no farther. Yes, they work reasonably well for some, and NOT so well for others -- my whole point with this particular example, is keeping in mind, eventually your going to need to feed for real, and beware of those that tell you otherwise.
ii. I have run across a number of separate individuals that claimed the ability to read minds, aka telepathy. Now, we vampire DO tend to be far more empathic than the average human (and indeed, most of us use this to our distinct advantage), however, I’ve yet to run across one that could back the claim. This however, is more an example of being able to shield ones emotions, so as not to be as easy pickings for others. Keep in mind, as a newly awakened vamp, you will find they SEEM to know what your thinking -- probably because, if their real, they went thru much the same on their own, and if their NOT real, probably spent a considerable amount of time reading about it from those that ARE, so don’t be thrown by this.
iii. Those claiming to be elders. now, touchy subject here, as there are literally hundreds of various boards and groups out there, each making this claim , but there’s a number of things here to look out for -- what KIND of elders these people claim to be, ie, self titled, weather they claim to be 400 years old, TURNED is one of my personal favorites for a laugh, and so on. Usually, one finds that someone that’s a true "elder" is merely someone whose been IN the community, and i mean REAL not online, for a substantial amount of time, and is widely respected for their knowledge -- AND is one that doesn’t use the title themselves. Far FAR more often, you will find people that claim the title for themselves, usually accompanied by some longwinded bullshit title stemming from their board or group -- and is younger than I am, of all of twenty five. To paraphrase Foamy the Squirrel, "these people REALLY need blood poisoning." The best course of action here is to observe, keep quiet, and when you see signs of self-granduering and a select number of people essentially kowtowing to a select group, bow out and look elsewhere. This ALWAYS inevitably leads straight to such wonderful things like drama and arguments -- something young vamps get ENOUGH of, I’m sure.
B. Now let me touch on the boards and groups themselves, some of this I’ve already partially touched on.
i. Boards claiming ancient ties. I personally have yet to see ANY board group or otherwise prove ANY existence of ANY ties with Anything in this regard – ALL the time I’ve run across this, I’ve proven it to either be directly out of an RPG of some form, OR its just total BS meant to lure unsuspecting people in. Either way, its a BIG time warning sign – not one to be tangled with (unless your like me and enjoy screwing with peons ;) )
ii. Boards demanding strict adherence to “board structure”, i.e., Elders, councils and the like – generally, this is more a case of the owners and their close circle of friends getting their rocks off by being lost in lala land. Else wise, It IS straight of an RPG – a true warning sign if you are wanting to be in the real crowds.
iii. Boards with longer “rules and obligations” or similar, than most warranty cards on vehicles – pretty self explanatory here – it falls back generally to the “either RP or people lost wishing to be IN an RP, or the TV Idolized version of vampires.
iv. Boards with posts or comments expecting high posting and turnover – generally, but not always, the staff on these boards are more concerned with their post count and seeing how many friends they can make, than they are about reality. Its one thing to see the owner asking his or her mods to post regularly and keep tabs on their board – its quite another when this is passed to the members. Usually, this is far more hassle than its worth.
v. Blatant or obvious drama – You’ll see this very quickly upon perusing a board that’s afflicted with it – people bitching ranting or complaining at or to or with each other. This is one you’ll find where, if you enter, you’ll quickly get sucked in to take sides – though I will admit I’ve been guilty of this myself. This ties back in learning how and who to trust – if drama is present its VERY easy to get hurt, betrayed, lied to or otherwise. Use EXREME caution if you suspect this.
Finally, I’m going to throw in a side note here – Other Kin. This term, to me, includes vampirism, but also includes ALL other kin, or, technically, “persons who have spirits that are not human”. This includes therians, persons with, or are, within their human bodies, spirits of real earth based animals and creatures. These are creatures that ARE, or have been proving to once did, exist on this planet, for example, Raccoons (boo ;) ), cats, avians, wolves, etc. This does not include such creatures as dragons, faeries, phoenixes, unicorns, gryphons, and so forth. These each tend to each have their own “sub-genre” and their own peoples within. Further, you will find, quite possibly within yourself, that Vampires are as well kin, be it thru past lives, visitors thru astral or psionics means, shared bodies or so on. Vampires can and regularly are “mixed kin”, and there is no harm or crime in that – but for some it will make life a bit more, ahem, interesting. ;) For more information, obviously, Research again is necessary. Hopefully, overall, this gives you a fair idea of what your up against, and what to look for.
Copyright 2006 by me, RKCoon. May be emailed, and may be reposted -- just lemme know where its going. im not doin this to maka buck, its there to help those that wish it -- and im curious to see how far this goes. ;)