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It's been a while since I returned to my first love.

I blame the blasphemous abomination called Twilight for forcing me underground in it with my life off the internet; it's damn near impossible to avoid that reference, these days.

I once got smacked in the face by an irate fan of the series when I said the series was terrible. True story, happened during a town-wide yard sale. Only the age difference kept me from hitting the kid back; didn't want the trouble. (worse, it was a boy. what?!)

But yes, my first love: Vampires.

I would not be the person I am today if I didn't discover Vampire: the Masquerade at an age when I probably shouldn't have been allowed to read anything by White Wolf, period. It led me to a bunch of other materials and is, oddly enough, one of the two franchises that got me into vampires to begin with. (Second was the Legacy of Kain series of video games).

Which is, originally, what led me to Type-Moon. I knew what Tsukihime was before I knew Fate/Stay Night existed, though I still haven't played the former myself. If I had, I'd be writing a lot of drabbles on that.

...

So, um, yeah, I'm rambling.

Point is, vampires.

Blame them, ultimately, for me being here and being the person you all know.

I bring it up because writing Dead Apostle!Rin and Altrouge Brunestud has been a blast lately.

Definitely going to do more on that.

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  1. Elf's Avatar
    Yes you should!

    Also, if you want to read a good vampire series where there's a femme fatal vampire who kicks ass, the Sonya Blue Cycle by Nancy A Collins.

    Here are the first three collected together
    A Dozen Black Roses: Sonya meeting the Vampire: The Mascarade verse
  2. Aiden's Avatar
    Will look into it.
  3. Elf's Avatar
    And an excellent vampire movie is "Fright Night". The original one, not the Collin Ferrial remake.
  4. LunarLegend's Avatar
    Question: Favorite Masquerade clan? Favorite Requiem clan? Favorite White Wolf gameline overall?
  5. Arashi_Leonhart's Avatar
    That's why you don't hit them back. You destroy them. Until their tears run so freely their faces do indeed sparkle in the sunlight.
  6. Aiden's Avatar
    @Arashi: This is why I tricked the kid into watching A Clockwork Orange, uncensored. He hates me forever thanks to that. So worth it.

    @LunarLegend: Okay, questions in order.

    1) Tzimisce (Malkavian runner-up)
    2) Ventrue (Nosferatu runner-up)
    3) Exalted.

    I am also a fan of Demon: The Fallen, both versions of Vampire, Mage: The Awakening, Changeling: The Lost, and the entire Dark Ages line except for Werewolf. (Because I hate classic World of Darkness werewolf. nWoD Werewolf is fine)
  7. RadiantBeam's Avatar
    Vampires are sexy beasts when handled correctly.
  8. Aiden's Avatar
    Correctly is the tricky part.