From: cairnss@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Launcelot Gobbo=)
Subject: Re: vampyres/and/sex
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 14:35:54 GMT

branwen@sage.cc.purdue.edu ( ) writes:


May be a few FCC DRAC SPOILERS....
I crashed the editor while I was writing this one so you will have to
pardon any agregious flaws...... :(










>concerning vampires.  Are vampires impotent (as Rice claims) or are they 
>up and ready, like FFC seems to believe (inferred from the Drac-Lucy coupling).
>You see, at least in the 20th century, vampires and sex have been inseparable.

>                                                            Glenn




It seems to me, and this has been mentioned before on
alt.vampyres (But never by me :( )  that vampyrism is very
closely related to sex, i.e. the extreme
blood lust seems to relate very closely with sexual desire.
Another sense of it my be that it is a somewhat forbidden
passion, and although it seems that there has been a "sexual"
revolution, there has not until now been a vampyre equivalent.
What I see in the litterature that I have read, seems to show
vampyres, having a nearly uncontrollable lust for blood, and that
the actual aquisition of the blood is somewhat stimulating, or at
least very fulfilling. 
In many ways this can be related to the sexual
experience in my mind or at, least those that I have had.
Passion, fullfilment, desire, all of these are quite sexual.
Now I believe that a vampyre having this source of imbideing
lust/passion would then be perfectly fullfilled at the aquisition of
blood and that a sexual desire is furthermore quite unnessicary.  
	In a biological sense in is extremely difficult for me to believe that
a vampyre would be capable of sexual reproduction, as it is clear
that their bodys are mostly dead, what ability could they have to
produce life.  From an evolutionary standpoint.  Vampyres have
reached the 'fittest state' referred to in our simple 'survival
of the fittest' evolutionary standpoint as they are immortal.
This further alludes to the fact that on an
evolutionary  basis a vampyre body would hardly spend time trying
to (funny twist of actual evolution) create the ability to
reproduce.  
        Now as for FCC's Dracula it would seem that the vampyres
were quite capable of sexual intercourse, however two things seem
to be clearly  demonstrated here.
One, the girl, whom Dracula suduced was very sexually
oriented, at a time in her life where she was experiencing sexual
desire and at a time in history where she is
not allowed to, lets say, meet her needs.  It is 
clear that vampyres have the ability to shape their body somewhat
and usually start from a human form anyway, so obvously Dracula
could use this as a weapon in the seduction of our young
mistress Lucy.  Two,  Dracula did not seek sexual fulfilment, he
saught blood, and merely used sexual intercourse as a tool in
gaining the blood that he desired.
         I don't think vampyres are very capable of having sexual
intercourse in the same manner as humans, at least not for the
same reasons, they are merely capable of performing the act, and
using it as a tool in the seduction of foolish, or maybe willing,
humans.


That is all.

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