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I kan has undead beings?

BobBob
edited 2011-05-27 00:30:58 in Media
Just wondering, what's everyone's thoughts on ghosts, vampires, werewolves, zombies and the like? Who here believes or doesn't believe in them? Who here likes or dislikes them? Most importantly, is anyone getting a little tired of all of the vampire / werewolf / zombie / whatever stories and movies that seem to be getting kranked out every other nano-sekond?
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  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    Ghosts are cool.  The good kind of vampires are awesome.  The sissy kind of vampires are annoying.  Werewolves are cool.  Zombies are cool, if a little overused.

    I don't believe in any of them.

    I'm a little tired of zombies, but not the other ones.
  • GelzoGelzo
    Pony Sleuth
    The best evidence available for ghosts seems to involve camera glitches. Of course it wouldn't be very scientific of me to completely disregard the possibility, but it's unlikely enough to me to say with some certainty that they don't exist. I do figure they rank a little higher on the plausibility scale than a Judeo-Christian god.

    It really depends on the quality of the work, but I think a work of any quality that involves zombies isn't likely to fail to entertain me in some way.
  • ViviVivi
    $80+ per session
    I believe in ghosts, and they sometimes scare me, but sometimes don't.

    I think the original vampire myths were based on people who had diabetes and other diseases.

    Werewolves are hot but not real.

    Zombies are possible and I would love to get stuck with some friends, a love interesting, and some of them.
  • GelzoGelzo
    Pony Sleuth
    If you define the undead as people who have been brought back from death, and depending on how you define death, I think there have been some cases of people you could technically count as zombies.
  • DarkDecapodianDarkDecapodian
    Clean your room little Billy

    Being quite the horror buff, I'm fond of all the assorted bogeymen in the genre. Vampires and zombies are a bit played out at the moment, but I'd say they need a rest more than they need retirement.


    I don't really believe in the supernatural, though I did have a weird incident that felt paranormal at the time. The original zombi of Caribbean legend might have some basis in reality, too.

  • vacasamavacasama
    Woki mit deim Popo.
    I think the original vampire myths were based on people who had diabetes and other diseases.

    I think vampires of folklore were what we would call zombies.  Back then, there was fear of the recently dead coming back from the grave and sucking your blood.
  • BobBob
    Weren't there people way bak in history that, while they may or may not have been aktual vampires, believed that they were and went around attaking people for their blood?

    Also, Elizabeth Báthory.
  • GelzoGelzo
    Pony Sleuth
    I haven't heard about any documented cases, but it wouldn't surprise me if someone did do that.
  • DarkDecapodianDarkDecapodian
    edited 2011-05-27 00:52:26
    Clean your room little Billy
    If I remember correctly, often when a recently buried corpse was disinterred for whatever reason, the body would appear bloated and ruddy, with blood trickling from the mouth due to bacterial activity. Since a peasant at the time wouldn't know too much about the details of the decaying process, it'd look like the corpse had recently gorged on blood. Toss in some superstition, and there you have a vampire.
  • VorpyVorpy
    ☭Unstoppable Sex Goddess☭
    Oh god I love these kinds of threads.

    I wish I could find a Succubus and breed with her. Somehow. I know I would damn my children to hell but not only are succubi extremely attractive and perfect liars, but they make great law supporters and marital tax defenders, since they can lie and invoke feelings of lust from anyone, and use the powers of sexual urging to make people do their will.

    And not only that, this would mean my children would be half-demon so they can spread a corrupted seed amongst the world.

    Incubus are the same way, but they tend to be more passive and mysterious than normal guys, but are the sweetest guys ever, and they ravage you during sex. For some reason it's always scary regardless of how cute he is. Those fucking eyes are creepy.

    (bonus, the dick goes everywhere)
  • Tnu1138Tnu1138
    I love classic horror mytholog6y but i'm a bit of astickler for details and consistancy for example I don't care for any vampires that deviate too much from the mold established in Dracula (novel) any zombies that arn't Type V. et cetera.
  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    Dracula wasn't the first vampire.
  • BobBob
    edited 2011-05-27 19:33:36
    Nope, that would be the Edimmu / Ekimmu of Mesopotamia. At least, it's the first rekorded vampire.

  • Tnu1138Tnu1138
    I know of the Ekimu it travels between bodies of the dead correct. I know he wasn't the first but he was the Trope Maker. I guess I should say the Dracula/Varney mold.
  • VorpyVorpy
    ☭Unstoppable Sex Goddess☭
    There are too many different Vampires in my opinion (not counting Mainstream fiction, ugh, with the humanoid vampires)

    The Moroi are cute but way too violent when collecting blood. They tend to kill people by ripping off the heads and crawling into the body to drink blood, which is only sexy for 1 second before you die. And since they are uncorporeal they have the bad tendency to phase out of existence at will.

    Churels are cute, while some are ugly, and they have to drink blood because they are constantly, perpetually bleeding from their vaginas since they are vampiric spirits of women who died from Childbirth and whatnot. Otherwise they are the least violent vampire, if you can handle how much blood they leave everywhere.

    Strigoi are the awesome strain of vampires that are immortal, have sexy ice blue eyes and are redheads. God damn. Too bad you'll never meet one since they enjoy transforming into toads, owls and bats and living as them rather than bedding a pathetic human girl like me...T_T
  • Tnu1138Tnu1138
    Oh Wow Vorpy i've never seen this side of you.
  • BobBob
    edited 2011-05-27 19:34:19
    I'm partial to Jiang Shi, kreatures akin to zombies or vampires that hide in dark plases during the day and steal your life energy at night. Plus, they akt like animals and have moldy skin and long white hair. Sure, it's not sexy, but I've always wanted to be able to tame one and keep it as a pet.
  • VorpyVorpy
    ☭Unstoppable Sex Goddess☭
    Don't Jiang Shi not move their legs very much?

    -hint hint-
  • Tnu1138Tnu1138
    edited 2011-05-27 02:30:14
    Yes Vorpy that's why they're called jiang shi.
  • BobBob
    It depends. Sinse they're essentially korpses, the more "resent" ones kan, while the older, more dekayed ones kan't, thanks to rigor mortis.
  • Tnu1138Tnu1138
    aren't jiang shi also blind?
  • BobBob
    Yep. They trak people down using their breath, whijh is why it's advisable to hold one's breath if you think one may be near. If that isn't awesome, I don't know what is.
  • Tnu1138Tnu1138
    i'm not too well versed in the specific my thology but is it possible for them to overcome any of their weaknesses?
  • BobBob
    Konsidering their greatest weakness is being so stiff... Yeah, no.

    Also, forgot about the sharp fangs, klaws and floresent glow.

    I love Jiang Shi.
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiang_Shi
  • Tnu1138Tnu1138
    I bet they aren't bad in bed.
  • Tnu1138Tnu1138
    Master Cygan! I'm delighted that you could join us! May I be of service?
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.
    I believe I asked you to stop that...
  • Tnu1138Tnu1138
    as you wish.
  • VorpyVorpy
    ☭Unstoppable Sex Goddess☭
    Ahkiyyini are known to some tribes to be dancing skeletons that use bones to play creepy songs on their Xylophone, which was made of shoulder-blades. They like to wreck boats with their songs and cause them to crash into icebergs or stones, or even lure hungry sea creatures to attack the boat and kill the sea-goer.

    Damn, to the west of the Americas things at sea start to get less beautiful and pleasing, and more...sinister. Normally you would have to put up with Sirens, who sing songs to seduce men off of a ship to drown, or Selkies, which lure men off of ships with their beauty, or Mermaids, which compel men to stay at sea so long searching for them that they drown themselves in despair or get lost. Ahkiyyini just play morbid sounding songs, look inhumanely horrifying and sick monsters like the Ahklut (giant Wolf-Orca hybrid monster) on you.
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