Vampires don’t actually need to be invited in, they’re just socially awkward and anxious.
I love it.
Vampire palates are vastly different and very sensitive to certain flavor to the point where they can only eat really bland food, hence the aversion to garlic. This is also why they drink blood. It’s the only real way for them to get the nutrients they need because other foods are so overwhelming that they can’t finish a full meal.
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Vampires are one of only three academically recognized examples of a mythform transmitted from animals to humans. The concept of vampires actually originated in bat culture, and was fully appropriated about three hundred years ago by humans, although significant prior cultural transfer occurred throughout bat/human history. The reason that vampire myths are so elaborate and contradictory, with seemingly random pieces of lore, is because there are actually several variations of vampire myth based on different species of bat. The reason that vampire myths are so widespread across a range of human cultures is again because of human/bat cultural exchange.
Vampires are actually thought to originate because of the ancient bat superstition that rabies – a deadly and devastating disease that is universally feared in all bats around the world – is transmitted by contact with humans. Almost all bat species have the shared myth of a terrible human that brings disease, death and madness when “invited” to the colony. Although this misconception was put to rest centuries ago, the associations remained, and humans are still viewed in bat cultures as having connections to madness, death and the Other. Even today, 48% of bats report that they believe that human hair can deliberately reach up to tangle a flying bat, 32% of bats report that they fear seeing humans moving about at night, and 65% of parents warn their children to never touch, make eye contact with, or deliberately fart near a human.
Today, vampires have moved away from the “rabies” association with bat culture and are now viewed as sexy, transgressive and intriguing. Increasingly, young bats report an interest in human culture, and many connect with the material trappings of human society, in particular via the Internet. In fact, young bats who identify strongly with human culture will pose as vampires in online settings.
Vampires are the equivalent, in fact, of bats’ fursonas.
If Cthulhu can be summoned by humans who are so far beneath it, why can’t humans be summoned by ants? The answer is they should be.
Well if a bunch of ants formed a circle in my house I’d certainly notice, try to figure out where they’d all come from, and possibly wreak destruction there.
That’s why knowing and correctly pronouncing the true name is so important to the ritual. Imagine how impossible it would be to not go take a look if the circle of ants started chanting your name.
And they’re like, you can’t leave because we drew a line made of tiny crystals – now you have to do us a favor.
And you’re like, let’s just see where this goes “yup, you got me… what’s the favor?”
and usually the favor is like, “kill this one ant for us” or “give me a pile of sugar” and you’re like… okay? and you do, because why not, it isn’t hard for you and boy is this going to be a fucking story to tell, these fucking ants chanting your name and wanting a spoonful of sugar or whatever.
And SOMEtimes you get asked for things you can’t really do, one of them, she’s like, “I love this ant but she won’t pay any attention to me, make me important to her” and you’re like… um? how? So you just kill every ant in the colony except the two of them, ta-da! problem solved! and the first ant is like *horrified whisper* “what have I done”
This is the best explanation for higher powers I’ve ever really heard.
“Character who looks dangerous but is actually harmless” and “character who looks harmless but is actually dangerous” are both well and good, but consider: character who looks dangerous, and actually is, but for a completely different reason than they look like they should be.
And no, I don’t mean like “guy who wears robes with a water motif is actually a fire wizard”. I mean like “seven-foot-tall mountain of gleaming muscle with sword the size of a surfboard strapped to his back is actually the Nine Realms’ most feared lawyer”.
Hiram McDaniels, a nine headed dragon wanted for insurance fraud.
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