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[–] 41 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

There's also the community angle. If you're immortal, you're going to want an immortal support network pretty desperately at times

Your progenitor isn't just a partner, they're a gateway to immortal society. How long would it take to make connections that would survive a breakup? It'd be one thing if there were vampire nightclubs going on, but that's a pretty bad way to maintain secrecy

Some interesting power dynamics come into play

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  • [–] 28 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    Underground nightclubs are totally fine unless a half vampire with swords shows up, and what're the odds of that?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    One sword? Maybe ... Multiple swords???? They would never.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Turn others into your support structures

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    I see what you did there 🤣

    That is probably the best option, if it is an option, and it opens some interesting implications for some vampire lore

    So a new coven of young vampires is a threat to both existing power structures as well as secrecy, so there's some lore that vampires will hunt down unaffiliated vampires. Young vampires who turn many others could mean exponential population growth, and any rogue new vampire is a potential outbreak

    I also like the implications of that for trope that romantic relationships are forbidden between progenitor and the progeny... It makes way more sense than hedonistic immortals have some inbuilt vampiric incest taboo

    Exactly this situation makes way more sense

    There's some interesting stories that could be written with this premise... It's the classic socially forbidden romance

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