No, you cannot bite me.
If I get one more stupid request from someone wanting to bite me, I am going to…well… I can’t think of exactly what I will do right now, but still. I will do something. Maybe I will scream. Perhaps I will curse. I may stamp my feet and send a torrent of abuse in the direction of my monitor. Or perhaps I will do none of the above and instead do what I usually do, which is say, “If I get one more stupid request from someone wanting to bite me….”
But anyway. It’s annoying. Why on Earth would someone IM a complete stranger and say, “Can I bite you please?” In real life, I’d have them done for common assault if they tried to bite me. How many times do I have to reiterate to these people that I am not a bloody pizza, I’m not a juicy steak, I will NEVER be a tasty bowl of pasta and despite what their HUD tells them I do not taste incredible and I am certainly not prime frikkin Vampire food. And not only do these ‘Vampires’ want to bite me. They want to bite me and then have me go purchase some daft bloody game in order that they can claim the credit for my soul?
Under the irritating circumstances of this becoming more and more frequent, I thought I would take a little look at the Bloodlines website.
It’s all about collecting ’souls’ which, in my humble opinion translates to go around pissing people off with stupid ‘Can I bite you?’ IMs. And how very unvampire-like. In all the Vampire movies I have seen, there isn’t a single one in which the vampire stops before biting in order that he can send a courteous IM to check that it’s ok! Dracula definitely did NOT do that.
The FAQs on the Bloodlines website make for some interesting reading. One of them, for example, asks, ‘
But of my pick of their FAQs, I save the best for last. Allow me to share my favourite of their questions and its answer:
“I joined bloodlines, and my soul went to the first person who bit me, and I don’t know them. I wanted to give it to my husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend, and my husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend is upset that someone else has my soul. Can you fix this?
Unfortunately, we can’t undo a bite. Once you’re bitten by someone, it’s permanent. If you were attacked by a vampire in real life, there would be no way to undo it. However, just because someone else has your soul doesn’t mean that you’re linked to them, you can still pledge allegiance to anyone or join any clan.”
Erm, did I read that right? “If you were attacked by a Vampire in real life there would be no way to undo it?” Seriously, if I was attacked by a vampire in real life I would be admitting myself to the nearest psychiatric ward and asking them to stop the hallucinations!
Anyway, I’m done ranting now. I feel much better.
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Random Thoughts and Musings
Janice
Do you know that once you are bitten you will not get anymore requests? So maybe give in just once
Also you can reclaim your soul by drinking a potion. No joke…but why do that if you don’t want anymore requests!
I gave in and now im a free soul, so to speak…no more pesky requests. At last!!!!
Phew
Madelyn Writer
To Janice above:
I should be able to choose not to be bitten – or wear some daft bit of jewelry to ward off those wacky vampires – and not have to endure any consequences because of it. I would certainly respect your choices or the choices of the blog author. Certainly, I’m not invading peoples’ space or irritating them simply by being me.
So why compromise anything, even just once, in order to further someone else’s vampiric career?
Interestingly enough, I had a chat with a vampire the other day. She wanted to bite me, naturally enough, using the argument that I should give in just once. I told OK, on the condition she let me take a massive crap in her mouth. Just the once, I told her.
The results would be identical – ie, the attacker gets little and the victim gets nothing, and it’s all within the realm of fantasy/imagination anyway, meaning no damage done – but for some reason, she was offended!
Ultimately, it isn’t the concept of Bloodlines I find offensive; it is the lack of respect and courtesy I encounter when these decidely unsexy and unromantic vampires swoop in for the kill. I wouldn’t let anyone dance with me, talk with me or have sex with me without respect and courtesy; why would I let someone bite me and plonk my name up on the Bloodlines website as a victim, while showing neither respect nor courtesy? Can’t think of a single reason.