Hi all,
Well, a couple of weeks ago, I was talking with my online buddy, Lucilla27 about vampires. And specifically, how much 'power' they have. And how much they can use (get away with) without being hunted down, staked, etc., etc. Because while one can fly around a city (like Paris) as a bat, one cannot change back into a human in the middle of a crowded street. Nothing says "Hey, I'm a vampire, stake me" like doing something like that. Oh, and one probably cannot take a victim every night and not be hunted down either by the pesky vampire hunters. Piling up corpses is problematic and all that.
So yeah, while you're a vampire and have all this awesome power, if you want to live longer, life can't be all that different (well, with the exception of your diet requirement) than a mere mortal's. Or can it? Hence, the title of this entry "Vampires in a silver barred cage". Because, much like humans, they have to show restraint/common sense. Well, most of the time anyway.
And what does that feel like to have all that power and only be able to use it at 'select' times (or not the best times and pay a price for it?)? Frustrating, Maddening, Sad. Yeah, I think I can come up with many, different situations where these feelings apply.
I guess the issue that came out of this conversation with my online buddy, then, is that I want to think about more while I'm writing my novel #2 in the Vampires at the Opera series is what exactly is and is not different about a vampire' s life (yes, I'm using that term loosely) once he/she is turned. And how their new found powers affect their everyday life/unlife.
I guess it all comes down to something I said in a conversation to my other online buddy, dwg. Becoming a vampire doesn't solve problems. It just creates an entire new set of problems. And 'dealing' with some of those problems is what I enjoy thinking and writing about.
Until next time, take care all,
Christine
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