Of all the names for Vampires what would you rather be called? (If you were a Vampire of course! lol)

Vampire ~~ Vampyre ~~ Vamp ~~ Bloodsucker ~~ Leech??

These are some and I'm sure there are others.

If you are or were a Vampire which would be your favourite and which one would you/do you hate most??

DEA

Parasite or Leech are my hates but other than those I guess i'm good with anything. I like Vampire, Vamp, Vampyre, or Sang. Vamp.

I don't know what I am, but I could be a Vampire so I guess I can answer.
I like Vampyre but it seems so old fashioned and a bit like something in a movie. I hate Leech it's so horrible.
Mostly it's Vampire if I'm going to call them anything.

I dislike both Bloodsucker and Leech, but since they are names that are used deliberately just to be offensive, I find it easy to dismiss them as being of no importance.
Vampyre is used mostly by wannabees because they want to sound like they know what they're talking about. They use it mostly because they think this is the way the older and most important Vampires spell it. Of course they're wrong and so a lot of the time, I confess, I find it hard to believe that the ones who spell Vampire this way are on the level.
Vamp I absolutely hate. To me it shows a lack of respect and is just a very lazy way to address a Vampire.
This is just me though. I know many of the young people simply use it as an affectionate way of reffering to Vampires and so I try my very best not to be offended.
But I still hate it.

Vampire is the word I use because that is what I consider myself to be.
I have no grand pretentions and so will remain a Vampire, with no fancy flourishes in the form of a 'y' included anywhere.

Lady C.

I sometimes refer to vampires as vampyres because as I learned it. Some people use vampyres and vampires to distinctly separate between the movie idea of vampires and actual vampires. I was not aware that some used it because of how older people spell it, but yeah. If you've heard me use Vampyre instead of Vampire. That's why.
~Legitimize

Like every1 else here I would hate to be called a bloodsucker or a leech that would infuritate me and I would care if some on called me a Vampire or Vampyre as long as the would no what i am and i would be kind of ok with vamp cause i am still young and cant really demand to much respect.


This is if I was a vampire but i am clearly not :P

Well it does infer that anyone can reply so here goes..

Blood Sucker and Leech are just meant to be hurtful. They are mean and cruel names. I think I'll leave that there.

Vamp is just what people call Vampires these days. I don't think it's disrespectful, I think it's just maybe a little bit lazy, but then people have a habit of shortening things like names to make life easier and there's nothing wrong with that.

Vampyre sounds very grand and important so I can see what Lady C means. It sounds like the spelling one of the old ones might use if they were very ancient. Like "Ye Olde Vampyre".
I suppose that to some it's respectful and to some who are only pretending it might be what they think 'real' Vampires would call themselves and using it might make them more believable. It's a hard one to judge.
Vampire is much more down to earth and so more 'real' to me.
But then I'm a pegasus so what do I know??

Faith.

I don't use Vampyre or Vamp for all the above reasons.
Vampyre like Ye olde tea shoppe sounds very twee and Vamp is to me for those who can't be bothered to type "ire" so how lazy is that.

My pet hate is the plural words the internet seems to use for Phoenix ...what on earth are Phoenikai and phoenikoi which sounds like more like an over cooked fish.

The plural of Phoenix is Phoenix....just like you get 1 Arabian Oryx or 2 Arabian Oryx.
Rant rant "I am a Phoenix" and "We are all Phoenix"
See........... same word
Sorry.

I'm alright really
Zygo

Of course you are Zygo.
Those of us who know you, know that.

I like Vampire. I can't understand why anyone would want to use anything else, except to be noticed.
Silly affectation for one and yes possible laziness for the other.
But you see if we were all the same......... How boring it would be.

So how does that plural go again?
Pheonixinixinixinixii? Or is that a few too many nixi's?

Tig you're it..................


Ooops watch out for that vase.............
*Sounds of loud crash fill the Castle*
Uh-oh. lot's of stuff.

No-one has mentioned Lamia yet.
Or is that not used anymore?

In the most ancient demonology, a 'Lamia' was a demon who took the form of a woman. A sorceress or a witch who preyed on human beings and existed by sucking the blood from children.
In the legend that followed the Lamia became associated and then confused with the Lamiae, who were beautiful and sensuous ghostly women who by various methods seduced young men and lured them to their beds to enjoy the youthful energy of their victims. Once they had had their fill of energy, they then drank their blood and ate their flesh.

The Greek myth of Lamia says:

Not exactly known for the pleasantness of some of their myths I personally feel the ancients outdid themselves with the legend of Lamia and the Lamiae.

I hate Vamp. Never use Vampyre, I don't think I'm old enough or important enough for that. lol
As for the derogatory ones well I don't think I could tell you what I think of them here. There aren't enough allowed on the posts!
So another vote for the good old basic Vampire with an 'i'.
Golly what a boringly staid lot we are.

Personally I perfer Vampyre when I'm righting because in some little short Kin stories I've written I have spelt it that way and am now used to it.

Wolfbrother

Here you go Darke I bought you a tube to be going on with mines half used already.

If you're careful no one can see the joins
Just don't tell lady C.

Zygo

Oh yes, and that's just what she needs, someone to encourage her bad behaviour.


She'll need more than one tube of super glue, have you seen her riding that thing? She's positively lethal. And her reversing is abysmal!

Hey Darke keep it quiet but there is the broomstick drifters on the thirdfloor on full moon nights.
Faith you can come too if you like.

Actually if anyone else wants to come out of the broom cupboard next full moon we could have a crashing good bash.

Just don't tell......

oh what the heck...... LADY C you wanna go broom riding next full moon?

*Hurries to remove everything breakable or dentable from the third floor.*

Aww what they hey, if you can't beat 'em, buy a broomstick!
I'd love to Zygo. But the day after I shall look like this... All over.

Lady C.