![]() Both self chosen vampire names and real life names. The fact that they had pulses and didn't combust in the sunlight meant nothing.Īnd as I read more.I started to recognize names. But other seemed quite genuine, and seemed to truly believe that they had 'vampiric souls'. Now, surely some of the people in the scene were just pretending. They even had groupies.people who willingly supplied that blood and hoped someday to be 'turned' and made into vampires too. Some of them even went so far as to drink blood. These were people in real life who truly believed they were vampires. Years later a friend gave me a book about the vampire club scene. If you got this far, congrats, because here comes the twist. We gradually drifted apart, and one day I realized it had been months since I'd spoken to her. I was pretty much with the whole vampire thing by then, though. Vampires needed to band together for safety, she said. She wanted me to move across the country to live with her and two of the other forum members. My friend and I kept talking for a bit longer. Within a few short months everybody hated everybody and the group and forum disbanded. My friend had her accusation thrown right back at her. According to her, he wasn't really a vampire. Then my friend, the owner of the forum, accused another of the bigwigs of something heinous. Some members came and went, but the core stayed the same. My mother even helped me send presents to my 'little friend." I was also generally a really responsible kid who skipped right over the rebellious stage, and I think it made them let their guard down.Īt this point I'd been a part of this group for over four years. ![]() And yes, my parents absolutely should have been on top of this shit. I never felt like I was in a relationship with her.my character was. I want to be clear that I viewed all of this as a game. And through it all, none of us ever broke character. I routinely stayed up until the wee hours of the morning on school nights chatting her with her and the inner circle. She and I exchanged real life information and pictures.except, you know, I was a dude, so I sent her pictures of my older brother. What followed was a really confusing few years. He got involved in a relationship with one of the owners of the forum. Over time my character become friendly with some of the bigger names on the forum. Oh, and I was an adult dude.that will be important later. I played a painfully shy, socially awkward dork, so for a bit I mostly went unnoticed by the louder, more powerful forum characters. Lots of interpersonal drama and relationships between members. It was your typical Anne Rice style roleplay. I made up a character and hopped right into the deep end. Fantastic! I'd already been writing fanfiction for years, despite not knowing that it was even, like, a thing. Within my first hour online I found a text forum for vampire roleplay. See, I was obsessed with all things blood sucking. I was left to wander the world wide web alone, and the first first thing I looked up was vampires. The two week typing course I'd taken in school put me leagues in front of my parents when it came to being tech savvy. Parental supervision wasn't really a thing back then. I was but a young lass of 13, and my family had just gotten our very first computer. It was the time of geocities, usenet boards, and AOL CDs.
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