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the-voldsoy · 16 days ago

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Vampirism and Nudity: Correlation or Causation?

(shoutout to @kingcharley17 for helping with points and inspiring this essay in the first place!!)

First, we must consider why a vampire would want to be in a state of undress in the first place. This includes both full nudity and scant clothing, such as lingerie. If a vampire is less dressed, it may encourage others around them to similarly strip. This may suggest that it is an evolutionary development, as less clothing on prey would likely make it easier for the vampire to feed on them as there would be easier access to the skin – and therefore blood – of the prey. Furthermore, if the human is wearing less clothes, it is more likely that they will have similarly discarded any potential weapons that they may have been carrying. Even if they had not discarded everything that may be of risk to the vampire, it would be more visible as there would be less clothing to obstruct it, such as other vampire teeth on a necklace that may have previously been hidden under a shirt. This would make the feeding much safer for the vampire, as it allows them to assess and mitigate threats easier.

Additionally, more clothing could be a hindrance to the vampire in a fight, as it could be grabbed and pulled or get in the way.

Similarly, dressing more revealingly may encourage sexual encounters, which is attractive to vampires for two main reasons. First and arguably most important, sexual encounters can result in feeding. This is beneficial for the reasons explained previously, but also for further reasoning as the prey may be allowed to survive, and may even enjoy the encounter if the vampire plays into the prey’s potential masochism correctly. This may therefore continue to suggest that nudity is an evolutionary advancement, as prey surviving and enjoying the encounter makes it less likely that the vampire will be caught and subsequently hunted.

The second reason is that many vampires are likely very isolated. Most are forced to isolate themselves for fear of being exposed as a vampire and being endangered, or because they have outlived everyone that they used to care about. This means that vampires may be craving familiarity and intimacy, which can be provided with sexual contact. Sexual encounters also supply simple pleasure for the vampire, which they may otherwise be lacking. It can be assumed that because vampires are functionally immortal beings in some cases, they will become listless and bored with life and may develop depression over time. In this instance, the pleasure of sexual encounters may break up this monotony and give the vampire some excitement and enjoyment that they may have been previously missing.

Furthermore, this could be used to manipulate others. Nudity and sex can be used to attract people, but also to distract them. In this way, nudity could be seen as a tactical practice rather than a specifically vampiric one.

Continuing down the route of biology, vampires are much less vulnerable to natural elements than their human counterparts. They do not seem to be affected by cold to the same degree as humans, save when they get so cold that their bodies physically freeze. But even then, they are likely to survive when they thaw. They are not invincible but they are not as affected as humans may be by other natural occurrences such as rocks underfoot or prolonged exposure to rain giving them a cold. This often negates the need for clothing as a form of protection, even meaning that they can often forgo shoes if they wish.

Nevertheless, they do have one glaring vulnerability – the sun. This is a huge weakness, and easily avoided for the most part by covering up more. However, many vampires instead choose to avoid the sun by switching to an exclusively nocturnal lifestyle. This is favourable as it has less potential for danger than simply covering up. Clothing can easily slip and expose the vampire to dangerous UV, as well as the fact that completely covering up – including hands and entire face – can draw suspicion. Additionally, this nocturnal lifestyle works perfectly in tandem with points previously made about sexual encounters, as most establishments that cater to activities of that nature open during nights rather than days.

On a personal level, most vampires are very old when considered on the scale of human life. As previously mentioned, vampires will lose their tether to humanity as the people they knew slowly die out. In this context, it can be assumed that many human values may eventually be forgone in favour of more beneficial new opinions for the vampire, such as a lack of shame pertaining to nudity. It can also be assumed that alongside losing their “human” values, as vampires lose their tether to mortals they may begin to stop caring about everything, including nudity. Therefore, it may be construed that the older a vampire is, the more likely they are to favour revealing clothing.

However, there is still the question of when that line is. At what point does a vampire lose their shame? It can be assumed that this point will be different for each individual, but that then raises the question of whether it is an age that many vampires actually achieve. The oldest vampires are centuries (if not millenia) old, but the youngest have only been around for decades, and many die before they even make it past the span of an average human lifetime.

There are several similarly selfish reasons that a vampire may wish to show more skin. Many vampires are beautiful, and some have been known to be worshipped as a sort of deity. Again, this display of beauty could encourage positive attention, but specifically of the more egotistical type, feeding into the vampire’s possible notions of being godlike. Having humans enthralled and infatuated with them may help the vampire to feel wanted or as though they belong. This is important as many likely hold insecurities about these topics, as they are forced to be cast out from society to stay alive.

Likewise, vampires do not scar easily. They only retain scars from injuries pre-turning, and any injuries they may have gotten from other vampires, such as the actual act of their turning. This smooth, unblemished skin could play into this “godlike” idea, as they appear to be invincible. If the only scar they have is their turning mark it may also contribute, as they may begin to see this mark as holy in itself.

Alternatively, nudity may fulfill the complete opposite intentions, depending on the vampire’s sentiments. Their body constantly being in view and on display may serve to remind them that they were human, once, and they still mostly have their human body. This may help them to feel connected with the human race in general, or to feel more “alive”. Humans are either alive or dead without a doubt, but vampires tend to have more nuanced opinions on whether they are alive, dead, not quite alive or not quite dead.

Furthermore, if a vampire has got a lot of scars, they may wish to show these scars off as trophies, reminders, threats, etc. A vampire with a lot of scars is generally one that has survived a lot of violent encounters with other vampires. Therefore, displaying these scars warn other vampires to stay away. This would make nudity a protection for the vampire, as it allows them to avoid further violence.

However, it may make more sense for a vampire to wish to cover up more for these very same reasons. They may feel shame over looking like a human, either because they feel unworthy of looking like part of the species any more, or because they see humans as beneath them. They may not like their scars or lack thereof and wish to hide themselves for that reason. However, this may only be applicable to younger vampires, who still have an attachment to the idea of being and appearing human. In contrast, it can be assumed that older vampires do not care about appearing human, save for circumstances where it may benefit them to blend in. Even so, in this case they do it out of necessity rather than shame or fear. Moreover, negative feelings about vampirism may be individual rather than an opinion held by all young vampires, as there is evidence of younger and older vampires alike dressing in revealing clothes. However, this does raise the question of how sexual these vampires were pre-turning, and whether their affinity for nudity is influenced by vampirism at all or whether it is just who they are.

Additionally, the act of turning a vampire and the subsequent actions that have to be taken to stay alive are traumatic, the actions that are often taken against the vampire afterwards equally so. This could make sexualising oneself a trauma response as a consequence of vampirism, rather than the vampirism itself.

Finally, a vampire may prefer to show their body more in an attempt to stay modern. This is especially applicable to older vampires that have survived many generations of trends. Throughout years of fashion and life and tastes changing, one thing always stays constant: sex. Sexual desire is something that has always been a driving force for a large part of humanity, not necessarily as an intention but it has always been present. It is an animalistic and natural urge. Therefore, vampires can capitalise on this desire and always stay modern, despite ignoring general trends. They can wear whatever the underwear is of the time rather than dressing up fully, as underwear tends to have much less nuance with what is popular, especially with more sexual scenes.

In conclusion, I believe that there is some correlation between the two, although it is not generally a direct path. Vampires become more open and less shameful as they age, which leads them to be bolder in topics such as nudity and sexuality. They may choose to embrace these topics in situations that benefit them which are similarly brought about by vampirism, but aren't a direct product of.

#vampire #not quite dead #nqd #vampirism #suggestive #?#jesus christ this is done. finally. I started this as a joke about 2-3 days ago and accidentally got really invested #It is three pages long in my docs. Good god. It's genuinely really interesting how much there really is that points to causation #because vampirism when it was first created was a creature of indulgence and lust and Victorian conformity #(as well as other things of course but they were some themes)#I do wonder how much of this was on purpose when the folklore was first thought up #I assume a lot but it is interesting to lay it all out #unreality #maybe? I can't tell if this treats vampires as if they're real or not but it's supposed to be nebulously set in the world of nqd #ok I'm done now goodnight (it's 2pm)

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thisisnotkitty · 2 years ago

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Ness tending to Mike's injuries 😭

me when i steal the scene from the movie and make it securitywaiter

-so yknow when mike is like “yeah ill trade in abby for garrett (which like why did he do that lmao) and gets just like mauled by the animatronics

-anyways instead of vanessa finding him ness had actually gone in to snoop around freddy’s bc thats what he does as a conspriacy theorist

-he gets there just in time to save mike but mike’s like,, OUT so he takes him back to his apartment to fix him up

-while mike takes a while to wake up ness begins cleaning his wounds and stitching him up and there’s a brief moment when mike is nearly all cleaned up that he looks kinda peaceful(?) lying on ness’s couch and ness is like “huh” but he doesn’t quite get why his heart speeds up a bit

-as ness finishes cleaning him up he starts humming and singing gently and it kinda wakes mike up but he’s still a little out of it and can’t quite open his eyes fully so he’s just like “are you an angel?” bc he fully thought he died back there lmao

-and ness just laughs and goes “i’m fully human as far as i know. the name’s ness and i found you at freddy’s which is lucky for you bc it looked like you were in a bit of trouble there” bc he’s cheeky like that

-and mikes still a little dazed and confused from the blood loss but still he’s like “wait a minute… narrows eyes why were You at freddy’s”

-ness is just like “well you see it’s a long story” and mike just looks down at this injuries with a look that says well i’m clearly not going anywhere soon so i’ve got time

-ness starts explaining the fnaf lore while bandaging up mike and mike is trying to pay attnetion bc this is kinda imp but he can’t help but get distracted with how gentle ness is handling his arm and maybe he’s still a bit dazed but he swears this guy’s voice is a bit melodic and oh. oh.

-mike hasn’t really been in the dating scene much bc of abby so when he realizes that he might be developing a crush on this guy he’s known for a grand total of 30 minutes (and he was only awake for 10 of those) he begins to panic a bit

-uhhhh yeah. they go back to freddys and vanessa’s there and they save abby and it’s pretty much the last bit of the movie but w ness there now! (i couldn’t figure out how to end this im so sorry)

prompts, hcs, whatever random thoughts you guys have on these silly little fellas pls be sure to send them my way bc im going a Bit insane

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