Is it truly hard to believe that there is such a thing as real vampirism, or even people stating that they indeed are real vampires? Is it possible to believe without the word delusional being used? It truly depends on two things that immediately come to my mind. The first being that is mainstream media has to have a dramatic and drastic change of coverage ideals. They need to stop only highlighting the negative of everything and generating beliefs. For instance if a murderer is caught by the police, what difference does their color make. I'm just happy a murderer was taken off the streets. That is the mindset that should be adopted. The second thing is take the claims of real vampirism seriously seems to me that the only time they do is when a psychopath murders someone and then claims vampirism made them do it. These two things changing and coupled with the real vampire communities desire to get along with the outside world, can work wonders. Each can contribute in dealing with the negative image that has been created of them.
Being a vampire in todays world is a task to undertake (like we have a choice) and lasts from the moment we awake till we leave this vessel or body in death. Each and everyday provides a challenge some small and easily dealt with and others so monumental that we turn towards the community for information, ideas, guidance, and even answers. We encourage artistic expression and foster progress and tolerance. We harbor and share a wealth of information amongst ourselves and openly except even those outsiders simply wishing to understand. I ask does this sound like the delusional teen who butchers puppies and fantasizes about killing, humans. No it is not, we are much better than that. All that we fantasize about is being accepted for who and what we are by mainstream society. And that in my opinion starts with real vampires not allowing themselves to be sensationalized for anything other than who they are as a complete person. I truly feel that only by doing that will we change those two nagging things about mainstream media.
Now I am not advocating revolution just action. Action can be anything from participating in local events or meet ups to this article and others like it that try to be pro vampire in the messages they send. Action is helping the newly awakened to adjust all the way to helping admins and contributing on websites and social networks. By claiming your voice you can provide action. Fortunately our community is for the most part a progressive one, so new ideas are often discussed in the numerous circles that combine to make it up. In short we as a whole give direction in the paths the community takes. Makes sense seeings as we are the community, right? Action though doesn't just stop with the boundaries of our world. It can be achieved in our day side lives as well. If you are one who is out of the coffin as it were, then you can get involved in local neighborhood or city/town events. This is a definite hands on approach towards gaining the acceptance of a populous. But one that depending on the event can be a very rewarding one as well. We as real vampires can do this, we have a lot of skills and other talents that we can rely on to achieve it.
Now this in no way is a total condemnation of how we are portrayed. Various cable networks have been over the past few years interviewing filming and trying to allow real vampires to speak. And regardless of whether you like or know the individual they speak to, then at least acknowledge that a first step has been taken. There is so much more that can be done though by all facets of the media. News papers can start by going back to being objective instead of their current subjectiveness. Radio needs to to be more friendly towards the music that appeals to the real vampire. Television news, can stop sensationalizing the idiots and psychopaths out there and clumping them into our community. There is always room for improvement on all parties involved.
If you are a curious sort and wanting to believe but are confused as to which portrayal is real, then allow me to clear up what a real vampire is. A real vampire is an individual who has either no regenerative abilities or is in constant shortage of energy, Prana, Chi, or life force, even our essence. We have over the course learned to compensate by using certain knacks involving metaphysics, in which to gain the needed energy. We do not all take it to the extent of sleeping in coffins. We're sensitive to a degree more than the average human. We burn quickly and usually bad, we develop migraines and some of us actually have hives from long exposure to the sun. Our appearance always seems ten to twenty years younger than our actual age. We do heal from broken bones and injuries faster as in if a bone usually heals in 8 weeks ours are in five to six. We do grow old and we die just like everyone else.
What we are not is the mass media driven portrayals of popular movies and television. We are not immortal, we merely hold a belief in our souls being so. Some of us are glamorous, but most aren't. We are not Edward Cullin, Lestat, or Angel, many of us are responsible people in society. We are not people merely involved with a fetish lifestyle, though some of us are, but we do not let it define who we are. We're not fanatics, we're not the trekkers of vampires. We don't all wear black and eye shadow , personally I am fond of color. There are any number of things the public believes us to be that we simply are not. We don't indiscriminately feed from everyone, we cherish those who would give. Finally we are not evil, Hitler was evil. I think we can all agree there's a lot of misconception about all walks of life. So real vampires should be no exception. Yet do to mass mis portrayals of who we are and good old apathy and indifference it continues. We are a lot of things some good and some bad but isn't that also what makes up society at a whole? We are fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, husbands, and wives we are society. We are the cast outs, the down trodden, the abused, and the misused and ultimately the misunderstood. We are a part of the society we just wish society would acknowledge us. And thats where mainstream media and the vampire community as a whole come in.
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