Re: Weak Vampires?

On 2008-03-18, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article <Xns9A6577EAE4BFgenewardsmithsbcglob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Gene Ward Smith  <gene@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>The point is, until relatively recent times the prey population could
not 
>>sup****t a breeding population of predators. And even today, it would get

>>noticed.
>
> 	Hmmm. 
>
> 	Problem: Prey is rare.
>
> 	Solution: make vampires much smaller than their prey (Although
> not as small as mosquiotoes). Half as tall could mean one eighth the
> mass.

Why not about as small as mosquitoes, or perhaps hummingbirds?
Then, most of what they are is illusion, projected into the human
mind.  We don't see them in mirrors, because they're not actually there.
Cameras don't capture them for the same reason.
Depending on how specific this projection is, one can explain the
antipathy of animals, or the sympathy of other animals.
If most of what we see is illusion, this also covers the shape-changing
ability.  If you're small, you can pass through a gate under the guise
of mist without a problem.

-- 
Aaron Denney
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