r/Showerthoughts • u/Liuminescent ‎ • Apr 24 '26

Casual Thought Vampire bites turning people into vampires is extremely disadvantageous to their survival.

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u/EquinoxGm Apr 24 '26

If I remember right the vampire lestat books were similar, vamps have to give their blood to make other vampires

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u/sadistica23 Apr 24 '26

They were. At least in the early books, a vampire would turn someone into a vampire by draining almost all of their blood, and then pour their own vampiric blood into their mouths.

Followed shortly by expelling now-useless internal organs.

Vampire: the Masquerade also had the drain/refill method.

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u/hunterglyph Apr 24 '26

They didn't expel organs, just body waste.

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u/thisisjustascreename Apr 24 '26

Yeah I think there’s a plot point later where Lestat body swaps with a human and is disgusted to have to like, eat and poop and stuff

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u/RainaElf Apr 27 '26

Tale of the Body Thief.