Questions About Vampires

sjmcarter RemoveThis @gmail.com wrote:

> I have only read two of Anne Rice's books--Interview With teh Vampire
> and Blackwood Farm. I have a few questions about vampires:
>
> 1. Are they capable of physically intimate relationships?
>
> 2. In Blackwood Farm, Quinn cries bloody tears, but IIRC Louis cried
> regular tears for Claudia. Why is that?
>
> 3. I take it they are not capable of making children the biological
> way--yes?
>

1) Rice never completely answered this question so it is sort of a murky
area. In The Vampire Lestat it is touched upon though. My thought on it
is no they can not. Not in the way of mortals at least, as you can
consider feeding sort of a physically intimate behavior to vampires.

2) I could be mistaken, but I believe Louis only cried real tears in the
movie IWTV, but not in the book, which could have simply been an
oversight. Then again Louis is the most "human" in an emotional sense.
This fact is brought up over and over again throughout the series. I
have read all the books and I can only recall blood tears from any
vampire. It has been a while since I've read the older ones though.

3) No they can not reproduce other than through feeding their blood to a
mortal. Even then I think the mortal can still die if they are too close
to death. Actual family trees and relationships are discussed on and off
again through the books.

I do highly recomend you read the whole series begining to end as many
questions arise both about the characters and species involved and about
your own self in some cases. Anne Rice mentioned in the opening to the
movie [IWTV] that while it is a story about vampires, it is also a story
about human emotions. By reading the stories in order many questions
arise, and are answered (or at least resolved), while some are left open
to make you think. It truly is one of the best fictional reads that
touches a chord in everyone who picks them up.
If you do read any books that come from the "New Tales of the Vampires"
series that you do so after completing the whole of the "Vampire
Chonicles". It can tell you things about the first series through the
interpretation of other characters and that can spoil the original
series for some people.
Sorry for the long post, I have a tendency to ramble.
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> I have only read two of Anne Rice's books--Interview With teh Vampire
> and Blackwood Farm. I have a few questions about vampires:
>
> 1. Are they capable of physically intimate relationships?

Yes and no. In Queen of the Damned when Akasha gives Lestat her blood
he becomes harder and whiter and he notices, while the three women are
bathing him, that he is erect and says something along the times that
it is poised and ready to do what it never will or want to do again.
Something like that.
In Blood and Gold, Marius does have intercourse with Pandora after she
is made a vampire because she asked him to; however, Marius says
something to the effect that it's just silly.
In Rice's universe, drinking blood can be physically erotic for a
vampire and Lestat notes this when he and Akasha are drinking from each
other simultanenously.



> 2. In Blackwood Farm, Quinn cries bloody tears, but IIRC Louis cried
> regular tears for Claudia. Why is that?

Jordon took some liberties with the film. In Rice's universe all
vampires cry bloody tears because blood is the primary fluid in their
bodies. Interestingly enough, Jordon decided to remain true to the fact
that Lestat's eyes change color with what he wears. If you noticed the
scene in the movie in which Lestat gives Claudia a doll, he's wearing
brown velvet and his eyes are brown. I've always wondered why he would
sick to such a small detail like that, but have Louis cry clear tears,
a much bigger detail if you ask me.
Take care,
Ashe


>
> 3. I take it they are not capable of making children the biological
> way--yes?
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> sjmcarter DeleteThis @gmail.com wrote:
>
> > I have only read two of Anne Rice's books--Interview With teh Vampire
> > and Blackwood Farm. I have a few questions about vampires:
> >
> > 1. Are they capable of physically intimate relationships?
> >
> > 2. In Blackwood Farm, Quinn cries bloody tears, but IIRC Louis cried
> > regular tears for Claudia. Why is that?
> >
> > 3. I take it they are not capable of making children the biological
> > way--yes?
> >
>
> 1) Rice never completely answered this question so it is sort of a murky
> area. In The Vampire Lestat it is touched upon though. My thought on it
> is no they can not. Not in the way of mortals at least, as you can
> consider feeding sort of a physically intimate behavior to vampires.

She answers this in Pandora. Mortal Pandora tries to have a physical
relationship with the vampire Marius, and we're shown how this is
impossible.
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