Vampire Sub Culture

A subculture is an ethnic, regional, economic, or social group exhibiting characteristic patterns or behaviors enough to distinguish it from the more dominant or commanding culture. When choosing a subculture to look at there were many choices but, in the end, I chose to focus on the vampire culture. The vampire culture is a lifestyle based on modern vampire fiction which also comes from the Goth subculture but also incorporates elements of the sadomasochism, giving or receiving pleasure from acts involving pain, subculture. There are many elements or groups that stem from the vampire subculture, like the vampire fans. Vampire fans is the group of people who are captivated by the legend of vampires. Books and movies having to do with the subject,
These people take part in role playing games based on vampire culture. According to whitewolf.wikia.com, vampire: the masquerade is the “parent” and most popular of all the “world of darkness” games. The website also explains the game by saying, “In Vampire: the Masquerade, the players assume the role of vampires, immortal beings cursed with an unquenchable thirst for blood and vulnerability to sunlight - creatures forever bound to their inner Beast (the animal urges of hunger, fear and rage). It is a game of personal horror, as the characters are continually forced to walk a moral tightrope between their need to survive and the horrific means by which they ensure it”. Others may also take part in live action role play where they wear costumes or play table top games, such as board or card games. Getting deeper into the vampire culture are the blood fetishists. Blood fetishist carry out the act of actually drinking, from a couple drops to full glasses, of blood from willing donors. Some may also perform bloodletting, the surgical removal of a patient’s blood. A blood fetishist might also gain erotic or sexual arousal from the taste, sight or even feel of human
Some call them psychic vampires because they achieve their goals by consuming human energy but, in addition, they can go by “powaqa”. Some are both feeders and psychic feeders, and some claim to be elder vampires who have an extraordinarily lifespan or are immortal. Real vampires might have pale skin and have a distaste for sunlight. The vampire culture has a network of individuals, organizations and nightclubs called the Sanguinarium.their goals is to create a network of vampire safe houses vampire where they are freed to be themselves. These places are known as havens and a lot of the time, to be able to enter, vampires might wear a special silk ankh, a design resembling a cross but having a look in place of the top arm, once used in Egypt to symbolize life. Items like that allow them to feel more like a vampire. Sanguinarius.org is a website specifically created for the vampire culture. There is so much on there to do from vampire group chats to Sanguinarius merchandise. This website is designed to help many vampires, especially new, self-identified ones. It leads them in the right direction and helps them learn many things other vampires might already