Category talk:Vampirism

Insitution? Disease? Curse? -- Gonzoron 19:08, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

I recall Mangrum weighing in on lycanthropy, insisting that it was a curse, in addition to being a disease, on the basis, as I recall, of it being a possible Terror Track, in effect. Well, he put the matter much better. So I would say a curse at least. I guess diseases don't necessarily have to be cureable, so disease is a candidate at least, but I have my doubts. It is a relationship with negative energy rather than a virus/bacteria. It is not an institution, well not unless one sees it spawning a vampire culture. I will grant that it does give rise to a ruler-ruled relationship between vampire and their spawn. Still, I suspect it would be a bit excessive to put it under institution as well.Cure 00:54, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

Curse it is, for now at least. What do you think about a top-level category of "Concept" or "Intangible" that could include Category:Institution and things like this which aren't culturally fundamental enough to be an Institution? -- Gonzoron 12:08, 16 April 2010 (UTC)