What is a vampire to you?

Well idk, i always liked that traditional vampires, but they're always so mean in the end, maybe Lestat is a prefect vampire for me, he has all that traditional features, but kept some of human feelings. Or maybe something in between. Here's my perfect vampire:
pale, beautiful, cold-skinned (but soft skin, not that stone hard skin), watery blue eyes (that change to black with red borders when he's angry or hunting), sharp beautiful brilliant white teeth (fangs come out when angry or hunting), thick shiny black hair, full lips (pale pink), crosses, churches, holy grounds and water don't bother him, sun burns him, doesn't sleep in a coffin, but sometimes has to sleep, merciful, but still feeds on humans (something like Anne Rice's Louis). Well that's it, can't think of anything else, hope ur satisfied with my answer. :D

some one who could be the deadliest creatures in the world but like anything in the world they can fight it and use what they have for good. but yet they can also be the most seductive creatures and the most powerful creatures in the world.

A vampire to me is a sexual creature, They are very mystreious and have amazing hair!

A Vampire to me is a mix of Stephenie Meyers and Anne Rices' version of vampires I never liked that vampire in the 1922 silent movie(forgot name of it) and Dracula I don't know why I always get extremely angry when I see hear or even read about it I know a lot of vampire fans will kill me over that but I actually hated those kinds every since i was a little girl it always annoyed me im fine with fangs,pale skin,red eyes or crimson or jade purple eyes i just hate that burned by the sun and crucifixes make them burn ( made by christians actually)and all that other early 1800s crap that people created to make it seem like they had some kind of fighting chance against vampires that's all

they are the most intresting thing i have ever heared of and i would love 2 be one :P

I have read and watched ALOT of different types of vampire and love Twilight vamps but I like the old-fashion dark and scary vampyers the best!
The ones that tern to ashes in sunlight,can't go into a house without being invited,that can ONLY drink blood(except the last drop),have fangs,and can only die with a stake through the hart (not to mention they don't like crosses,holy water,and garlic!)That's what a vampire is to me-dark and gruesome

Beutiful creatures

a beautiful amazing creature, i wish 2 b 1!

ann rice and bram stoker
all i must say

If you have read the Vampire Academy, then you will understand.
Rose. She is my definision (sp?) of a perfect vampire. She still has some issues but she learns to overcome them, and always (most of the time) thinks of how her choice will affect Lisa before doing something.

A Vampire to me would be a preternatural being, animated by an undeparted soul or demon, a being of infinite wisdom and immortality. One that travels throughout time and life century after century, When you're immortal, all you have is time, as a Vampire you not only have to survive by feeding on the blood of others or things, but you would also have to adapt to your surroundings, and is constantly on the move or in hiding. Sometimes he/she may blend in, but even after some time, he/she would have to eventually move on as not to draw attention to themselves. A vampire is smart, he/she has to be to survive. They'd have to be in order to make it, so they watch, study, learn. They have patience, patience that comes with time. They are devious, charming, vengeful, witty, and dangerous, but they have to be to survive. The fight for survival is in all of us even when you're immortal.

I always prefer the traditional vampires (Dracula), but alot of authors are mixing thing up, although I don't like some of them "Meyer-pires). However, I do think that Darren Shan's version of vampires are new, creative, and cool!

any thing that doesn't sparkle im fine with( but the vampire has to have some depth not just oh im such a monster can't be with you" dammit i hate twilight to the very core proberly as much as zero hates vampires

Vampiro é algo muito bonito, forte e Sexy!Que faz de tudo para sua garota^^Eu queria ser a garota do Kaname-kun^^Vampiro ser for como o Kaname é tudo de bom *-*

an imortal creature of the night, who sucks human and animal bood. this creature may or may not be friendly and is not what stupid Stephanie Meyers says they are and look.


-Love,
Moka-san

remember this is my oppinion so dont get mad with my answer my thought on a vampire is beautiful sparkly muscular creatures of the night :)

a being of immortality who drinks blood and has enhanced abilities. doesn't not nesscarily have to have a weakness to garlic, silver, crosses, the sun.

Well it would have to be a teen sweet heart with the mercy of Jesus.The brian to fall in love and have a family, and change someone

Amazing Things I Love Them From All My Heart Very Interesting And i'm one

like the vampires from the cirque du freak! healing spit, toxic breath (NOT BAD BREATH RETARDS! TOXIC LIKE CHEMICALS) and so on, etc., ad naseum

Vampires are different things to different people. no version of the vampire is the same in every country in Europe. But constant characteristics throughout the retelling do give me some direction of the creature.
You are either a vampire if you have died, but something (a cat jumping over your grave, vengeance) caused you to come back, or a vampire has bitten you and turned you into his minion.

What i absolutly cannot stand is when people get all their information of vampires from ficticious renderings and than treat those half-formed ramblings as fact.
Vampires are NOT attractive, charming, brooding young men. They do NOT hate werewolves. They do not have the capabilities to turn into bats or smoke. They do NOT have an aversion to sunlight. And they most certainly do NOT see humans as anything more than a food source or something to be avoided.

i say a blood sucking pixie

My ideal vampire is a Cassandra Clare vampire, aka Simon Lewis from the Mortal Instruments series. The vampires in her books are kind of like the vampires in the old movies used to be, not some dumbass sparkling vampires, aka Twilight, which I could go on a hate rant forever about so don't get me started haha.

Anne Rice Vampire: Cruel, Sadistic, yet Suave and Graceful in their false demeanor...