Well, crosses make me break out in hives, but I ain't too affected by it all neither.
[His tone sobers a little.]
That's an awful cruel trick, though, makin' folks believe that the outside world's gonna hurt 'em. Controllin' how they think an' where they're allowed to go, that ain't right. Who was in charge of all that, yer sires?
[It was only one element of the control. One of the stupider ones, in his opinion, but it had worked so he supposes that speaks for itself.]
It was, what do they say... a 'power play'. It is a popular sort of play among vampires, in my experience. I don't know if they believed it. It was a cult, but there are similarities in larger religions and I know some of the people who enforce those beliefs believe in them themselves. [And others don't. Power plays aren't limited to vampires.]
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Re: Pairings!
Date: 2025-05-23 08:06 am (UTC)[His tone sobers a little.]
That's an awful cruel trick, though, makin' folks believe that the outside world's gonna hurt 'em. Controllin' how they think an' where they're allowed to go, that ain't right. Who was in charge of all that, yer sires?
Re: Pairings!
Date: 2025-05-23 08:16 am (UTC)[It was only one element of the control. One of the stupider ones, in his opinion, but it had worked so he supposes that speaks for itself.]
It was, what do they say... a 'power play'. It is a popular sort of play among vampires, in my experience. I don't know if they believed it. It was a cult, but there are similarities in larger religions and I know some of the people who enforce those beliefs believe in them themselves. [And others don't. Power plays aren't limited to vampires.]