Should vampires be considered a subset of zombies?

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Re: Should vampires be considered a subset of zombies?

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Wed Jun 26, 2013 3:45 pm

Vampires are a far superior European form of the undead than the insipid, tasteless, Merkin zombies. :tea:




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Re: Should vampires be considered a subset of zombies?

Post by klr » Wed Jun 26, 2013 4:09 pm

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Re: Should vampires be considered a subset of zombies?

Post by Audley Strange » Wed Jun 26, 2013 4:19 pm

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Re: Should vampires be considered a subset of zombies?

Post by Svartalf » Wed Jun 26, 2013 4:49 pm

@OP, rather the reverse, vampires are rather older than zombies as depiction of the undead.
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Re: Should vampires be considered a subset of zombies?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Jun 26, 2013 4:57 pm

Svartalf wrote:@OP, rather the reverse, vampires are rather older than zombies as depiction of the undead.
As noted elsewhere I am not constrained by reality.
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Re: Should vampires be considered a subset of zombies?

Post by Svartalf » Wed Jun 26, 2013 5:07 pm

:pawiz: then, this debate is mmeaningless.
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Re: Should vampires be considered a subset of zombies?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Jun 26, 2013 5:12 pm

Svartalf wrote::pawiz: then, this debate is mmeaningless.
Why? You want to talk real world, I want to talk cladistics. Two different things. The literary chronology doesn't interest me, just the hierarchy of the creatures.
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Re: Should vampires be considered a subset of zombies?

Post by Svartalf » Wed Jun 26, 2013 5:17 pm

Both belong to the Undead kingdom and to the corporalia phylum, but aren't even in the same class.
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Re: Should vampires be considered a subset of zombies?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Jun 26, 2013 5:20 pm

See? That's what I'm talkin' about.
Svartalf wrote:Both belong to the Undead kingdom and to the corporalia phylum, but aren't even in the same class.
Why not?
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Re: Should vampires be considered a subset of zombies?

Post by Sean Hayden » Wed Jun 26, 2013 5:20 pm

Zombies don't fuck.


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Re: Should vampires be considered a subset of zombies?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Jun 26, 2013 5:21 pm

Sean Hayden wrote:Zombies don't fuck.
How do you know?
This is Ratz so I'm sure that's relevant.
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Re: Should vampires be considered a subset of zombies?

Post by Sean Hayden » Wed Jun 26, 2013 5:24 pm

Gawdzilla Sama wrote: How do you know?
Because that would be offensive, and that which offends me does not exist. :tea:
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Re: Should vampires be considered a subset of zombies?

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Jun 26, 2013 5:26 pm

Sean Hayden wrote:
Gawdzilla Sama wrote: How do you know?
Because that would be offensive, and that which offends me does not exist. :tea:
Ah, perfectly clear. :tup:
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