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-This article collects a number of notes on writing/worldbuilding [[lb:vampires]] (focused primarily on a contemporary fantasy setting). I spun it off from the original article due to how complicated it ended up getting.
+This article collects a number of notes on writing/world-building [[lb:vampires]] (focused primarily on a contemporary fantasy setting). I spun it off from the original article due to how complicated it ended up getting.
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 I think this general rule applies even in worlds that are not our own.
 ==== How much Blood? ====
-How much blood they need to survive I talk about in the Vampire:Human Ratio. The general rule is that the more (human) blood vampires need to survive, the smaller the vampire population can be. If the vampire population is too small, they will be outnumbered by humans and are consequently in a lot of danger.\\
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-The situation does change slightly if they don't need to drink human blood specifically. I feel that, in general, vampires //can// drink non-human blood, but it isn't as filling or nutritious, making it undesirable. More could be speculated on that front, but if non-human blood is just as good as human blood, vampires have a much smaller incentive to remain hidden.
+I talk about how much blood they'd need to survive in the [[#Vampire:Human Ratio]].
+The general rule that applies is that the more (human) blood vampires need to survive, the smaller the overall vampire population can be. If the vampire population is too small, they //will// be outnumbered by humans. Consequently, they'd be in a lot of danger.
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+The situation does change slightly if human blood isn't needed specifically.
+I personally just kinda assume that, in general, vampires //can// drink non-human blood, but it isn't as filling or nutritious. That would make it undesirable.
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+More could be speculated about on that front, but if non-human blood is just as good as human blood, vampires have a much smaller reason to remain hidden.
 ==== Weaknesses ====
-What harms vampires also significantly changes the situation. Though I did list it, I'm not actually sure how much this affects anything now that I think about it. I think that it depends on how common their weakness is and how deadly it is.\\
+What kind of weaknesses vampires have also significantly affect the situation...//is what I thought, until I thought about it, and realized I couldn't come up with anything concrete//.
-IE: does the Sun kill them or weaken them?
+The general rule I'd follow is that it depends on how common their weaknesses are and how deadly those weaknesses are.
+So, like, does the Sun kill them or only weaken them?
 ==== Vampire:Human Ratio ====
 It was pointed out to me that I was assuming that vampires are fewer in number than humans...but that I never explained why I assumed this, so this section exists to point that out.