Preternatural creatures weigh in?

[saucyirishlass.livejournal.com]

One of the arguments I have been a part of is how Anitaverse rules have been broken so that Laurell can turn Laurita into the most powerfulest, speshulest necrophiliac necromancer EVAR. One of the most blatant broken rules is that you cannot be a lycanthrope (or therianthrope, for amamelina) and vampire at the same time. Someone countered by pointing out the Mother of All Darkness was both.

Now, I'm completely convinced that Laurell invented the Mother of All Darkness just to be a precedent so she'd have an excuse to make Laurita all-powerful. And I'm ignoring the whole immunity-to-diseases-when-you're-a-human-servant fuck-up. My question is, does anyone remember if a vampire (who would obviously know about Marmée Noire) in a past book ever stated that you cannot be both?

Comments

[sevariusjr.livejournal.com]

I saw an episode of Real Ghostbusters once that addressed this issue. Turns out you could be both.

[saucyirishlass.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm trying to consider just the world that LKH created, where it has been stated repeatedly that it's biologically impossible to be a vampire and lycanthrope at the same time.

However, I'm interesting in hearing this theory. Real Ghostbusters, you say...?

[amamelina.livejournal.com]

yeah, it was a cartoon in the 80's. There were two different cartoons called Ghostbusters. One was based off of the movies (the Real Ghostbusters) and the other, I think, was a rip-off.

[saucyirishlass.livejournal.com]

Ah, those Ghostbusters. I did not realize that they used "real" in the title. My brother had quite a frightening love for them when he was younger. I'll never forget the Christmas he got a Proton Pack...

[amamelina.livejournal.com]

Oh, I would have killed for a Proton Pack! Lucky him. The boys always had the fun toys. I used to love that show. I had such a crush on the scientist. What was his name, Eguone?

[karmyn75.livejournal.com]

Egon Spengler. My favorite, also. You tube has most of the episodes.

[pandaemonaeum.livejournal.com]

Actually, there is a short story called 'The Last Grave of Lil Warren', in which Lil is a lycanthrope in life, who rises as a vampire after death. It's set in a small, isolated US community and the book it was in mentioned that the author based the story on folklore (I believe in New England). So there is literary and folkloric precedent :)

Maybe someone on Real Ghostbusters did good research :D