I wonder if there's a mountain of paperwork that new vampires have to go through -- they have to fill forms out in triplicate, apply for their new gawth name, make sure they're appropriately placed in the hierarchy, put out ads in vampire weeklies so everyone knows who they are and who they're associated with, etc. It sort of takes away the glamour.
"Hmmm, no, I'm sorry but Lestat is already taken by some dude in New Orleans. Uhhhhh... nope, Vlad the Ass-Impaling Deathdealer is copyrighted. Carmilla... nope, some lesbian chick took that already. Blade? Yeah, really funny, but he's still alive, so no. Hold on, this dude Varney's been dead for a couple centuries, so his name is up for grabs. Congratulations, vampire-formerly-known-as-Walter, your name is now Varney! Yes, I know it sounds like 'Barney,' but it's either that or Orlok."
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Date: 2008-01-25 06:12 am (UTC)"Hmmm, no, I'm sorry but Lestat is already taken by some dude in New Orleans. Uhhhhh... nope, Vlad the Ass-Impaling Deathdealer is copyrighted. Carmilla... nope, some lesbian chick took that already. Blade? Yeah, really funny, but he's still alive, so no. Hold on, this dude Varney's been dead for a couple centuries, so his name is up for grabs. Congratulations, vampire-formerly-known-as-Walter, your name is now Varney! Yes, I know it sounds like 'Barney,' but it's either that or Orlok."