Post by Illyria on Jun 20, 2016 0:35:45 GMT
I just ran into a treasure trove - essays by Peasant on AO3
Here's the start of one that I like:
How much and how often do vampires need to feed? I wish I knew: it would make writing this stuff a lot easier. However enough information has been trickled out so that some informed guesses can be made.
First off, vamps cannot die from starvation, but they do undoubtedly suffer. Spike showed this after he was chipped and could not feed, as did Angel when he was living in the gutters of New York and not feeding properly. It is interesting to note the changes that they experienced. They were both weak: Angel ‘couldn’t go two rounds with a fruit fly’ (Becoming, Part 1), and Spike was definitely staggering around. They also apparently show weight loss. Spike commented that starved vampires become like ‘Living skeletons, mate. Like famine pictures from those dusty countries, only not half as funny.’ (Pangs) And perhaps it provides an explanation for why Angel looked so much thinner in the early seasons (cough, cough) if he was recovering from a century of underfeeding.
More here - archiveofourown.org/works/1280887
Here's the start of one that I like:
How much and how often do vampires need to feed? I wish I knew: it would make writing this stuff a lot easier. However enough information has been trickled out so that some informed guesses can be made.
First off, vamps cannot die from starvation, but they do undoubtedly suffer. Spike showed this after he was chipped and could not feed, as did Angel when he was living in the gutters of New York and not feeding properly. It is interesting to note the changes that they experienced. They were both weak: Angel ‘couldn’t go two rounds with a fruit fly’ (Becoming, Part 1), and Spike was definitely staggering around. They also apparently show weight loss. Spike commented that starved vampires become like ‘Living skeletons, mate. Like famine pictures from those dusty countries, only not half as funny.’ (Pangs) And perhaps it provides an explanation for why Angel looked so much thinner in the early seasons (cough, cough) if he was recovering from a century of underfeeding.
More here - archiveofourown.org/works/1280887