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White Court Anit-Love and Blood Rites
wardenferry419:
I am guessing the love has to be rare because if it was common, like parental love, than the WCV would starve.
Ananda:
--- Quote from: wardenferry419 on January 12, 2018, 08:58:16 PM ---I am guessing the love has to be rare because if it was common, like parental love, than the WCV would starve.
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Romantic love just biochemical to induce receptivity to reproduction. Parental love is biochemical to induce that the offspring survives. Yes, we’ve embellished this behaviour as our systems became more sophisticated, but the biochemical is the core of it. Given the body produces chemicals to induce the love experience, could certain chemicals be a repellent to the white court? Could this be simulated by eating chocolate? Are the other white court who thrive on fear, etc. repelled by this same thing? Why *do* those rascally leprechauns insist on keeping gold in pots as opposed to classic chests or flashier magic bags?
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Ananda on January 13, 2018, 04:02:40 AM ---Romantic love just biochemical to induce receptivity to reproduction. Parental love is biochemical to induce that the offspring survives. Yes, we’ve embellished this behaviour as our systems became more sophisticated, but the biochemical is the core of it. Given the body produces chemicals to induce the love experience, could certain chemicals be a repellent to the white court? Could this be simulated by eating chocolate? Are the other white court who thrive on fear, etc. repelled by this same thing? Why *do* those rascally leprechauns insist on keeping gold in pots as opposed to classic chests or flashier magic bags?
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Because ignore the biological explanations we are in a magical world. Leprechauns store pots of gold because that is expected from them by their story. How the supernatural behaves is strongly influenced by what humans tell each other about it.
Ananda:
--- Quote from: Arjan on January 13, 2018, 05:32:07 AM ---Because ignore the biological explanations we are in a magical world. Leprechauns store pots of gold because that is expected from them by their story. How the supernatural behaves is strongly influenced by what humans tell each other about it.
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I was providing a hybrid approach. Even magic systems have to have some basis in logic and reality. Also, do the white court who consume pain, fear, etc. react to “Love” as do the Lara Clan? Or, do they react to some twisted mirror version of their preferred dinner?
Speaking of logic, yours seems a bit circular in regards to the Great Leprechaun Conundrum of 2018. You can’t say they use pots because people expect pots and people expect pots because they use pots. That doesn’t work. Also, is your statement about “how the supernatural behaves” meant to be regarding leprechauns in the DF universe or just a general declaration?
Personally, I think they use pots so they can cook and eat those they find seeking their treasure.
Arjan:
Oh they will use something else when humans start to tell different stories, humans change their stories over time and that is how even immortals change. That is how Odin became kringle.
White court vampires do not feed on love, they feed on lust. In real life lust is part of love, love is just more complete, but in romantic tales they are opposing forces the one noble and high and the other base and profane and so on. It makes sense that romantic love for your true partner defeats the base lust for the vampire.
The vampire stands for adultery and romantic love stops you from doing it.
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