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icarian task: when you have a task you know you’re going to fail at anyways, so why not have some fun with it before it all comes crashing down

cassandrean task: when you have to deal with people you KNOW won’t listen to you, despite having accurate information, and having to watch them fumble about when you told them the solution from the start (most often witnessed in customer service)

my mom is in fact aware that dandelions exist. she temporarily forgot the name and there was some miscommunication.

the truth is actually weirder

she's aware dandelions look like this

she is familiar with this flower. she knows the name of this flower. she declines to believe, however, that these are also dandelions

she does not believe these are the same plant. I tried to explain, and she thought I was either misinformed or lying. so I asked her what exactly did she think the yellow ones were called?

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In many pieces of media, becoming a vampire is a passive thing. Someone else bit you and injected their venom into your veins. You get the effects, but have no control or agency over what is happening. In The Lost Boys, you drink the blood and you kill by draining someone of theirs. You don’t have to know what you are drinking is blood, or what it will do to you, but you have to drink it. You have to kill before the transformation completes.

In D&D, vampirism is a race. Your character is a vampire. You were bitten. Lost Boys vampirism is more akin to a warlock pact.

Warlock pact do not require you to understand what you are agreeing to (Fjord in cr campaign 2 is an example). You do not have to know what the blood will turn you into to drink it, but to drink the vampire blood is to begin the pact with the head vampire/your sire/the entity that gives vampires power. This is where the kill comes in.

The first kill is a test of strength. It proves that you are worthy of the vampire blood and the powers that come from it. It is you knowing what you are and agreeing to be a vampire. Before then, there are options (starving to death and killing the head vampire)

In summary, vampirism in The Lost Boys = warlock pact.

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In my head, the Lost Boys have movie appearances and personality is a combination of movie and musical.

I have thought a bit, and I like the idea that drinking the vampire blood is a kind of warlock pact, and the first kill is a confirmation of the pact. So all

David - In my head, he was a paladin before he turned and made a warlock pact (with max). To me, he is the only one that has not multiclassed. Just threw himself so deeply into becoming a vampire (warlock). To him, if he tried to be anything else, it would be one step too close to humanity

Dwayne - This is on the musical side, but Sean posted something about him turning to join the band, and I think that’s fun - so bard. The warlock contract was just necessary for him to reach his full potential as a bard.

Paul - Artificer. I think he would work on the groups bikes so that they can withstand vampire speed and maybe fly

Marko - This is extremely on the movie side, but I think he is multiclassed as a druid - see the pigeons.

Michael - (bit angsty) Barbarian. He had his first rage against his dad. The Boys probably try to get him to rage so he can make his first kill

Star - Rogue. Is apparently a runaway, and seems to be good at apppearing and disappearing fast. Doesn’t seem to like direct conflict, and a lot of her conflict resolution (early musical) is to run away.

Bonus (no explanations here, but I do have them)

Frogs - Paladins

Lucy - Cleric

Sam - Wizard

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