#except for clara crofton who was vamped out of spite

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That's a lot of guys he has bit do they turn

Nah, the mechanism for Becoming A Vampire is a lot more complicated than that in Varney the Vampire, and in fact doesn't seem to be explicitly linked to getting bitten at all. The main component to becoming a vampire is having another vampire do a funny little ritual over your dead body. Being bitten isn't a prerequisite so long as your vibes are rancid enough.

#not art #ask #varney the vampire #varney posting #the entire concept of vampirism is quite a bit different from the way it's most commonly interpreted now #(i.e. as a contagious disease transmitted via blood/biting) #you will see characters in varney have anxieties about vampirism spreading through biting #but that isn't actually how the vampirism works! #vampirism in varney is a curse. you get inflicted with it as a punishment for Doing Evil Deeds #except for clara crofton who was vamped out of spite #it's unclear how it's determined who turns into a vampire #sometimes it seems to be implied that vampires just Happen #and other vampires experience a kind of compulsion that leads them to new vampires and makes them dig them up #sometimes it seems like existing vampires have some degree of control over who gets turned #and provided varney wasn't bsing his infodump to flora #possibly vampires CAN turn people by biting them? but only if they die of it #like i said it's complicated