>>>I'm curious as to why people are all assuming that the good feelings of sex are entirely down to hormones.<<<
Because all human thought and emotion is a function of chemical activity in the brain. The chemical changes associated with sex are *why* we think and feel that it's a good thing. Even the vicarious thrill of pleasing one's partner is a result of chemical activity in the brain.
My take on vampires is that as they are unnaturally animated corpses, and their thought processes are therefore driven by something supernatural rather than biological. And y'know, it's a personal horror game about inhumanity, so it makes sense that some of the best things about being human would go away.
Yes, it's completely possible, even likely, that a high humanity Vampire (or a Vampie on some appropriate path) might get something out of pleasing a partner, but their urge is not going to a biological one as much as it's going to be related back to their relationship with their beast, as their animating force.
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Date: 2009-01-08 02:32 pm (UTC)Because all human thought and emotion is a function of chemical activity in the brain. The chemical changes associated with sex are *why* we think and feel that it's a good thing. Even the vicarious thrill of pleasing one's partner is a result of chemical activity in the brain.
My take on vampires is that as they are unnaturally animated corpses, and their thought processes are therefore driven by something supernatural rather than biological. And y'know, it's a personal horror game about inhumanity, so it makes sense that some of the best things about being human would go away.
Yes, it's completely possible, even likely, that a high humanity Vampire (or a Vampie on some appropriate path) might get something out of pleasing a partner, but their urge is not going to a biological one as much as it's going to be related back to their relationship with their beast, as their animating force.