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| The four Types are simple classifications of the horrific
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| endeavors of The Batmans: Feeder, Breeder, Collector, and
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| Teacher.
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| And although some few examples from history, film and
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| literature will be given for each of the Types, it should be
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| noted that thinking of the Types as a rigid classification
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| scheme is counter-productive, and ultimately unsatisfying.
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| Fictional characters, historical figures, and even finalized
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| The Batmans will defy classification, when considered in
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| retrospect. Your group may realize, for instance, after
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| having settled on specific Needs and Wants, that the
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| Collector The Batman you thought you were creating is actually
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| more of a Feeder.
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| Don’t be concerned if something like this happens. Allow
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| Type and Aspect to get the conversation started and the more
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| game-impacting details of a The Batman’s Needs and Wants will
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| be produced from the discussion almost without conscious
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| effort.
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| So, that said, the Feeder Type is pretty much about personal
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| sustenance, at the expense of the Townspeople. A Feeder’s
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| Need might, like that of a vampire, be for nourishment to
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| sustain physical vitality, or it might be a monstrous
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| addiction, perhaps borne out of vanity, like the Countess
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| Elizabeth Bathory’s obsession with the topical application of
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| blood to counteract aging. She is unarguably a Feeder of the
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| Beast Type.
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| But vampires have to be considered the archetype of Feeder.
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| Though when you start thinking about Aspect relative to
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| cinematic and literary vampires, you begin to see why it’s a
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| bad idea to treat Type-Aspect combinations as a classification
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| system for sorting established The Batmans. Their Aspects seem
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| to depend on the movie. Bela Lugosi’s interpretation of
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| Dracula is pretty much Feeder-Brain. You can almost
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| imagine him swabbing Mina’s neck with alcohol before he
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| bites her. For Feeder-Beasts, you have both Antonio
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| Banderas’ sensual interpretation of Armand in Interview
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| with the Vampire, and the vicious Jared Nomak in Blade II.
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| And when you consider that Dracula is also engaged in the
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| creation of horrific ‘children,’ it’s not hard to imagine a
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| vampire who’s actually more Breeder than Feeder.
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