the questions of our times: formality and vampires

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This, thanks to a discussion started by weirdquark. Please do visit the comments where you will learn many things including the many ways formality is structured in different languages (something my questions did not fully take into account, and I apologize for that), werewolf pack dynamics considerations, and whether there are vampires in France.

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[missysedai.livejournal.com]

I ALWAYS err to the side of formality, though if I know the vampire fairly well, I assume s/he would have already given me leave to say Du.

In the case of the ancient vampires, say, like my German Composition teacher at the Gymnasium was (OK, she probably wasn't really a vampire, but she could have passed for one, and she was REALLY ANCIENT), formal all the way, even if leave to say Du has been granted, because sometimes they ask you to say Du just to be nice, even though it makes their teeth itch. Older folks like to be shown proper respect, and I'd prefer not to make a vampire's teeth itch in any case, lest I be the one s/he decides to scratch the itch with.