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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[heavenscalyx.livejournal.com]

I note that in the Takarazuka musical "Vampire Requiem", the vampire is European in origin (a Templar knight, IIRC) and everyone refers to him (and the big happy family of vampires that take him in) as "vampires." Especially noticeable in the perky, cheerful song, "Looking for Vampires."

How people addressed the vampire depended on whether he was pretending to be a lowlife or not. When he was a faux gypsy in the French court of the Sun King (having dance-offs with said Sun King), he totally didn't get -sama. But in his origin story, when he was a wounded knight, he got -sama. Later, in the dance club in Berlin, not so much. And I can't remember what the form of address was in modern times. He spent a lot of time in a glass tube, so not so much being addressed.