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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[darkrosetiger.livejournal.com]

In the Blood Histories verse, it depends on both the vampire and your relationship to him/her. In general, formality is safest, because if you come across as excessively formal to a vampire born after 1950, she'll just smile and say, "Please, call me $FIRSTNAME." If you come across as disrespectful to a vampire born at the height of the Roman Empire, you'll probably get verbally eviscerated. And if you come across as disrespectful to the oldest sentient on Earth (around 4,000; he's not really sure) you may get literally eviscerated.