Why vampires AND werewolves?

[2WayParadox]

Actually, according to some lore, the werewolves would eat the hearts of their victims.

seems like a more ritualized thing than actual feeding patterns

 

[Hainted]

2WayParadox -Folklore, not literature has Werewolves as predators who crave human flesh, and strangely enough turn into vampires after death.

 

[2WayParadox]

really? how weird

 

[Ireth]

I was once part of an RPG that involved vampires and werewolves, as well as mages, other types of shapeshifters and normal humans. For the most part the vamps and wolves got along very well. There was one major conflict between members of their kinds, but that was only because the vampire in question was a primary antagonist who targeted a number of people including other vampires, and in the final confrontation he made the mistake of trying to kill a young human woman in front of her dad AND the dad's werewolf girlfriend. The results were not pretty.

 

[X Equestris]

There was a relationship between the two in the Middle Ages. If I'm remembering correctly, a werewolf that wasn't killed properly could turn into a vampire.

 

[2WayParadox]

I wonder how they cooked up that connection

 

[Caged Maiden]

I only have werewolves in my novels. I never considered writing vampires into my world at all, though I guess I would write one as a short story. For me, it's about relatability. I think vampires are trickier to me because I identify more with werewolves. But for me, they're just shapeshifters. Some are bad and monstrous as the disease eats them away and their humanity fades out. For my character werewolves, they're just people who can shift forms and they hide for their own safety.