The Tarot of Vampyres - Page 82

**Aerin** · 21-09-2010

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Originally Posted by HearthCricket

This is a perfect example of whether or not this deck is using celebrities and scenes from movies, or if it is just a coincidence. Pull out your decks. Anyone think the 9 of Grails might have been "inspired" by this scene of Drusilla and Spike?

In searching for this card (deck still on pre-order) I came across this site http://tarotdame.blogspot.com/ which has many of the cards. Scroll down.

I see what you mean.

I also found an unreconstructed Oz in the 5 of Skulls.

Pagan X · 21-09-2010

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Originally Posted by Aerin

I also found an unreconstructed Oz in the 5 of Skulls.

Wait, what? Baum's OZ? has werewolves?
Color me confused!

Shadow wolf1214 · 21-09-2010

Okay well i just ordered this deck of Llewellyn today, should be here later this week....i really cannot wait. I do not have a gothic style deck in my collection, and this one seemed like the one for me. Now i'll be d@mned if im going to read through almost 90 pages, so can someone give me the basics of what to expect from this deck like: symbolism, RWS or Thoth?, readability, and does it help that i have background in a lot of vampire stuff like the movie Queen of the Damned, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and SOME of Drakula and Van Helsing.

irisa · 21-09-2010

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Originally Posted by HearthCricket

Have you ever watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer (series, not the movie)? Seriously...if not, you might want to consider it, especially the first 2 years. In it you get a very strong feeling of what the modern day life of a vampire would be like; the cravings, the hurt, the passion, the dangers, the power. I was bored to death with the movie Twilight and never even finished it, but I find having been a faithful watcher (no pun intended!) of Buffy has helped me connect with these cards on a more personal level that I find myself basically "role-playing" each card and its meaning. Like crawling into their skin for a while. Just a thought to pass on...Spike, Angel and Drusilla especially.

Now see I am a Twilight fan the films are good but the books are omg waay better

and an absolute Buffy hater along with her spin off Angel

if Buffy had been mentioned earlier in this thread I may well have tuned out and missed this gem of a deck - I just love these cards but I can't say I relate them to Twilight at all, (well hardly at all) and absolutely not to celebrities (pfffft).

irisa

**Aerin** · 22-09-2010

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Originally Posted by Pagan X

Wait, what? Baum's OZ? has werewolves?
Color me confused!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oz_(Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer)

**Chiriku** · 22-09-2010

Well, I finally got a chance to go to the bookstore and returned my defective cards/set. There weren't any others in the store to exchange with, so I left emptyhanded.

Right now, I don't know whether I'll re-purchase the set.

You all might remember that I was one of the last "holdouts" and "fence-sitters." I think that when someone remains "iffy" after getting a deck in person, and is trying to discipline oneself to add only decks that serve a purpose to their collection, and is not sure the deck serves the specific purpose for which it was bought...maybe the deck is just not for them AT THIS TIME.

It is a very nice deck, very skilled artwork, and a thoughtfully written book by the painter of the deck--a bonus in my opinion. And some of the cards that were not on internet were almost luminous; Daniels may not be good at breasts, but he is wonderful at rendering faces.

I can't really figure out what my problem is. :puzzled:

**Londubh** · 22-09-2010

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Originally Posted by Chiriku

I can't really figure out what my problem is. :puzzled:

I purchased the set about two weeks ago and still haven't opened it yet. How's that for fence sitting?

I'll probably cave and open them. I collect decks, so buying a deck under the guise that it must be a deck I'll read with doesn't really apply. Although I am picky if the symbolism strays too far or if it makes no sense I will will not purchase them.

This deck is okay in that regard. I think I'm still fence sitting because portrait type decks are not my favorite and because, well, the vampires, excuse me, the vampYres look so damn petulant!

However, I have read nothing but rave reviews about this deck. From this group and random reviews online. So I guess I'll have to open it and make up my own mind. Petulance or not

**Glass Owl** · 23-09-2010

I received this deck the other day as a present. I haven't had the chance to work with it but I've briefly looked through it. It is beautiful, dramatic, and a few of the cards shocked me a bit (such as the Hanged Man). Since I don't have any bags handy, I ended up putting the cards into my storage area loose since the box had fallen apart upon opening it. Tonight while searching for something, I discovered the sturdy box that my old iPod came in. (I thought that it was a cool box and I'd find a use for it.) Turns out that this deck fits perfectly in it! Then I cut apart the outer box and glued pieces of it on the iPod box (to cover up the writing) and it looks great! I think that this deck deserves a stylish presentation and that it's a shame that it comes with that too-large white flimsy box.

SpiritElement · 28-09-2010

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Originally Posted by Golden Moon

Well, I want this deck as much as the next person. I think the Emperor looks flaming HOT

He reminds me of Goran Visnjic (he played Jimmy Angelov in Practical Magic):
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...ireyesLORD.jpg
It was instant love, LOL!

As far as the deck goes, I like it a HELLUVA lot better than most of the vampire-themed decks out there; and some of that has to do with the art. Personally, I like the photorealism of the characters - they don't look flat, nor is the art bordering on the cartoon-ish (Natalie Hertz's deck) or flat (Davide Corsi).

I have had a chance to read with it, and I think it reads rather well. It's a very honest, and straightforward deck - it pulls no punches, but it also doesn't slap you in face.

(Oh by the way, I CAN'T stand T*******t. I can wipe my butt on a piece of paper, and it would be more literary than that crap.)

**Morwenna** · 28-09-2010

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Originally Posted by SpiritElement

(Oh by the way, I CAN'T stand T*******t. I can wipe my butt on a piece of paper, and it would be more literary than that crap.)

But how do you really feel?

I'm still fence-sitting. I have it on the wish list now, but I wonder how long it'll be before I get to it, if ever. (Some of that list has been intact for years.) Still, as dark decks go, I like it better than most I've seen.

Shadow wolf1214 Citizen Join Date: 12 Apr 2009 Location: Connecticut, USA Posts: 114	Okay well i just ordered this deck of Llewellyn today, should be here later this week....i really cannot wait. I do not have a gothic style deck in my collection, and this one seemed like the one for me. Now i'll be d@mned if im going to read through almost 90 pages, so can someone give me the basics of what to expect from this deck like: symbolism, RWS or Thoth?, readability, and does it help that i have background in a lot of vampire stuff like the movie Queen of the Damned, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and SOME of Drakula and Van Helsing. __________________ “No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again.” -Buddha “The ordinary man looking at a mountain is like an illiterate person confronted with a Greek manuscript.” - Aleister Crowley

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Glass Owl Staring Into The Abyss Join Date: 01 Jan 2006 Location: USA Posts: 3,430	I received this deck the other day as a present. I haven't had the chance to work with it but I've briefly looked through it. It is beautiful, dramatic, and a few of the cards shocked me a bit (such as the Hanged Man). Since I don't have any bags handy, I ended up putting the cards into my storage area loose since the box had fallen apart upon opening it. Tonight while searching for something, I discovered the sturdy box that my old iPod came in. (I thought that it was a cool box and I'd find a use for it.) Turns out that this deck fits perfectly in it! Then I cut apart the outer box and glued pieces of it on the iPod box (to cover up the writing) and it looks great! I think that this deck deserves a stylish presentation and that it's a shame that it comes with that too-large white flimsy box. __________________ "No, I think I'll just go down and have some pudding and wait for it all to turn up... It always does in the end." ~Luna Lovegood Last edited by Glass Owl; 23-09-2010 at 12:50.

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Chiriku Absit Omen Join Date: 21 May 2010 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 1,938	Well, I finally got a chance to go to the bookstore and returned my defective cards/set. There weren't any others in the store to exchange with, so I left emptyhanded. Right now, I don't know whether I'll re-purchase the set. You all might remember that I was one of the last "holdouts" and "fence-sitters." I think that when someone remains "iffy" after getting a deck in person, and is trying to discipline oneself to add only decks that serve a purpose to their collection, and is not sure the deck serves the specific purpose for which it was bought...maybe the deck is just not for them AT THIS TIME. It is a very nice deck, very skilled artwork, and a thoughtfully written book by the painter of the deck--a bonus in my opinion. And some of the cards that were not on internet were almost luminous; Daniels may not be good at breasts, but he is wonderful at rendering faces. I can't really figure out what my problem is. :puzzled:

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