First off I have to comment on the fact that I dont usually post such material on general forums. We find that a rather large number of people have trouble understanding the lifestyle and therefore we sometimes recieve expressions of outright hatred due to this.
Therefore I must state that if you have any negative comments about my lifestyle or that of my bretheren then keep it to yourself.
The general ideas of the Sanguine/Vampiric community tend to be very similar to the general ideas of Ds relations, except in the more organized scene it tends to become more complicated and grandiose, coming from the interactions of coucils and courts. In the most basic of terms the vampiric relationship breaks down to a variant of the Ds wheras the vampire is in the role of master and and those they feed upon, often known as donors, take the role of the submissive. In the preferred form of this relation the donor is a non-vampire(often referred to as mundane) and is only donor for the one vampire as there are concerns of disease in the sanguine practices, and also worries of the donor being weakened too much from overfeeding.
It is quite common to find vampiric couples in a codependant relationship, taking turns feeding back and forth. This can maintain the stability of the vampiric state in those that are afflicted with it. These couples do still tend to find the need for donors or other forms of outside energy to supplement their own supplies as they will get depleted from time to time, and nothing is worse than having hunger pains that wont go away.
Now as for the more complicated aspects of the vampiric relations. In most of the larger cities there are houses, covens, courts, councils and various other assorted organizations of the vampiric. A vast majority of these are tied into national or international organizations such as the Sanguinarium or Vampire Church. These groups tend to have at least some sort of religious slant to them as the need for feeding is tied into beliefs about how the body either generates or aquires its natural energy supplies, but that is a discussion for another time. As religious entities they are very heirarchical, with rank being granted either though experience or talent, as well of course with who you know and who likes you(this is a social group after all). New members are expected to show respect and often even open subservience to the elders and leaders of a group. This can often times be very uncomfortable for people first coming into the group. This tends to be based on centuries of old traditions among groups dealing with magick and secrecy. I have even known of some groups that are tied in through ancestry going back hundreds of years. It is common practice for vampires to feed off of one another as means of showing favoratism or servitude as the larger groups can be very political in nature. There is also a bit of ritualistic feeding and domination done in these groups as well, seeing as a large number involved tend to practice pagan or satanic religions due to their darker path. Now don't get me wrong, not all paganism is dark but some of it can be very harsh and violent in its rituals, such as the asatru(forgive me odin but your a cruel taskmaster at times).
For the most part though the relations involved tend to be of the more basic and less complicated type as a lot of us tend to keep to ourselves and only really interact with others over the internet. When it comes to the Sanguine feeding these interactions are mostly to set up relations with donors. As for the rest of us psychic vampirism is rampant in online communities. For the most part it is master/donor relations conducted through the net. There have however been all kinds of problems in established communities and chat rooms as some of the newer vamps tend to not understand protocol for such interactions, and will often stir up trouble just for the fun of it, and so that they can feed from the stray emotional energies. This has sometimes caused strife between the pure sang and the psy vamps as the sang do not like being forcefully fed upon by psy's anymore than anyone does and they tend to not have the developed defenses that the natural psy vamps do. Add in to this the fact that in these communities the fantasy world tends to drive relations and you find people who can be wholly delusional trying to essentially mentally rape you if your guard is down. Therefore I have to warn anyone who is not sure about their vampiric status to delve into the chat rooms with caution. If you really need info on vampirism then check out these sites for information before trying to become involved.
Sanguinarius.org
Kheperu.org
