What are some animalistic characteristics in the boys? Or just vampires in general, like when they’re scared do they hiss and their fangs get even longer. what their natural instincts may be :) tysm! I love to imagine the boys as pretty scary vampires when they’re scared or protective!

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-When scared or excited, the fangs extend out of the tissue that normally protects them. This response occurs to prepare for a feeding, assuming that the strong emotional reaction is due to nearby prey, or more rarely, a fight. The fangs that we normally see when retracted are small enough not to get in the way of speech and other eating, but when extended, these tiny points can be between one and two inches long. 

In a similar response, vampires’ eyes turn slit pupiled and glow. Vampires are nocturnal and meant to see in little to no light, and much like a cat’s eyes, their eyes can glow like mini spotlights. In some cases, this is semi-voluntary (as is the pupils going slitted) and operates as a response to a threat. The eye change is supposed to look intimidating, and either scare a threat off or frighten prey into submission. 

Instincts in general are semi-conscious, as in for the most part the vampire has control over them, but it feels much better to give in and do as the mind commands. Times of stress can change this, and when panicked, vampires tend to lose control of even the more basic instinctual responses.