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| '''Bloodfasting''', or simply '''fasting''' was a process by which two individuals (at least one of them a [[vampire]]) could become bonded, described by the Doctor as "a psychic link between two vampires". | | {{merge|Bloodfasting|"bloodfasting" is the accurate spelling given in ''[[Vampire Science (novel)|Vampire Science]]'' — besides which that page has more details than this one.}}'''Blood fasting''' was a process that allowed [[vampire]]s to be conjoined mentally, and in part, physically, by experiencing whatever the other felt. The process was brought about when the two vampires drank each other's [[blood]], usually in equal amounts. |
| == Description ==
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| === Ritual ===
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| Bloodfasting was enacted through both individuals drinking a small amount of each other's blood in quick succession. The amounts of blood were not necessarily equal; per [[Joanna Harris]]'s calculations, a successful fasting between her and the [[Eighth Doctor]] would take his drinking five milliliters of her blood, while she drank ten of his.
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| The bloodfasting was a highly traumatizing process, which would leave the participants haggard and disoriented for quite some time after it was complete. A mortal participant's skin would also become cold to the touch for a time after the fasting. For these reasons, it was easy to confuse bloodfasting with the beginning of a vampiric transformation. | | The [[Eighth Doctor]] once agreed to blood fasting with [[Joanna Harris]], the leader of a group of vampires in [[San Francisco]], despite concerns that it wouldn't be possible for a [[Time Lord]]. Their mutual thoughts and feelings meant that both parties could trust each other. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Vampire Science (novel)|Vampire Science]]'') |
| === Effects ===
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| As a token of trust, the bloodfasting would ensure that one member of the Bloodfasting would become vulnerable to the other's injuries; if one was killed or wounded, the other would suffer the same fate at the exact same moment. This ensured that neither participant would try to murder the other.
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| The bloodfasting also granted a measure of [[telepathy]] between the two participants, which was at its strongest while the change began. During this phase, each could feel the other's [[thought]]s and [[emotion]]s and get glimpses of their [[memory|memories]]. This effect receded later on, with the two linked individuals only getting subconscious feelings and the occasional "ghost image" from each other.
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| == History ==
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| To ensure mutual trust after the [[Eighth Doctor]] made a peace offering to her coven of [[vampire]]s, [[Joanna Harris]] enacted a bloodfasting between the two of them, proving that it could be done not just between two vampires, but between a vampire and a [[Time Lord]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Vampire Science (novel)|Vampire Science]]'')
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Blood fasting was a process that allowed vampires to be conjoined mentally, and in part, physically, by experiencing whatever the other felt. The process was brought about when the two vampires drank each other's blood, usually in equal amounts.
The Eighth Doctor once agreed to blood fasting with Joanna Harris, the leader of a group of vampires in San Francisco, despite concerns that it wouldn't be possible for a Time Lord. Their mutual thoughts and feelings meant that both parties could trust each other. (PROSE: Vampire Science)
