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In which the hive mind is explained

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Dear spectators, I talked about the bloody universal mess. But before that, there was a stability of sorts, we the Malkavians had this thing we call the Madness Network, a conglomeration of the many minds of those who came before and those who still live. Somehow, the most insane beings in kindred existence, with their extreme variations of their many twisted thoughts were able to communicate together in a way. I believe this with all of my being, those voices that might pop at some point are that, if not Malkav himself. Some of the other crazy might say I'm crazy myself for thinking this. Whether you're a believer or not you're in this network.

What is this then? Why does it happen to us? In this moment of lucidity that I have acquired thanks to the crossing of the dimensional boundries, I have a theory:
Our insanity is leading us into the ultimate sanity, not just that, it's leading us into an evolution, maybe the next step for man, for vampire, or both. All of us are acquainted with each other, the uniqueness of each individual contributing to the creation of a highly intelligent being that remains unconscious for most of the time.
Some ''prophecies'' speak of a time when the Madnes Network will call everyone to action, and all the Malkavians will act as one, with the world never being the same after that. Has this happened before? If not that just proves the one mind is still dormant, but it's in all of us.
We are all evolving into a higher intelligence, we are all evolving. The stars, space travel, a better society, a better world, Gehena... all of them seem plausible now.

What exactly happens to us when we get embraced? When I was human I was a bit of a nutbar, I must say, though I believe luck is what got me into this. It is said that our clan always picks people with such conditions to join the ranks, though sometimes there's the odd case where the subject is completely average.
What are we? When a vampire is born, they are a powered version of a human being, and this improvement is mostly physical. Are our improvements supposed to be mental only? We are indeed known for bending minds, though there's also many others and their Domination.
What does this mean for Malkav.. and Cain, the creator of all kindred?

Furthermore, I mentioned those who came before... the dead, the spirits of the dead are still in the madness network, their minds (or a part of them) is still around. Have they found immortality? Everyone's idea of immortality seems to be a non-corporeal form that retains all sentience and memory of the previous life.
And now we come back to the multi-mind. It's a unification of everyone, for some the process to get into might be unpleasant, but in the end everyone joins and contributes their uniqueness to create a better intelligence.

I mentioned too, how this is my moment of lucidity. This is not to say I am usually blind, but I seem to be reasoning these things much more than I usually would be able to.
And then this world-hopping extravaganza. It shattered the hive mind. We scattered everywhere and anywhere, it was painful too, the kind of insanity that leaves someone hopeless and blind was cast upon many, and our corrupted madness served to further make things more chaotic...

...for a while.

We are reaching a strange point now. I think the hive mind is expanding... those who are not Malkavian are starting to join too. I can feel this ''tingling'' that makes me believe Malkav is active somewhere... are we Malkav?
Have we reached Malkav? Have we reached that lucidity? Is it awakening?

My spectators who are mind-reading me... are you with me?
Basically I have mixed Olaf Stapledon and Vampire: The Masquerade in this.
I spent the entire last year reading two of Stapledon's masterpieces: Last and First Men and Star Maker, they took me some time to complete.

Right now, I'm reading Death Into Life, which describes in many other ways the depiction of a unified intelligence, which is the fusion of many others. (A concept very frequent in his works, it was seen in Last and First Men and Star Maker too, and I must say, his depictions are magnificent).

And right now it hit me, the Malkavian Madness Network, with all the mithology I've read about it it seems to be something like this.

I also wanted to continue the Bloody Universe thing, because... well, I kinda like it.

I swear, I will write things more frequently here and not all of them will be related to vampires, either.

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EmmetEarwax's avatar
In my fan-fics, the gods came from hive-minds. There was and is NO supreme being.