Line #25 WMG/Vampires


1	[[WMG: The Entire [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffyverse]] is real.]]
2	After Harmony got a reality show (see: Season 8) Willow did a HUGE CosmicRetcon to fix alot of their problems and couldn't help but invent something that showed off their various exploits. However, due to this arguments often turn into angering or embarrassing the other person/people in the argument with porn fic quotes, most likely causing a few injured Slayers-In-Training (think for a moment, how do YOU think Spike would react to quotes from a Spike/Xander fic?).
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4	[[WMG: The Roman Empire preferred crucifixion as an execution method in part because it also worked on vampires.]]
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6	Being nailed to a crucifix kills vampires slowly and painfully, just like humans. So if you catch a serial killer, you don't have to worry about his nature, just nail him up.
7	* Crucifixes only kill vampires because they're holy symbols. And I don't think a piece of wood in the shape of a cross would work without a corpus.
8	* In any case, the cross only became a holy symbol because Jesus was crucified on one. That makes this one heck of a StableTimeLoop.
9	* Crosses kill vampires. Crosses kill Jesus. Ergo: Jesus was a vampire.
10	* "In the same way He took the cup also after supper, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.'" 1 Corinthians 11:25. Jesus Christ: Time-Travelling Reverse Vampire?
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12	[[WMG: The French Revolutionary government used the guillotine because it worked on vampires.]]
13	More egalitarian, more humane, and who's going to notice if you stuff some garlic in their mouth afterward?
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15	[[WMG: ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' was written to kill vampires.]]
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17	It's certainly embarrassing enough to them. Think of what would happen if you were a vampire and you read Twilight. Would you continue unliving, or would you pound a stake through your own heart as a sort of Hara-Kiri to try to regain your honor?
18	* To paraphrase (or possibly quote) the great [[Literature/CarpeJugulum Terry Pratchett]], "The perfect world for a vampire is one in which all other vampires are dead and no one seriously believes in them any more." If Stephenie Meyer is a vampire (or controlled by one) and trying to make other vampires stake themselves, that accomplishes both points.
19	* Creator/StephenieMeyer is a deadly vampire hunter who churned out a foul supernatural romance series with the sole intent of having raging vampires attack her, allowing her to find and kill them much more easily.
20	** Maybe she made the books so that she could take revenge on the vampires for killing one of her friends!
21	*** This plan backfired magnificently because Stephenie Meyer (vampire hunter) is having increasing difficulty differentiating between the vampire assassins and rabid anti-twilighters attacking her.
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23	[[WMG: Literature/{{Twilight}} was written BY vampires so we'll stop taking them seriously so they can take over.]]
24	Think about it. All they have to do is say, "I'm a vampire and I sparkle"; then they can kill you while you're busy rolling your eyes. As a nightshift worker, I for one welcome our new nocturnal overlords(finally, stores will be open when I'm awake!)
25	* It's also so the naturally weak-willed, particularly young women of a tender age, will be properly prepared for life as chattel. All you would need to say to ''them'' as a vampire is, "I'll love you forever"; then you've got them hooked. The vampires started this particular propaganda with Creator/AnneRice's Byronic, broody vampires; it has, so far, marched on without a hitch. I, for one, am eagerly awaiting our true puppetmasters' arrival.
26	** ''Literature/LetTheRightOneIn'' was written for the same purpose, but aimed at a different audience. It's much more effective: fans discussing the murder of an innocent character focused on how horrible it was for ''the murderous vampire.''
27	* It's a plan by dio to destroy any opposition to his endeavors. That would also explain the poor writing and flawed understanding of relationships.
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29	[[WMG: Vampires have been spending centuries building up this elaborate folklore around themselves to hide that they are as lame as the ones in Literature/{{Twilight}}.]]
30	Meyer's a real jerk.
31	* Evolution would never have been so lame if it tried.
32	** Who said vampires evolved? Clearly the first ones got caught in some toxic {{Phlebotinum}} fallout...
33	[[WMG: Vampires are the World's Greatest Golfers.]]
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35	Their true curse is that they will never be able to show it.
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37	[[WMG: Vampires were made so that humanity never got too big]]
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39	But they found out that we are brilliant at killing anything that isn't us (and some things that are). Now they have to hide behind a {{masquerade}}, waiting for the right time to strike and kill us all. This makes sense because it counters our ability to kill things on the fly -- most weapons cannot kill a vampire.
40	* This would explain why vampires haven't run rampant and destroyed the world (our would anyway), they want us to reproduce and get more food for them.
41	** But, since they can survive a lot of damage, why don't they just attack us, overpower us and keep us in death camps? So they can get a free meal? I can imagine they could do that.
42	*** See Daybreakers for why this would be a bad idea.
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44	[[WMG:There are multiple vampire "types".]]
45	(Not a complete list by any means! Feel free to add categories and sub-categories!)
46	* Basic Vampire - standard vampire strengths and weaknesses.
47	* Upgraded Vampire (Manga/{{Hellsing}}'s Alucard, or an Elite from ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate'') -- Immune or indifferent to standard vampire weaknesses, usually proficient with some sort of weapon.
48	* "Snakepire"/"Meyerpire"/"Sparklepire" - Vampires that have a degree of control over their bloodlust, sadly they also sparkle and spew venom, hence the first name.
49	* Japanese Vampire - Similar to "Upgrade Vampire", spend some time in Japan and you start losing most of the traditional racial weaknesses.
50	* Shapeshifting Vampire - Can transform into bats. Why do you think vampire bats drink blood?
51	** They can also transform into wolves and mist/fog.
52	* Dracula-A title given to the King of Vampires. Has the same qualities as an Upgraded Vampire, except more boosted. Likely have a OneWingedAngel form.
53	* [[SuccubiAndIncubi Succubi/Incubi]]-Could be considered the demonic cousin of a vampire. Feed on sex instead of blood.
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55	Alternatively:
56	* "Hemos"-Catch-all term for a blood-sucker.
57	* "Hemo Bestiary"-An animal that is turned into a vampire. For example, a chubacabra is a goat-vampire.
58	* "Hemo Lite"-Watered down vampires. Like in Twilight.
59	* "Uber-Hemo"-Vampires not originating from the traditional vampire method. May be the result of a DealWithTheDevil. They usually have Dracula as an example, and are much stronger than the average vampire.
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61	[[WMG:Vampires don't exist]]
62	They were invented by werewolves, who like humans with garlic seasoning.
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64	[[WMG:Vampires are really the next step of man]]
65	Emerging from the old world, where a small sub-set of humanity evolved at a faster rate . In reality Homo Dominants vis a via "Prey'' but labeled as Vampires. They live normal lives, can walk in the sun and the cross don't do diddley. They intermarry with others of the Blood and work to keep hidden. They are a little stronger, faster , with sharper senses and heal at an faster rate. Peak physical attributes but various body structures. From portly to stick thin. They are above human but not superhuman.
66	They try to live simple , law abidding lives and punish of the Blood who threaten this.
67	They are ugly, pretty, smart to plain thick depending . Some are likeable and some are dicks, your basic everyman who now and then burns up hemoglobins that need to be replaced on a weekly basis.
68	And they don't live forever. Their normal lifespan is about 150 to 200 yeas.
69	And yeah, if they could they would sue somebody for tuning them into sparkley emo boys.
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71	[[WMG:Vampires are secretly plotting to break the fourth wall.]]
72	[[WMG:People with anemia are real vampires.]]
73	* They all have pale skin, constant weakness and of course the cravings for red meat. According to statistics more women are "vampires".
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75	[[WMG: Vampires REALLY don't exist.]]
76	A Masquerade on the scale implied by things like White Wolf [=RPGs=] is impossible due to sheer scale and internal divisions. And any reproductive methods traditionally attributed to vampires would result in everybody being vampires inside of a century. Thus, our nonvampiric existence refutes the existence of vampires.
77	* See The Elder Scrolls Online vampirism for why that wouldn't be so. Besides vampirism is considered an abomination by nearly all faiths, and there are ultimately more religious people than atheists.
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79	[[WMG: The Chupacabra myth was created by vampires.]]
80	They needed something else that villagers could blame when their livestock turned up drained of blood. This is why nobody can agree on what the chupacabra looks like.
81	* Alternatively, they're animal vampires.
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83	[[WMG: Vampires actually DO exist. And they inspire all authors to write books, shoot movies, and create games - to make world ready for em.]]
84	Which means that there is no Masquerade?
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86	[[WMG: Vampire do exist, but vampire stories are supposed to make us believe they are fictional.]]
87	This way, anybody who claims to have seen "real" vampires can be written off as a kook, and anything that could be proof of their existence can be dismissed as a hoax. A real vampire who admits to being a vampire is just some weirdo with "prosthetic" fangs.
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89	[[WMG: Vampires start badass the closer they are to Dracula, and get weaker the more diluted their vampiric blood is.]]
90	The first vampire is Dracula (let's call him Generation Zero). He is the most powerful. His brides (Generation One) have only half of his blood, and so are not as powerful (in Hellsing at least, they served as a QuirkyMinibossSquad). The ones they turned (Generation Two) have even less vampire blood. The earlier your generation, the more powerful you are, but the more you are affected by the traditional vampiric weaknesses. All vampires, [[OurVampiresAreDifferent no matter how different,]] are somewhere in this tree. Twilight is near the bottom, hitting a sweet spot: any less diluted and they do not have the extra strength and vitality (effectively a regular human), any more and the weaknesses start getting inconvenient.
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92	This is just my theory. Discuss?
93	* If earlier generations are more affected by vampiric weaknesses, how come Dracula isn't killed by sunlight, but vampires in other works sometimes are?
94	** Because he is so strong that he can simply overcome the weaknesses; it's why they had to do so much to put him down.
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96	[[WMG: Vampires have a crippling weakness against gold]]
97	It is generally agreed that vampires are killed/weakened/burned/sparkled when the sun shines upon them. Every classical celestial body has an associated metal: Mercury for Mercury, copper for Venus, iron for Mars, tin for Jupiter, lead for Saturn, silver for the moon and gold for the sun. Werewolves are associated with the moon and are weak against silver, since vampires are weak against sunlight, they should be weak against gold as well.
98	* But aren't werewolves stronger in the moon?
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100	[[WMG: If you really, really, really REALLY want to make that vampire stay dead]]
101	Stake the heart, chop off the head, chop off the limbs, hands, fingers, drives nails in the hands, fill the mouth with garlic, consecrate the grave, thermite the body; do a couple of exorcisms just to be safe; drop their socks and other articles of clothing into a river; mix the ashes with silver, and launch the mixture into the sun.
102	* Destroy any SoulJar, ArtifactsOfDoom, and other RingOfPower. Nuke their HauntedCastle. Dig a great big hole where their Haunted Castle was; so that if it reforms, it falls in. Keeps explosives at the bottom of the hole.
103	** Journey to the Underworld. Bind/Destroy/Redeem their souls, whichever works best.
104	* [[TakeThat Force them to read Twilight. They'll stay dead out of pure shame.]]
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106	[[WMG: Jesus was a vampire]]
107	He championed the drinking of his blood in return for eternal life, came back from the dead, and didn't like crosses.
108	* It is possible his 'ascending to heaven' was just him burning up in the sun; it would have looked spectacular to his followers.
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110	[[WMG: Vampires are disease elementals that get stronger during times of plague]]
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112	* In the Middle Ages, vampires were portrayed as disgusting, rotting, diseased. This is also the time in which disgusting, disfiguring diseases were widespread.
113	* By Victorian times, vampires became pale and consumptive looking. During Victorian times tuberculosis was fairly common.
114	* Today, when AIDS and other STD's are becoming the new epidemic, vampires are associated with sex.
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116	Coincidence?
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118	[[WMG: Vampires are completely dependent on humanity for their success]]
119	Most vampires are portrayed as vastly powerful, ultra intelligent monsters capable of taking over the planet if they so desired (best illustrated in the World of Darkness series, and numerous literature and horror movies). However, there are a few problems with this idea:
120	* As we know vampires are blood-suckers. Unfortunately, blood doesn't have too much nutrients. Vampire bats, who subsists exclusively on blood, often drink so much that they're unable to fly properly without peeing it out - same for others like ticks and mosquitos. This means a vampire needs to drink alot of blood to maintain a healthy lifestyle. In addition, such an exclusive diet that only contains bodily liquids means vampires won't be able to spread very far geographically. This is especially true if such areas lack large game, or do not have the kind of environment that can support livestock farmed for blood. Humans on the other hand, are able to thrive in multiple environments, including deserts, arctics and small islands, because our omnivorous diets allow us to subsist on a wide variety of different foods. As a result, a vampire would only be able to dominate an area that is already inhabited with humans which they can feed on.
121	* Vampire populations will always remain low. This is something found in all predator-prey relationships. The amount of prey will always exceed the amount of predators. If the reverse were to happen, the predators would surely decrease in numbers since there isn't enough prey to feed them. As most media have shown, vampires prey mostly on humans. But in order for vampires to increase their population, there must be an even larger number of humans that will be able to feed them all. This means any rebellions among humans would be utterly disastrous to a vampire, since killing off the rebellion would be the equivalent of torching your crops. And since it takes alot of time to grow a human, vampires may end up consuming more than they can replace.
122	* Where to vampires come from? By infecting a human and turning it into a fellow vampire. What do vampires feed on the most? Humans. As a result, vampires would essentially be eating their own children, since humans are needed to create more vampires. Since vampires are technically dead, they're unable to raise their own offspring naturally, so like parasites they rely on humans to create more of their kind. Unless raised to become a vampire, any human who has spent his life trying to escape having their blood drained is not going to be in the best state of mind when they're turned into the thing they've been conditioned to fear the most. This may explain why so many good-aligned vampires are so willing to kill off their own kind without hesitation or regret, because they are unable to fit into what they regard are their former tormentors.
123	* Everyone knows vampires are immortal. The problem with immortality is that it can create complacency. Combined that with traditional vampire powers (super-strength, shapeshifting, flying, whatever), means vampires are going to be a little slow to adopt new ideas or inventions that may not mesh well with the current status quo. Compared to vampires, humans have very short lives (around 80-90 years at healthiest). However, being short-lived and vulnerable means humans are more willing to adapt quickly to the situation. Since their guaranteed deaths mean they have nothing to lose, humans will work harder to bring their inventions and ideas to fruition before they kick the bucket. Since vampires don't need to worry about death, even a vampire inventor will have a much longer time getting their ideas into the main public since they don't have to worry about their ideas dying with them. Thus, without the humans rapid success for them to ride on, vampires would still be stuck in {{Medieval Stasis}}.
124	[[WMG: Vampires represent society gone wrong.]]
125	(Advance warning- this could get preachy)
126	Functioning societies are built upon cooperation and mutually beneficial relationships. Non-functional societies (like the poor parts of 19th century English industrial cities) are built upon the powerful exploiting the weak- or in other words, "sucking them dry." Other stuff this explains:
127	** Why are vampires pale? During the 19th century, white Europe exploited and oppressed Asia and Africa.
128	** Why do vampires fear crosses? Because Christianity was originally "a religion of slaves and women" in the words of one Roman writer.
129	** Why do vampires in many stories fear salt? Because salt is something even the common man could use to add flavour.
130	** Why do vampires prey on homeless people? Because they are the world`s most downtrodden people, [[RuleOfSymbolism not some rubbish about feeding on people we won't miss.]]
131	** Why is it that VampiresAreRich? Because in nearly all societies, the powerful are wealthy and vice versa.
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133	[[WMG: [[BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy Jack the Ripper was a vampire]].]]
134	He used the brutality of it to disguise the fact he was drinking the blood, so the cops would assume it was some sort of ritualistic killing/picquerism and disguise the fact he was drinking their blood. He was never caught because he used his vampiric stealth. As for why there weren't more killings? Either he was cautious and figured he might be caught, or was cut down by some vampire hunter/made the mistake of getting killed by one of the vampire weaknesses.
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