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.
- 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.
- In any case, the cross only became a holy symbol because Jesus was crucified on one. That makes this one heck of a Stable Time Loop.
- Crosses kill vampires. Crosses kill Jesus. Ergo: Jesus was a vampire.
- "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?
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?
- To paraphrase (or possibly quote) the great 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.
- Stephenie Meyer 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.
- Maybe she made the books so that she could take revenge on the vampires for killing one of her friends!
- This plan backfired magnificently because Stephenie Meyer (vampire hunter) is having increasing difficulty differentiating between the vampire assassins and rabid anti-twilighters attacking her.
- Maybe she made the books so that she could take revenge on the vampires for killing one of her friends!
- 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 Anne Rice's Byronic, broody vampires; it has, so far, marched on without a hitch. I, for one, am eagerly awaiting our true puppetmasters' arrival.
- Let the Right One In 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.
- 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.
- Evolution would never have been so lame if it tried.
- Who said vampires evolved? Clearly the first ones got caught in some toxic Phlebotinum fallout...
Their true curse is that they will never be able to show it.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- See Daybreakers for why this would be a bad idea.
- 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.
- Basic Vampire - standard vampire strengths and weaknesses.
- Upgraded Vampire (Hellsing's Alucard, or an Elite from Charby the Vampirate) — Immune or indifferent to standard vampire weaknesses, usually proficient with some sort of weapon.
- "Snakepire"/"Meyerpire"/"Sparklepire" - Vampires that have a degree of control over their bloodlust, sadly they also sparkle and spew venom, hence the first name.
- Japanese Vampire - Similar to "Upgrade Vampire", spend some time in Japan and you start losing most of the traditional racial weaknesses.
- Shapeshifting Vampire - Can transform into bats. Why do you think vampire bats drink blood?
- They can also transform into wolves and mist/fog.
- Dracula-A title given to the King of Vampires. Has the same qualities as an Upgraded Vampire, except more boosted. Likely have a One-Winged Angel form.
- Succubi/Incubi-Could be considered the demonic cousin of a vampire. Feed on sex instead of blood.
Alternatively:
- "Hemos"-Catch-all term for a blood-sucker.
- "Hemo Bestiary"-An animal that is turned into a vampire. For example, a chubacabra is a goat-vampire.
- "Hemo Lite"-Watered down vampires. Like in Twilight.
- "Uber-Hemo"-Vampires not originating from the traditional vampire method. May be the result of a Deal with the Devil. They usually have Dracula as an example, and are much stronger than the average vampire.
- They all have pale skin, constant weakness and of course the cravings for red meat. According to statistics more women are "vampires".
- 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.
- Alternatively, they're animal vampires.
This is just my theory. Discuss?
- If earlier generations are more affected by vampiric weaknesses, how come Dracula isn't killed by sunlight, but vampires in other works sometimes are?
- 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.
- But aren't werewolves stronger in the moon?
- Destroy any Soul Jar, Artifacts of Doom, and other Ring of Power. Nuke their Haunted Castle. 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.
- Journey to the Underworld. Bind/Destroy/Redeem their souls, whichever works best.
- Force them to read Twilight. They'll stay dead out of pure shame.
- It is possible his 'ascending to heaven' was just him burning up in the sun; it would have looked spectacular to his followers.
- In the Middle Ages, vampires were portrayed as disgusting, rotting, diseased. This is also the time in which disgusting, disfiguring diseases were widespread.
- By Victorian times, vampires became pale and consumptive looking. During Victorian times tuberculosis was fairly common.
- Today, when AIDS and other STD's are becoming the new epidemic, vampires are associated with sex.
Coincidence?
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Why are vampires pale? During the 19th century, white Europe exploited and oppressed Asia and Africa.
- Why do vampires fear crosses? Because Christianity was originally "a religion of slaves and women" in the words of one Roman writer.
- Why do vampires in many stories fear salt? Because salt is something even the common man could use to add flavour.
- Why do vampires prey on homeless people? Because they are the world`s most downtrodden people, not some rubbish about feeding on people we won't miss.
- Why is it that Vampires Are Rich? Because in nearly all societies, the powerful are wealthy and vice versa.