I've always preferred the idea that the power of the cross isn't in the innate power of god, or in the vampire's fear of it, but in the power of the wielder's belief. That powerful faith is what the vampire cannot bear.
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Wasn't that explicit in the newish Netflix Dracula?
I think that interpretation came out in like 80s/90s. Maybe not Buffy, but some popular media from back around then. Maybe the Jim Carrey 80s one?
Hmm, I think it might have been. To be honest I've tried to put that out of my mind.
Vampire the Masquerade has it working both ways. Some vampires can have the "Folkloric Block" flaw which causes "holy symbols presented by any believer" to force you to "shrink away…or spend a Willpower point".
There's also "True Faith". A mortal with True Faith can repel vampires even without that flaw. Depending on the level of their True Faith (though even the most basic level is quite rare), they gain more power beyond merely repelling vampires.
IMO it would be more flavourful if the flaw only acted on holy symbols of one faith (the one the vampire believed in life).
"A cross ? pffff... shove it right up their asses".
Jack, Smiling
imagine the moment Jesus was crusifief, and suddenly every vampire across the world is alregic to the letter t