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[–] Brkdncr@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Vampires existed long before the church. They just have a brain disorder that gives them a seizure when they see straight right angles. Right angles don’t really exist in nature. Humans found out this and started making crosses. Humans created the church to maintain this knowledge during the vampires long hibernation periods of around 1000 years. (Credit to author Peter Watts “Blindside”)

[–] gato@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

Brutalist architecture should be super effective against vampires.

Also IKEA furniture.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I loved Blindsight (the name of the book is not Blindside) but that was one of the most ridiculous paragraphs I've ever read.

The natural world is filled with right angles. Many rocks erode into perfect right angles because of their cleave points. Saplings grow at right angles to the ground. Branches of older trees are sometimes at perfect right angles to the trunk.

Anyone who has gone on a hike sees right angles everywhere. Vampires couldn't walk a kilometer without a seizure from naturally occuring right angles.

Is this some JoJo lore or some shit?

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Nah, vampires only hibernated a generation or two. Just long enough for prey populations to grow back to sustainable levels, and just long enough forget them and begin to scoff at grandma's crazy campfire tales.

Peter Watts - Blindsight

And yes, it's hard science fiction. With a vampire ship captain. Seriously.

Many versions free on the author's site. Give the prologue a spin.

https://rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm#Prologue

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There was a vampire movie, I forget what it's called, but part of the lore was that vampires were only affected by religious symbols from their original society. So showing a cross to a Muslim vampire wouldn't work.

[–] Classy@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This why I like the origin of vampires being Judas’ failed suicide attempt. Explains the silver allergy, too.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I forget which movie it's from, but they said the first vampire was Judas. He tried to hang himself after he betrayed Jesus but just before he died the branch broke at sunset and he became a vampire.

Explains the blood - since he can't have communion - and the silver - because he sold Jesus out for silver talents (money) - and the hatred of lower-case t, and the aversion to sunlight.

[–] Nerdybynature@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Dracula 2000 I wanna say was the movie.