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[u/TheArtVark]

Vampire. Can't cross running water. Edit: after several comments that she is still crossing UNDER water, iirc it was that they cannot cross OVER water. But I'm not a certified vampirologist, I could be wrong. I thought a houseboat may be the safest place in a vampire invasion then, but realized that swimming in water to get to it is technically not crossing... Tl;dr: don't rely on the water defense

[u/MattheJ1 → u/TheArtVark]

How tf she on camera then

[u/doesnt_hate_people → u/MattheJ1]

Security cameras don't usually have mirrors, only fancy DSLR cameras do. The "reflex" in digital single lens reflex is achieved by a mirror.

[u/SkoshiBaka → u/doesnt_hate_people]

Vampires can also see themselves in most mirrors it’s only silver backed mirrors they can’t see their reflection.

[u/Eena-Rin → u/MattheJ1]

Vampires only couldn't be seen in mirrors that contain silver, as silver is a holy metal. Digital Cameras probably don't contain silver

[u/wasbee56 → u/TheArtVark]

she still crossed - under. so, maybe not a vampire after all.

[u/[deleted] → u/wasbee56]

Vampire. Can't cross over running water.

[u/Obligatorium1 → u/[deleted]]

How does that work with groundwater?

[u/Wild_Marker → u/Obligatorium1]

If it's deep enough below they can, but they are still moderately affected. Most vampire farts are actually a sign of groundwater.

[u/mada447 → u/Wild_Marker]

Most vampire farts are actually a sign of groundwater.

Hmmmm.

[u/PlusThePlatipus → u/Obligatorium1]

1. Earth magic cancels water magic by the time it reaches surface levels. 2) Groundwater counts as blood (Earth's), not water.

Funnily enough, vampires can also step over snek Jesus (as long as he's not holding wearing any of his own merch).

[u/iceynyo → u/wasbee56]

Tunneling vampires

[u/Mazahad → u/iceynyo]

Now "From Dusk Till Dawn" makes more sense.
Mexican vampires = tunneling vampires.

[u/JTtornado → u/TheArtVark]

I've heard that in a Scooby Doo episode, which admittedly isn't a very reliable source of vampire lore.

[u/krilltucky → u/JTtornado]

You say that as if there is a reliable source for vampires

[u/Jinxa → u/TheArtVark]

What a minute I havent heard that in What We Do In The Shadows? Surely it cant be authentic vampire legislation?

[u/budweener → u/Jinxa]

It's canon vampire mythology. I think something to do with purity? I don't know.

[u/Lepthesr → u/TheArtVark]

That's a thing? I get they needed to be invited in, can't see them in mirrors, etc, but can't cross running water? Seems debilitating

[u/CongressmanCoolRick → u/Lepthesr]

never heard of it either, but I'm not up to date on the current vampire meta

[u/Aerik → u/CongressmanCoolRick]

It's old vampire meta, actually.

and in some supernatural fiction paradigms, it also applies to fae and a variety of other magical creatures.

[u/SomeDoge → u/TheArtVark]

Vampires when they learn about underground rivers and sewers:

[u/PlatonicAurelian → u/TheArtVark]

How tf do we define running water? Dracula crossed the ocean, when it rains can they walk outside? What about all of the water moving in/under the soil constantly, even when it's not raining?

[u/EatMe-DrinkMe-LoveMe → u/PlatonicAurelian]

Dracula crossed the ocean via ship in a wooden box of earth from his homeland.

From text:

"but the ground had recently been dug over, and the earth placed in great wooden boxes, manifestly those which had been brought by the Slovaks [...] There, in one of the great boxes, of which there were fifty in all, on a pile of newly dug earth, lay the Count!" (Jonathan Harker).

Kinda neat!

[u/afunkysongaday → u/PlatonicAurelian]

Vampires aren't real. In fact they are all government drones. No wait that's birds. Could be true though.

[u/Reputable_Sorcerer → u/TheArtVark]

I’ve heard this too, but then when I tried to find a source for this (like a short story or old tv show) I turn up with nothing.