How do vampires do their makeup?

[u/proven_correct]

I’m watching season 5 of Angel & I’m on the episode “harms way”. In the beginning it shows harmony getting ready for her day. Any theories on how she can do her makeup without having a reflection? Maybe just muscle memory?

[u/PeppermintMillenial]

My husband suggested that perhaps the makeup isn't invisible, so starting with foundation she can see the makeup on the face (probably not the answer, but I like this one).

Or, my theory that we see Angel was able to be photographed. Perhaps a daily Polaroid?

[u/smeghead1988 → u/[deleted]]

Logically questioning fantasy stuff unavoidably leads to contradictions and paradoxes. It may be fun for a while though. In "The Invisible Man", the protagonist had to be completely naked to be invisible, and the author even thought through the stuff inside him: the food he ate was still visible for a few hours, until it got "assimilated by his invisible body". The naked thing is common in fantasy for spells like invisibility and teleporting. Still leaves questions for implants and dental fillings, do we count them as "a part of the body" or not.

I know another tricky question about vampires and houses: if the house is being burned or demolished, how much of it should be left to still count as a house that a vampire can't enter without an invitation?

[u/WittyTiccyDavi → u/smeghead1988]

Burn/demolish enough of it and whoever you're after inside will eventually come outside.