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If Vampire's are semi dead, then how come a steak thru the heart kills them if they are dead already? Do they still pump their own blood?
3 months ago by Don_Dickle to c/nostupidquestions
No_Eponym 11 points 3 months ago
In a similar manner, a lot of people believe vampires have a fear of garlic. And in a similar manner, this is also a mistake.
The true subject of vamperic anxiety is garlic butter, and they fear it in the same way you or I fear facing the scale after a particularly sumptuous holiday feasting season.
"A moment on the lips, an eternity on the hips," as Dracula is wont to say.
JeSuisUnHombre 18 points 3 months ago
I think originally, it wasn't actually about killing them. I think the heart is still a source of power for them in a metaphysical way, but they were just severely weakened by it or put into a sort of stasis. Because in Dracula, it's not just a stake through the heart but staking Dracula into the coffin that they then nailed shut before burying. Clearly not expecting the stake to be enough on its own.
i_stole_ur_taco 14 points 3 months ago
I remember reading this in a few different books too. The stake immobilized them and then you killed them with fire or a priest wielding a flamethrower or something.
What a freaking process.
GreyEyedGhost 5 points 3 months ago
That was the premise used in Blade 2 for some types of vampires. Also, traditionally, believed vampires were often beheaded (not sure if it was to kill them or after killing them) and buried with their head between their legs, presumably to stop them from healing and becoming active again. It was very effective, mostly because vampires aren't real.
justdaveisfine 15 points 3 months ago
As I recall, its based on traditional burial methods. Vampires are considered undead and would rise again, so any method to stop them from rising and feeding was the goal. This also included decapitation, staking them to the ground, burning them, etc.
ParlimentOfDoom 11 points 3 months ago
Magic.
palordrolap 2 points 3 months ago
Did you hear about the wooden car with wooden wheels, wooden mechanicals and a wooden engine?
It wooden go.
whatsgoingdom 4 points 3 months ago
Po-ta-toes. Peel 'em, shape 'em, stick 'em in their heart.
RecursiveParadox 6 points 3 months ago
Science has the answer!
Dookieman12 5 points 3 months ago
Dude, it's a fictional creature.
rockSlayer 13 points 3 months ago
Don't criticize please, !nostupidquestions@lemmy.world is intended for this stuff too
TribblesBestFriend 4 points 3 months ago
If you’re searching for a logical answer prepare to don’t have any
Why dont they have a reflection ?
rockSlayer 15 points 3 months ago
Because at the time they were made of silver
SayJess 5 points 3 months ago
Some people are incapable of introspection. They suck the blood out of society, while giving nothing back. They are active at night, commanding legions of their brain dead followers. The true menace is that the vampiric gene lives on, dormant, waiting to re-emerge as another plague upon us all. Though the orange skin and red caps have replaced the capes and goth aesthetic.
GreyEyedGhost 1 point 3 months ago
I think the red caps are just jealousy or admiration.
glasratz 3 points 3 months ago
It's folklore and was probably first told among people who had only a shaky grasp on anatomy, but a firm grasp on what organs were considered very important in stories. Think about it: The modern zomby is killed by destroying the brain. This fits our common folk knowledge of anatomy much better than the heart. We consider the heart as nothing more than a blood pump and the brain as the centre of what we are. In former times the heart was seen as much more important, dating back to acient Greek lore who thought the brain was just a cooler for our blood.
Grimy 1 point 3 months ago
They still need to pump blood, it's just not their blood anymore, hence why they need to drink every few days. They wouldn't be able to do much without blood circulation. Explains why they don't eat, their digestive system is completely changed. At least, that how I always imagined it.
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Too much LDL - they actually die of a heart attack.
A lot of people get this wrong and try and put a stake through their heart which ends up turning out bad for them…
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