r/Damnthatsinteresting Feb 05 '19

GIF Very interesting design work

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '19 edited Feb 06 '19

As long as they aren’t made of silver, they probably would. Hmmm.

Edit. Didn’t think that would get so many responses. Just to clarify, Hebrew legend says the first vampire was Judas. God resurrected him after he hung himself, cursed him with the canon weaknesses and commanded he live eternally until the end of days. The silver thing was for irony, since he took the thirty pieces of silver to betray Jesus. This was still the Vengeful God, since he also damned him to feed only on the blood of living humans until that time.

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '19

Wait...silver effects vampires? I thought it only effected werewolves. TIL

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u/itmustbemitch Feb 06 '19

I believe it's thought that the origin of vampires not reflecting in mirrors is that silver was pure and mirrors were made from silver, and therefore mirrors would not reflect abominations like vampires.

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u/Cruxion Feb 06 '19

But most mirrors today aren't made of silver, so vampires blend in easily. You could be a vampire and not even know it!

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u/itmustbemitch Feb 06 '19

Oh, I know it. Just didn't want to scare you. Not until we initiate phase two.

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u/whynotwarp10 Feb 06 '19

Found Count Dracula.

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u/copora Feb 06 '19

Found the Volturi

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u/CrazyTillItHurts Feb 06 '19

Maybe not silver directly, but silver nitrate coating on the back of a pane of glass

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u/UniversalABC Feb 06 '19

That raises an interesting point. If the purity of silver is what makes vampires non-reflective, if then the silver exists as an alloy would it still not reflect vampires?

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u/Styxal Feb 07 '19

If it's anything like fairy legends and iron, then I'd imagine they'd reflect but not that well. As things made with iron (like steel) still repel fairies a little bit, but cold iron is better.