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| CyborgSage00x0 02/19/20 4:30:46 PM #389: | ParanoidObsessive posted... Vampires are probably the ones who still have at least some of their original trappings as part of the general stereotype, and there are always the horror hipsters who will dig deep back in the well and pull out folklore to season their fiction with (like going with the "can't cross running water" or "has to stop and count things" weaknesses - which, as I often like to point out, means The Count from Sesame Street is actually one of the most accurate depictions of vampires in modern media). But even there, there've been so damned many variations, and they tend to differ so much across various mythologies, that it's hard to point to a single archetype and say "THIS is the real vampire".I've always enjoyed the "can't cross running water" and "have to be invited in" ones. Or that they need to travel with their coffins/native soil. IIRC, Hellsing keeps most of these, which I enjoy, and makes vampires ridiculously inhuman in their strength. Or how Castlevania does is. --- PotD's resident Film Expert. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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