What if vampires’ non-reaction to mirrors is why reflected sunlight does not bother them?
If we can figure out the magic wavelength, we could take out vampires with flashlights.
Science saves lives
Submitted 3 months ago by ekZepp@lemmy.world to science_memes@mander.xyz
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Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
samus12345@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Reminds me of the part in Bloodlines where you (a vampire) are captured and they run a series of tests, including shining UV rays on you (it doesn’t do anything).
toynbee@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Seemed to work out for Blade.
rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
I hear the Speedwagon Foundation uses intense UV.
Cyth@lemmy.world 3 months ago
This is funny, but I think stereotypical vampire lore still stands. I think it’s only direct sunlight that is an issue. If a vampire stands in a room with an open window, but off to the side, they’re generally considered fine. If light reflected off a wall is ok then why is the moon not?
gandalf_der_12te@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
Yeah, sunlight on clouded days doesn’t hurt us either.
Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Hush, mate! You trying to blow our cover‽
AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 3 months ago
I love how this implies that sunlight only hurts vampires if they know that sunlight is supposed to hurt them
vonxylofon@lemmy.world 3 months ago
It’s Loony Tunes physics.
tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
The BBC series Dracula really explores this trope in a really interesting way. Worth a watch without spoilering anything.
TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
My theory is that vampires can only handle sunlight in small doses, not when the sun is directly shining on the Earth.
mycodesucks@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Huh… turns out I’m a vampire.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
i love the idea of london being infested by vampires since it’s almost always overcast, and vampires going on holiday to the nordics in the winter
lowleveldata@programming.dev 3 months ago
Why are nights cooler if reflected sunlight is just sunlight?
pennomi@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Science: The poison is in the dose.
Language: It’s a good joke, I love it!
gandalf_der_12te@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
But mirrored light does not affect vampires?
tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
We learned it like this:
Light beam bounces once or more, suck that victim dry, senor
Light beam bounces none or less, seek the curtains now, princessMJKee9@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Werewolf school didn’t teach me shit…i mean they did teach me how to shit to properly mark my territory, but didn’t use any fancy poems or nothing.
tilefan@lemm.ee 3 months ago
also, from what I can find it looks like the moon only reflects 1-3% of UV light back
4oreman@lemy.lol 3 months ago
Did this really happen?
niktemadur@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Nerds saving lives, one vampire factoid at a time.
tilefan@lemm.ee 3 months ago
count Dracula wasn’t destroyed by sunlight, he just had weaker magical powers. during the day he could only change form at dawn, noon, and dusk, although he maintained that power throughout the entire night.
BallsandBayonets@lemmings.world 3 months ago
But he’s the OV (Original Vamp). According to Supernatural logic, the Alpha monster is immune or isn’t affected as badly by weaknesses as converted monsters.
CyberTailor@lemmy.world 3 months ago
He wasn’t, but Count Orlok from Nosferatu (1922) was
HawlSera@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I always head-canon that sunlight reflected off of moon rocks has some property that makes it not dangerous for vampires, sucks out the hamon or something.
PrimeErective@startrek.website 3 months ago
Love that this suggests that for vampires, it’s all in their head
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Loony Toons logic. You won’t fall until you realize you should be falling.
PrimeErective@startrek.website 3 months ago
So true
TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 3 months ago
That’s what Terry Pratchett’s Carpe Jugulum tells us. With sufficient exposure and willpower vampires (or “vampyres” as this more modern variety calls themselves) can become immune to sunlight and holy symbols!
shalafi@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Out of those 41 books, that one’s a fav.
BossDj@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Also a plot point of an older also amazing book (spoiler alert?)
sparkle@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Literally Charles McGill