So, flicking through the channels at dinner, watched the last Twilight movie. Which is a little ridiculous since I've only seen parts of the 1st and 3rd. But I knew enough about the story to get the gist. The one thing I'd always wondered from seeing the bits and pieces I did was how vampires worked.
From the looks of it, none of the traditional vampire lore applied here, I mean they freaking sparkled in the sunlight instead of being immolated. But yeah, the end of the third one was combat heavy, and I was wondering when they were fighting why it seemed like they were decapitating enemy vampires and there was a weird stone shattering sound whenever they did. And I was all, wait, are they like really fragile that that's all it take to kill them?
So, I finally looked it up to figure out how the hell you kill vampire in that universe. So, it turns out only fire harms them. But given their super speed, its not too hard for them to put themselves out. Which is why someone trying to kill them usually decapitates and dismembers them first. That way they're helpless to the flame. And the reason for all the stone shattering noise is because when people turn, they literally are frozen in the state they were when they turned. Their bodies become like organic stone, making them practically animated statues.
Oh, but I guess dropping into lava will also kill them almost immediately, presuming they're dropped right in the middle of a pool, because its very difficult from them to flee before they die. And there's the implication that a nuke (or presumably a high enough yield bomb) will also kill them instantly because they can't outrun the blast before they're immolated.
Oh, and heh, now I finally know where that one gif I'd seen going around with Dakota Fanning throwing a toddler into a bonfire comes from. I mean, I guess I didn't recognize the girl in the gif as Dakota Fanning, or I should've realized it was from the Twilight movies.
TV commentary:
Better Call Saul- I knew it!! rjv('Cold blooded!')
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