But I’m on the second episode and I guess the Christian god just canonically exists in this show? Crosses and holy water and shit work on vampires. Seems like a bold choice for a show to say “uh yeh that deity canonically exists in our show but I guess it’s just indifferent or whatever?”

Maybe this gets lampshaded at some point but in the second episode it’s weird as fuck lol

  • Evilsandwichman [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    I'm reminded of the castlevania anime; they tried to get past the religious connotations of the cross so they specifically explained the reason the cross works is because....vampires are disoriented by mathematical symbols. Yes really.

    • Azarova [they/them]
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      2 years ago

      I mean, that's sort of in line with the old mythology of them having to count each grain of rice if you pour out a bag infront of them, like that numbers and math are some weakness for them? Still kinda whacky though.

      • Evilsandwichman [none/use name]
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        2 years ago

        I think for me one of the issues was that it takes geometric genius to build Dracula's castle, so it didn't make sense to me.

      • TrudeauCastroson [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        count each grain of rice

        So there's another reason that a vampire teaches counting on Sesame Street other than "The Count" pun. Cool.

      • RedDawn [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Yeah but if you know how to leverage that weakness into a strength, you get a good paying job in children's television.

    • SaniFlush [any, any]
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      2 years ago

      Didn’t that show have a moment where a priest throwing holy water did nothing, but a Belmont was able to ignite it? It was implying true faith mattered more than earthly authority.