this post was submitted on 28 Jan 2025
176 points (98.4% liked)

Vampires

420 readers
80 users here now

"Few creatures of the night have captured our imagination like vampires.
What explains our enduring fascination with vampires? Is it the overtones of sexual lust, power, control? Or is it a fascination with the immortality of the undead?"

Feel free to post any vampire-related content here. I'll be posting various vampire media I enjoy just as a way of kickstarting this community but don't let that stop you from posting something else. I just wanted a place to discuss vampire movies, books, games, etc.
๐Ÿง›

founded 10 months ago
MODERATORS
 
all 14 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[โ€“] Kyatto@leminal.space 17 points 10 months ago (3 children)

A downside I never really thought of... is it more like a severe peanut allergy or like some sort of lactose intolerance?

[โ€“] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 months ago

i think the most "realistic" thing would be for vampires to just have much stronger sense of smell and thus garlic is like a punch to the face

so really vampires would just need way less garlic in their garlic bread, so much money saved!

[โ€“] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I think it's just repulsive to them, but not harmful.

[โ€“] ShareMySims@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'd choose garlic bread over immortality every fucking time lol

[โ€“] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is why there aren't more vampires. The suicide rate is exceptionally high. "Give me garlic bread or give me death." -Patrick Henry

[โ€“] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

GIVE ME LIBERTY
OR A BRAN MUFFIN

[โ€“] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

That's a much better deal. If there's more on the table, I say we go for "Give me liberty and also $100,000,000, my own private island, a castle, and a staff of 1,000 servants.

[โ€“] NekoKamiGuru@ttrpg.network 8 points 10 months ago
[โ€“] Technofrood@feddit.uk 8 points 10 months ago

Middle should also be Panik

[โ€“] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 4 points 10 months ago

Yes you can, but only once

[โ€“] sirico@feddit.uk 3 points 10 months ago

I like the theory that it's fake news so we eat a load of garlic and turn ourselves into little human kievs

[โ€“] GammaGames@beehaw.org 2 points 10 months ago

So this is why Astarion is always so sad

[โ€“] weremacaque@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

My grandpa is allergic to garlic. I could probably be fine with cutting out most allergens but garlic? That draws the line there.