• DosDude👾@retrolemmy.com
    11·
    1 year ago

    His father was in the order of the dragon. So he was Vlad Dracul, or Vlad the dragon. Vlad is the son of Dracul: Dracula or Vlad the son of the dragon. So basically the vampire is just the son of a dragon, which is pretty metal, but not as metal as the actual dragon.

    • TWeaK@lemm.eeEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      It is a very metal title, and it’s no wonder Bram Stoker chose it as the name of his character.

      I still maintain that vampires = rabies, though.

      • Biting - the main way rabies is transmitted
      • Weak to holy water - rabies causes hydrophobia
      • Snarling faces - rabies causes muscles to tighten, dogs who have rabies are very snarly
      • Transforms into bats, wolves, etc - rabies is often spread by these animals
      • Feeds on livestock - many “prey” animals primarily exhibit the paralytic form of rabies
      • No reflection - in the past, a person was not considered rabid if they could look at their own reflection

      Give me any other vampire trope, I think I can relate it to rabies.

        • TWeaK@lemm.eeEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago
          • Garlic - rabies victims have an aversion to strong stimuli, eg taste, smell, and also light.
          • Wooden stakes - in the late stages rabid people are paralytic. They’re still alive, but don’t move. However, if you stab them they might scream.