Following up on the question of pre-Christian vampire repellents: Is it my imagination, or didn't Clive Barker once write a short story about a rampaging demon-beast, in which the monster ultimately proves vulnerable to icons of the classic Earth goddess worshipped by our primitive ancestors?
Alternatively, since Buffy and Angel never show any non-Christian objects working on vampires, and since holy water seems to work at least a little against the Ubervamp - a member of a species which has supposedly been exiled from Earth for untold millennia - it may well be that only Christian icons are effective against vampires, regardless of their upbringing.
Actually, the very fact that holy water works at all supports this theory, since unlike a cross the vampire has no reason to suspect there's anything special about the water itself. And for all Adam's coaching, do we actually see the vampires who break into the church manhandling crucifixes and chowing down on communion wafers? (Seriously, I don't remember. But if not, then maybe it's not just psychological after all.)
Given all this evidence, the rules of the Buffyverse may well provide tangible proof of the validity of Christianity, in the face of which it would almost be an act of faith to refuse to believe in Jesus. :-)
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Date: 2005-01-03 12:36 pm (UTC)Alternatively, since Buffy and Angel never show any non-Christian objects working on vampires, and since holy water seems to work at least a little against the Ubervamp - a member of a species which has supposedly been exiled from Earth for untold millennia - it may well be that only Christian icons are effective against vampires, regardless of their upbringing.
Actually, the very fact that holy water works at all supports this theory, since unlike a cross the vampire has no reason to suspect there's anything special about the water itself. And for all Adam's coaching, do we actually see the vampires who break into the church manhandling crucifixes and chowing down on communion wafers? (Seriously, I don't remember. But if not, then maybe it's not just psychological after all.)
Given all this evidence, the rules of the Buffyverse may well provide tangible proof of the validity of Christianity, in the face of which it would almost be an act of faith to refuse to believe in Jesus. :-)