adurot:

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skysinger-musings:

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gojiro:

Fun Vampire Fact; the reason that Vampires traditionally cannot see their reflections in a mirror is because mirrors used to be backed with a reflective layer of silver — which, as the metal of purity, would not ‘interact’ with Vampires, who are the Devil’s work.

However, modern mirrors have used aluminum as their reflective backing for many years now — and aluminum is not a ‘picky’ metal at all. So Vampires are able to see their reflections in modern mirrors.

All I can think about is a vampire used to not seeing their reflection in mirrors for centuries, and one day they are just walking along and unknowingly pass a mirror backed with aluminum and THEY NEARLY SHIT THEMSELVES.

See, I really love this concept because it makes me think of how a modern vampire hunter sort of story could incorporate it. How it’s so much easier for Vampires to hide in plain sight because they exploit the tried-and-true pop culture idea of them not having reflections, knowing 99% of people don’t realize the silver component is what matters. And how a well-prepared hunter would know all that, thus making acquiring a classic silver-backed mirror more of a specialist “tool of the trade” thing.

It’s also why you couldn’t photograph them in some stories/lore, as that used silver nitrate. Iirc it was Angel who referenced that one about the wonders of digital photography.

As an additional random silver related note, I loved when in the Goosebumps movie a kid bit the werewolf and it burned the wolf due to the kid’s silver tooth fillings.

so then digital cameras would work on vampires?