Note that traditional vampire folklore doesn't necessarily include the lore about vampires and mirrors. In fact, the idea originated from Bram Stoker's renowned novel Dracula (1897) wherein Jonathan Harker notices the Count's missing reflection in his shaving mirror.

Also, the food thing depends on who you believe. Some vampires eat, some don't.

@mechajutaro said:

Also, the food thing depends on who you believe. Some vampires eat, some don't.

Vampires with human girlfriends almost certainly eat in a more traditional and defanged sense of that word, when a certain time of month comes around

You just can't help yourself, can you? Don't you ever get tired of being a douche?

@bratface said:

Note that traditional vampire folklore doesn't necessarily include the lore about vampires and mirrors. In fact, the idea originated from Bram Stoker's renowned novel Dracula (1897) wherein Jonathan Harker notices the Count's missing reflection in his shaving mirror.

Also, the food thing depends on who you believe. Some vampires eat, some don't.

Yes and Bram Stoker's Dracula also had Dracula walking around during the daylight which pretty much all modern lore has daylight to be the one thing you can count on to be deadly to a vampire. I always found the Anne Rice (R.I.P.) lore to be the most sensible, if that word can be ascribed to a completely fictional universe. In it only daylight is deadly and everything else is completely thrown out the window including the one I find the most silly which is the rule that a vampire cannot enter your home unless invited. Not sure where that one came from as I don't remember it in Dracula which is where most of the popular rules originate.

@movie_nazi said:

@bratface said:

Note that traditional vampire folklore doesn't necessarily include the lore about vampires and mirrors. In fact, the idea originated from Bram Stoker's renowned novel Dracula (1897) wherein Jonathan Harker notices the Count's missing reflection in his shaving mirror.

Also, the food thing depends on who you believe. Some vampires eat, some don't.

Yes and Bram Stoker's Dracula also had Dracula walking around during the daylight which pretty much all modern lore has daylight to be the one thing you can count on to be deadly to a vampire. I always found the Anne Rice (R.I.P.) lore to be the most sensible, if that word can be ascribed to a completely fictional universe. In it only daylight is deadly and everything else is completely thrown out the window including the one I find the most silly which is the rule that a vampire cannot enter your home unless invited. Not sure where that one came from as I don't remember it in Dracula which is where most of the popular rules originate.

The 'being invited' started way before Stoker's novel. Even ancient Scandinavian/Celtic myths mention some version of this practice.