On the idiotic stereotypes

On the idiotic stereotypes

Most of the stories about vampires -nonsense, ink and voronyatina.
All the same truth about vampires not instead
No encyclopedias.
Let's first agree on terminology. I mean by the word "vampire" is not "dead man, bustling chaos. Not quite human, in a sense, not human. :) Vampires - not people. This is another intelligent race of beings on this planet. So take vampires fiends is not worth it. Let's start debriefing.
"Vampires belongs to a class of undead. [...] Their hearts do not break, but they are not dead ..."
It depends on what is meant by the undead. The term "undead" is derived from the words "not alive". That is, a dead man. Nonsense? Absolutely! Vampires are the same "live" as people. And their hearts are beating. True, the heartbeat occurs in two to three times slower than the very quiet man. This is because the body is less than a vampire in need of oxygen, and the fact that the structure of the heart differs from human. In particular, cardiac muscle is the average vampire "stronger" muscles of the average person.
"Their lips were a bright scarlet color, but their faces are pale lifeless ..."
It is. A kind of racially motivated. That's a nigger - dark skin, and vampires - light. Although there are exceptions.
"They hate the sunlight."
No. Do not hate, not love. And no sunlight, and ultraviolet. This is also due to physiology - if your skin burn after five minutes in the sun, you would also not very fond of him. In addition, the vampires night pupil. It also does not contribute to the bright light of love. But this does not mean that a vampire will turn into ashes at dawn. This is another voronyatina.
For example, in areas where most of the year the sky is covered with clouds, vampires quite normally feel during the day and night.
"Holy water burns their flesh like acid; pets are terrified of one of their presence."
As for the holy water - total nonsense. People she does not cause harm - why should vampires? Animals really feel the presence of a vampire, but not all. And not always. At the same horror come only horse.
"They are extremely strong and fast."
Yes, strength and speed of reaction from vampires to order more than ordinary human. This is again due to the physiology - with vampires higher metabolic rate and "wider" neural channels, because of this higher speed pulses to nerve cells, because of this fast synaptic responses. But this is nothing unusual. Such results reach the master of various martial arts.
The Mirror does not reflect their faces. "
Well, yes. And vampires do not cast shadows. Another mascara! All that matters is this: vampires possess supreme knowledge, which people call magic. In order to assimilate into human society we have to use camouflage, and the use of illusory magic masks of photons near the body intentionally bent to create a different appearance, resulting in a shadow or reflection are obtained by a vague, blurry. But this happens only when "put on" masks. So look for vampires by the absence of shade rather silly.
"Are able to turn around bats."
Very rare. Very few. And no small volatile armpits, and the bat with a wingspan of about 7-10 meters. This is usually characterized vampires who lost its mind.
Vampires This is not like humans. Vampire loses not the whole reason, but only part of it, the one to which the restraining points. If a vampire before losing possession of the magic of the mind, then after that magic has them. Vampire becomes a vampire-lycanthropy.
"Vampires can not stand garlic."
Yes. Severe allergy to garlic is typical for the whole race. However, the process of immunization. Five hundred years ago, a vampire can be killed with garlic. Now a vampire with a maximum fall into a coma.
"Blood is for them a source of strength."
One of the greatest fallacies that the vampire can not exist without blood because their blood does not have. "But I say directly - it is sheer nonsense!". Vampires drink blood, not because it is the source of their power, but because the blood has on the body vampire action, similar activities are well fortified wine on the human body. In this case, no vampire would not have to drink six liters of blood, so the victim's death from blood loss, and, moreover, full of bleeding is very rare.
By the way, the question of krovopiystve. The upper canines vampire, contrary to popular belief, will not hide in the daytime. These are ordinary canines, except a bit longer and sharper than the fangs man. And they have no internal channels: vampires drink throat, not teeth. And do not inject venom teeth: only available vampires biochemical effects - it is an anticoagulant in their saliva.
Naturally, the stronger the habit of a vampire to blood, the more he drinks. That's the reason for the appearance of the stereotype "bloodlust".
Like humans, vampires are among the absolute abstinenty, drunken alcoholics, but the majority - "good citizens", they drink only on holidays. :)
"Vampires are immortal."
Well ... compared with man ... Vampires are durable. That is, die of old age are rare. :) A thousand years - to end the vampire youth. But in determining
"Immortal" is yet another facet, say, a vampire is very difficult to kill. Well it is. Regeneration of the vampire is at a higher level than human. Incidentally, the notorious silver bullets do not cause much harm a vampire. And from an aspen stake into the heart, he is likely to go into a coma. To completely destroy the vampire, the body must be burnt. In a sense, reduce to ashes. And here are some wonderful books advise pierce the vampire with a stake, cut off his head, stuffing her mouth with garlic, all together to pour holy water and bury it in the holy land. A top plant shrub roses. Scenario is interesting. Of all the most effective action would be the last - not so easy to get through the roots of the vine. The severed head was recovered about fifty years, torn heart muscle - for five years. And the garlic in the mouth severed head with the head for this time quietly rots.
And finally - the most important myth.
"The infection of vampirism."
That's really where the imagination of people cleared! No, you imagine - you are bitten by a vampire, and - krible-Crabble Booms! - You also a vampire! Complete nonsense. And if you bite the Negro, are you a nigger become?
Of course, this myth has arisen, not without reason. A person can become a vampire. Of course, this does not happen through the bite of the banal, but with the help of higher knowledge. I will not reproduce the exact technology - all the same now it is available - but some say. With the overlay on the physical body, astral projection set parameters change the genetic code of man. This is a long (about a year) and painful process. Then the "new" body fixed power stabilizers for a period of nearly fifty years, to genetics are not spontaneously reverted to a previous state, and regulators need to update about once every six months, and that in itself is painful. Then sprout new nerves, skin changes and mutated eyes - about two months, you do not see anything.
So what's wrong with the trivial "bit and forget". :)
Here I tried to hold on and accessible way to explain to people that they are in their views about vampires is wrong. Down with stupid stereotypes!
PS: This is, of course, does not mean that vampires do not need to fear. It is necessary, and how! But nothing with a clever kind spout about "hell degens" and "monstrous evil". Vampires and people are very much alike ...

Q. McInslerr aka Dusk