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** That isn't always the case either. But you were probably told to avoid the [[Ultraviolet]] film. -- Cider
** That isn't always the case either. But you were probably told to avoid the [[Ultraviolet]] film. -- Cider
* The fact that vampires can even be killed. Shouldn't they be immortal?
* The fact that vampires can even be killed. Shouldn't they be immortal?
** [[Fullmetal Alchemist|Equivalent exchange]]. Vampires have to feed off life to prolong their own, '[[Immortality]]' varies between works, it usually means longer life, and makes you difficult to kill. It however, does not make you immune to [[Off with His Head|decapitation]], [[Kill It with Fire|fire]], [[Cue the Sun|sunlight]], or a stake to the heart pumping the stolen blood through your veins. Immortality is as far as you can live without dying -- Vampirehood just decreases the chance of that.
** [[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Equivalent exchange]]. Vampires have to feed off life to prolong their own, '[[Immortality]]' varies between works, it usually means longer life, and makes you difficult to kill. It however, does not make you immune to [[Off with His Head|decapitation]], [[Kill It with Fire|fire]], [[Cue the Sun|sunlight]], or a stake to the heart pumping the stolen blood through your veins. Immortality is as far as you can live without dying -- Vampirehood just decreases the chance of that.
*** This. As long as they have access to the blood of the living and don't get killed along the way, vampires can potentially live forever.
*** This. As long as they have access to the blood of the living and don't get killed along the way, vampires can potentially live forever.
*** A creature being immortal only means that it is not subject to age or decay, not that it is impervious to all forms of harm.
*** A creature being immortal only means that it is not subject to age or decay, not that it is impervious to all forms of harm.