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* Amaranthe from ''[[Not Quite Daily Comic]]'' prefers the term [http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?358 "person with defunctory impairment"] and [http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?379 rationalizes] some of the common vampire traits. |
* Amaranthe from ''[[Not Quite Daily Comic]]'' prefers the term [http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?358 "person with defunctory impairment"] and [http://www.truefork.org/Art/comic/cindex.php?379 rationalizes] some of the common vampire traits. |
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* Liz from ''[[Blip]]''. In addition to the usual (blood-sucking, weakness to sunlight, [[Living Shadow]] and [[Super Smoke]] powers) she has [[Rubber Man]] powers, the ability to hover, and [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]-inducing breath. |
* Liz from ''[[Blip]]''. In addition to the usual (blood-sucking, weakness to sunlight, [[Living Shadow]] and [[Super Smoke]] powers) she has [[Rubber Man]] powers, the ability to hover, and [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]-inducing breath. |
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** Also, [http://blipcomic.com/15/ she is not afraid of crosses. Nope, not even Love Crosses.] |
** Also, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120521110544/http://blipcomic.com/15/ she is not afraid of crosses. Nope, not even Love Crosses.] |
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* Vampire bats in ''[[Kevin and Kell]]'', despite being living creatures like everyone else, are analogous to vampires in folklore: they are stigmatized, many of the vampire beliefs get dumped on them (such as the ones about garlic, shapeshifting, and mirrors), and are considered the ultimate scourge on society. {{spoiler|This is why Desdemona Fuscus, Fenton's mom, kept it a secret: she didn't want her son to be shunned by society because he was half-vampire bat. This is also why she tried to speed up his wedding to Lindesfarne: as a geneticist student, she had the potential to find out he was and Desdemona was afraid she'd call off the wedding if she knew.}} |
* Vampire bats in ''[[Kevin and Kell]]'', despite being living creatures like everyone else, are analogous to vampires in folklore: they are stigmatized, many of the vampire beliefs get dumped on them (such as the ones about garlic, shapeshifting, and mirrors), and are considered the ultimate scourge on society. {{spoiler|This is why Desdemona Fuscus, Fenton's mom, kept it a secret: she didn't want her son to be shunned by society because he was half-vampire bat. This is also why she tried to speed up his wedding to Lindesfarne: as a geneticist student, she had the potential to find out he was and Desdemona was afraid she'd call off the wedding if she knew.}} |
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** {{spoiler|Recent strips show that she's started a web site to dispel myths on vampire bats. Two of them, the ones on mirrors and garlic-were started because they affected sonar-which, as she pointed out, affected regular bats as well.}} |
** {{spoiler|Recent strips show that she's started a web site to dispel myths on vampire bats. Two of them, the ones on mirrors and garlic-were started because they affected sonar-which, as she pointed out, affected regular bats as well.}} |
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