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{{quote|'''Judge:''' You're a fool! No weapon forged can harm me!<br />
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If vampires can't safely go out in daylight, does sunscreen help them? What about just shining a flashlight at them with a UV bulb? And what about the UV ray from ''moonlight''? Given that Christianity was regarded as the one true faith in medieval Europe, it made sense that only crosses would affect them, [[Values Dissonance|but in a different region and time]], [[Fridge Logic|how well would that weakness carry over?]] Would a cross work on a [[Chinese Vampire|Taoist vampire]]? What could you use on a Muslim vampire when Islam is against the use of symbols for its faith? Is it the faith of the wielder that matters? Can a Jew fend off vampires with a Star of David?
 
This is [[Post -Modern Magik]]. It's what you get when you decide that magic shotguns make as much sense as magic swords, and vampires that don't show up in mirrors also don't show up on camera.
 
Even if a series tries to avoid modern day entirely, [[Powers As Programs|the tendency for magic to act like computer programs]] has bled into the "pure" magical genre.
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Can be common in [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]], where you have robots and fairies both running around. However, many of those authors try to separate the sci-fi and fantasy elements; the most common way around this is to make a [[Magic A Is Magic A|rule]] that [[Magic Versus Science|magic gives off an anti-technology field]] (or vice-versa) so that at any one place only magic or technology works.
 
Note that this is not [[Magitek]]. Magitek is the use of magic to recreate modern inventions, like a camera which is really just [[Discworld|a box with an Imp inside drawing really fast]], or an "Internet" made from magic mirrors and living books. [[Post -Modern Magik]] is when cameras work as normal, but aren't able to take pictures of vampires due to the use of mirrors<ref>If the writer knew a bit more about camera technology, vampires might show up on digital cameras and film, but not the viewfinder of a film camera</ref>, and demons are real, but can be beaten up by [[Ultimate Marvel|mutants]] or be fooled by [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|realistic androids]].
 
Common in [[Urban Fantasy]] settings, and often seen where [[Our Monsters Are Different]] (especially [[Our Vampires Are Different|vampires]]). Now to figure out where this fits in [[Harmony Versus Discipline]].
 
See also [[Magick]] for post -modern ''[[Incredibly Lame Pun|spellings]]'' of magick. Compare [[Muggles Do It Better]], when today's technology trumps magic.
 
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