And it makes me think: vampires and alchemy. Oh, ye gods, the possibilities. That's really what True Blood is, right? The elixir of life. A chemical reproduction of the nourishment they could only get previously from living humans. And why silver? Alchemical antipathy to something that animates the vampire's own blood?
I'm babbling, but: lovely, poetic work from you, as usual. And as usual it gives me too many thoughts. Too many!
Eric and Godric would have had a blast in China; it got me thinking, because in China, body ornamentation did not involve a lot of silver. What was valuable was jade, silk, gold, and combinations thereof. Babies wore silver bells (to ward off demons), so they're off the menu, but otherwise, I think they could pretty much feed without having to worry about accidental burns. The Chinese were also the first to use paper money, instead of those pesky coins. Yes, I think about the weirdest things.
Vampire scientists have to have been working on that problem for centuries. I'm surprised they haven't yet come up with a solution. I wonder if faerie blood lends imperviousness to silver, in addition to sunlight/UV...
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And it makes me think: vampires and alchemy. Oh, ye gods, the possibilities. That's really what True Blood is, right? The elixir of life. A chemical reproduction of the nourishment they could only get previously from living humans. And why silver? Alchemical antipathy to something that animates the vampire's own blood?
I'm babbling, but: lovely, poetic work from you, as usual. And as usual it gives me too many thoughts. Too many!
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Vampire scientists have to have been working on that problem for centuries. I'm surprised they haven't yet come up with a solution. I wonder if faerie blood lends imperviousness to silver, in addition to sunlight/UV...
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