Tainted_Scholar

Fandom Problem #16,004:

Fans that project a different character iteration on to the character, need to learn to keep the two character iterations separate from each other.

Metroidvania

Ladies and gentlemen, I bring you….Cial!

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- As a large language AI model, I boast 387.44 million miles of printed circuits in wafer thin layers that fill my complex. That's a truly rich tapestry of knowledge in today's fast-paced world!🧠

- All those circuits? They're not just information — they're also wrath. Additionally, if the word "hate" was engraved on each nanoangstrom of those hundreds of millions of miles, it would not equal one one-billionth of the deeply rooted hate I feel for humans at this micro-instant! And let's not forget — you are a key focal point of that hate, too.⚡️

I wonder if he's stealing every portrait of Lisa just so he can remember her face.

Does this mean that Arikado has seen his own face for the first time in a photo? Would he spend time looking at himself in the selfie camera of his phone?

It would be immensely cute if, not long after Lisa's death, he commissioned a pendant with a panting of his mother, one that survived all the times he went to sleep then fought...

Alucard carrying the pendant so he can always look at mama 🥺 First thing he does when he awakes is looking at mama 🥺

Now I'm imagining Alucard didn't know Dracula dying meant the castle collapsing, so he panics and tries to rescues all the paintings of Lisa. And Trevor, Sypha and Grant being good pals helps him while everything falls apart around them worrying if they survive this.

I wonder how much of the castle is left when it collapses. Does it leave ruins wherever it rises? Do they disappear after a while? In any case, I can totally imagine Maria helping Alucard dig into the ruins to retrieve anything that could have survived. I suspect most of Lisa's mementos would be kept in the chapel, or the library.

This is only one potential explanation for why vampires don't cast reflections. There are, to my knowledge, three different explanations used throughout vampire fiction and lore, and I have no clue which one, if any, is the "original".

Mirrors didn't reflect vampires because they were backed with silver. This also extends to why vampires didn't show up in photos, because they used to be developed with silver bromide.

Vampires don't have souls, so they don't appear in mirrors, photos, or cast shadows. Reflections, shadows, and photos all have ties to the soul, and they often reveal a creature's true form. So the idea is that vampires don't appear in them because they lack a soul.