Fun fact: his counting of things is inspired by real vampire folklore.
One old story about vampires is that you can save yourself from one by scattering rice grains on the ground. The vampire will be distracted by trying to count how many there are, giving you time to escape.
Pre-Bram Stoker vampire myths were distilled from xenophobia and fear of disease. Couldn’t tell you what group that one pertained to or if it was rice alone but many historical racial myths were just wild shit that made no sense.
Other factors though like pale skin, flushed lips, distended gums, those were associated with victims of “wasting” tuberculosis.
Garlic and silver were early antibiotic substances in a time before we knew why so they made it into the lore as well
Fun fact: his counting of things is inspired by real vampire folklore.
One old story about vampires is that you can save yourself from one by scattering rice grains on the ground. The vampire will be distracted by trying to count how many there are, giving you time to escape.
That sounds like a loading screen hint from a parody vampire game, why the fuck would they count the rice?
Is it like ocd?
And was rice that common in pre renaissance Europe?
Pre-Bram Stoker vampire myths were distilled from xenophobia and fear of disease. Couldn’t tell you what group that one pertained to or if it was rice alone but many historical racial myths were just wild shit that made no sense.
Other factors though like pale skin, flushed lips, distended gums, those were associated with victims of “wasting” tuberculosis.
Garlic and silver were early antibiotic substances in a time before we knew why so they made it into the lore as well
They can also only enter your house if you specifically invite them in.
Vampires are neurodivergent as all get-out.