Grapetruth@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoCould vampires drink lab-grown blood?message-squaremessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down111
arrow-up129arrow-down1message-squareCould vampires drink lab-grown blood?Grapetruth@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareGreyShuck@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·1 year agoIt would depend on the setting, I’d think. In an SF setting, then maybe: it could be the chemical qualities of blood that they need. In a fantasy setting, then probably not: what they need is life taken from another. Blood is simply the material component of that life force.
minus-squareSusaga@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoBe careful with that reasoning. If vampires only drink blood for the life force connected to it, it’s only a short jump to cum vampires.
minus-squareRed_October@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoYou say that like it’s a bad thing.
minus-squareantisuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoThe movie Lifeforce enters the chat. Granted it’s barely SF, the vampires are barely (see what I did there?) vampires, and it’s objectively not a very good movie. But vampires from space sucked the life from people, and it totally rocked.
minus-squarepapalonian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoAs a Californian, I was trying to figure out why San Franciscan vampires were able to drink lab blood.
minus-squareExtras@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoNow what if you mixed a small amount of body grown blood with lab grown
minus-squareMindSkipperBro12@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWho said vampires weren’t real?
It would depend on the setting, I’d think.
In an SF setting, then maybe: it could be the chemical qualities of blood that they need.
In a fantasy setting, then probably not: what they need is life taken from another. Blood is simply the material component of that life force.
Be careful with that reasoning. If vampires only drink blood for the life force connected to it, it’s only a short jump to cum vampires.
You say that like it’s a bad thing.
How did you know my Ex’s nickname??
They’re called succubi
The movie Lifeforce enters the chat.
Granted it’s barely SF, the vampires are barely (see what I did there?) vampires, and it’s objectively not a very good movie. But vampires from space sucked the life from people, and it totally rocked.
As a Californian, I was trying to figure out why San Franciscan vampires were able to drink lab blood.
Now what if you mixed a small amount of body grown blood with lab grown
Who said vampires weren’t real?