Should vampires be considered a subset of zombies?
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Should vampires be considered a subset of zombies?
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Re: SHould vampires be considered a subset of zombies?
Yes.
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Re: Should vampires be considered a subset of zombies?
No. Their bits don't fall off.
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That's what makes them a distinct subset, right?rainbow wrote:No. Their bits don't fall off.
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No. They are both subsets of undead.
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Why not the other way around?PsychoSerenity wrote:No. They are both subsets of undead.
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Their bits do fall off if they do not keep up with the feeding. What makes them distinct is a high level of consciousness.
The problem is one of category, dependent on which species of zombie or vampire one is comparing. If it is a parasitic causation, then it may well be that there are different breeds of that parasite or that in certain cases it does not properly adhere to the victim, leaving it not in full control. However if one takes into consideration environmental zombification or supernatural cause then we could be talking about a variety of different causal factors.
The problem is one of category, dependent on which species of zombie or vampire one is comparing. If it is a parasitic causation, then it may well be that there are different breeds of that parasite or that in certain cases it does not properly adhere to the victim, leaving it not in full control. However if one takes into consideration environmental zombification or supernatural cause then we could be talking about a variety of different causal factors.
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No. Vampires are way cooler than zombies. Zombies are what you get if you reheat a dead vampire for too long in the microwave. Rubbery and tasteless.
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You can have mobile and immobile undead. Would that be the broadest category?PsychoSerenity wrote:No. They are both subsets of undead.
And Imhotep, was he a zombie?
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I think mummies would normally be a subset of zombies, but Imhotep was a special case with a whole load of more powerful magic involved, a bit like Jesus.
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The cladistics of zombies, more complicated than I had realized.PsychoSerenity wrote:I think mummies would normally be a subset of zombies, but Imhotep was a special case with a whole load of more powerful magic involved, a bit like Jesus.
(And that would be a fun book, wouldn't it? Somebody want to write that one? )
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We need a few Venn diagrams here to help resolve the confusion.
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4D Venn diagrams.
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The provenance of vampires seems pretty clear to me as well as the general public and the world of entertainment, whereas the origin and cause of zombiness seems a bit uncertain. Viruses ffs??
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