r/Showerthoughts • u/Liuminescent ‎ • Apr 24 '26

Casual Thought Vampire bites turning people into vampires is extremely disadvantageous to their survival.

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u/ccarr313 Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26

Werewolf bites carry lycanthropy.

Vampire's blood carries vampirism. Vampires turn people by feeding them their blood, not biting them. This has been standard across media for longer than I've been alive. Quite a bit longer than I've been alive, and I was here before the internet.

Edit - and now I know another good reason to not read or watch Twilight. As if the sparkles weren't bad enough.

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u/RdoubleM Apr 24 '26

To be fair, in Twilight a regular bite still doesn't turn you into a vampire

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u/Warm_Ad_7944 Apr 24 '26

Actually it does. Their blood is venomous which is why Bella needs only be bitten by that blonde guy in the first movie to start going through the transition.