There’s a bit of a misnomer here, assuming that the reference is to the Count on Sesame Street – The Count counts because he is a Count, not because he is a vampire. Being a vampire is secondary to being a Count. He could have been a squid Count, and he would still count. Therefore, it is a misapplication of logic to assume that all vampires count because the vampire Count on Sesame Street likes to count. Assuming, again, that that is the reference. (sic) Also, this is the stupidest argument I have ever made online and goes to show what a geek I am!
Actually, vampires’ obsessive-compulsive drive to count things like scattered seeds predates Sesame Street by centuries; it’s one of the very old pieces of vampire mythology.
If the makers of Sesame Street based the character of the Count off of that, rather than a phonetic resemblance between the words for counting and a noble title, it’d be pretty cool and unexpected. ^^
It’s not *all* kinds of vampires that the compulsive need to count things either; for example, if you use a knotted rope to tie the coffin lid closed, the vampire can’t rise before sun-up because it’s a compulsion to untie every knot it sees.
Also, there’s the Japanese vampire that can only travel in straight lines. If you need to escape from it, just turn in your path & keep running…It can’t follow you.
Another kind of vampire suffers from having stiff ligaments & tendons…As a result, it can only move by hopping along.
Every culture that has folklore about vampires (pretty much *every* culture does) tells of some pretty strange weaknesses & vulnerabilities that vampires have.
There’s a bit of a misnomer here, assuming that the reference is to the Count on Sesame Street – The Count counts because he is a Count, not because he is a vampire. Being a vampire is secondary to being a Count. He could have been a squid Count, and he would still count. Therefore, it is a misapplication of logic to assume that all vampires count because the vampire Count on Sesame Street likes to count. Assuming, again, that that is the reference. (sic) Also, this is the stupidest argument I have ever made online and goes to show what a geek I am!
Actually, vampires’ obsessive-compulsive drive to count things like scattered seeds predates Sesame Street by centuries; it’s one of the very old pieces of vampire mythology.
If the makers of Sesame Street based the character of the Count off of that, rather than a phonetic resemblance between the words for counting and a noble title, it’d be pretty cool and unexpected. ^^
It’s not *all* kinds of vampires that the compulsive need to count things either; for example, if you use a knotted rope to tie the coffin lid closed, the vampire can’t rise before sun-up because it’s a compulsion to untie every knot it sees.
Also, there’s the Japanese vampire that can only travel in straight lines. If you need to escape from it, just turn in your path & keep running…It can’t follow you.
Another kind of vampire suffers from having stiff ligaments & tendons…As a result, it can only move by hopping along.
Every culture that has folklore about vampires (pretty much *every* culture does) tells of some pretty strange weaknesses & vulnerabilities that vampires have.
I’m surprised and impressed by Arsenic’s ingenuity, here! ^^ Well done.
Now she just needs a way to get past the threshold of an inhabited private home, and she’s all set. Oh, wait… 😉
Arsenic is still adorable. 😀
What good would the sun rising do, since we’ve seen Arsenic in broad daylight before?