@Grapetruth@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 2 years agoCould vampires drink lab-grown blood?message-square28arrow-up132
arrow-up132message-squareCould vampires drink lab-grown blood?@Grapetruth@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 2 years agomessage-square28
minus-squareGreyShucklinkfedilinkEnglish20•2 years 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-square@Susaga@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglish4•2 years 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-square@antisuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years 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-square@papalonian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•2 years agoAs a Californian, I was trying to figure out why San Franciscan vampires were able to drink lab blood.
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.
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.
Who said vampires weren’t real?