Timeline for Plausible explanation for lack of reflection in a mirror
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| Jan 1, 2015 at 5:03 | comment | added | JDługosz | That is my idea too: the vampire is not actually seen, but is a psycic projection. A complex mirror situation or a surpise use of a mirror would trip him up and not produce the illusion, just like the handling of reflected light in ray-tracing. I agree the mirror would show a "true form" not invisible (unless he was nominally invisible apart from the psycic projection). | |
| Dec 31, 2014 at 16:03 | comment | added | dsollen | @githubphagocyte Yes, there are a number of fun things to do with it. I like the idea of a very powerful vampire walking in front of a mirror and blocking his reflection from all but the vampire hunter, just as a way of saying "yeah, I'm that powerful, I know your the one hunting me, bring it on." Maybe he stops masking his rotting-corpse smell from the hunter as well, just to force the man to endure it while acting like nothing is wrong during the party. Seems a great way to taunt someone with your power. | |
| Dec 31, 2014 at 15:49 | comment | added | trichoplax is on Codidact now | This is interesting. I can imagine a vampire allowing one member of a group to see its true form in a mirror, so that their extreme reaction and panic gets them rejected from the group, leaving them without support against the vampire. | |
| Dec 31, 2014 at 14:11 | history | edited | dsollen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 31, 2014 at 14:05 | history | answered | dsollen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |