• rifugee@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    In the Dresden Files by Jim Butcher, they can be held back by any symbol of power that the wielder has faith in and the stronger the faith, the stronger the symbol. For example, Harry, the main character and a wizard, uses a pentagram instead of a cross because he has faith in his magic.

    I’ve always thought that was pretty cool and it means that theoretically a devout Pastafarian could use the symbol of the Flying Spaghetti Monster to protect themselves from vampires.

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      11 months ago

      A pastafarian holding back vampires is exactly the kind of thing that would happen in the Dresden files.

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          11 months ago

          No. The Pastafarian would already be protected due to copious amounts of ingested garlic while enjoying the holy daily portion of ramen.

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        11 months ago

        Perhaps, though the Flying Spaghetti Monster is more of a rhetorical device than something people tend to sincerely believe.

        It’s hard enough in vampire fiction to find true believers in conventional religion.

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      11 months ago

      That’s not an uncommon take. In Vampire: The Masquerade, the idea of “true faith” is the same.

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      11 months ago

      Before 2020 or so, I had a lot of faith in humanity. Does that mean I could just touch vampires to death, or would I need to like throw a child at them?