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Current Talk '09 I / Re: Rules of DS Vampires
« on: January 16, 2009, 03:24:32 AM »But we don't really know if silver was effective at all, particularly. Not against vampires, anyway.
SPOILERS AHOY!
It's true that we didn't see silver bullets actually used on a vampire, but the intent to use them popped up at so many different times during the show's run--
- In #460, Barnabas insisted that Joshua use silver bullets to end his suffering.
In #568, Barnabas had silver bullets made to stop Tom from coming after Julia.
In #608, Julia wanted to use the silver bullets to protect Joe from Angelique.
In #787, Edward carried a cross and silver bullets to use once Barnabas was found.
In #1070, the Sheriff in 1995 confronted Barnabas in his coffin with a cross and silver bullets.
In #1168, Trask handed a pistol with silver bullets to Gerard to use on Barnabas.
-- that perhaps we can assume the writers meant it to be an effective method, no?
And the script writers apparently felt the need to tell us that Barnabas' cane was not pure silver. The only significance of this that comes to mind is that it allowed him to carry the thing around.