If they had banned Twilight quick enough, we wouldn't be hip deep in copycat young vampire love books!
Vampirism as a religious viewpoint? Intriguing. Personally I think if there were real vampires and they were susceptible to holy water and crucifixes this would actually provide support to proving that God is real and would be a big boon to Christianity. And think of how many people would come to church for their holy water.
Hmm. if a Muslim becomes a vampire, is it the Koran that has power over them or would crosses still work?
While growing up, we had a mother cat quite ill after the birth of her kittens and she used to go out and hunt and leave them for long periods. A tomcat we had was very interested in the box in the closet.
We were watching him very carefully as tomcats have been known to kill kittens. Instead, he would crawl in with the kittens and let them suck on his fur. While the kittens weren't getting nourishment from this, the warm, furry presence comforted them. Never saw any other tomcat do that before.
Sometimes animals will act differently than normal caring in ways we do not expect. Just like the
orangutang and the hound.