10. There's A Reason Why Vampires Don't Have Reflections
What makes us human? Is it our intelligence? Our consciousness? Our souls? Traditional thinking says that it is our souls that define our uniqueness, and not our physical bodies which cannot enter these dimensions so they must remain on Earth when we die. Instead, it is our souls that transcend and enter the gateway to either heaven or hell - or whatever you happen to believe in. As vampires were once former humans, their death dictates that they would then be lacking a soul which means that they have no reflection in mirrors. If our eyes are the windows to the soul, then how is a vampire expected to see themselves when theirs is absent? It is believed that mirrors are only able to cast back the image of the body combined with the soul, meaning that vampires have no idea what they look like and never know when they need a haircut. Mirrors also used to be lined with silver to make sure they were extra deadly to those who are already, you know, dead.
