Post originally by MacroDragon at 2004-09-10 14:10:24
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"Because I am concerned with style, mood and story, while you are trying to apply an engineering solution to a thematic element.

There are some elements of a mythos - things like "vampires do not reflect in mirrors" and "the land and the king are one" that serve a thematic rather than mechanical purpose. The fact that vampires do not reflect in mirrors has nothig to do with optics, or physics, or biology or the properties of light, it's just a facet of their nature. "


Yes, but for your Style, Mood, and Story to be effective, they must be consistant.

Ignoring the 'Change in his pocket' bit, speculating how a vampire, and his reflection, interact with other things that he picks up is not, imho, applying an engineering solution to a thematic element. However, it is a case of making sure your ground rules as solid, making for better Style, Mood and Story.