Holy Water
Jun. 25th, 2008 04:01 pm( Read more... )
Thesis
I don't think any excuse for the limited supply of holy water could make logical consistent sense within the story. But I've a suggestion for what could fit narratively, a gut rule-of-thumb that predicts whether or not something would fit into the story or not: you can only use holy water blessed for some other purpose.
You could probably go and fill up a few pint bottles from a convenient tap at certain churches, but not conveniently get gallons of the stuff. Is that consistent with how the availability of holy water in vampire novels us usually portrayed? (Not whether that excuse actually applies -- it plainly isn't, oft contradicted if you take it literally. But does it fit thematically, would it fit the facts that there's always some holy water available, but never lots?)
( Alternative thesis )
Thesis
I don't think any excuse for the limited supply of holy water could make logical consistent sense within the story. But I've a suggestion for what could fit narratively, a gut rule-of-thumb that predicts whether or not something would fit into the story or not: you can only use holy water blessed for some other purpose.
You could probably go and fill up a few pint bottles from a convenient tap at certain churches, but not conveniently get gallons of the stuff. Is that consistent with how the availability of holy water in vampire novels us usually portrayed? (Not whether that excuse actually applies -- it plainly isn't, oft contradicted if you take it literally. But does it fit thematically, would it fit the facts that there's always some holy water available, but never lots?)
( Alternative thesis )