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Vanessa's abilities : bite and blood (spoilers for all Season 1)

posted 8 years ago by arckilian
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Vanessa can turn vampires back to humans. Thanks to Doc's foolishness, we know that these people are now immune to bites and can't be turned into vamp again.

But what about the "guy in the freezer" from episode 2 ? This one : https://s24.postimg.org/5bsdu50cl/PSX_20161205_012800.jpg
He was the first vampire to turn, thanks to Vanessa's blood donation at the clinic. Given that he was still alive despite missing limbs and organs, there's more than bite immunity to Vanessa's abilities.
We now know that Vampires age and eventually die. So what's the deal with this guy ? He obviously wasn't dying.

Among the vampires turned by Vanessa, we have those who drank her blood (Flesh and the "guy in the freezer") and those she bit (Doc, Susan and Theo, human) Are all these characters as "death-proof" as the mutilated guy ? Susan surely wasn't death proof (unless she was buried alive). Only those who drunk Vanessa's blood ?

This leads to another question. Is Vanessa simply turning vampires back to their original nature, or is she actually turning them into something new entirely ?

[–] dianasdolls 8 years ago

That is a good question. I wondered that too at first, but after Susan was killed, I changed me mind and decided that cut-up guy in the fridge was being carefully kept from dying. I think he was eventually killed by the doctor after his usefulness ran out.

Unless next season sees Susan digging herself out of her grave, because Vanessa made her immortal with that bite, I have to believe that Vanessa's affect on them is to make them human again, but only human, not immortal nor immune to injury or death.

It'll be interesting to see if they explore this further next season.

[–] arckilian 8 years ago

Thanks for your answer !

Since we didn't know much about Vanessa's abilities at the time, I had the same thought as you : the mutilated guy was kept alive by some horrible medical way. As long as his wounds were cauterized properly, that could work for his arms and leg. I'm more concerned about the giant hole in his belly. That's some sci-fi biology at play here -_-". These guys are not supposed to be zombies but vampires, and this one was now human. We've seen vampires killed by mere bullets...

To be honest, I had completely forgotten about it until episode 13, when Dmitri mentionned that Vanessa could be the key to immortality. I was wondering where this "immortality" concept suddenly come from (not that I want this in the show at all).

Well, whatever is happening with this weird dude, since Vanessa is part vampire, I would love if she could do like them and creat her own brand of 'hybrids' with some cool abilities... But like you said, we'll have to wait and see.

[–] bogdan253 8 years ago

That guy was there just for shock effect.
There's no point in overthinking this poor tv show.