Well, to be honest it's because a garlic allergy is much more realistic than not crossing running water. Garlic poisons them? Sure, I'll buy that. But not cross running water? Why, why, WHY?Talvrae said:Lot of thouse decision are pretty arbitrary... like the sun that kill the vampire... i'm not for sparking vampire but Bram Stoker Dracula could get out of the sun... you stick on mythos msot of the time but ignore other... you say they can cross running water but are allergic to garlic? why?Queen Michael said:snip
So to answer your question, I'm trying to be somewhat realistic. Treat them like scientifically real beings, and so on.