Can they rush in after the first two words, before you say “not”? Can they enter if they stuff their ears before they hear the final word?
the preferred nomenclature is “come back with a warrant”.
Don’t give them ideas!
Hey, that’s an idea! A buddy cop movie, where they’re also vampires and execute warrants to get invited into the houses of the victims.
So a documentary about America then
Vampires are way cooler than police imo.
Actually, that could be a fun plot point. Vampires get in with warrants, find out people hate cops, investigate why, instigate positive change in the system…
Would be a major improvement to normal cops since they would only enter your house with a warrant.
Don’t forget that a door mat that says “welcome” counts as consent.
What We Do In The Shadows reference?
At least I remember it from Renfield
Currently watching this with my wife! Season 2. We really enjoy it.
“Creeepee paypah!”
And now my household will occasionally go “Fu-hkeeng gguuuuy” 😆
No. It is magic so they would not be able to enter partway through an answer as doing so would make it clear that the vampire knew it was really a no.
What’s the longest duration between may and not that would be valid in keeping them out?
At least 20 seconds if you yell “psych” afterwards.
I imagine it’s the intent, so it doesn’t matter how long.
How long until you start questioning if it will work and invite doubt? Or will you assume defeat if the vampire fills the gap with, “why, thank you my good sir”?
My understanding of the idea with many interpretations of magic is they are all just ways of focusing your will on the world.
Ergo, the words aren’t themselves the source of power, your expectation that the words will result in a certain outcome is.
Therefore, if your intention is to deny entry is strong, there could be a fairly good gap.
But on the other hand, playing around to try and see could create doubt and uncertainty, weakening the effect.
deleted by creator
If the vampire knows it is intended to be a no then it doesn’t matter. The person could never finish it as long as the vampire knows the real answer is no despite the words being stated not matching up.
I admire your confidence
It is a necessity when the vampires keep trying to get in!
It seems to me that the wording itself is unimportant, but rather the intention. So I would imagine no
Hear me out, so what if the vampire gaslights you into thinking that you already invited them in and they’re so good at it that you really believe it? Does that establish intent?
Only if they can gaslight into giving them permission. If they convince you theyre a friend you havent seen since high school that would be the way to go.
This inspired me to keep a handheld mirror near my front door, for when someone inevitably asks if they can come in, I can grab it and do a very obvious vampire check
I think it’s safe to say that intent is what matters, not the technicality of communicating that intent. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intention
“You mayn’t.”
this is why you start the sentence with “no, you may not”.
a lot of humans do that, too. cut you off early and pretend they didn’t hear the second part, stuff like that. happened to me a lot. caused me to rearrange word-order a lot.
No, vampires usually leave that sort of “exact words” trickery to faeries and genies.
And in their case I think they’d let you finish speaking because they relish the challenge more than they want to simply squish you.
A lot of people here are telling you that the answer is ‘no’ because the vampires must respect your true intent or rely on trickery to get you to willfully invite them in.
But the real reason is ‘no’ because vampires aren’t real.
Sure Mr Suspiciously Pale Human, whatever you say, you still can’t come in even if vampires don’t exist.
Answering the question necessitates engaging with the premise. Refusing to do so and acting smug just makes you look like a dick.
But there’s one asking to enter so it turns out you’re wrong about that.
If someone pulls a gun on me I can’t declare “bullets aren’t real” and expect to endure being shot without taking harm.
I guess we could ask OP to try saying “you may not” and see whether he survives to post confirmation that it worked?
The only correct answer.
I would say, no, because the same magic rule prompting the vampire to ask permission in the first place also requires the answer to be complete. Otherwise, why bother? They would dart inside even before you had a chance to say “you” with the excuse that since you were taking too long you probably were okay with it.
I wonder if the magic rule understands double negatives. If you tell a vampire “You ain’t never coming in here,” can they enter? What about sarcasm? “Oh yeah, I’m definitely inviting you in.”
I suppose it depends on if you can write a fun story around either one. Since every rule about vampires that sticks basically only has one thing in common, the writing in which it was featured was popular. If what you write around it isn’t very good, then no, I guess retroactively that isn’t how vampires work. But if it becomes popular and part of peoples canon in the future, then yes, that is exactly how vampires work, now.
I just realized that I’d be pretty safe from vampire infestations. I hate having visitors, and will make (up) any excuse to avoid them. “Sure, but I was about to leave to deal with a work-related emergency. I don’t know when I’ll be home.”
…and then they can sit there alone until I see them leaving on my door camera.I don’t mind visiting others, because then I can leave when I’m spent. At home, however, it’s where I expect to be left alone.
Usually, they only need permission once, then they can enter at will
With those implications, they’d never be allowed in.
They don’t need to they just evict you instead.
If you live alone and vampire shows up at your door with a gun and shoots you dead, could it then enter the house
Yes but then it has to water my plants weekly forever.
No, because you didn’t grant it consent to enter prior to death.
That only applies if you stick around haunting the house. If your soul moves on the house is no longer yours.
OK, but what if you’re still haunting the house, but a new person legally buys it and then invites the Vampire in? Who’s preference takes precedent?
That is yet to be decided in the courtroom of sitcom based on that exact premise.
Thats why you summon Abraham Lincoln, the Vampire Hunter
