I have a question...

[conuly]

Holy water kills vampires, right? And it's harmless to humans, right?

So why didn't the Scoobies just carry around Super Soakers with holy water in 'em? Not only would it allow them to kill vampires easily from a distance, but it would've kept them from looking suspicious and/or accidentally hurting non-vampires. Plus, if they got hot after a fight, they could easily cool down.

And water balloons! They could easily have set up traps in places vampires were likely to go, and have had water balloons fall down and poof away the vampire! That'd be... a little silly, really, but a lot safer than their normal M.O.

Comments

[arazia.livejournal.com]

Okay... one of my minor perseverations (read as major perseverations) is vampires. Holy water doesn't kill vampires. It essentially has the same effect as crosses. Anything 'blessed' will have a repelling/burning effect.

But, unless you actually submurged a vampire in holy water, it wouldn't be able to kill them. Just as if it would be kinda hard to kill yourself with a splash of acid. You'd probably be in some incredible frigin pain, but you probably wouldn't die. And, sometimes it's just easier to stake bastards than to turn them into raging, pissed off, blood suckers.

And thus ends my lesson in vampi-goodness.

[conuly]

Yes, but super soakers can be modified so that the water actually cuts the skin. If you have it at that high pressure, and a lot of water, you can burn them straight through to the heart.