Vamp Hunters

Ren · Post by **Ren** » 2003-08-26 09:07pm

Sam Sein: who else can simultaneously pull off both a batman and a buffy parody?

consequences · Post by **consequences** » 2003-08-26 09:08pm

You mean aside from Angel himself?

Agent Fisher · Post by **Agent Fisher** » 2003-08-26 09:39pm

Just thought of something. Please describe the way the Vamp hunter kills the suckerheads. You know stuff like the weapons, and skills that he or she has. And in their unverse, does silver kill the vamps.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-08-26 09:53pm

Agent Fisher wrote:Just thought of something. Please describe the way the Vamp hunter kills the suckerheads. You know stuff like the weapons, and skills that he or she has. And in their unverse, does silver kill the vamps.

Alucrad? Usually dismembering them with his pistols o' doom or ripping them apart with his shadow dogs. Of course Freaks and Ghouls just get a bullet.

Blessed silver burns them, but it's easily recovered from by Vamps such as Alucard or Victoria.

Agent Fisher · Post by **Agent Fisher** » 2003-08-26 10:01pm

I love how Blade uses his sword and XENA-like throwing blade

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-08-26 10:51pm

Agent Fisher wrote:I love how Blade uses his sword and XENA-like throwing blade

That would be his glaive.

Agent Fisher · Post by **Agent Fisher** » 2003-08-26 10:53pm

Thank you.

Symmetry · Post by **Symmetry** » 2003-08-26 11:05pm

GrandAdmiralPrawn wrote:Someone named a character Alucard, in the modern era, with a straight face?

OMG DOOD THATS DRACULA SPELLED BACKWARDS!! WHOA COOL!!!

Not.

Let me assure you that its a lot less obvious in Japanese.

Connor MacLeod · Post by **Connor MacLeod** » 2003-08-26 11:08pm

Stormbringer wrote:
Agent Fisher wrote:Just thought of something. Please describe the way the Vamp hunter kills the suckerheads. You know stuff like the weapons, and skills that he or she has. And in their unverse, does silver kill the vamps.
Alucrad? Usually dismembering them with his pistols o' doom or ripping them apart with his shadow dogs. Of course Freaks and Ghouls just get a bullet.

Blessed silver burns them, but it's easily recovered from by Vamps such as Alucard or Victoria.

He's also more than capable of rending them apart or punching holes through them with his bare hands. (in the manga he actually can sprout multiple hands - about a dozen or so.) Presumably he could also burn them to ash or tear them apart with TK if he so chose.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-08-27 12:46am

Agent Fisher wrote:
Simon H.Johansen wrote:
Agent Fisher wrote:Who do you think is the best Vampire Hunter of every media( tv, comics, movies, books)
EVERY media?? Therefore, am I admitted to nominate a vampire hunter from a black/death metal band's lyrics?
Thats a toughie, when I said every media I meant TV, books, comics, and movies. Because you can see or imagine what they are doing. But the same goes for songs as well but only if the songs describes the way in which the Vamp hunters kills them.

Then I'll say Joachim Blokk from "Thwarted By The Dark" by Bal-Sagoth.

The lyrics/liner notes do say something about him:

The Contemplations Of Joachim Blokk: "As my sword drips black now with the unclean blood of another slain fiend, it occurs to me that history will most probably record me a fanatic...
as for more years than I care to remember I have dedicated my life to the caseless pursuit and destruction of the loathsome undead. Indeed, it was long ago that I commenced with the wreaking of my grim vengeance upon the denizens of the dark, and by the blade of my sorcerous katana, Fiend's Bane, I vow they shall all pay for taking my beloved from me! Fanatic?
Mayhap. But by all the gods of vengeance, I'll leave a fearsome legacy 'ere I die... a legacy wrought in retributive bloodshed and screaming terror!"

Somebody who waxes that poetically about hunting vampires simply deserves credit.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-08-27 03:01am

My personal favorites are Blade and Buffy.

Blade was just cool, he destroyed vampires enmasse, and once a movie, once his sunglasses were retrieved, he went on a killing spree.

Buffy, whilst being naturally able to slay vampires, what with birthright and all, still acomplished a lot more, stopping some 8 apocalypses, and all while having a vague wit.

I would like to mention Angel as well, as he had the most potential coolness with his crew.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-08-27 04:32am

The Astronaut turned Psi-vamp/Vamp hunter from Colin Wilson's space vampires. Sure he could consume the population of earth if he wanted too, (Like the Female Psi-vamp that turned him tried to), but no, he chooses to live in Switzerland, banging a massive harem of chicks he has taken from the streets and brothels and turns their life around, in exchange for a little bit of their life energy. (They live longer then they would have if he hadn't interviened, live better after he's stolen a couple years off their lives, and he can keep his little cult because he has blackmail info/MI owes him big time)

DocHorror · Post by **DocHorror** » 2003-08-27 05:00pm

Im going to be really sad and geeky and say my favourite Vampire Hunter is Robert Neville from I am Legend.

Probably the most human Vampire Hunter of the bunch.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2003-08-27 07:56pm

Okay... how'come no one's mentioned Simon from Castlevania yet?!

Otherwise, I vote for D.
He's the most tragic of Hunters, being a despised Dhampel himself, immortal and alone, unable to trust himself enough to form lasting bonds with others. And look at his nifty tricks! A parasitical Hand that feeds off anything he can suck into his mouth, as well as limited movement when severed from D. The longest longsword I've seen (well, maybe Sephiroth of FF7), that is obviously made of very strong metal. A gemstone necklace that acts as a replusion/protectant versus vampirical minions. And the Vampiric Power of his father, Dracula King of Vampires, which dwarves the mental/magical abilities of any full-blooded Vampires that push D to that breaking point.

Mark S · Post by **Mark S** » 2003-08-27 09:06pm

DocHorror wrote:Im going to be really sad and geeky and say my favourite Vampire Hunter is Robert Neville from I am Legend.

Probably the most human Vampire Hunter of the bunch.

I'm going to be even geekier and say Abraham Van Helsing. Sure, all these other guys could physically kick his wrinkled old ass but what the hell, I like the classics.

Tasoth · Post by **Tasoth** » 2003-08-27 09:30pm

The Shih

An ancient sect of oriental warriors devoted to keeping the balance of heaven in place. You eat someone because you need to, no problem, you eat a bus full of people because you can, hell's coming down. Trained and developed into living weapons who can use their own chi to unleash brutal attacks on the shen, shih are just dripping with cool. that and they usually age amazingly fast, a 20 yr old looking like he's in his 40's and what not.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2003-08-27 10:18pm

Tasoth wrote:The Shih

An ancient sect of oriental warriors devoted to keeping the balance of heaven in place. You eat someone because you need to, no problem, you eat a bus full of people because you can, hell's coming down. Trained and developed into living weapons who can use their own chi to unleash brutal attacks on the shen, shih are just dripping with cool. that and they usually age amazingly fast, a 20 yr old looking like he's in his 40's and what not.

.... Kindred of the East: Year of the Hunters?

Tasoth · Post by **Tasoth** » 2003-08-27 10:25pm

.... Kindred of the East: Year of the Hunters?

Demon Huner X. Also gives info on Strike Force Zero, or the Mage=funded-ran-by-an-ex-ninja-violent scooby doo gang...

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2003-08-27 10:27pm

Tasoth wrote:
.... Kindred of the East: Year of the Hunters?
Demon Huner X. Also gives info on Strike Force Zero, or the Mage=funded-ran-by-an-ex-ninja-violent scooby doo gang...

I always wanted to play/run an Eastern Campaign.... I've got Hengeyokai.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-08-28 08:59am

Roberrt Howard's Solomon Kane is up there too.

oh sword & dueling pistols,

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-08-28 10:27am

Also - there's always the original vampire hunter: Abraham van Helsing!

Ryoga · Post by **Ryoga** » 2003-08-28 11:31pm

Man, you guys suck.

Soma Cruz? Ha!
Simon Belmont? Don't make me laugh!
Alucard? A pansy!

Everybody knows that the greatest vampire hunter of them all is Julius Belmont, the guy who really killed Dracula. No fooling this time! All the other Belmonts just did their part to keep him away for a century or so, but that wasn't good enough for our man J....nope, he killed Drac good, so that Chaos had to pick somebody entirely knew to inherit the vampire lord's powers.

I'd say finally killing the sonofabitch qualifies him as the best of the lot.

NeoGoomba · Post by **NeoGoomba** » 2003-08-29 01:25am

Ricther Belmont (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night)- called the most powerful Belmont has to count for something

Raziel (Legacy of Kain) - the unkillable little demon is powered by raw, anti-vampire energies (glyph power)

Utsanomiko · Post by **Utsanomiko** » 2003-08-29 02:34am

LadyTevar wrote:He's the most tragic of Hunters, being a despised Dhampel himself, immortal and alone, unable to trust himself enough to form lasting bonds with others.

Definitely agreed. For such a quiet and inhuman character, he's got a lot of depth, motivation, and qualities relatable to the audience.

And look at his nifty tricks! A parasitical Hand that feeds off anything he can suck into his mouth, as well as limited movement when severed from D. The longest longsword I've seen (well, maybe Sephiroth of FF7), that is obviously made of very strong metal. A gemstone necklace that acts as a replusion/protectant versus vampirical minions. And the Vampiric Power of his father, Dracula King of Vampires, which dwarves the mental/magical abilities of any full-blooded Vampires that push D to that breaking point.

Where were you in that old "D vs Yoda" thread?

We could have used an extra person to reiterate just how D is able to defeat vampires.

The Third Man · Post by **The Third Man** » 2003-08-29 03:55am

Armoured Gideon The giant insane millenial robot from 2000AD

StarDestroyer.Net BBS

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