Some (like the Quakers?) believe that mirrors and cameras capture your spirit.
If vamps have no souls, then no spirit to capture.
On Moonlight, the vamp images could be captured by digital cameras and
recorders, but not photo film or mirros. Mick St. James provided an
explaination, but I forget what it was.
Angela
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> Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] "Being Human"
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> sip a little blood from the patient in the bed. What? You won't let me feed
> off a patient? You want to be an outcast?!") The young ghost who can hold
> objects but can't be seen by many is interesting. The actress is good as a
> bright spirit (no pun intended) whose natural ebullience is tempered by the
> fact that she's a mostly insubstantial shade who can't yet crossover. Among
> all the curses suffered by the roomies, I'd think being a ghost would be the
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