Quote Originally Posted by Haluesen View Post
I think I like most stories where the whole "vampires hate sun" thing is done differently. I'm trying to remember a series I read once where the main vampire girl mentioned it only being irritating to the eyes and weakening her by a bit. She was still super-humanly strong. Possibly because she was a very old vampire. But yeah it's good to see, another great point to Dracula.
I rather like Buffy's treatment of it. The sun is always deadly (gem of amara excepted), but vamps grow more resistant to it with age. Contrast a lowly messenger vamp visibly burning under a blanket with Spike frequently using a heavy blanket to get around.