I Can Kill You With My Brain

Somehow the subject of werewolves vs. vampires came up at my lunch table at work the other day.  Even though this subject was addressed quite well in the “Underworld” movies, my lunch group wanted to have their own discussion about it.  A very interesting question was raised early in the discourse: what kinds of vampires and werewolves were we talking about?  Vampires like those found in “30 Days of Night” or “Twilight?”  Werewolves like the one in “An American Werewolf in London” or like those in “Van Helsing”?  There are so many different types of both combatants that the outcome of the battle would change dramatically based on which ones are actually representing their kin in the fight.

Of course, the conversation turned quite silly.  Someone mentioned the wolves should be like Michael J. Fox’s character in “Teen Wolf”.  Someone else mentioned that the vampires should be like The Count on “Sesame Street”.  Everyone laughed a bit and then started picturing this battle in their minds.  But my mind couldn’t go there, because I couldn’t possibly see it as a battle.  I argued that if all the vampires and werewolves in the world were like these two types, there couldn’t possibly be war between them, but only peace.  I can only picture these “warring” creatures being in a peaceful, almost symbiotic relationship.  In actuality, they’ll need each other.  Why?  The Teen Wolf werewolves would want to play basketball and The Count vampires would want to keep score.