Werewolves vs. Vampires

Rebuttals: My opponent: “Vampires if they would like, they could go into the sunlight if they use sunscreen ^_^. ” I assume you got this from the Vladimir Tod series. Of course, there may be other fictional books that state vampires can use sunscreen to protect themselves; however, these fictional books give a bad representation of what a vampire’s strengths and weaknesses are. Let’s take the Percy Jackson series as an example. Although the Percy Jackson series is not entirely concerned with vampires, there are several fallacies associated with this story that concern the Greek myths. For example, Annabeth could not have existed in the stories because Athena (her mother) was a virgin goddess; thus, she could not have given birth to someone such as Annabeth. There are several other mistakes, but my point is that fictional books such as the Vladimir Tod series or the Percy Jackson series are made for entertainment and are suited for the reader’s pleasure. They are not made to inform about the correct and accurate weaknesses/strengths of vampires/Greek myths and are therefore unreliable. However, let’s assume that vampires can use sunscreen to protect themselves (as a hypothetical situation). They’d have to put an awful lot of it on themselves to protect their skin. Even if just an inch is not covered, that part of their body will burn to ashes. It is very time consuming to cover every single centimeter of your body that isn’t covered by clothing, and you usually end up wasting a plethora of sunscreen. In just one-two days, a vampire would have used several bottles just to go outside. Therefore, they’d have to have a LOT of sunscreen to keep themselves alive during the day. They would use up their supply extremely quickly, and within the first few months the vampires will have no more. The only way to get more would be to pay for some, and that would quickly deplete their money supply. Moreover, let’s take into consideration that it is humans that make sunscreen, and I doubt they will give vampires any of this valuable resource if they are allied with the werewolves. My opponent: “Lastly garlic only reduces their abilities so they would be like an average human until the garlic smell leaves their system which will only take a few hours. ” While this may be true if there are small amounts of garlic, larger amounts will annihilate any vampires that encounter it. Moreover, even if the werewolves only have a small amount of garlic at hand, reducing the vampires’ abilities to that of an average human would still be immensely useful. My opponent: “They are terrified of silver. ” Werewolves are just as terrified of silver as vampires are terrified of garlic. Moreover, garlic is more plentiful, whereas silver is hard to find; therefore, the werewolves will be able to get more garlic to defeat the vampires than the vampires will be able to get silver to defeat the werewolves. In addition, vampires are also weakened by silver [9] (please note that this is not a new source or argument, as I have already posted this source in round two). Vampires cannot use any silver weapons because they themselves are weakened by it. Therefore, the weakness of silver isn’t that much of a big deal. My opponent: “They can be killed by A silver bullet (pretty much anything with firepower would be able to kill something like that really. .. . )” While a silver bullet can kill werewolves, it can also kill vampires (since they too are vulnerable to silver). Moreover, I disagree with your statement in the parenthesis. I don’t know where you got that from; however, I assure you that in the werewolf stories and even in most fiction books, nothing except a werewolf’s weakness can kill it. Otherwise, I could argue that any firearm could kill a vampire, and that is not true. My opponent: “Werewolves are only able to transform during a full moon, so vampires could just kill them while it is NOT a full moon. ” Stories vary as to whether or not werewolves can change during times other than the full moon. In addition, my definition of a werewolf was “a human being who has changed into a wolf, or is capable of assuming the form of a wolf, while retaining human intelligence”. Please notice the part in the bold. I thought I was making myself clear when I stated, “capable of assuming the form of a wolf”. I meant werewolves could change into wolves whenever they please. However, it is obvious that I did not specify this enough so that my opponent or other readers could understand it. Therefore, I shall not argue that werewolves are capable of assuming the form of a wolf whenever they please in case some view it as a semantic argument. Moreover, there are several stories that claim older and more experienced werewolves can change into wolves whenever they please. However, let’s assume, for a moment, that werewolves can only change into wolves during the full moon. Vampires would be hard pressed to kill the werewolves. That is, if they take the necessary precautions. Firstly, vampires cannot kill werewolves while they are inside a threshold without invitation (even if it isn’t theirs). That means that werewolves can stay inside all day and the vampires cannot hurt them since they cannot come inside. In addition, if that isn’t enough to keep those pesky vampires away, the werewolves can always build moats/streams around where they live, since vampires cannot cross running water. Alternatively, they can put some holy crosses around their house. If it comes down to a situation where a werewolf has to go outside or is attacked by a vampire, the werewolf (if in human form) will probably be guarded by a wolf or a dog of some kind. After all, werewolves will be allied with wolves, and that means they probably will be allied with dogs. I doubt that vampires will be brave enough to take on a fully grown wolf and a man. But even if the vampires choose to attack the werewolf (while in human form) and somehow defeat their bodyguard (their wolf/dog), there isn’t a doubt that the werewolf will have some sort of defense with them. They’ll probably be carrying some garlic, holy water, or even a sword/knife/sharp object (since vampires can be killed by decapitation/staking). As you can see, vampires will find it extremely hard to kill even one werewolf. And take note that vampires will probably want to attack a werewolf during the night, since during the day they have to put on a lot of sunscreen (assuming that they have any left). Besides, it would be too risky. By the time you figured out you don't have enough sunscreen, it would be too late. My opponent: “They would have a higher chance of joining vampires because they can; 1. Blend in and convince them to assist. ” Werewolves can also blend in and convince humans to assist them. Remember, werewolves can only change into wolves during the full moon (according to you); therefore, they are humans at all other times. Don’t forget that vampires can’t go out into sunlight. Even if they could do it with sunscreen, it would be too risky and their supplies of sunscreen would have quickly depleted, which means that vampires could only resort to try and convince people during the night. During the night, there aren’t as many people on the streets or in stores as they are during the day. That means that werewolves can convince more people than vampires can since they can go outside during the day. My opponent: “The Vampires could bite them and make them of their kind so that they could assist them. ” Once again, so can werewolves. Conclusion: I have successfully refuted all of my opponent’s points and many of my own have gone unchallenged. Before finally putting this to a close, I encourage voters to vote for the arguments presented here today and not because of their own personal views, (i. e. vampires are so much cooler than werewolves are! Visa versa). My opponent has proven to be a worthy opponent.