So courtesy of BeingFans and the cast this picture has been shared on Twitter (Oh creepy hobo Aidan, hurry up and shave bring back my male vamp tramp hottie!) and it reminded me of a conversation I had with my best friend the last time I watched with her. I am getting her into the show. It was a very good thought about BH vampire bodily function.
1.) My best friend pointed out while trying to get confirmation from me on the show's vampire lore(since she's new to the show she's only to 1.6) that while Aidan does not need to eat he does anyway for appearances and when mommy Josh forces a family dinner lol. So what does his body do with the food, in fact what does it do with the blood even? Does he use the toilet? And one thing I have wondered for a while is what food tastes like to him. Obviously it doesn't taste the same as it does to a human and maybe not even necessarily good given that at the end of 1.5 he tells Josh the meal he made is 'divine' but his face clearly says that he had pulled that compliment out of his ass and so doesn't mean it(love that face, I just started keeping a collection of all my favorite Aidan faces hehe).
2.) This came up in a conversation on BeingFans during this weeks season 1 episode re-watch. Aidan is referred to as undead which means technically he's not actually alive per say, and in 1.5 Mr. Sarin(the old man the priest turned) points out that he can't hear Aidan's heart. I have never considered before that this comment could actually literally mean that his heart does not beat but that would make sense. Yet he has blood running through his vein which is proven frequently when he gets the crap beaten out of him and bleeds(and Rebecca drank him once). Plus one clear bit of lore this show uses is that a vampire needs to feed their blood to one they wish to turn(we are hinted to this with Cara and shown it with Cecilia). So there seems to be some confusion here.
So my main point here is given that there are some contradictions about Aidan's body function I have to wonder if it makes sense that he can grow a beard. Since it is clear that blood runs through his veins and is probable that he can digest food though, I suppose that means that his body does have some bit of living function.
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