Loch Ness Monster vs. Dracula
Greetings! I am L.D. Reynolds and my Father has graciously allowed me to post on this blog. At my house we have many lengthy debates of military senarios that might well become matters of national, or even global importance. We have discussed such conundrums as whether Chip could defeat Dale (Chip was the universal favorite, far more serious and clear headed despite Dales extrordinary luck), whether Jafar could triumph over Malificent (Obviously Malificent, the dragon trumps the giant snake and she has a cooler pet bird), but we are continually grapling though, with one issue of such momentous difficulty that it has stirred great strife and dispute among all asked. Who would win, the Loch Ness Monster or Dracula?
My poor decieved brother has sadly taken the part of the lake monster and is willing to assert his opinion with foam swords to all dissenters. I however have taken the time to condense a what might be a books worth of information into a short article for the sake of the illumination of the general public to show that indeed Dracula would triumph over all such water lizards.
In the first place it is often asserted by the Nessieites (as I will call them) that the Loch Ness monster would win be sheer mass. In response I will appeal to that genius writer Bram Stoker who chronicled the exploits of that renowned vampire Count Dracula. In his account Mr. Harker slams a shovle down on Dracula's face making only a slight red scar across the forehead. This is only one of many accounts of the durability of Vampires. Could Nessie muster sufficient force to destroy Dracula? I don't know. Further would such destruction profit the monster? Vampires are recorded to have the ability to almost teleport seemingly pulling the matter for their bodies out of the air. Further Dr. Van Helsing does not list to the best of my knowledge that Dracula could be destroyed by such means as the Nessieites propose. And lastly even if the monster could lift his body out of the water to slam the vampire, this would almost surly be a long process which ought to be easy to dodge.
The powers of water to unmake a vampire are also often appealed to. Dracula is a creature of air whose home is in the mountains, Nessie is a creature of water. Let us suppose they battled in Dracula's home not at Nessie's. Even my brother would not hold out that Nessie could win fighting on the mountin crags of Transylvania. My brother argues it needs to be fought by the lake side, and for the sake of arguement I will acquiesce. Now the possibility of Nessie using water to his advantage rests on the assumption that the snake like neck of Nessie can move with greater swiftness than Dracula. Vampires are said to move faster than the speed of human sight so a see little reason to believe this.
Next we will observe the powers of vampire to control the minds of animals. It is usually claimed that the Loch Ness monster is a kind of Plesiosaur. This would seem to place the monster well within the realm of normal animals. My brother claims that St. Columba who tamed a serpent in a Scottish Lake using the eucharist. He says the monster was sanctified and thus immune to mind powers. Even if we assume this dubious staement is true, it is very unlikly that that particular serpent is still alive all these hundreds of years later. It is reasonable to assume that the monster is a descendent of the old serpent. Would any immunity still remain? I don't think so.
Thus using mind powers and super agility and strength Dracula would defeat Nessie. Now that you have learnt the truth go out and evangelize for the just perception of vampire, witness to the decieved Nessieites, change the world.
My poor decieved brother has sadly taken the part of the lake monster and is willing to assert his opinion with foam swords to all dissenters. I however have taken the time to condense a what might be a books worth of information into a short article for the sake of the illumination of the general public to show that indeed Dracula would triumph over all such water lizards.
In the first place it is often asserted by the Nessieites (as I will call them) that the Loch Ness monster would win be sheer mass. In response I will appeal to that genius writer Bram Stoker who chronicled the exploits of that renowned vampire Count Dracula. In his account Mr. Harker slams a shovle down on Dracula's face making only a slight red scar across the forehead. This is only one of many accounts of the durability of Vampires. Could Nessie muster sufficient force to destroy Dracula? I don't know. Further would such destruction profit the monster? Vampires are recorded to have the ability to almost teleport seemingly pulling the matter for their bodies out of the air. Further Dr. Van Helsing does not list to the best of my knowledge that Dracula could be destroyed by such means as the Nessieites propose. And lastly even if the monster could lift his body out of the water to slam the vampire, this would almost surly be a long process which ought to be easy to dodge.
The powers of water to unmake a vampire are also often appealed to. Dracula is a creature of air whose home is in the mountains, Nessie is a creature of water. Let us suppose they battled in Dracula's home not at Nessie's. Even my brother would not hold out that Nessie could win fighting on the mountin crags of Transylvania. My brother argues it needs to be fought by the lake side, and for the sake of arguement I will acquiesce. Now the possibility of Nessie using water to his advantage rests on the assumption that the snake like neck of Nessie can move with greater swiftness than Dracula. Vampires are said to move faster than the speed of human sight so a see little reason to believe this.
Next we will observe the powers of vampire to control the minds of animals. It is usually claimed that the Loch Ness monster is a kind of Plesiosaur. This would seem to place the monster well within the realm of normal animals. My brother claims that St. Columba who tamed a serpent in a Scottish Lake using the eucharist. He says the monster was sanctified and thus immune to mind powers. Even if we assume this dubious staement is true, it is very unlikly that that particular serpent is still alive all these hundreds of years later. It is reasonable to assume that the monster is a descendent of the old serpent. Would any immunity still remain? I don't think so.
Thus using mind powers and super agility and strength Dracula would defeat Nessie. Now that you have learnt the truth go out and evangelize for the just perception of vampire, witness to the decieved Nessieites, change the world.
12 Comments:
This might be the most thought provoking post I've read on all the blogosphere! Good show, lad! (Sorry, you don't know me, but I felt compelled to compliment you on this fine work). The age old question is at last resolved. Now only the other age old question remains: Who would win, Han Solo or Captain Kirk?
By David, At 11:18 PM
A question for Dracula supporters: Would the count's teeth be able to penetrate the thick skin/scales that assuredly protect Nessie?
By Unknown, At 1:52 PM
I hope this marks the beginning of a continuing "versus" series. I suggest starting out with something light (Dr. Lao versus Dr. Mabuse) before moving on to the heavy-hitters (Dr. Luther versus Dr. Calvin).
By Nate, At 8:02 PM
I don't have any particular affinity to either Nessie or Dracula but I think history sides with Dracula. Dracula is seemly defeated in most every movie he appears and yet he always comes back for another summer blockbuster (or lackluster. Good Job LD.
By Anonymous, At 12:48 PM
Neither can win. Dracula would easily kill Nessie, but would soon after die of obesity!
By Rachel, At 4:49 PM
Good job LD. There is one possiblity you might consider, however; should Nessie manage to pin the vampire contestor, and hold him until morning, and then release him into the sunlight, then Nessie would be the clear winner. I think, as is the case with most small things, the Vampire needs to be constantly vigilant to beat Nessie, while Nessie needs only be lucky once and the victory is hers. What have you to say to this sir?
By Chris, At 8:57 AM
I was thinking...I have more challenges to your conclusion:
If, as you say, Nessie is not the original Nessie, then there must be more than one Nessie. This certainly lends credence to the suggestion that the Vamp is simply not up to the task. Even with mind control, a Vampire must focus on an individual target for a considerable period of time (making no sudden movements in the mean-time) to acquire full control...and if your Vamp was wrapped up in controlling Mrs Nessie (Vamps like to go for the females, as we all know), Mr Nessie and the little ones would have free reign to wreck havoc on the distracted Vampire.
Also...even if he didn't allow himself to be drawn into a staring contest and so distracted, the Vamp would still be out-numbered by the only dinosaurs to survive thousands of years after the rest of their kind died off. You suggest that they would be slow and oafish...but that seems to contradict the fact that they alone have survived. If they can survive all this time, one would assume they aren't slow and oafish, but actually quite capable.
Therefore I defy your conclusions, LD. I am hereby a Nessieite, and when the cataclysmic day comes, my and Nessie will come for you and the Vamp!
By Chris, At 9:24 AM
To Chris,
If you plan to bring in the Nessie family I get to bring in more vampires. Dracula is recorded to have had at least three asscociates. Second, I did not mean that Nessie was slow. I have great respect for my opponents speed. However the speed cretited to vampires is beyond that of human perception. Lastly I do not think Nessie would be very well able to lift its body out of the water, so it could only pin Dracula with its neck and head. I propose that Dracula is strong enough to break such a hold.
By The Shark, At 10:06 PM
As you have ceded homefield advantage to Nessie, I propose that even with the Vamp's back-up singers in tow, Nessie an Co. would have the upperhand. Remember, the Nessie clan has utilized this environment to survive through several thousand years, whilst Vamps have been repeatedly killed by mere men throughout the ages (if the stories are to be believed, girls have been the most effective slayers...and I cannot conceive of a girl killing Nessie).
Also, you carry the burden of proof for your last assertion; where do we see evidence that a Vamp is powerful enough to move several tons of Dinosaur?
By Chris, At 8:28 AM
Hm, well, what do we really know about Nessie? With Dracula we have actual first hand accounts of what he did, his capabilities, and his weaknesses—actual truth regarding him—compliments of the author who took the time to record such things. Where with Nessie there seems to be a rather large shroud of ambiguity. What do we really know about him/her/it? All we really have are many accounts of man’s imagination running wild and creating all the various possibilities of what a shadow, or in this case, a faint sight of something protruding from the water may be. Really we cannot limit or attribute any capabilities or weaknesses to Nessie due to this lack of actual knowledge. For all we know Nessie has vision as intense as the sun and could destroy Dracula with a single glance, or maybe she is an alien and actually lacks blood and her body entirely runs off of another bodily liquid… Perhaps she is the noble beast of God sent down to destroy Dracula? We really cannot know. Where Dracula is limited to the reality of himself, Nessie is free to be formed by our minds in any way we see fit since she exists in our minds, and thus can find limitless strength or weakness due to our own prejudices and fancies.
By Theophilus Christmas, At 3:22 PM
Don't forget that Dracula would be a brilliant tactician, whereas the monster of Loch Ness would rely solely upon brute animal instincts.
By Kevin W. Wong, At 7:31 PM
Curious: where do the ninjas fit in, in such an epic battle? Where does their allegiance lie? And do the fairies have a part in this momentous conflict of man's overly zealous imagination?—Or rather, in the reality too amazing to be true?
By Theophilus Christmas, At 11:07 PM
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