It's something that's never shown by the priest, or even by Seras. Only Alucard.
I know, exactly my point. The priest never shows off any proper abilities because he doesn't last long enough, so all we really have to go off of is Alucard's word and Seras's example.
If most or all vampires could turn into bats, Anderson who kills them all the time would be more familiar with the ability.
There's nothing that really implies Anderson was or wasn't unfamiliar with bats as a vampire ability.
Power and range. It reached all the way across London, and it grabbed every individual drop of blood all over the city too, which requires precision. You know that if you suck up a blood puddle it doesn't all move together, right? What you've got a grip on moves and the rest stays. It certainly leaves stains, but apparently not when Alucard moves it.
Yeah but Alucard, and by extent all true vampires, literally have blood absorption as their whole thing. I don't think it's reasonable to assume the absorption and TK are tied to the same mechanics.
Same line of powers, her abilities are a copy of Alucard's, Alucard has also cast illusions with his eyes, and it's a literal third eye. If anything we need a reason to believe it's a different thing.
For one, Alucard doesn't cast illusions. He conjures decoy bodies yes, but that's very different from literlaly trapping someone in a trauma simulation.
Two, Alucard is never shown using or mentioning the third eye when he mind controls people. It is treated purely as a sensory thing that enhances their vision and lets them see through illusions.
As another, no we don't. Her third eye is completely different from theirs in every respect. Different placement, appearance, usage, visual effects, everything.
That's very misleading, what you're doing. Walter states that they're imitating Alucard, not me. The doctor states that without Mina their vampire research wouldn't have gone anywhere, their research has always been them using Mina's body in some manner to make their vampires, and Mina is literally just a vampire with Alucard's blood, but with nowhere near as much power. They might as well have scraped up his shed dandruff and used that. What do you call what they're doing, if not copying Alucard's abilities?
Mina is a freaky aberrant created by a human drinking from a vampire while the vampire drinks from them. She is not a normal vampire in the least.
Alucard stated that Luke was above any other vampire Alucard had met. Obviously other vampires had never come anywhere near as far. Although just because they lack a physical third eye like Zorin or strong illusion abilities doesn't mean they lack all the abilities.
But the burden of proof is to prove that they do have these abilities.
The bullet from the Jackal moved fast enough to catch him easily. He previously dodged and even outran bullets - from the Casull. You know why the different gun is significant, I hope. And before you say it, Luke dodging Jackal rounds is only in the OVA.
Oh shit is it? So the wall-breaking moment doesn't happen in the manga?
You'd need more than these speculations to prove Luke was faster than the guy he couldn't escape from.
I mean it's mostly just from observing that Luke was dodging everything and Alucard was genuinely impressed with his speed "above even the highest category of vampire". And why would Alucard heap so much praise on Luke's abilities when puppeted by Walter if, to Alucard, it was nothing special?
Luke was a test, nothing more. The Major fully expected Luke to fail, and so did the doctor. It was Tubalcain the doctor expected to succeed, but the Major knew he'd fail too.
Scans? Again, not doubting your claim I just don't remember that.
Also that would be interesting for scaling purposes. I wouldn't have assumed there was evidence to scale Tubal above Luke.
Answered this. She is the same as Seras, a girl Alucard turned into a vampire. You know how Seras can unlock great abilities due to Alucard's blood in her? Mina is that, except a weaker person, never learned to use her power, never absorbed a familiar and made by a likely weaker Alucard.
"Luke's speed" when Walter uses him is literally Walter's speed. Luke can't move, Walter is moving him like a puppet. And again, proving Luke who has no higher speed feats, was only ever a test, and was unable to outrun Jackal bullets, was faster than the characters who are far above him in both feats and scaling, will take more than this speculation.
Again, then why would Alucard be complimenting Luke's abilities?
The issue is, you're taking a character with telekinesis abilities with a lot of strength, and weather control feats of far greater strength and range than the blood movement, seeing him moving lots of blood with his mind, and assuming that ability is somehow unigue to blood.
Yes because blood absorption is kind of a special, distinct thing for vampires, and yes because his telekinesis is otherwise shown to function very differently from the blood absorbing scene.
The problem is that by the rules you're suggesting no character would have fear hax. Because characters stronger than them in their own verse will pretty much always resist it.
That is not what I'm suggesting at all.
I think there are three different types of fear-inducement, which should be categorized differently.
1. Other characters sense how dangerous they are and get scared
2. They induce fear in the enemy by letting them know how dangerous they are (Alucard, Claire Stanfield)
3. They induce fear in the enemy
regardless of how dangerous they are (Toepick, Nagisa, that one SCP with primal fear abilities)
I said she never showed the ability to transform fully. You said yourself only her arm transforms. That's a far cry from transforming her whole body. Considering that the subject was turning into mist and swarms of bats I had hoped it would be obvious what I meant, but I guess not.
That is fair, I just think it does give evidence for transformation being a thing innate to vampires.
Not really. Again, name one other vampire aside from Alucard who can turn into mist or bats, and the priest couldn't heal gunshot wounds from the Casull either. The only difference was how Lief couldn't defend himself without any bullets, which was to do with level of strength and skill, and Luke, Jan and the soldier vampires were all better than that, given Jan overwhelmed Walter and the soldiers slaughtered armoured mercenaries armed with silver bullets.
Fair fair. Damn this is really making me wish the priest hadn't died so fast. Or at least that there was more worldbuilding.
We know they have some level of the power, especially given how accurately Rip can aim her bullet.
So are you saying that you think all of the higher-level Millenium vampires' unique abilities may be differing, flawed applications of the third eye?
I assume you mean the age old argument that he gets shredded by bullets? Even though Anderson is bulletproof, and even though numerous verses treat piercing damage seperately, which is also accurate to real life?
No no no, the thing about the souls
Lemme go get it
I agree with everything so far.
Also I have heard many pieces of information regarding Alucard's strengths and weaknesses that appear to be either headcanon, or at the very least I have never seen backed up by sufficient sources.
First and foremost is the ease with which he can can completely absorb someone. I have heard claims that he is able to do so simply by coming into contact with their blood, and vice versa. As far as I am aware, this is never indicated. Alucard has only been shown to have absorbed the souls and abilities of those he has actually properly fed off of, and it is never done through mere contact. This is supported by, well, everything about Seras's journey to becoming a True Vampire by drinking blood.
Secondly there is his weakness section. There is a pervasive idea that by entering Level 0, Alucard uses up his sock of souls and can now physically be killed, as well as the notion that a strike to the heart uses more of his souls than other injuries.
As far as I'm aware, this is also something that is never remotely indicated, and if it is I would like to see the scans in question.
This part
