Talk:Vampire/@comment-5961531-20140704022022/@comment-7600752-20140704051909

The vampires are shown as durable all through the entire series. But a major part that stands out to me is in NEW MOON. The novel and movie versions are different... but I'll go with the book version. Anyway, it's Bella's birthday, and she and Edward are at her house watching 'Romeo and Juliet.' Edward remarks to Bella how lucky the guy is (they were watching when Romeo killed himself). Bella says yeah... Juliet is very pretty. Edward goes on to tell her that is NOT what he meant. He goes on to tell her that it's so easy for humans to kill themselves, while it's practically impossible for vampires to die. Edward tells Bella that if James had succeeded in killing her... then Edward was planning to go to the Volturi in order for them to kill him. So, he basically told Bella that about the only way for a vampire to die was to be killed by another vampire. Anyway, I'm paraphrasing... but you can read it in NEW MOON for yourself... it's near the beginning of the book. In the movie version, Bella and Edward are in class when he explains this to her. NOW...one important thing to know is that vampire venom is extremely flammable... and vampires are full of venom... so they're extremely flammable. That's why Victoria burned so easily and quickly after Edward killed her. So, technically, if you go by that... one would think that a vampire could EASILY kill himself by building a bonfire, then jumping right into it. The weird thing is... after Carlisle was changed, he tried a multitude of ways to kill himself... except for fire. AND Carlisle knew fire could destroy a vampire. He mentions this when he's talking about when he was human...he was a vampire hunter and knew fire could destroy vampires.