Question The invisibility gun from 'Gone'

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If they had shot Spike, would he have died if exposed to sunlight?
Or any other vampire
I've always wondered about this
 
Sounds feasible. But...Spike wasn't invisible. And he wouldn't be out during the day, anyway. But yeah, if he was shot and went outside during the day I'd assume he'd fry as usual.
 
I agree that he'd be toasty. Now, I keep thinking of all the lame crap he'd try to pull if he was invisible, aside from the obvious Buffy stalkage. I think he'd go antagonize Giles. Why Giles I'm not sure. I just think he would. And then possibly Xander, perhaps by shrinking all of his clothes. . .
 
Yeah, he would... Buffy was invisible, not impervious to harm. If someone would have shot her, she would have bled. Therefore if Spike was shot and went out into the sun, he'd have roasted like a S'more.
 
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HisMrs said:
Yeah, he would... Buffy was invisible, not impervious to harm. If someone would have shot her, she would have bled. Therefore if Spike was shot and went out into the sun, he'd have roasted like a S'more.
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Well, I suppose it depends on how the physics of s'more roasting work. There are generally two ways the gun could have made people invisible. Either it made their cells absorb/reflect light in such a way as to replicate what's behind them, or it could make their cells change in a way to let photons pass straight through. If it's the latter - which seems more likely - then it's possible (or as possible as invisible vampires get) that the lack of contact with the photons could negate the combustion.

Of course, there's also the idea that the sunlight clause is merely symbolic and entirely mystical in nature. This is probably the case, as moonlight (which is nothing but reflected sunlight) and indirect sunlight don't cause combustion. So, I'd say he'd still burn, but it's not an entirely closed question.
 
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great post. good point about moonlight.
I haven't read all the answers but surely the issue here is what makes them invisible.

If its similar to how, say, a cloak works, then that means that light is refracted, which means that when the UV, the stuff that kills the Vampire, would be refracted too.

Honestly, I think this one is totally down to what you believe because there are simple, yet strong, answers for both sides.
 
Lindsey McDonald said:
Well, I suppose it depends on how the physics of s'more roasting work. There are generally two ways the gun could have made people invisible. Either it made their cells absorb/reflect light in such a way as to replicate what's behind them, or it could make their cells change in a way to let photons pass straight through. If it's the latter - which seems more likely - then it's possible (or as possible as invisible vampires get) that the lack of contact with the photons could negate the combustion.

Of course, there's also the idea that the sunlight clause is merely symbolic and entirely mystical in nature. This is probably the case, as moonlight (which is nothing but reflected sunlight) and indirect sunlight don't cause combustion. So, I'd say he'd still burn, but it's not an entirely closed question.
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WOW. You put WAY too much thought into that. LMFAO
 
Well, I just figure we all saw, and heard, how Spike was able to fully touch and effect Buffy...so I'm guessing that yeah, the sun would touch and fry a vamp. 😛 But Lindsey is right. There are arguments for both sides. Well put BTW...
 
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