Vampire Power Rank by Eye Color (from high to low)
MDWAV 1: Red, Green...
MDWAV 2: Red, Green, Orange, Grey, White.
MDWAV 3: Red, Green, Yellow, Blue, White, Black. Out of rank: Purple (Siu Ling/Tin Ai)
If you are using the subtitles provided in this website, you would probably demand an explanation on the concept of domains. Here it is: Just like any ghost stories in the world, there are certain levels, or zones between different "creatures" to prevent them from venturing into other zones. Between nations, there are border patrols. Between ghost and humans, there are sunlight. And in MDWAV, ghosts usually do not appear at daytime. For the subtitles, domains refer to the different zones or categories where humans, gods, and ghosts belong to. In Chinese philosophy, this balance of power is referred to as Yin and Yang. Yin is usually referred to as feminine, negative, the dark side, the night time, or in MDWAV, the property of ghost. Yang is generally stronger, postive, the bright side (i.e. Sun in Chinese is literally "the Light of Yang"), the property of humans. Hence, ghost domain is also referred as Yin domain, and human domain is called Yang domain. Normally, ghosts stay in the Yin domain, and they cannot be physically touched by humans. Humans live in the Yang domain, where the Sun shines. Generally, chi or qi is the vital force believed in Taoism and what other Chinese thought to be inherent in all things [from dictionary.com]. In MDWAV, chi is a very broad term, it literally means air. A ghost has yin chi, a "negative air", whereas a human has yang chi, or "positive air", and a vampire has si chi, or "corpse air". |
Within the My Date with a Vampire series, there are numerous gadgets being used by the characters. The most memorable ones are probably the ones that are employed by Ma Siu Ling. A lot of these gadgets are modified from historical magical spells of the Tao branch. Unlike spells that are used by western stories of witchcraft (which involves a magic wand and an incantation), fictional Tao spells do not require wands. Tao spells are mostly FuJau. Fu is a physical gear (much like a wand) that consist mostly of yellow paper (or the modern plastic ones used in the TV series) and it has instructions, name of the spell and and name of the receiver written on it. To put a spell on another person or physical body, most of the time, you would need to stick the Fu on the person or the thing. In other circumstances, you can also burn the Fu in order to send the spell out to something or someone far away. Hence, Chinese Tao spells tend to require much higher level of martial art skills (to stick the spell on the person) compare to western usage of a wand as a pointer (which requires higher shooting skills). Jau is the incantation said by the monk or the spell conjurer. The power of a Jau is mostly dependent of the Tao level of the users. Also most spell conjurer are not great spell maker. Just like most warriors are not great ironsmiths. In My Date with a Vampire, Uncle Kau (Ho Ying Kau) is a great writer/maker of Fu, but Siu Ling is the one who mostly uses the Fu and mutters the Jau when she fights against other evil beings. This can explain why she needs to buy most FuJau and magical gadgets from Uncle Kau, even though she has learned the Tao ways for years. |