#hi my name is Andie and my passions include metaphysics and vampire manga

[neversetyoufree]

Not to out myself on here as being a pretentious nerd with a philosophy degree, but it occurs to me that doing metaphysics in the VnC universe could get really interesting.

Like, the World Formula is inherently a really metaphysical concept, except in VnC land, it kind of isn’t. The mystical system that runs under the surface of their reality and defines how the world works is a demonstrably extant thing that vampires have the ability to perceive and interact with directly. The World Formula may not be tangible exactly, but in a very real way, it is a metaphysical concept that has been made into something physical. It’s like if debates in our world about whether the “laws of nature” meaningfully exist could be solved by saying “Of course they exist. Vlad over there can literally see them.”

And on that note, the demonstrable existence of the World Formula would throw a fascinating new light on existing metaphysical questions. If the World Formula, which is more or less proven to exist, is a mathematical system, does that mean math is real? Or could we argue for a worldview where the underpinnings of reality are mathematical in nature, but “addition” and “the number 3” are still just concepts made up by humans to describe the world, rather than actual extant things? And what about free will? Is it possible to argue that you’re free when your very being is defined as part of mathematical formula that you do not decide on? When changing that formula can change your behavior, and you have no control over that fact?

Hell, we don’t even know whether humans’ natures are also written into the world formula the way vampires’ are, so maybe there’s VnC-verse philosophers arguing that humans have free will, but vampires don’t.