Hi everyone! So I'm back, but before I post the next chapter, I thought everyone should hear some reasoning here (granted I'm only a freshman in high school so forgive my little knowledge of biology, but I think what I know makes sense):
It has been said that vampires can't have babies because they are dead and certain function don't work (if you kind of get that drift). Male Vampires don't necessarily have this problem because they tend to have a Dhampir (half human, half vampire offspring).
Now, I'm not trying to re-write ancient stories, but I believe they can.
I don't believe vampires are dead preset because they need to gain that "vamp speed" somehow. Every story I've read mentions a vampire moving with inhuman speed. With this knowledge, I go on to tie in what I've been learning in biology class which is GLYCOLYSIS. Glycolysis is where the mitochondria produces ATP (adenine triphosphate) which is sort of energy that powers muscles. The reasoning I have is simple:
In order for vampires to have their super human speed, they need ATP to move.
ATP is produced by taking in oxygen (but since vampires don't breath my other theory is that they absorb it in a form of chemiosmosis where higher concentrations of chemicals more to a lower concentration). Now that they have oxygen from that chemiosmosis, they're cells therefore speed up the production of ATP through glycolysis. Thence fore producing more energy for muscles to use creating inhuman speed that every sort of vampire has.
With this being said, glycolysis needs other vital organ to power, and those organs need others, making the body of a vampire still in use via organs. They might not breathe or have beating hearts that are detectable, but their organs are still in working order so babies are possible.
How is the babe birthed? I would believe any medical way found in the centuries past or present.
Vampires may not be "alive" per say but I believe my hypothesis is something that can be worked on, and this is what the story will use for now!
Summary: Vampires have working organelles, cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems. Whether you believe this makes a vampire alive or not is your choice!
~Amelia