Yes, there are so many unknown factors to being able to bring a vampire back across it has to be more than just getting blood from the mortal you love. I think there had to be something very unique about what exactly happened between Janette and Robert. But it is fun to think about what could have happened if Janette had gotten some of Nick's mortal blood. She did, after all, love him too.
Okay - vampire death. This can be a bit tricky, but I assume for a vampire to be dead: 1) they do not immediately reanimate or regenerate and thus do not heal from thier wounds, 2) individuals who should recognize death confirm the death, 3) vampire is at the doorway to the afterlife and normally would not be able to get back, 4) separation of spinal cord from brain (as would happen in a beheading). So times I am assuming this occurred to Nick (but he obviously recovered, but I feel a regular vampire would not have been able to, yet he does)
1. Only the Lonely: Nick catches a pipe bomb, which would do some serious physical damage and burns and he is presumed dead for a while (I doubt anyone was in a real hurry to get him to the morgue, so he didn't immediately recover)
2. Undue Process: Nick is hanged, twitching for a second, then is still. I take that to mean the injury was traumatic spinal cord injury (like a decapitation) and instant death. If the nooses are put on incorrectly or a number of other problems, then the victim dies very slowely by strangulation or reduction in cerebral blood flow.
3. Near Death: Cortical tomography apparatus blocked Nick's neural activity, leading to brain death. Nick is at the gate and does not immediately come back. Natalie says he is dead.
4. The Fix: Vampire is suppressed, Nick is shot and dies (I assume goons know what death looks like and would keep shooting him if he wasn't). Finally by nightime is back, along with the vampire.
5. Ashes to Ashes: Divia comes to kill Nick as she has killed other vampires. Fights until Nick dies. I assume she recognizes vampire death and would not have left if Nick was still alive. She tells LaCroix Nick is dead.
Anyway, this is what I am currently thinking on this.
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Okay - vampire death. This can be a bit tricky, but I assume for a vampire to be dead: 1) they do not immediately reanimate or regenerate and thus do not heal from thier wounds, 2) individuals who should recognize death confirm the death, 3) vampire is at the doorway to the afterlife and normally would not be able to get back, 4) separation of spinal cord from brain (as would happen in a beheading). So times I am assuming this occurred to Nick (but he obviously recovered, but I feel a regular vampire would not have been able to, yet he does)
1. Only the Lonely: Nick catches a pipe bomb, which would do some serious physical damage and burns and he is presumed dead for a while (I doubt anyone was in a real hurry to get him to the morgue, so he didn't immediately recover)
2. Undue Process: Nick is hanged, twitching for a second, then is still. I take that to mean the injury was traumatic spinal cord injury (like a decapitation) and instant death. If the nooses are put on incorrectly or a number of other problems, then the victim dies very slowely by strangulation or reduction in cerebral blood flow.
3. Near Death: Cortical tomography apparatus blocked Nick's neural activity, leading to brain death. Nick is at the gate and does not immediately come back. Natalie says he is dead.
4. The Fix: Vampire is suppressed, Nick is shot and dies (I assume goons know what death looks like and would keep shooting him if he wasn't). Finally by nightime is back, along with the vampire.
5. Ashes to Ashes: Divia comes to kill Nick as she has killed other vampires. Fights until Nick dies. I assume she recognizes vampire death and would not have left if Nick was still alive. She tells LaCroix Nick is dead.
Anyway, this is what I am currently thinking on this.