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It's a bit .. much

Woke: Haemovores from Doctor Who

The priest died because he had lost his faith. Haha. Anglicans. amirite?

Since in bespoke world vampires are living (in active sense) relic of old humanity. Bunch of vampire hunters are actually archaeologists in the field wanting to prove their hypotheses and once they find ancient ones they sample tissue, record mannerism and study as though they're coelacanth

Post-Bespoke: the most dangerous vampire is the modern day scientologist, whose faith is incomprehensible yet jealously guarded.

In the bespoke vampire world, very few vampires are killed by sunlight, as these kinds nearly died out trying to continue worshipping the sun after being turned into vampires.

galaxy brain: vampires are just weak to crosses and liquids they come in touch with. christianity just leeched of the symbol's effectivness in fighting the undead and that's why it gotten popular.

So, if you get into the World of Darkness game Vampire: The Masquerade, this is at least in the ballpark.

Different clans of vampires have different vulnerabilities typically tied back to their origins. For the most part, this all comes out of the Semitic religions, because the OG Vampire is the Biblical Caine who was cursed into immortality for the crime of committing the First Murder. But the Kuei-jin - an eastern variant of the vampire myth - are more in line with the Buddhist / Animist ideas of reincarnation with their curse being a permanent exclusion from the Karmic Cycle. Different curse means different rules.

The Dresden Files series (which cribs heavily from WoD's Vampire) introduces similar ideas, with individuals of strong faith all enjoying supernatural power against vampires and other boogeymen that pays no respect to denomination. One of Dresden's on-again off-again allies is a trio of legendary swordsmen who use the nails from the crucifix to enchant their blades. But their actual faiths vary heavily - from traditional conservative Christianity to Buddhism to Communist-flavored Atheism to Work-a-holism to Geeky Sci-Fi fascination with the Star Wars Jedi. Only when a knight's faith wanes does the blade ever fail them. And the antagonists (demons, more often than vampires) are more fixated on tempting them to sin or disabusing them of their faith than of outright killing them.

If you are gonna rope us Trekkies into this, I’ll just ask if they want a salt tablet first. Then set my phaser to kill.

Does the Vulcan salute "Live long and prosper"

Vampire: hisssssssssss

Same vibes as the guy that "fought" a Lion with Toilet paper.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2dqrsp

When did vampires become vulnerable to crosses?

Medical: vampires are just people affected by rabies.

People with rabies become adverse to strong odors (like garlic) or stimuli, like watching himself in the mirror. Biting of course is part of the symptoms and the disease is transmitted through bites.

After death it's common for these people to have blood oozing from their mouth, as if they bite someone just before.

And guess what nocturnal animal is carrying rabies ? Vampire bats.

There's recently been a surge of vampire media that retcons their weakness to religious artifacts as psychosomatic because it reminds them of their humanity. I really like that because it doesn't make any sense for someone to die and come back as a monster without something breaking in their psyche.

Basically like that meme that claims cartel members are weak to Dragon Ball paraphernalia.

Final boss: agnostic vampire

The sun burns vampires because its the one true god

Bespoke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAom8ws8qp4

Wokest: Sir Pterry, where vampires are weak to all religious symbols, but intentionally so, because death is so insignificant to them, the vulnerabilities that make them easy to stop also mean that no one truely makes their death more permanent.

There was a book I read where the exorcism failed when the Christian guy tried to do it, but worked when the best friend sang their favorite song. It was corny but sweet. (I might be remembering it slightly wrong)

Megaspoke: Vampires are vulnerable to all religions ever followed and constantly get flashbanged because they accidentally stepped on holy grounds of ancient civilizations

Broke: Conditioning your vampire children to be immune to all religious symbols through exposure therapy

Woke: Seeing religious symbols in mundane objects everywhere because your vampire father thought exposure therapy was a good idea

Bespoke: Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett

(I'm old and don't fully understand this format, but I like to join in)