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Date Posted: 21:56:37 04/20/03 Sun
Author: Mark Jones
Subject: Re: LW Post: Cacophany (Rated PG-13, I guess)
In reply to: Yseult 's message, "Re: LW Post: Cacophany (Rated PG-13, I guess)" on 14:54:32 04/20/03 Sun

>Well, I'm not going to say "Wow! Cordy a vampire!" or
>"Wow! It's been ages since I've seen a Kate story",
>because it's already been said.
>
>I will say that I was piqued by your suggestion that
>Kate would be tempted to become a vampire. If you
>wanted to, I think this could be flushed out even
>more, because there are lots of possibilities with it.

Yeah, I think that a lot of people facing a horrible fate and helpless to do anything about it would be sorely tempted to cling to any faint hope (false or not) that might make their survival sound possible.

> For instance, you introduced the religious angle at
>the beginning of the story. How could she resolve
>that with being a vampire?

Good question. I think that her initial turn to religion could dwindle away if it becomes apparent to her that most of the preachers/priests/rabbis/whoever are no more aware of the existence of vampires than John Q. Public.

>It's interesting that the working assumption (for
>everyone -- not just you by any means) is that people
>wake up and go "Hey! I'm a vampire and I'm so happy
>to be here." Maybe it's a flaw in Joss' logic?

I don't think so. If it's not really you, it's really a demon, well--the demon is gonna be happy to be free to terrorize, torment and feed on people. If it _is_ you, but you've been corrupted by the vampire taint, you'll be equally happy to do those things and think your previous behavior was the result of superstition, stupidity, gullibility, etc.

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