FORKNI-L
Digest - 1 Aug 2008 to 2 Aug 2008 (#2008-180)
Sat, 2 Aug 2008
There are 2 messages totalling 74 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Curiouser & Curiouser: vampires & guilt (2)
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Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 18:34:01 -0700
From: Walter Doherty <wdoherty5@c.......>
Subject: Re: Curiouser & Curiouser: vampires & guilt
> According to Lacroix, vampires do not have the capacity to manage guilt.
Why not?
> Lacroix never explains.
> 1. Something in the genetic/mental make up of a vampire that inhibits the
ability
> to deal with guilt?
Going along with this idea, if we accept Natalie's assertion that what
makes vampires is medical -- some kind of retrovirus that binds to the
. . . .
> 4. A vampire's very existence is a source of guilt. Once a human, the
vampire must
> prey on humans in order to survive.
well. As a way to combat this, the vampire virus inhibits the
vampire's ability to process guilt in a meaningful way, forcing them
to either reject guilty feelings (thereby feeding and surviving) or be
trapped in a mental prison of their own making (thereby preventing him
from turning against others).
Roger
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This goes along with my thinking. Specifically that the 'virus'
(or whatever it ia) that turns someone into a vampire at the
same time it does that destroys that part of the brain that
would make / allow someone to feel guilt over the killing they do.
This would also explain why Natalie's brother Richard loses it
when brought across. The vampire virus not only made him a
vampire, but it destroyed his conscience.
At some point, Janette refers to this in Nick -- or something
similar -- that is, Nick is not quite like other vampires.
Walt Doherty
Phoenix, AZ
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Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 00:12:34 -0400
From: Melissa Puzio <melissa.puzio@c.......>
Subject: Re: Curiouser & Curiouser: vampires & guilt
I'd say Richard's situation had more to do with a fledgling's overwhelming
desires. Remember, a vampire needs to kill or at least glut himself/herself
on multiple people during first hunger. Richard was left alone in Nick's
loft with nothing but cow's blood which would not assuage his thirst. What
else was he supposed to do?
Until he killed that woman because his hunger was too great, Richard was
behaving more like Dexter than a psychopathic serial killer, i.e. he wanted
to be a vigilante for good. On his situation I totally blame Nick and Nat.
Melissa Puzio
melissa.puzio@c.......
http://melsdomain.50megs.com/
http://www.destinysedgedesigns.com
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