Double Post Time!!!!
Warning that I am working on a table top session tonight, that is for some Sabbat characters, so I am in a {mood}
I haven't posted in a while but a quick summary of this episode
Overall a good episode i don't think the Mom of MC would have changed anything. But we have done everything without her knowing something like this seems more like a desperate attempt to keep the viewer/reader engaged with the story.
The Ivy interaction should have played out in to the morning/evening to just see how she would react to wake up in a strange environment.
The frank encounter could use some violence (Just to see Mc beat up some old blood Nos) I honestly think he could wreck some face
I would love to see Laurie interact with Astrid (just to see if MC's blood is strong enough to counter Astrid charms )
the interaction with Marcius was dissapointing i honestly thought MC Would be more combative due to earlier interactions. Maybe even some revenge (Since Marcius called himself a god ) And would love to see MC lineage play a role and honestly say fuck you to Marcius
Overal rating for this episode 3.5/5
I like where your head is at on this post.... if I may offer my own twisted vision.........
So if I were writing this novel, which of course I am not, I would not have included the mom scene at all, and certainly would not have had Ms. Olivia allow the MC's mom into the apartment, given how she has been portrayed in the past as being a buffer to the MC and those wishing to see him. To have allowed mom in the apartment is a violation of Olivia's character. She could invite mom into her apartment... I could see that... but mine? No.
However if I were to include that scene let me be frank *not the Nos* If I were the main character and that was my mother stating she was in my apartment blah blah blah, I would have told her to get the fuck out of said apartment and for her to shut the fuck up.(bad vampires know where it is but of course I can not say that to mom, but I can be enough of an asshole to cause her to leave).
Additionally, since it is obvious that the MC wants nothing to do with his mother, and Sharon had already advised us to cut our connections to spare those we care for, I would make it clear to mother that she is a twat and I do not ever want to speak to her again. This is all if I actually love my mom and want her to stay out of this unlife......
On the other hand, if I am really that pissed at my mom for some reason, I would Whisper her to get my information to address why I was pissed, feed her my blood, and then thrall the cunt. The only possible way there would be anything more than her scrubbing floors would be if she had useful skills. If she did, she becomes another income source.
Also I might offer her as meat for the Mayor to fuck if he wanted.... and anyone else who I thought might be won over using her as bait. Once she was no longer useful, I would find a Nos, a really big, bad, ugly one, and offer her as his personal love toy. He could just take over her feedings and eventually she would bond to him.... yesssssssssss......... That would be truly sadistic vampire shit....... and the added bonus would be to provide income in the form of prostitution of her milf ass, and the selling her once she is used up to the Nos...... yesssss
The very next thing would be to call Ms. Olivia and leave a message to specifically eject my mother from my apartment and do not allow her or anyone else without my expressed permission into my apartment. I would follow this up with a visit to Ms. Olivia and Whisper her into compliance. Upon finding out that she is thralled to anyone else, she would become my snack. If she is not thralled, then she would become my new thrall and her rental income becomes my rental income, her fairly good looking milf ass would likewise be providing my pimp ass some income.
I agree that the time would have been better spent on Ivy and how she reacts to waking up in Sharon's bed the next morning or middle of the night or whatever.
Astrid could most likely charm Laurie, but she could not induce her to act in a way that would harm her regnant. It would be a fun interaction though. I would have already instructed Laurie that if the cunt tries anything, to pull out the gun and shoot her in her tits, twat and face. No it wouldn't kill her, but man would that be satisfying.
With Frank making snarky comments that point to him believing he is superior and taking an attitude with me as the MC, I certainly would have taken some action. Since Merrick told us that he has visions, I would have had no issue using Whispers on him to have him tell me
everything, and then forget that we had that interaction.
Assuming I showed restraint to a point, once I saw him touch the ground and comment, I would Instantly Whisper at that point and press him on his touching the ground in the SAME FUCKING WAY WE JUST DID AT THE HOSPITAL and would have asked him what he saw. Then finish that Whisper session as referenced above.
Sharon has commented we are becoming more powerful by the day. We clearly are. I would not necessarily use violence on Frank prior to his gripping the shovel, in fact, he never would have gotten that far due to my Whispering above, but if for some reason he retained free will, and when I saw him threaten Sharon I would have gotten in his face at that moment, with claws out and said for him to drop the god damned shovel NOW. *without Whispers so If he reacts poorly I could beat him down manstyle*
So assuming that provoked him, I would slap the shit out of him, as I will not allow Sharon to be further disrespected more by the Nos than she already has been by having Markus come to me instead of her. If the situation required killing Frank, then I would have, but not until I Whispered everything out of his bleeding shit fucked body, and then as gross as it would be, I would drain that fucker down.
Marcius' summons- I would have asked Zephir to hang around with us and ditch that bald fuck. If she resisted my natural charms and provided further insistence that I go to Marcius, would have resulted in me Whispering to Zephir to seduce her away, and then I would go to Marcius. The second he says I was answering his "summons" I would tell Marcius that I do not answer to him in any way and he can suck my flaccid cock. Based on his reaction, I would Whisper him to get the information I thought was important, and if there was nothing interesting to me, I would slash his guts onto the floor and drink him dry. Anyone interfering would be subject to further wrath on my part.
Does what I wrote above conform to the spirit of the novel? Yes and no. Then again, there are things I would have written differently, earlier on, which would have made things flow a bit more this way.
However, all of that said,
this is my favorite AVN and I am going with the flow.... Should I ever be in a position to write a story of my own, I can assure you, gentle readers, that there would be a lot more opportunity to choose vampiric maneuvering by using powers to get more information, and protection of assets and those who are dear to the MC. Were my MC in possession of the powers that this MC has, the Skalds would have been bowing and scraping and divulging what I want to know.. Then forgetting they ever saw me... Marcius would be dead. Astrid would be dead, and no one would know.... because I would be invisible and or using Whispers to cover my murderous intent............
Vampires can be social manipulators, or sneaks, or fighters, or lovers, or all of the above... If the MC were my character in a table top game, we would have 1000% more action and use of disciplines. Whispers gives the MC so much power that it would be impossible to not use it to get all the information I required. None of this morose wringing of hands and puzzled impotence. I would have used Whispers many times in non stressful situations first to determine limits, then I would step it up as needed. Would restraint be needed? Yes. But for fucks like Marcius? He would be last night's snack.
yesssssss my evil vision is receding now... but there you have it!
Peace or something like it!!!!
