From: liam@valentijn.nu
Op 5-8-2018 om 22:58 schreef Marc Espie:
> In article , Madlove
wrote:
>> Madlove wrote:
>>> 2. vamp becomes a human: girl is cloned from a vamp (which is a
>>> separate being) so should not have it's memories.
>>
>>
>> On 07/31/2018 03:18 PM, Wouter Valentijn wrote:
>>> How do you figure that was /cloning/?
>>
>> You're probably correct. I *thot* she was brought back via science but a
>> spell makes much more sense. Especially since she still had syphilis
>> injuries!
>>
>>> I figure actual Darla was brought back from being a dusted vampire into
>>> her original human form, even including that syphilis she suffered from
>>> before the Master sired her the first time..
>>>
>>> And that vampire Darla already had all those memories and personality
>>> etc. Why would she have lost all that from being dead?
>>> When Buffy was brought back, she still had all her memories also.
>>
>> If she was returned via a spell then shouldn't her memories end (and
>> begin again) at the moment she was turned into a vamp? IE, she dies and
>> the vamp takes over the body.
>>
>> She's brought back and she continues from right before she died.
>>
>> Your thoughts on this??? :-D
>
> I'm not sure the lore is actually that clear-cut on this. Specifically,
>
> I'm pretty sure there are tones of christianity on top of the actual
> vampire truth.
>
> Remember the slayer myth ? The council lies to keep the slayer under
> control.
They are very apt at manipulation.
Remember what they pull when a Slayer turns 18?
>
> So, I'm not quite sure there's that much distinction between the vampire
> and the person. The evil spirit might just be the person being soulless.
> (you've got convincing examples of that in other series, like Supernatural,
> yeah, I know not the same universe).
Agreed.
>
> Even having Angel fight Angelus looks more like advanced Schizoid delusion
> than the reality.
And think of the early episode when Angel absorbed that possessing
entity and saying that the demon inside of him longed for some fight...
>
> That fight between good and evil doesn't really have to involve a lot of
> supernatural.
>
> Besides, saying that the vampire is "just an evil spirit" and that "the
> actual person is gone gone gone" is very good for business, if you're the
> council. You don't want people to have any doubt about possibilities of
> redemption...
>
So the Slayer would not hold back.
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