Posted by Cecilia on November 25, 1997 at 13:13:11:
In Reply to: Re: Santy's Faith posted by LP on November 25, 1997 at 01:55:23:
Well, I don't know who said what, so I will try to argue in general here.
: :but I hate seeing the Roman painted as a blood thirsty killer... even if he technically is... ;)
: LOL!! Great phrasing! No, I don't think that he went after everybody who knew even the slightest hint of a whisper of a rumour. But I do think that under the guise and belief of self defense and nipping the problem in the bud that he did kill a lot of vampires who had potentially usful information. However, he couldn't have gone overboard on this, because it was still just a legend of his existance. He had to be discreet.
I have a question here. Why did Lestat risked being killed by Marius? What would Marius had done to Lestat if Akasha had not raised? These are related questions, I think that Marius would kill those who were near enough to the truth. Wsa Santino near the truth?
: : and later, when talking about drinking from Akasha, which he admits to having done on more than one occasion and very heavily - "A few droplets will strengthen you, but if she gives you more then that, a full measure, hardly any force on earth can destroy you after that." So Marius didn't have much to fear about his own safety. On the other hand, he would have had quite a bit to fear for Armand's. So if the coven had wanted to pin him down and extract information from him, why not use the time honored method of using a loved one against him? A threat to Armand would have gone alot father than pouncing on Marius with torches, you'd think. So that leaves one with the conclusion that the entire 'searching for Those Who Must Be Kept' alibi was a weak second in favor of doing away with the potential threat that Marius represented. Either that, or they just didn't think the entire thing through very well, now did they? =P
LP, this could be a reason for not looking for Armand, don't you think so?
: : : So here's the theory, reading between the lines. The lines of protection from Akasha's fury came from three distinct lines: Age, Lestat and Marius. At no point in the book is Marius ever hostile to Santino.
: : Hostile? No. Brisk might be a better word for it. Bristling. Pushing away Pandora and Mael and everyone, snapping at Maharet - that was a picture of Marius in one hell of a bad temper, as far as he goes.
: He did that with everyone, as you are pointing out. But in regards to the people who either speak *to* him, or whom *he* speaks to, Santy is the only one who is not bristled at by Marius.
He did that to everyone but Armand, remember. He melted when he saw Armand, he stopped fighting with Maharet out of fear he might not be able to see Armand (sigh!)
This is getting rather long and confusing.
Cecilia