""it was against the guy code to question it that bluntly." One day I will have to rifle through my dad's stuff and see if I can find this manual so I can be as enlightened as Anita about men and their mysterious ways, which each and every one of them all have. "I could do that with officers I knew well--they have me room to poke at things, to be the girl--but with new officers I had to be one of the guys." So...you can ask more personal questions to people you know better, but not to those you don't, is what you just said here. That is not a guy thing. That is a very basic rule of social interaction with everybody thing. "Guys didn't ask about emotions unless they had to" and since she doesn't have to she decides to let it go. Hey y'all, let's play a game, how about you tell me in the comments about all the men you know who are just fine with talking about emotions whenever? Because honestly the only man I know like that is my dad." Duuuuude. If she was truly so concerned about not asking about emotions, she could just ask Urlich about the evils of vampires. Even guys who are ~stoic about their emotions~ are usually more than willing to proselytize endlessly about a topic on which they're passionate. ...As are humans in general. Are we sure Anita isn't a bizarrely condescending alien biologist?
"it's just not something ANYONE does unless they're honestly evil sadists." Aaaaaah, but Anita views it as dark and edgy to do such things. I honestly don't think she views it any differently than kinky sex. (Well, now that she's more 'liberated', I suppose not. Perhaps the strangulation-sex.) Hey, it's transgressing Other People's rules upon you, right? Right? That's all the same! Why are you backing away from her like that?
"JUST PSYCHICALLY MAKE THE VAMPS TELL YOU, ANITA! Wait, no, that would be hugely violating, I can't believe I just said that, THIS IS WHAT THIS SITUATION IS DOING TO ME!" No, you're right. Anita would have absolutely no inhibitions about using them if she didn't have her Cop Hat on at the moment. It's pretty much the lesser of two evils at this point. Considering that vampires frequently roll humans, it wouldn't be too much out of the realm of what's apparently one of the more BENIGN sides of vampire society.
Anita is just getting off on being a cop allowed to abuse her authority because she CAN. If she ever was allowed in a war zone, she'd set up an Abu Gharib situation in no time flat. That's not even a Godwin's Law-style comparison, that is exactly what she'd do. And she'd take pride in it.
Writing out your fantasies is one thing, but LKH should at least have characters pointing out (while being treated seriously by the narrative) that Anita is a COMPLETE MONSTER. Instead, Anita needs constant hug-rallies on how she's so unappreciated and noble.
Now, the ardeur is SUPPOSED to deform personalities to make them conform to what Anita wants and needs. If that would be pointed out every once in a while, the lack of Anita-criticism would actually make sense, and could be played for horror. And you'd think Anita would get off on it, since mind-rape and enslavement are some of her kinks. But no, apparently she has to pretend that they wanted it, honest guv'nor.
Bleh.
"Anita, you are on one hell of a slippery slope here. And yeah, I'm pretty sure this LKH talking back at people who have the nerve to note Anita has become a downright murderer." "On"? She's hit the bottom and is tunneling lower! :P
"OH MY GOD YOU GUYS, I WANT A LARRY FAN CLUB NOW, HOLY SHIT!' SO DO I :D
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Date: 2013-12-30 09:14 pm (UTC)Duuuuude. If she was truly so concerned about not asking about emotions, she could just ask Urlich about the evils of vampires. Even guys who are ~stoic about their emotions~ are usually more than willing to proselytize endlessly about a topic on which they're passionate.
...As are humans in general. Are we sure Anita isn't a bizarrely condescending alien biologist?
"it's just not something ANYONE does unless they're honestly evil sadists."
Aaaaaah, but Anita views it as dark and edgy to do such things. I honestly don't think she views it any differently than kinky sex. (Well, now that she's more 'liberated', I suppose not. Perhaps the strangulation-sex.) Hey, it's transgressing Other People's rules upon you, right? Right? That's all the same! Why are you backing away from her like that?
"JUST PSYCHICALLY MAKE THE VAMPS TELL YOU, ANITA! Wait, no, that would be hugely violating, I can't believe I just said that, THIS IS WHAT THIS SITUATION IS DOING TO ME!"
No, you're right. Anita would have absolutely no inhibitions about using them if she didn't have her Cop Hat on at the moment. It's pretty much the lesser of two evils at this point. Considering that vampires frequently roll humans, it wouldn't be too much out of the realm of what's apparently one of the more BENIGN sides of vampire society.
Anita is just getting off on being a cop allowed to abuse her authority because she CAN. If she ever was allowed in a war zone, she'd set up an Abu Gharib situation in no time flat. That's not even a Godwin's Law-style comparison, that is exactly what she'd do. And she'd take pride in it.
Writing out your fantasies is one thing, but LKH should at least have characters pointing out (while being treated seriously by the narrative) that Anita is a COMPLETE MONSTER. Instead, Anita needs constant hug-rallies on how she's so unappreciated and noble.
Now, the ardeur is SUPPOSED to deform personalities to make them conform to what Anita wants and needs. If that would be pointed out every once in a while, the lack of Anita-criticism would actually make sense, and could be played for horror. And you'd think Anita would get off on it, since mind-rape and enslavement are some of her kinks. But no, apparently she has to pretend that they wanted it, honest guv'nor.
Bleh.
"Anita, you are on one hell of a slippery slope here. And yeah, I'm pretty sure this LKH talking back at people who have the nerve to note Anita has become a downright murderer."
"On"? She's hit the bottom and is tunneling lower! :P
"OH MY GOD YOU GUYS, I WANT A LARRY FAN CLUB NOW, HOLY SHIT!'
SO DO I :D