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Did Harry lie to Michael, or worse?
nadia.skylark:
--- Quote ---hat's fair. I just think she was more 50/50 going to die of supernatural causes if Harry had kept her at arms length. Do you think Harry extended her life by several years by putting her in a position to have supernatural powers instead of dying horribly within a few years of Storm Front?
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I'm not sure about Mira, but I definitely think so.
Bad Alias:
I've compared Susan going to the party like going somewhere after a Navy Seal tells you he isn't willing to go there because it's too dangerous despite not doing it pissing the Navy off at him. How stupid can you be?
Point being, I can definitely see y'all's side of things.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Bad Alias on February 22, 2019, 04:24:26 AM ---That's fair. I just think she was more 50/50 going to die of supernatural causes if Harry had kept her at arms length. Do you think Harry extended her life by several years by putting her in a position to have supernatural powers instead of dying horribly within a few years of Storm Front?
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No, what was the quality of that life? Was she happy being a half turned vamp? Yeah, she was part of the resistance, but it was that her true choice considering the alternatives? Did she seem to be a happy camper when she returned in Death Masks? She couldn't even be a mother to her child because of it.
forumghost:
--- Quote from: Bad Alias on February 22, 2019, 05:01:10 AM ---I've compared Susan going to the party like going somewhere after a Navy Seal tells you he isn't willing to go there because it's too dangerous despite not doing it pissing the Navy off at him. How stupid can you be?
Point being, I can definitely see y'all's side of things.
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I mean I doubt Harry would see it that way, but it was 100% her fault and honestly Susan got off better then she deserved for that particular act of stupidity. I mean really:
Susan: "Harry, can I go with you to the Vampire Party?"
Harry: "No. Because I'm not going, because I'm a hamburger to those creatures and it's almost definitely a trap specifically set up to kill me by the host, that has a Grudge against me, personally."
Susan:"Imma steal your invite."
How thick can you get???
Avernite:
--- Quote from: Talby16 on February 21, 2019, 10:19:11 PM ---
Susan is a tragic character due to her fate, but I think that her end definitely overshadows the choices she made that put her in that position in the eyes of some readers (as illustrated by the above posts). One of the biggest decisions (that I disagree with) was her choice of where Maggie should grow up. I can see her concerns about the safety around Harry, but she thought the better alternative was a family she personally knew within the Red's sphere of influence. She joined the Fellowship and was an active fighter against the Reds and a known associate of their greatest enemy. She knew that Maggie would be a target because of her parentage and didn't take any more precautions than putting her with friends.
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Much as I think Harry and you have a point that it would probably have been safer to keep her somewhere with Harry - Susan was probably primarily thinking about being as much a mother to Maggie as she could be, and that required a foster home in South America.
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