Preternatural creatures weigh in?

[saucyirishlass.livejournal.com]

One of the arguments I have been a part of is how Anitaverse rules have been broken so that Laurell can turn Laurita into the most powerfulest, speshulest necrophiliac necromancer EVAR. One of the most blatant broken rules is that you cannot be a lycanthrope (or therianthrope, for amamelina) and vampire at the same time. Someone countered by pointing out the Mother of All Darkness was both.

Now, I'm completely convinced that Laurell invented the Mother of All Darkness just to be a precedent so she'd have an excuse to make Laurita all-powerful. And I'm ignoring the whole immunity-to-diseases-when-you're-a-human-servant fuck-up. My question is, does anyone remember if a vampire (who would obviously know about Marmée Noire) in a past book ever stated that you cannot be both?

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[amamelina.livejournal.com]

(or therianthrope, for amamelina)
Wheee! I got mentioned! I feel special!

does anyone remember if a vampire (who would obviously know about Marmée Noire) in a past book ever stated that you cannot be both?

I think it's been mentioned several times in the first books, and I think JC might have mentioned something to that effect or there abouts the first time he gave her the marks. Also, when they first encounted MOAD, Anita herself said it was impossible to be both.

[saucyirishlass.livejournal.com]

That's the problem, though. As far as Anita knows, it is impossible. If a vampire, who would have known about the whole Marmée Noire thing because it's their history, said in previous books that it was impossible, then it's proof that Laurell is disregarding a rule that she previously set.

Because Anita mentions it, it's obviously not one of the Anitaverse factoids that Laurell forgot. If a vampire in a past book stated that it was impossible, it would constitute universe-rule-breaking.