When I blame Anita for the actions she takes, it's after the ardeur hunger has been fed.
I blame her for showing no concern for Richard, telling him he never said no, then acting as though he was the one in the wrong for leaving her. (though the fact that she enjoyed his fear means she wanted to hurt him)
I blame her for continuing to use Nathaniel to feed the ardeur after the first "accidental" time. (though the fact that she wanted to have sex with such a childlike character who she was acting as a guardian for says something deeply disturbing about her)
I blame her for continuing to use London after another "accidental" first time, instead of refusing to take advantage of an addict.
Since the ardeur works on both parties it's no more fair to blame the man than the woman.
The marriage of the marks was not a done deal. Getting her into bed in the early books was not a done deal. The only thing she felt for him was lust, and he lied about the source of that lust in order to get her into bed and addict him to her sexually. At the beginning of BM, Anita says she feels addicted to him, but it wasn't vampire powers, just good old-fashioned lust, since JC's an incubus, it wasn't just lust, it was addictive, supernatural powers. Then she finds out from Damian that the master-servant bond can feel like love. So he was messing with her mind and free-will deliberately. That's a far greater violation than Micah's.
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I blame her for showing no concern for Richard, telling him he never said no, then acting as though he was the one in the wrong for leaving her. (though the fact that she enjoyed his fear means she wanted to hurt him)
I blame her for continuing to use Nathaniel to feed the ardeur after the first "accidental" time. (though the fact that she wanted to have sex with such a childlike character who she was acting as a guardian for says something deeply disturbing about her)
I blame her for continuing to use London after another "accidental" first time, instead of refusing to take advantage of an addict.
Since the ardeur works on both parties it's no more fair to blame the man than the woman.
The marriage of the marks was not a done deal.
Getting her into bed in the early books was not a done deal. The only thing she felt for him was lust, and he lied about the source of that lust in order to get her into bed and addict him to her sexually. At the beginning of BM, Anita says she feels addicted to him, but it wasn't vampire powers, just good old-fashioned lust, since JC's an incubus, it wasn't just lust, it was addictive, supernatural powers. Then she finds out from Damian that the master-servant bond can feel like love. So he was messing with her mind and free-will deliberately. That's a far greater violation than Micah's.