This is probably one of the larger inconsistencies in LKH's work, I can remember a podcast a while back (this is where the "werewolves are the most popular story of man turning into a wolf!" quote comes from, as she then went to say that the reason why there's so many more werewolves than anything else is just that she can find more werewolf stories) and she mentioned that feline lycanthropy (...or therianthropy?) was harder to catch and people needed to be practically mauled to death in order to become infected, and even then it was dicey. But there's suddenly all these feline shapeshifters everywhere. What. You'd think that there'd be more reports of animal attacks, or miraculous recovery from vicous animal attacks. Surely if this many people were attacked, there'd be a database somewhere with little lights pinging over a possible rogue shifter chomping on people? IDEK. As soon I start to pick at this, the fabric of the world begins to unravel.
I'm also pretty sure that a lot of the problem is that the books don't let the monsters be monsters. Yeah, it's nice to see that they're people, but bottom line is: they're not human, they're probably not going to react like humans, so throwing them into a situation where they do exactly that is...silly. Vampires that live for hundreds of years ought to know how to survive without Anita in their unlife. Shifters that are part of a social group would probably not readily welcome Anita into their structure because a) she's a stranger, and b) she's not actually one of them. I know she's got the four different strains in her system, but I am desperate for some leader to be like "WTAF? NO." and then if she gets in his/her face, just challenge her for leadership. No guns, no necromancy, just straight up tooth and claw. Anita would be wiped all over the floor.
ETA: also running joke that I had with a former member of this comm was that there totally needs to be wereravens. And Anita would try to be their Poe. I would die of laughter if wereravens showed up in the books.
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Date: 2010-08-02 06:23 pm (UTC)I'm also pretty sure that a lot of the problem is that the books don't let the monsters be monsters. Yeah, it's nice to see that they're people, but bottom line is: they're not human, they're probably not going to react like humans, so throwing them into a situation where they do exactly that is...silly. Vampires that live for hundreds of years ought to know how to survive without Anita in their unlife. Shifters that are part of a social group would probably not readily welcome Anita into their structure because a) she's a stranger, and b) she's not actually one of them. I know she's got the four different strains in her system, but I am desperate for some leader to be like "WTAF? NO." and then if she gets in his/her face, just challenge her for leadership. No guns, no necromancy, just straight up tooth and claw. Anita would be wiped all over the floor.
ETA: also running joke that I had with a former member of this comm was that there totally needs to be wereravens. And Anita would try to be their Poe. I would die of laughter if wereravens showed up in the books.