Mona Mayfair, Anne Rice creepiness, & BLACKWOOD FARM CHAPTER TWENTY ONE

[a_sporking_rat]

Before I start this summary/spork, I want to talk about the character it introduces: Mona Mayfair. I have read The Witching Hour, which is the first Mayfair witches book, but I have not read the subsequent ones. Thus, I have never actually read anything with Mona in it before. However, I know of her from TV Tropes and Wikis. I am going to put this

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[lliira1]

Was I brought here for your sake or mine?

Because God forbid Quinn do anything for anyone else's sake.

he's not a schizophrenia, sociopath, or manic-depressive, and "those are the ones that worry people."

I'm far more worried by narcissism than by schizophrenia or bipolar depression. And Quinn is absolutely a narcissist. But also, talking to someone for half an hour is in no way enough to diagnose that they do/do not have said mental illnesses, particularly sociopathy. Da fuq?

When I write characters who are immediately all over a main character a quarter as much as Anne Rice's "good" secondary characters are, it's because they want something from the main character. It's not necessarily sinister, but then I don't have them lovebomb nearly as much because I feel then what's going on would be far too obvious. Anne Rice must be terribly easy to manipulate.

"Radiant gemstone of a creature"? That line is hilarious. Gemstones and creatures: not the same thing. This is purple word salad.

[viridian5]

In Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis, Lestat is worried that he doesn't know whether Quinn is still around or not, so Quinn made a big impression I guess. This and Prince Lestat are the only vampire stories from Rice I've read in years, so I don't know if Quinn showed up in books aside from Blackwood Farm.

I hated how Rice kept forcing the Mayfair witches in her vampire stories because I didn't like the Mayfairs and wanted to avoid them. Of course, there came a point where I started avoiding the vampire books for more reasons than that.

You're right. Having worked in food service myself, I really doubt Quinn's imaginary friend made a visible effect on the waitress because we put up with a ton of crap and "get it off me" with a smile. I had men coming on to me because they thought I was a high school student, various men staring at my chest (even in a uniform that hid everything) for long times, people who scared me, people who thought they were charming but were tedious and usually long-winded, people behaving horribly....