Thank you for reposting this. Again, my apologies for the accidental deletion!
From your pondering above, I suspect that you and amilyn might very much enjoy discussing Natalie's PTSD and related subjects with each other. She agrees with you on the probability, and has many opinions about the canonical evidence for various causes and effects, from Natalie's past and from her relationship with Nick. I tend to use that interpretation more covertly in my fanfiction, if only because my attention is often elsewhere in canon, but I've also written stories about Natalie's grandmother's abuse having continuing effects throughout her life, especially "A Delicate Balance" -- which was written specifically for a prompt by Amilyn, thus the point of bringing it up. :-)
>"Almost as if that part of her adult personality is radioactive.I think that there are many canonical elements distinct to Natalie (not just her grandmother's abuse, established in "Dead of Night") that frequently get overlooked because Natalie is the "entry character." That is, Natalie, the human who knows about vampires, is the character with whom the audience is expected to share perspective, whose place the audience is expected to stand in, and in fact a majority of fans do seem to interact with the series from that position, whatever their faction
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From your pondering above, I suspect that you and amilyn might very much enjoy discussing Natalie's PTSD and related subjects with each other. She agrees with you on the probability, and has many opinions about the canonical evidence for various causes and effects, from Natalie's past and from her relationship with Nick. I tend to use that interpretation more covertly in my fanfiction, if only because my attention is often elsewhere in canon, but I've also written stories about Natalie's grandmother's abuse having continuing effects throughout her life, especially "A Delicate Balance" -- which was written specifically for a prompt by Amilyn, thus the point of bringing it up. :-)
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