Anita started out being a strong woman who didn't have casual sex. It is stated over and over again in the early books. I can see where the series gained fans because of her moral code. She also was a "monster" killer. This is/was her claim to fame. She also only killed in extreme circumstances.
Slowly she was seduced and now is pretty much one of the monsters. This is enough to bother people because it Scares them. Could they be seduced by the dark too? If she had stuck to her morals this would never have happened. That's Scary for some people.
She is able to kill and even torture much easier now and hell the woman has to have sex several times a day in order to feed and keep those tied to her metaphysically healthy. The zealots want to know what happened to their moral hero?
They can't let it go. The character they loved so much has let them down and they can't forgive her for it and they have to do something about it. So they villify the characters, author and other fans. It has become a crusade for them right up there with religion, politics and abortion.
Re: AB bashingwatcher457August 20 2005, 03:11:16 UTC
i disagree. not that people see it that way, because i'm sure they do, but i'm getting disappointed because of what has happened to the plots, not to anita, per se. it seems to me that the mystery and sensual, dangerous edge isn't there anymore. it has sex, but that's primarily all it's about. i think the plot gets lost in it.
that's why i'm disappointed. however, i do agree that people would look at it that way and that confuses me. if you're looking for morality and virtue, why are you trying to find it in a fantasy book series with werewolves and vampires and necromancers? bizarre.
I think one of the things that is screwing up LKH's fanbase is she's basically changing genres. It used to be paranormal mysteries, and since NiC it's become paranormal romatice mysteries. (Well, romance or erotica, whatever you'd like).
I still like it b/c it's a growth of the characters and necessary to the plot choices that the author has made. I think that she's moving back to the mystery thing, she just needed to get over the hump that the ardeur introduced into the books.
Re: AB bashingwatcher457August 20 2005, 05:55:10 UTC
i hope so. i love the characters, but i'm despairing slightly. the mystery plots were part of what drew me in. i still like them, but my enthusiasm is wavering, which is part of the reason i'm waiting to see if edward returns soon. i think he's the perfect twist to shake things up. he hasn't been involved, and anita doesn't lust after him, so the ardeur means nothing. he'd be like a bucket of ice water to the entire thing.
It comes down to morality and sex.
Anita started out being a strong woman who didn't
have casual sex. It is stated over and over again in
the early books. I can see where the series gained fans
because of her moral code. She also was a "monster" killer.
This is/was her claim to fame. She also only killed in extreme
circumstances.
Slowly she was seduced and now is pretty much one of the monsters.
This is enough to bother people because it Scares them.
Could they be seduced by the dark too?
If she had stuck to her morals this would never have happened. That's Scary for some people.
She is able to kill and even torture much easier now and hell the woman has to have sex several times a day in order to feed and keep those tied to her metaphysically healthy. The zealots want to know what happened to their moral hero?
They can't let it go. The character they loved so much has let them down and they can't forgive her for it and they have to do something about it.
So they villify the characters, author and other fans. It has become a crusade for them right up there with religion, politics and abortion.
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Extremely good points. Thank you for posting.
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that's why i'm disappointed. however, i do agree that people would look at it that way and that confuses me. if you're looking for morality and virtue, why are you trying to find it in a fantasy book series with werewolves and vampires and necromancers? bizarre.
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I still like it b/c it's a growth of the characters and necessary to the plot choices that the author has made. I think that she's moving back to the mystery thing, she just needed to get over the hump that the ardeur introduced into the books.
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