Gregory wouldn't be in be as rich and powerful as he is if he wasn't able to focus down and be cunning when it suits him. It doesn't do to underestimate him. He may superficially seem to be a spoiled playboy, but underestimate him at your peril. He happens to also a man of very big appetites which he enjoys indulging.
Thing about vampires which might not really becoming through here because I'm so firmly rooted in George's POV, is that they really don't take George's moral and emotional objections seriously... at all. Because they all know they can flip those given enough time and make him happy to go along with whatever. Abram didn't because his focus was on Wally and he didn't have enough time. Jeffrey didn't because George slipped away before he had a chance to. Darlene of course couldn't.
Nadette had ample opportunity, but just didn't want to because George was male and she wasn't planning on keeping him. Hence Gregory's astonishment during the tasting. He flat out expected that George would eagerly go along with whatever he suggested and instead he found George in a "raw" state of being utterly terrified and unwilling. He never blamed George for that, he just thought it was perplexing that Nadette neglected to do what seemed to him to be utterly basic preparation.
Oh, it definitely comes across that George's feelings are dispensable to all vampires. I hope a future project has a vampiric point of view, just because it is so fun.
And I find Gregory more scary than amusing, but really, there is something hilarious about how awful George's situation is, and how precipitously it worsened with every word out of Gregory's mouth. It's fun that he's unintentionally the most monstrous when he's being considerate-- he really was going to take poor George home to a welcoming commitee of rapists from central casting! The whole idea is funny; you have to wonder if he'd go through the head-shots personally, probably not, so you have to wonder how the casting director fares, what if he goes in a direction Gregory doesn't like? What a terrifying assignment!
Gregory is a scary dude. He robbed (no quotations marks around it, he actually did rob) George, for no reason other than it occurred to him to be a funny thing to do at the moment. He's a dangerous person to have as a patron. He's probably a blast at parties though.
Thing about vampires which might not really becoming through here because I'm so firmly rooted in George's POV, is that they really don't take George's moral and emotional objections seriously... at all. Because they all know they can flip those given enough time and make him happy to go along with whatever. Abram didn't because his focus was on Wally and he didn't have enough time. Jeffrey didn't because George slipped away before he had a chance to. Darlene of course couldn't.
Nadette had ample opportunity, but just didn't want to because George was male and she wasn't planning on keeping him. Hence Gregory's astonishment during the tasting. He flat out expected that George would eagerly go along with whatever he suggested and instead he found George in a "raw" state of being utterly terrified and unwilling. He never blamed George for that, he just thought it was perplexing that Nadette neglected to do what seemed to him to be utterly basic preparation.
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And I find Gregory more scary than amusing, but really, there is something hilarious about how awful George's situation is, and how precipitously it worsened with every word out of Gregory's mouth. It's fun that he's unintentionally the most monstrous when he's being considerate-- he really was going to take poor George home to a welcoming commitee of rapists from central casting! The whole idea is funny; you have to wonder if he'd go through the head-shots personally, probably not, so you have to wonder how the casting director fares, what if he goes in a direction Gregory doesn't like? What a terrifying assignment!
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