Okay the bathtub image has made me nearly physically ill. I know will read that and hope that she goes "Ew, tastes nasty." I bet Jean-Claude has magical tastes delicious soap.
One of my Grandma's bathrooms is fully carpeted, not going to lie it always confused me. I thought it was strange and possibly unsanitary.
Not directed toward you by any means, upon reading "So, I was re-skimming "The Killing Dance" last night--" my first uncensored thought was Well, there's your first mistake.
I know, but I find the earlier books to be much less of a train wreck than the later ones even if they're still bad. I think I was reading an old rant about it, so I started skimming to double check something, and then I just... continued. XD
My mother went through this phase of carpeting the bathroom. I fought tooth and claw for waterproof flooring and won! I still shudder at the colour the grey carpet went, and the things that went on it.
LKH's writing has always been along the lines of 'don't look too closely' for me. It's light fun read but you do need to turn off your thinking cap. They turn into a trainwreck when you have to keep your thinking cap off and have brain damage to enjoy.
Carpet in the bathroom is disgusting and I'll one up you. My mom used to have a carpet cover on the toilet seat cover. *shudder*
On the other hand, if I was a vampire who hadn't gone poop or pee in 200 years, I would probably carpet the whole bathroom too.
That last bit was what excused it in my head. I mean, IIRC that was his private bath, so it wasn't like much other than the bath-tub and sink got used on a regular basis. Hell, it'd probably be really nice in winter months.
Edit: There's no excuse for the tub's magical properties, though.
I don't know. Even without the toilet, it'd probably still get smelly (unless Jean-Claude had new carpet put in every few months.) The steam from the bath would probably make the carpet slightly damp every time he had a hot bath, even if he didn't splash any water out or drip on the carpet when he dried himself off. And with that kind of dampness, you'd think that the carpet would get moldy after a while.
Then again, I live in the tropics so mold is second nature to me. It's bad enough with metal, tile, and linoleum... to add carpet to a bathroom. You're just asking for it.
I wouldn't run out and put carpet the shower but it would be something I wouldn't be adverse to either ..maybe. I dunno - I've never been a 200 year old vampire who doesn't pee or poop.
And really, baths are gross to me. Just sitting there and stewing in your own dirt. Whenever I take a bath (because I've been convinced it will be relaxing) I have to shower after. Sex and goo and who knows what in a bath just isn't sexy. Add in molding carpet and my gag reflex would be kicking in.
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One of my Grandma's bathrooms is fully carpeted, not going to lie it always confused me. I thought it was strange and possibly unsanitary.
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Carpet in the bathroom is disgusting and I'll one up you. My mom used to have a carpet cover on the toilet seat cover. *shudder*
On the other hand, if I was a vampire who hadn't gone poop or pee in 200 years, I would probably carpet the whole bathroom too.
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Edit: There's no excuse for the tub's magical properties, though.
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Then again, I live in the tropics so mold is second nature to me. It's bad enough with metal, tile, and linoleum... to add carpet to a bathroom. You're just asking for it.
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And really, baths are gross to me. Just sitting there and stewing in your own dirt. Whenever I take a bath (because I've been convinced it will be relaxing) I have to shower after. Sex and goo and who knows what in a bath just isn't sexy. Add in molding carpet and my gag reflex would be kicking in.
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