Eeep. I remember first hearing the whole Catholic vs. Christian thing when I was first exposed to fundamentalists, in college. I remember spending a lot of time going "but . . . but . . . but . . . " and having my mind-boggled. Although some of them thought my brands of Protestant (Lutheran, Episcopalian) were a bit suspect, too.
I think I was...twelve? thirteen? before I even knew there was more than one denomination of Protestant.
Which is funny, because I was an obsessive witchcraft-hysteria geek at a very early age (thank you, Elizabeth George Speare), and had a pretty solid grasp on the theological threads involved. It was just much later that I was able to connect them to modern categorization in any way.
This works beautifully. (And I'm still sad you had to be so put off by HoI/HoF in order to get there when, as you say, it would have been so easy to fix.)
I understand that the books have a lot more on this, but there's no reason to assume TV will not diverge; in fact, I suspect TV will keep the character generic and mild, instead of letting him have a specific denomination and be observant
It's a pity for a variety of reasons, but I expect you're probably right. One of the primary reasons it comes into play in the books is as a point of conflict with his father, and the show doesn't seem to be going there to speak of. (Barring the occasional snarky one-liner about Anne Boleyn.) Though I could be proven wrong about that when we inevitably meet Christina.
I imagine that the territoriality element may have symbolic potential
It could well. I'm not sure how yet, exactly; mostly I just appreciate it as a safeguard against the Too Darn Many Vampires syndrome that tends to afflict most universes eventually.
I expect Christina's inevitable appearance will be where that potential is realized.
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Which is funny, because I was an obsessive witchcraft-hysteria geek at a very early age (thank you, Elizabeth George Speare), and had a pretty solid grasp on the theological threads involved. It was just much later that I was able to connect them to modern categorization in any way.
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More later, but I just had to say thanks. :-)
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It's a pity for a variety of reasons, but I expect you're probably right. One of the primary reasons it comes into play in the books is as a point of conflict with his father, and the show doesn't seem to be going there to speak of. (Barring the occasional snarky one-liner about Anne Boleyn.) Though I could be proven wrong about that when we inevitably meet Christina.
I imagine that the territoriality element may have symbolic potential
It could well. I'm not sure how yet, exactly; mostly I just appreciate it as a safeguard against the Too Darn Many Vampires syndrome that tends to afflict most universes eventually.
I expect Christina's inevitable appearance will be where that potential is realized.
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