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She was there in ''Twilight''; [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou we just didn't notice her.]]
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* [[spoiler:Partially confirmed, partially {{Jossed}}. The mnemic blast did destabilize the Volturi, not because it affected anyone's view of Chelsea, but because it included the fact that Aro killed Didyme.]]
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In one of the [[RecursiveFanfiction recursive fics]] hosted on the Luminosity website, a character is seen playing a video game called ''Blood and Gold IV: Fall of Volterra'', which is implied to parallel the events of the series. These games were actually created by one of the wolves, specifically Wendy Chandler:
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In one of the [[RecursiveFanfiction recursive fics]] hosted on the Luminosity website, a character is seen playing a video game called ''Blood and Gold IV: Fall of Volterra'', which is implied to parallel the events of the series. These games were actually created by Their creator is never named, but there's reason to believe it was one of the wolves, specifically Wendy Chandler:
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[[WMG: Wendy Chandler created the ''Blood and Gold'' games featured in some of the RecursiveFanfiction.]]
In one of the [[RecursiveFanfiction recursive fics]] hosted on the Luminosity website, a character is seen playing a video game called ''Blood and Gold IV: Fall of Volterra'', which is implied to parallel the events of the series. These games were actually created by one of the wolves, specifically Wendy Chandler:
* While the games could have been created by anyone "informed of things", the most likely candidate is someone who was involved in the events (and thus is familiar with the details), but not one of the major players (who'd probably be too emotionally close to what happened). Wendy fits this description.
* Looking at the [[AllThereInTheManual character list]], almost all the wolves chose their post-''Radiance'' pack based on either being with family or letting their imprints stay close to home. Out of all the wolves who chose to stay in Volterra, Wendy is the only one who didn't do so for one of those reasons -- in fact, her sister Danielle and her family, Wendy's only living relatives, went to Quebec. Given this, it's not a stretch to conjecture that Wendy feels a deep connection to Volterra and possibly takes an interest in its history.
* When Elspeth was captured in Denali, Wendy was the one to ask about how to deal with the other Cullens, suggesting she's inclined toward strategy; i.e., the kind of person who might be interested in creating video games.
* It's stated that in the first game of the series, you play as the Volturi, only for them to be the villains of the subsequent games. This parallels the experiences of the kept wolves (including Wendy), who fought for the Volturi for years, but saw them "turn out to be the villains" upon being de-Chelseaed.
In one of the [[RecursiveFanfiction recursive fics]] hosted on the Luminosity website, a character is seen playing a video game called ''Blood and Gold IV: Fall of Volterra'', which is implied to parallel the events of the series. These games were actually created by one of the wolves, specifically Wendy Chandler:
* While the games could have been created by anyone "informed of things", the most likely candidate is someone who was involved in the events (and thus is familiar with the details), but not one of the major players (who'd probably be too emotionally close to what happened). Wendy fits this description.
* Looking at the [[AllThereInTheManual character list]], almost all the wolves chose their post-''Radiance'' pack based on either being with family or letting their imprints stay close to home. Out of all the wolves who chose to stay in Volterra, Wendy is the only one who didn't do so for one of those reasons -- in fact, her sister Danielle and her family, Wendy's only living relatives, went to Quebec. Given this, it's not a stretch to conjecture that Wendy feels a deep connection to Volterra and possibly takes an interest in its history.
* When Elspeth was captured in Denali, Wendy was the one to ask about how to deal with the other Cullens, suggesting she's inclined toward strategy; i.e., the kind of person who might be interested in creating video games.
* It's stated that in the first game of the series, you play as the Volturi, only for them to be the villains of the subsequent games. This parallels the experiences of the kept wolves (including Wendy), who fought for the Volturi for years, but saw them "turn out to be the villains" upon being de-Chelseaed.
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[[WMG: Bella has gone through Dialectical Behavior Therapy.]]
A lot of the techniques Bella uses to control her emotions and redirect her thoughts are suspiciously similar to DBT skills -- because that's what they are. At some point, Renee took an interest in new therapy techniques, and, seeing that her young daughter had a hard time dealing with her emotions, managed to get her into DBT sessions. This made Bella into the person we see in Luminosity, rather than her canon self.
A lot of the techniques Bella uses to control her emotions and redirect her thoughts are suspiciously similar to DBT skills -- because that's what they are. At some point, Renee took an interest in new therapy techniques, and, seeing that her young daughter had a hard time dealing with her emotions, managed to get her into DBT sessions. This made Bella into the person we see in Luminosity, rather than her canon self.
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With the publication of the Twilight Illustrated Guide, this fic seemingly became OutdatedByCanon, as Afton and Corin are said to have different powers from the ones they have here, while the latter and Santiago are the opposite genders as here. However, this is actually due to Luminosity diverging from canon earlier than previously thought:
* Santiago's parents had a girl instead of a boy, but the lives of the two were similar enough that both ended up becoming vampires and joining the Volturi guard. Canon Santiago uses the name for the same reason as Luminosity Santiago; however, because he's a man, no one ever suspected it wasn't his birth name.
* The same thing happened with Corin's parents. In this case, witchcraft ran in their family, but since a different one of their possible children was born, that child unsurprisingly ended up a different power.
* Afton is actually the same person in both timelines, but due to different childhood experiences, his personality developed differently, leading to his power taking a different form. (This could also explain why Chelsea seems more powerful in Luminosity than in canon: being with a different version of Afton changed the course of her life in a way that led her to become more skilled in the use of her power.)
With the publication of the Twilight Illustrated Guide, this fic seemingly became OutdatedByCanon, as Afton and Corin are said to have different powers from the ones they have here, while the latter and Santiago are the opposite genders as here. However, this is actually due to Luminosity diverging from canon earlier than previously thought:
* Santiago's parents had a girl instead of a boy, but the lives of the two were similar enough that both ended up becoming vampires and joining the Volturi guard. Canon Santiago uses the name for the same reason as Luminosity Santiago; however, because he's a man, no one ever suspected it wasn't his birth name.
* The same thing happened with Corin's parents. In this case, witchcraft ran in their family, but since a different one of their possible children was born, that child unsurprisingly ended up a different power.
* Afton is actually the same person in both timelines, but due to different childhood experiences, his personality developed differently, leading to his power taking a different form. (This could also explain why Chelsea seems more powerful in Luminosity than in canon: being with a different version of Afton changed the course of her life in a way that led her to become more skilled in the use of her power.)
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** Feeding would still be a big problem. While they don't nutritionally need it, the overwhelming urge could easily destroy not only a remaining human population but many animal species as well. With nothing big enough alive to abate the urge, you're left with billions of vampires constantly feeling like they're starving to death and driven mad with pain. Something would have to exist that could numb the pain, the chemical compounds of this substance would have to be discovered, and it would need to be able to affect the bodies of vampires, and it would need to be without any horrible side effects, and it would need to be able to last for a decent amount of time, and it would need to be manufactured in an environmentally-friendly manner.
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* Feeding would still be a big problem. While they don't nutritionally need it, the overwhelming urge could easily destroy not only a remaining human population but many animal species as well. With nothing big enough alive to abate the urge, you're left with billions of vampires constantly feeling like they're starving to death and driven mad with pain. Something would have to exist that could numb the pain, the chemical compounds of this substance would have to be discovered, and it would need to be able to affect the bodies of vampires, and it would need to be without any horrible side effects, and it would need to be able to last for a decent amount of time, and it would need to be manufactured in an environmentally-friendly manner.
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[[WMG:"Singers" are all powerful witches...]]
And this is a survival instinct. Bella and Edward, for instance: Bella smelled good to ''everyone'', because she blocked out all powers, but especially to Edward, because her power was most intrinsically geared to blocking his. She keeps her mind private, he makes others minds public. Pera was Bella's singer because she could get past Bella's defenses--both in hiding people/things from her, and hiding Bella. No one has noticed this pattern because powerful singers tend to end up dead. This could also mesh well with the mate bond being with powerful witches: if a witch can help you and you leave him/her human, you run a risk of running into his/her "listener"[[note]]I made up that term on the spot.[[/note]]. Giving a reason to turn them and guaranteeing alliance works well. Edward was a rare confluence of the two.
* By extension, Nathan would have been Siobhan's singer. And/or possibly vice-versa.
* This would [[JustifiedTrope Justify]] the [[spoiler:Razi/Pera]] mate bond.
And this is a survival instinct. Bella and Edward, for instance: Bella smelled good to ''everyone'', because she blocked out all powers, but especially to Edward, because her power was most intrinsically geared to blocking his. She keeps her mind private, he makes others minds public. Pera was Bella's singer because she could get past Bella's defenses--both in hiding people/things from her, and hiding Bella. No one has noticed this pattern because powerful singers tend to end up dead. This could also mesh well with the mate bond being with powerful witches: if a witch can help you and you leave him/her human, you run a risk of running into his/her "listener"[[note]]I made up that term on the spot.[[/note]]. Giving a reason to turn them and guaranteeing alliance works well. Edward was a rare confluence of the two.
* By extension, Nathan would have been Siobhan's singer. And/or possibly vice-versa.
* This would [[JustifiedTrope Justify]] the [[spoiler:Razi/Pera]] mate bond.
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And this is a survival instinct. Bella and Edward, for instance: Bella smelled good to ''everyone'', because she blocked out all powers, but especially to Edward, because her power was most intrinsically geared to blocking his. She keeps her mind private, he makes others minds public. Pera was Bella's singer because she could get past Bella's defenses--both in hiding people/things from her, and hiding Bella. No one has noticed this pattern because powerful singers tend to end up dead. This could also mesh well with the mate bond being with powerful witches: if a witch can help you and you leave him/her human, you run a risk of running into his/her "listener"[[note]]I made up that term on the spot.[[/note]]. Giving a reason to turn them and guaranteeing alliance works well. Edward was a rare confluence of the two.
* By extension, Nathan would have been Siobhan's singer. And/or possibly vice-versa.
* This would [[JustifiedTrope Justify]] the [[spoiler:Razi/Pera]] mate bond.
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[[WMG: Vampires (and potentially the wolves) are created by a powerfull Witchcraft]]
Vampires are more than overpowered, even if we consider the existence of creatures like both species of wolves. It is just hard to believe that they are the result of any kind of ''natural evolution''. So they might actually be the creation of [[AWizardDidIT powerful witchcraft]]. While such level of power is rare, a witch capable of reshaping life into something like a vampire isn't all that far fetch, and even makes more sense, it is possible that originally there was a ''natural'' species of vampire inferior than the current one, that was transformed by magic in what vampires are today.
[[WMG:Demetri got very high-fidelity memories from Elspeth]]
Because they concerned [[spoiler:his mate]]. So he doesn't just vaguely know what happened to her, between vampire processing speed and focusing so closely on his mate, he lived it. [[TearJerker/FanWorks Yeah.]]
Vampires are more than overpowered, even if we consider the existence of creatures like both species of wolves. It is just hard to believe that they are the result of any kind of ''natural evolution''. So they might actually be the creation of [[AWizardDidIT powerful witchcraft]]. While such level of power is rare, a witch capable of reshaping life into something like a vampire isn't all that far fetch, and even makes more sense, it is possible that originally there was a ''natural'' species of vampire inferior than the current one, that was transformed by magic in what vampires are today.
[[WMG:Demetri got very high-fidelity memories from Elspeth]]
Because they concerned [[spoiler:his mate]]. So he doesn't just vaguely know what happened to her, between vampire processing speed and focusing so closely on his mate, he lived it. [[TearJerker/FanWorks Yeah.]]
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Vampires are more than overpowered, even if we consider the existence of creatures like both species of wolves. It is just hard to believe that they are the result of any kind of ''natural evolution''. So they might actually be the creation of [[AWizardDidIT powerful witchcraft]]. While such level of power is rare, a witch capable of reshaping life into something like a vampire isn't all that far fetch, and even makes more sense, it is possible that originally there was a ''natural'' species of vampire inferior than the current one, that was transformed by magic in what vampires are today.
[[WMG:Demetri got very high-fidelity memories from Elspeth]]
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[[WMG:Alice can now see the futures of werewolves and half-vampires.]]
In [[Literature/{{Twilight}} canon]], Alice speculates that she is "limited by [her] nature"--she can read humans okay because she ''was'' one, and vampires because she ''is'' one, but had no experience of being half-vampire/werewolf, so couldn't read them. With Addy having just performed a memory-blast, if Alice was in range then she now ''has'' those experiences.
* Though the theory remains untouched, as of chapter 37, she hasn't been blasted.
In [[Literature/{{Twilight}} canon]], Alice speculates that she is "limited by [her] nature"--she can read humans okay because she ''was'' one, and vampires because she ''is'' one, but had no experience of being half-vampire/werewolf, so couldn't read them. With Addy having just performed a memory-blast, if Alice was in range then she now ''has'' those experiences.
* Though the theory remains untouched, as of chapter 37, she hasn't been blasted.
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In [[Literature/{{Twilight}} canon]], Alice speculates that she is "limited by [her] nature"--she can read humans okay because she ''was'' one, and vampires because she ''is'' one, but had no experience of being half-vampire/werewolf, so couldn't read them. With Addy having just performed a memory-blast, if Alice was in range then she now ''has'' those experiences.
* Though the theory remains untouched, as of chapter 37, she hasn't been blasted.
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[[WMG:"Singers" are all powerful witches...]]
And this is a survival instinct. Bella and Edward, for instance: Bella smelled good to ''everyone'', because she blocked out all powers, but especially to Edward, because her power was most intrinsically geared to blocking his. She keeps her mind private, he makes others minds public. Pera was Bella's singer because she could get past Bella's defenses--both in hiding people/things from her, and hiding Bella. No one has noticed this pattern because powerful singers tend to end up dead. This could also mesh well with the mate bond being with powerful witches: if a witch can help you and you leave him/her human, you run a risk of running into his/her "listener"[[note]]I made up that term on the spot.[[/note]]. Giving a reason to turn them and guaranteeing alliance works well. Edward was a rare confluence of the two.
* By extension, Nathan would have been Siobhan's singer. And/or possibly vice-versa.
* This would [[JustifiedTrope Justify]] the [[spoiler:Razi/Pera]] mate bond.
[[WMG: Vampires (and potentially the wolves) are created by a powerfull Witchcraft]]
Vampires are more than overpowered, even if we consider the existence of creatures like both species of wolves. It is just hard to believe that they are the result of any kind of ''natural evolution''. So they might actually be the creation of [[AWizardDidIT powerful witchcraft]]. While such level of power is rare, a witch capable of reshaping life into something like a vampire isn't all that far fetch, and even makes more sense, it is possible that originally there was a ''natural'' species of vampire inferior than the current one, that was transformed by magic in what vampires are today.
[[WMG:Demetri got very high-fidelity memories from Elspeth]]
Because they concerned [[spoiler:his mate]]. So he doesn't just vaguely know what happened to her, between vampire processing speed and focusing so closely on his mate, he lived it. [[TearJerker/FanWorks Yeah.]]
[[WMG:Alice will be able to see futures involving werewolves and hybrids if she's blasted with memories from those species.]]
In [[Literature/{{Twilight}} canon]], Alice speculates that she is "limited by [her] nature" -- she can read humans okay because she ''was'' one, and vampires because she ''is'' one, but had no experience of being a half-vampire or werewolf, so couldn't read them. But if she's blasted with a lifetime of memories from one or more of each, that will no longer be true, so her blind spot with regard to those species might go away as well.
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Because they concerned [[spoiler:his mate]]. So he doesn't just vaguely know what happened to her, between vampire processing speed and focusing so closely on his mate, he lived it. [[TearJerker/FanFiction Yeah.]]
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Because they concerned [[spoiler:his mate]]. So he doesn't just vaguely know what happened to her, between vampire processing speed and focusing so closely on his mate, he lived it. [[TearJerker/FanFiction [[TearJerker/FanWorks Yeah.]]
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It's explicitly stated that vampires cannot become unconsious; even if their brain is scattered in several pieces, their mind and ability to think, reason, imagine, and remember remains fully intact. This is HUGELY significant. It seems to me that the most likely explanation is that vampire venom is something a great deal more sophisticated than a simple mutagenic agent. For simplicity's sake, let's call it magical nanites. Given that vampire minds remain functional even when the brain is broken into bits, it follows that a vampire's ''mind'' resides as a distributed intelligence in the ''venom'' and not in the brain. The brain still would serve a purpose as a control nexus for the body, but vampires don't use their brains to ''think'' any more than human uses their spinal cord to think. This could also explain how venom "knows" to repair its own body but is harmful to all others: the venom is physically the same, its just running different software, which makes sense given that after a vampire turns a human, the original vampire's venom is then harmful to the resulting vampire, even though the resulting vampire got their venom from the original vampire.
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** Feeding would still be a big problem. While they don't nutritionally need it, the overwhelming urge could easily destroy not only a remaining human population but many animal species as well. With nothing big enough alive to abate the urge, you're left with billions of vampires constantly feeling like they're starving to death and driven mad with pain. Something would have to exist that could numb the pain, the chemical compounds of this substance would have to be discovered, and it would need to be able to affect the bodies of vampires, and it would need to be without any horrible side effects, and it would need to be able to last for a decent amount of time, and it would need to be manufactured in an environmentally-friendly manner.
It's explicitly stated that vampires cannot becomeunconsious; unconscious; even if their brain is scattered in several pieces, their mind and ability to think, reason, imagine, and remember remains fully intact. This is HUGELY significant. It seems to me that the most likely explanation is that vampire venom is something a great deal more sophisticated than a simple mutagenic agent. For simplicity's sake, let's call it magical nanites. Given that vampire minds remain functional even when the brain is broken into bits, it follows that a vampire's ''mind'' resides as a distributed intelligence in the ''venom'' and not in the brain. The brain still would serve a purpose as a control nexus for the body, but vampires don't use their brains to ''think'' any more than human uses their spinal cord to think. This could also explain how venom "knows" to repair its own body but is harmful to all others: the venom is physically the same, its just running different software, which makes sense given that after a vampire turns a human, the original vampire's venom is then harmful to the resulting vampire, even though the resulting vampire got their venom from the original vampire.
It's explicitly stated that vampires cannot become
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And this is a survival instinct. Bella and Edward, for instance: Bella smelled good to ''everyone'', because she blocked out all powers, but especially to Edward, because her power was most intrinsically geared to blocking his. She keeps her mind private, he makes others minds public. Pera was Bella's singer because she could get past Bella's defenses--both in hiding people/things from her, and hiding Bella. No one has noticed this pattern because powerful singers tend to end up dead. This could also mesh well with the mate bond being with powerful witches: if a witch can help you and you leave him/her human, you run a risk of running into his/her "listener"[[hottip:*:I made up that term on the spot.]]. Giving a reason to turn them and guaranteeing alliance works well. Edward was a rare confluence of the two.
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And this is a survival instinct. Bella and Edward, for instance: Bella smelled good to ''everyone'', because she blocked out all powers, but especially to Edward, because her power was most intrinsically geared to blocking his. She keeps her mind private, he makes others minds public. Pera was Bella's singer because she could get past Bella's defenses--both in hiding people/things from her, and hiding Bella. No one has noticed this pattern because powerful singers tend to end up dead. This could also mesh well with the mate bond being with powerful witches: if a witch can help you and you leave him/her human, you run a risk of running into his/her "listener"[[hottip:*:I "listener"[[note]]I made up that term on the spot.]].[[/note]]. Giving a reason to turn them and guaranteeing alliance works well. Edward was a rare confluence of the two.
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* Guess at slightly more specific: Those vampires are not particularly angry at how she was keeping them together[[spoiler:--only how she was unfairly biasing them towards ''her'']]. This will turn them against Chelsea, which will slowly drive her insane, and then breaking up the Volturi when she needs to be put down--unless Aro can get Addy back. [[XanatosGambit Ohmy]][[BatmanGambit goodness]].
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* Guess at slightly more specific: Those vampires are not particularly angry at how she was keeping them together[[spoiler:--only how she was unfairly biasing them towards ''her'']]. This will turn them against Chelsea, which will slowly drive her insane, and then breaking up the Volturi when she needs to be put down--unless Aro can get Addy back. [[XanatosGambit Ohmy]][[BatmanGambit [[ThePlan Oh my goodness]].
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* No particular reason why having six billion vampires would be any worse than having six billion humans, actually. Aside from feeding, a vampire doesn't actually consume that many resources. Plus with everyone being smarter technological growth will outpace Malthusian limitations even faster than it already is, especially since inventors won't die or grow senile, won't get sick or tired, and won't ever forget anything.
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[[WMG: Turning is akin to a [[BrainUploading Brain Upload]].]]
It's explicitly stated that vampires cannot become unconsious; even if their brain is scattered in several pieces, their mind and ability to think, reason, imagine, and remember remains fully intact. This is HUGELY significant. It seems to me that the most likely explanation is that vampire venom is something a great deal more sophisticated than a simple mutagenic agent. For simplicity's sake, let's call it magical nanites. Given that vampire minds remain functional even when the brain is broken into bits, it follows that a vampire's ''mind'' resides as a distributed intelligence in the ''venom'' and not in the brain. The brain still would serve a purpose as a control nexus for the body, but vampires don't use their brains to ''think'' any more than human uses their spinal cord to think. This could also explain how venom "knows" to repair its own body but is harmful to all others: the venom is physically the same, its just running different software, which makes sense given that after a vampire turns a human, the original vampire's venom is then harmful to the resulting vampire, even though the resulting vampire got their venom from the original vampire.
It's explicitly stated that vampires cannot become unconsious; even if their brain is scattered in several pieces, their mind and ability to think, reason, imagine, and remember remains fully intact. This is HUGELY significant. It seems to me that the most likely explanation is that vampire venom is something a great deal more sophisticated than a simple mutagenic agent. For simplicity's sake, let's call it magical nanites. Given that vampire minds remain functional even when the brain is broken into bits, it follows that a vampire's ''mind'' resides as a distributed intelligence in the ''venom'' and not in the brain. The brain still would serve a purpose as a control nexus for the body, but vampires don't use their brains to ''think'' any more than human uses their spinal cord to think. This could also explain how venom "knows" to repair its own body but is harmful to all others: the venom is physically the same, its just running different software, which makes sense given that after a vampire turns a human, the original vampire's venom is then harmful to the resulting vampire, even though the resulting vampire got their venom from the original vampire.
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In [[{{Twilight}} canon]], Alice speculates that she is "limited by [her] nature"--she can read humans okay because she ''was'' one, and vampires because she ''is'' one, but had no experience of being half-vampire/werewolf, so couldn't read them. With Addy having just performed a memory-blast, if Alice was in range then she now ''has'' those experiences.
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* What I figured was that most of the vampires are nomads and go years without seeing another vampire. Therefore, most of them have not met each other- and during the events of the books, many are brought together. A lot of the witches would not have met each other if not for them being in the dungeon, and Razi would have probably never met Pera except for the revolution, Maggie would have never seen her mate except for the Cullens and Bella, etc. Therefore, it's not someone tweaking the bonds, it's just that the vampires are being brought together. More mates should form as they begin living in a more colonized society.
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* Despite considering turning a better option than death, Bella is only offering the choice of turning (and many wouldn't take it), and Bella isn't planning to turn ''everyone'' in to a vampire exactly for the stated reasons. While not stated, Bella is smart enough to realize that you can't save six billion people, but she can try to save as much as she can.
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Bella's starting to consider some way of eventually turning the entire human population. Considering that the world has six billion people, and is already suffering from greatly from overpopulation and resource depletion, over the long term there's no practical way of granting vampiric immortality to everybody on the planet. However, finding a way to permanently weave vampiric blood into the population, by increasing the number of half-vampires (or some other fraction of vampire,) would probably enable this much more easily, only over a longer period of time and with many more casualties as the current population aged to death.
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Bella's starting to consider some way of eventually turning the entire human population. Considering that the world has six billion people, and is already suffering from greatly from overpopulation and resource depletion, over the long term there's no practical way of granting vampiric immortality to everybody on the planet. However, finding a way to permanently weave vampiric blood into the population, by increasing the number of half-vampires (or some other fraction of vampire,) gradually breeding all humans with vampires, generation by generation, until all humans were part vampire would probably enable this much more easily, only over a longer period easily be possible, though it requires one to accept that 99% of time and with many more casualties as the current human population aged to death.over the next couple generations isn't salvageable without the aid of better technology.
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[[WMG: Joham's aspirations for worldwide immortality are more realistic than Bella's]]
Bella's starting to consider some way of eventually turning the entire human population. Considering that the world has six billion people, and is already suffering from greatly from overpopulation and resource depletion, over the long term there's no practical way of granting vampiric immortality to everybody on the planet. However, finding a way to permanently weave vampiric blood into the population, by increasing the number of half-vampires (or some other fraction of vampire,) would probably enable this much more easily, only over a longer period of time and with many more casualties as the current population aged to death.
Bella's starting to consider some way of eventually turning the entire human population. Considering that the world has six billion people, and is already suffering from greatly from overpopulation and resource depletion, over the long term there's no practical way of granting vampiric immortality to everybody on the planet. However, finding a way to permanently weave vampiric blood into the population, by increasing the number of half-vampires (or some other fraction of vampire,) would probably enable this much more easily, only over a longer period of time and with many more casualties as the current population aged to death.
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[[WMG:This Fanfiction came before Twilight]]
Essentially, this was actually written before Twilight, with Radiance and Luminosity (and probably 2 other books) being published. It is well written, with character developement and a believable plot. Twilight was just a poorly written fanfiction with bad spelling, shallow characters, and a crappy plot. Somehow, the laws of time were bent out of shape, making [[TimeyWimeyBall Twilight come first and turning Luminosity into the fanfic]].
Essentially, this was actually written before Twilight, with Radiance and Luminosity (and probably 2 other books) being published. It is well written, with character developement and a believable plot. Twilight was just a poorly written fanfiction with bad spelling, shallow characters, and a crappy plot. Somehow, the laws of time were bent out of shape, making [[TimeyWimeyBall Twilight come first and turning Luminosity into the fanfic]].
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* Given the transhumanist tone of the story, Bella's [[OurSoulsAreDifferent lack of belief in a soul,]] and the fact that all of the bodies' previous memories are said to have been deleted, it's entirely possible that they are for all intents and purposes the people they think they are. There does, however, seem to be some kind of quantum, probabilistic phenomena at work here, however; not only have we seen mate bonds get formed in bizarre and serendipitous ways, but now we're seeing the blasted humans only assuming identities of those vampires who are already deceased (as opposed to living humans or vampires and dead humans). All of the vampires that have been blasted with Aro's memory cocktail have been able to do so without their personality or identities changing at all.
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* Given the transhumanist tone of the story, Bella's [[OurSoulsAreDifferent lack of belief in a soul,]] and the fact that all of the bodies' previous memories are said to have been deleted, it's entirely possible that they are for all intents and purposes the people they think they are. There does, however, seem to be some kind of quantum, probabilistic phenomena at work here, however; here; not only have we seen mate bonds get formed in bizarre and serendipitous ways, but now we're seeing the blasted humans only assuming identities of those vampires who are already deceased (as opposed to living humans or vampires and dead humans). All of the vampires that have been blasted with Aro's memory cocktail have been able to do so without their personality or identities changing at all.
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[[WMG:The Blast victims are Dolls]]
They don't remember they own identity, have the brain blased with a ton of different memories, think they are someonelse, sounds familiar?
They don't remember they own identity, have the brain blased with a ton of different memories, think they are someonelse, sounds familiar?
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[[WMG:The Blast victims are Dolls]]
[[{{Dollhouse}} Dolls]]]]
They don't remember they own identity, have the brainblased blasted with a ton of different memories, think they are someonelse, someone else, sounds familiar?familiar?
* Given the transhumanist tone of the story, Bella's [[OurSoulsAreDifferent lack of belief in a soul,]] and the fact that all of the bodies' previous memories are said to have been deleted, it's entirely possible that they are for all intents and purposes the people they think they are. There does, however, seem to be some kind of quantum, probabilistic phenomena at work here, however; not only have we seen mate bonds get formed in bizarre and serendipitous ways, but now we're seeing the blasted humans only assuming identities of those vampires who are already deceased (as opposed to living humans or vampires and dead humans). All of the vampires that have been blasted with Aro's memory cocktail have been able to do so without their personality or identities changing at all.
They don't remember they own identity, have the brain
* Given the transhumanist tone of the story, Bella's [[OurSoulsAreDifferent lack of belief in a soul,]] and the fact that all of the bodies' previous memories are said to have been deleted, it's entirely possible that they are for all intents and purposes the people they think they are. There does, however, seem to be some kind of quantum, probabilistic phenomena at work here, however; not only have we seen mate bonds get formed in bizarre and serendipitous ways, but now we're seeing the blasted humans only assuming identities of those vampires who are already deceased (as opposed to living humans or vampires and dead humans). All of the vampires that have been blasted with Aro's memory cocktail have been able to do so without their personality or identities changing at all.
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**So far, Jossed.
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[[WMG:The Blast victims are Dolls]]
They don't remember they own identity, have the brain blased with a ton of different memories, think they are someonelse, sounds familiar?
They don't remember they own identity, have the brain blased with a ton of different memories, think they are someonelse, sounds familiar?
