"Stuff like this (the male-female inversion thing with the Dark Daughters being dominant over the Dark Sons) could have made for an interesting inversion from a patriarchal human society, for example if Zoey had been raised to expect to be a housewife and mother as per the ultraconservative People of Faith and having to adjust to different views on the role of men and women, or something like that. Or Erik had been raised to be a dominant male etc. Instead we get nothing."
Word on that. But no, that would be interesting and we must remove interesting things in favor of talking about hot guys.
The thing I hate about the treatment of Elliot is like you said, "fag" comment aside, he was the only one that acted like a high school kid. He fell asleep in class, he didn't believe anything would happen to him, etc. THAT is what I would expect a student to act like if they were uprooted from their own school, turned into a vampire, and plopped down in the House of Night. It would make for some tension, with the teachers trying to mold the students into "proper" vampire behavior. It reminds me of the Fledgling Handbook 101 though, which basically says that once someone turns into a fledgling, they're Better Than Before and of course have higher standards and if said standards aren't met, the fledgling is tossed into the streets to die.
And they just do not stop hating on the poor guy! Zoey finds out he's being bled and what does she think, the next time she sees him? "Ew, he's *coughing*! What kind of a loser does THAT?"
I want to slap Zoey whenever she makes random references like that. >_< It annoys me to no end.
Those friends aren't characters. They're those human-shaped cut-outs you see in movie theater lobbies. :P
Re: I just read this book (and the spork)
Word on that. But no, that would be interesting and we must remove interesting things in favor of talking about hot guys.
The thing I hate about the treatment of Elliot is like you said, "fag" comment aside, he was the only one that acted like a high school kid. He fell asleep in class, he didn't believe anything would happen to him, etc. THAT is what I would expect a student to act like if they were uprooted from their own school, turned into a vampire, and plopped down in the House of Night. It would make for some tension, with the teachers trying to mold the students into "proper" vampire behavior. It reminds me of the Fledgling Handbook 101 though, which basically says that once someone turns into a fledgling, they're Better Than Before and of course have higher standards and if said standards aren't met, the fledgling is tossed into the streets to die.
And they just do not stop hating on the poor guy! Zoey finds out he's being bled and what does she think, the next time she sees him? "Ew, he's *coughing*! What kind of a loser does THAT?"
I want to slap Zoey whenever she makes random references like that. >_< It annoys me to no end.
Those friends aren't characters. They're those human-shaped cut-outs you see in movie theater lobbies. :P