Robservations - #241
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What was Barnabas going to do with Maggie if she was going to live at the Old House. How was he going to explain her. He is not thinking things out.I was thinking about this myself. I guess we need to remember that this was a transitional phase. Once Maggie had fully acquired and accepted the Josette persona, she was going to be turned into a vampire. At that point, I guess, she would have no trouble with staying out of people's way, seeing only with her beloved Barnabas (whom else would she need?) and the useful Willie, and periodically going out in the dead of night to feed on and kill whoever was foolish enough to be out and around. One question does occur to me: would Barnabas and pseudo-Josette share Willie, as every happy couple shares everything? (I'm a confirmed spinster. Don't shatter my illusions.) And if so, and if Barnabas and pseudo-Josette ever had (perish the thought!) a disagreement, whom would Willie obey? I'm picturing Willie in a routing loop.
Vicki saw Josette's ghost herself when [spoiler]Matthew Morgan had kidnapped her and Josette's ghost rescued her[/spoiler] but the ghost did not speak then, I don't think. This change in the ghost at just the time Maggie has disappeared would put up warning signs all around me IF I thought it out for a length of time.
If only Vicki had sat down and delved deeply into this. David told her Josette had never talked to him at such lengths before. Added to that is the portrait's resemblance to Maggie (Ok we know it doesn't really resemble her but it's supposed to) Vicki has to assume that either David is lying or that this ghost Josette has changed from before. Vicki saw Josette's ghost herself when [spoiler]Matthew Morgan had kidnapped her and Josette's ghost rescued her[/spoiler] but the ghost did not speak then, I don't think. This change in the ghost at just the time Maggie has disappeared would put up warning signs all around me IF I thought it out for a length of time.
David should have been able to tell that Maggie/Josette was NOT a ghost, because she didn't appear "ghostly" - she was a solid person, not a see-through spirit.
DS was particularly inconsistent on that front. Some ghosts are depicted as see-through (Bill, The Widows, etc...) - yet many others (Quentin, Beth, Gerard, Daphne, Jenny, etc...) are not. Josette herself is even depicted both ways. But then, DS and consistency aren't quite synonymous, now are they? :D