Zippy wrote:Well, let's see. You're looking at her from the viewpoint of her (relative) friends. Let's look at her from an outside viewpoint - the way someone like Faith, or Tiffany's parents, would see her:
- She routinely commits assault and battery on people. In the best case, this involves draining a significant amount of blood, dragging them around by the collar and dumping them unconscious somewhere where they're easy prey for muggers, rapists etc.
That last bit's an assumption, considering we've never seen where she "dumps" them afterward. The only evidence we have concerning the victims was the time Eleanor told Layla she'd place that guy
where he'd awake to familiar surroundings when he regained consciousness. Granted, it was only that one time, but that didn't seem to imply she simply dumps them wherever.
Zippy wrote:[*]Not all of these go so well. In the
very first strip, a guy lost a tooth. And
this guy is revoked. D-E-A-D, revoked. Not to mention the Didialike she intended to drain "
EVERY DAY" (
Next strip suggests she did so for a week).
Show me a link that proves that second guy died, 'cuz
Tiffany was bleeding out after Layla fed on her to and we saw
she made a full recovery not long afterward.
As for that jogger, we have no proof she died either. More importantly, how does feeding make her shallow, petty, or despotic? Which is what crimsontearz was accusing her of?
Zippy wrote:(And note that recent strips suggest that all Blair did was ply Nina with chocolate and that was enough to suppress her bloodlust all by itself, implying there's no need for *any* vampires to actually drink blood. Even before you consider the possibilities of farming animals for blood and so forth.)
That is a HUGE assumption, especially since DaveZero1 already said they have to feed. Nina is the exception, not the rule. What applies to her, does not apply to other vampires.
Zippy wrote:Moreover, she's far from above using her vampiric powers for selfish reasons, for herself or her friends, with no consideration for the victim - note her little stunt with getting Tiffany's pay doubled.
She told her to give Tiffany
"a raise", she never specified by how much. While that wasn't fair to Becky, doing a favor for a friend, in return for their help is not selfish. As I said, Layla generally
means well, even though the way she goes about it isn't necessarily what we (as humans) would consider acceptable.
Zippy wrote:Presumably, Becky owns the shop, else she would have been fired for that (probably Tiff too in the bargain!). The profitability of small "mom'n'pop" shops isn't exactly legendary, so that could have had serious consequences for the viability of the business, or at least Becky's ability to draw a living wage for herself. All because she shouted at Tiff for goofing off, when she WAS.[/list]
Becky is a store manager who works at the mall, I doubt she owns that fashion boutique. You're also judging Tiffany's work ethic based solely on her interactions with Layla, which hardly tells us how she normally performs on the job. I doubt she'd even have a job in the first place, if it was that big a deal.
The last time we saw Becky,
she was under Nina's control, but she still had her job.
) The difference is merely her food is sentient, but that doesn't mean she has to treat them any different than someone may treat a cow.
