I was all bummed by the apparent missed update on Friday, but then now there’s two. Yay!
Jacob still has alpha-voice powers over whoever is in his pack, right? If so, couldn’t he simply order everyone who can hear him not to tell anyone about anything as soon as he phases? That would work unless a packmate happens to be near Aro at the time. (Or runs into him in future; but is Aro making a habit of reading all the wolves regularly, given the stress this is likely to induce? Or would they be keeping a packmate of Jacob’s near Aro at all times? Someone suggested this, and it’s certainly a good idea to get info.) Also, Bella could shield Jacob before he phases; if they’re keeping a packmate near Aro, then a shield would negate that particular threat, though Aro would have to become aware of the fact that the wolf is suddenly shielded if he happened to try to read him during the conversation. Also, it might have occurred to Aro that keeping one of the few creatures that can credibly threaten a vampire right nearby and susceptible to the mind-control of a known enemy is a bad idea. Unknown whether this could sway him more than the potential intelligence coup. My sense is that even with a surprise, shielded attack a single wolf probably couldn’t take out Aro, given the likely quick response by every other vampire; he wouldn’t have time to set a fire, certainly.
I warned about the delayed update via RSS feed, but I suppose I should have advertised it in other channels too. I spent Friday moving from Connecticut to North Carolina.
Alpha-voicing does not exclude the option of swapping packs. In fact, that is how there came to be three packs in the first place—Rachel alpha-voiced Becky and then Jacob, thereby prompting them to split off. If Jacob just alpha-voiced his packmate, said packmate could run to one of the sisters and still tell all.
I hope your move went well! Research Triangle area?
Also, Bella for Queen of the World! I really liked the bit where she offhandedly explains the difference between the Bella we got to know over the course of “Luminosity” and the Bella who appears at the first part of Radiance—she was functioning without her mate, of course she was no longer pursuing ambitious plans.
I was all bummed by the apparent missed update on Friday, but then now there’s two. Yay!
Jacob still has alpha-voice powers over whoever is in his pack, right? If so, couldn’t he simply order everyone who can hear him not to tell anyone about anything as soon as he phases? That would work unless a packmate happens to be near Aro at the time. (Or runs into him in future; but is Aro making a habit of reading all the wolves regularly, given the stress this is likely to induce? Or would they be keeping a packmate of Jacob’s near Aro at all times? Someone suggested this, and it’s certainly a good idea to get info.) Also, Bella could shield Jacob before he phases; if they’re keeping a packmate near Aro, then a shield would negate that particular threat, though Aro would have to become aware of the fact that the wolf is suddenly shielded if he happened to try to read him during the conversation. Also, it might have occurred to Aro that keeping one of the few creatures that can credibly threaten a vampire right nearby and susceptible to the mind-control of a known enemy is a bad idea. Unknown whether this could sway him more than the potential intelligence coup. My sense is that even with a surprise, shielded attack a single wolf probably couldn’t take out Aro, given the likely quick response by every other vampire; he wouldn’t have time to set a fire, certainly.
I warned about the delayed update via RSS feed, but I suppose I should have advertised it in other channels too. I spent Friday moving from Connecticut to North Carolina.
Alpha-voicing does not exclude the option of swapping packs. In fact, that is how there came to be three packs in the first place—Rachel alpha-voiced Becky and then Jacob, thereby prompting them to split off. If Jacob just alpha-voiced his packmate, said packmate could run to one of the sisters and still tell all.
I hope your move went well! Research Triangle area?
Also, Bella for Queen of the World! I really liked the bit where she offhandedly explains the difference between the Bella we got to know over the course of “Luminosity” and the Bella who appears at the first part of Radiance—she was functioning without her mate, of course she was no longer pursuing ambitious plans.
Apparently I am indeed in the Research Triangle area now. The move went fine :)