Heh. So Alice is alive too. The big question here, then, is the durability of Chelsea’s influence on the witches. Will going back to Bella/Jasper and living with them as usual eventually reform the relationship bonds in question? It would be very odd if not; it would imply that Chelsea’s power will permanently affect the vampire’s ability to form an evaluation of the target in question, regardless of future experiences, and that’s a bit more of a durable effect than is usual in this fic. If that is true, does Chelsea’s power have a time limit?
Also, the wolves are still Chelsea’d to the Volturi. However, at least one imprint is free, and her wolf is quite able to split the pack in pursuit of her; I predict that a major feature of the presumable eventual plan to un-Chelsea the wolves will involve Elspeth speaking to Jacob. For that matter, what happened to the other imprints? If the Volturi have them, then that could torpedo that plan as regards all the imprinted wolves other than Jacob.
permanently affect the vampire’s ability to form an evaluation of the target in question, regardless of future experiences, and that’s a bit more of a durable effect than is usual in this fic. If that is true, does Chelsea’s power have a time limit?
Chelsea changes the attitudes people have towards others. These revised attitudes are as durable as they would be if they’d formed naturally, once Chelsea is no longer touching them up on a regular basis. So, if she’s completely destroyed an existing relationship, the participants in that relationship have to start from scratch, as it were.
There is no guarantee that what they build from scratch will resemble what Chelsea destroyed.
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Chelsea was/is working on the imprints too, presumably so that they won’t want to leave and ask their respective wolf to take them away or attack the Volturi. Now this was a very sad chapter in my opinion, even though we learned Alice was alive (which I had previously had privately confirmed by Alicorn, so no surprise there for me) and she reunited with Jasper. The effects of Chelsea’s witchcraft really hurts. It’s much more interesting in this story than canon, where it’s barely spoken about but hinted that it isn’t all that powerful—at least that’s the way I saw it. Maybe that’s just because the main characters never had to be subjected to the effects of her power in canon though, and consequently we didn’t get an opportunity to witness it and the reactions of the characters.
It’s very sad that these characters who used to love Elspeth now see her as little more than a hindrance to getting to their mates as fast and safe as possible. It’s possible that will change when they are reunited with their mates and given time, and the situation with Bella won’t be as bad as Elspeth makes it out to be just because she suddenly loves her second-most. She does need to grow up and work on her relationship with Jacob whenever that time comes, but first she needs to grow out of her sheltered self who relies entirely on her ‘mama’.
I really really want Bella to learn to expand her shield to others. It’s possible that just doing that once will erase any lasting witchcraft effects such as Chelsea’s, especially since witchcraft are relative to how their owners believe they work in this story, and Bella is a master of getting her mind to do what she wants it to.
If the Cullen’s (with considerable help from others) manage to defeat the Volturi and create a new vampire ‘government’, then I can totally see Elspeth as the radiant public figure who everyone is willing to listen to and easily understand, while Bella is an advisor who rationalises plans and presents them to others on the new government. I figure it unlikely that such a government would be willing to enforce Bella’s views on killing humans, though they might be amenable to encourage it or find other non-fatal ways to drink human blood or put effort in finding an equally satisfying substitute. A new government advocating non-violence and freedom after exposing the dirtier deeds of the Volturi could be very successful, especially with leading figures acquiring their positions because of their abilities to fill it, not because they seem themselves as the masters of the universe and demand a ruling position. Of course, there will be many looking to exploit the downfall of the Volturi to gain power, but with the many witches of the original rebellion and any others who might decide to join the new government, they will be very hard to defeat in combat or penetrate with less than sincere intentions.
I truly hope that is where the story is going: the defeat of the Volturi and the formation of a new vampire government. I also hope Alicorn writes about this and doesn’t call it quits when the major confrontation is over, because it would be very interesting to read about the creation of the government and the world’s reaction to it, and later conclude the story when things have settled somewhat.
Chapter 9.
Heh. So Alice is alive too. The big question here, then, is the durability of Chelsea’s influence on the witches. Will going back to Bella/Jasper and living with them as usual eventually reform the relationship bonds in question? It would be very odd if not; it would imply that Chelsea’s power will permanently affect the vampire’s ability to form an evaluation of the target in question, regardless of future experiences, and that’s a bit more of a durable effect than is usual in this fic. If that is true, does Chelsea’s power have a time limit?
Also, the wolves are still Chelsea’d to the Volturi. However, at least one imprint is free, and her wolf is quite able to split the pack in pursuit of her; I predict that a major feature of the presumable eventual plan to un-Chelsea the wolves will involve Elspeth speaking to Jacob. For that matter, what happened to the other imprints? If the Volturi have them, then that could torpedo that plan as regards all the imprinted wolves other than Jacob.
Chelsea changes the attitudes people have towards others. These revised attitudes are as durable as they would be if they’d formed naturally, once Chelsea is no longer touching them up on a regular basis. So, if she’s completely destroyed an existing relationship, the participants in that relationship have to start from scratch, as it were.
There is no guarantee that what they build from scratch will resemble what Chelsea destroyed.
How do you quote or make HTML in general in these comments? I’ve looked around in the FAQ but wasn’t able to find out how.
Chelsea was/is working on the imprints too, presumably so that they won’t want to leave and ask their respective wolf to take them away or attack the Volturi. Now this was a very sad chapter in my opinion, even though we learned Alice was alive (which I had previously had privately confirmed by Alicorn, so no surprise there for me) and she reunited with Jasper. The effects of Chelsea’s witchcraft really hurts. It’s much more interesting in this story than canon, where it’s barely spoken about but hinted that it isn’t all that powerful—at least that’s the way I saw it. Maybe that’s just because the main characters never had to be subjected to the effects of her power in canon though, and consequently we didn’t get an opportunity to witness it and the reactions of the characters.
It’s very sad that these characters who used to love Elspeth now see her as little more than a hindrance to getting to their mates as fast and safe as possible. It’s possible that will change when they are reunited with their mates and given time, and the situation with Bella won’t be as bad as Elspeth makes it out to be just because she suddenly loves her second-most. She does need to grow up and work on her relationship with Jacob whenever that time comes, but first she needs to grow out of her sheltered self who relies entirely on her ‘mama’.
I really really want Bella to learn to expand her shield to others. It’s possible that just doing that once will erase any lasting witchcraft effects such as Chelsea’s, especially since witchcraft are relative to how their owners believe they work in this story, and Bella is a master of getting her mind to do what she wants it to.
If the Cullen’s (with considerable help from others) manage to defeat the Volturi and create a new vampire ‘government’, then I can totally see Elspeth as the radiant public figure who everyone is willing to listen to and easily understand, while Bella is an advisor who rationalises plans and presents them to others on the new government. I figure it unlikely that such a government would be willing to enforce Bella’s views on killing humans, though they might be amenable to encourage it or find other non-fatal ways to drink human blood or put effort in finding an equally satisfying substitute. A new government advocating non-violence and freedom after exposing the dirtier deeds of the Volturi could be very successful, especially with leading figures acquiring their positions because of their abilities to fill it, not because they seem themselves as the masters of the universe and demand a ruling position. Of course, there will be many looking to exploit the downfall of the Volturi to gain power, but with the many witches of the original rebellion and any others who might decide to join the new government, they will be very hard to defeat in combat or penetrate with less than sincere intentions.
I truly hope that is where the story is going: the defeat of the Volturi and the formation of a new vampire government. I also hope Alicorn writes about this and doesn’t call it quits when the major confrontation is over, because it would be very interesting to read about the creation of the government and the world’s reaction to it, and later conclude the story when things have settled somewhat.
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