I've been having VTM thoughts, and something just came to me.
Kindred that have been Embraced within the past 2 to 3 decades must really fuckin' hate the True Crime™ boom. Especially the prominence of cold cases/missing persons, coming to the forefront.
being embraced around the 80/90s, where it was typically easier to disappear into the wind; Gotta come with some major whiplash now.
Like imagine, you were happly settled into your Unlife. Maybe you're about 60 now with very little human relatives alive or perhaps your 'cold case' as been fully shelved for decades now.
Then suddenly, your case has been shoved to the center staged via social media, either by some popular podcast or Netflix Documentary. Your face is plastered EVERYWHERE.
Some people swearing they saw you alive somewhere; claiming that you rented an apartment from them a decade ago with your new Alias or people invigorating new relatives of yours to pick up the search for you again.
Why isn't anyone talking about Norm? He is an excellent character, well written and well played, I dare say one of those with the most interesting development. At the beginning he is presented to us as a cowardly and unstimulated boy, he himself says and thinks these things, but after Lucy leaves the vault he begins to show us how intelligent and stubborn he actually is. Not only is he the only one to ask questions and investigate what happened, taking advantage of his being little "visible" to the other inhabitants of the vault, but he doesn't let himself be intimidated and convinced by Betty. Norm lacks enthusiasm because vault life is a Truman Show and he knows it.
Never before have I identified with a tv character so much.
"When I went to sleep that night, I couldn't imagine that everything would change. That dream wasn't so different from the usual ones… I found myself wandering through the hallways and rooms of our house, but nothing about that place seemed to make sense. I remember your heavy footsteps behind me, my fear as I run at breakneck speed from you, not knowing where I'm going. I used to wake up sweaty and out of breath, scared... but not this time.
For the first time I decided to stop running away, I decided it was time to confront you. When I turned around, though, you weren't there, dad… no. There was that tower, that massive tower in the shape of a gauntlet in an iron fist. It didn't make any sense, like anything else in that place… But for some reason I knew I was exactly where I needed to be. Something inside me told me that it was my destiny to walk through the doors of that tower.
Something inside me knew that nothing would ever be the same again.
"It was a difficult night. For a moment I thought that Argenti would die at the hands of the werewolves, but thanks to Wata and his healing powers, we managed to avoid it. I don't know if it was because of that fear or something else, but while I was in his room to check if he was okay, we started talking. I don't think I've ever opened up like that to someone... and it was special. Something important was taken away from both of us: years of life, carefreeness, part of our identity. He can understand how I feel...that's why his words touched something deep inside me. He is no longer a victim...and I don't have to be either."
My oc: Fatima. I play this character in a Chronicles of Darkness campaign and I love her so much T_T She's a mage (Mastigos) and travels around the USA with her friends: Wata (another Mage) and Nathaniel (a werewolf)
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