Le Petit Erik

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Are Daniel's hands still shaking from parkinson's???

There was just no way being turned would have cured Daniel's parkinson's if they were going to stick to what happened to Maharet and especially Mekare after they were turned! Because Mekare's situation is too specifically important to the story going forward for them to have changed it!

So, Daniel was either going to have to still have parkinson's, or it was going to just be a big plot hole if he didn't! So being turned was going to have to do the same thing to him as it did to the twins -- not cure him of it!

So yes, being turned didn't cure him, because neurological illnesses and issues are not cured by receiving The Dark Gift. Those issues are always just frozen in the state they were in when a person was first turned.

Meaning Daniel's parkinson's would be left at whatever level stage he was at when he was turned. And leave him in that stage of it for eternity.

And you know, when Louis offered the Dark Gift to Daniel, I don't think Louis knew that. Because he's only been around for 100 years, and it was established that he doesn't know much about the larger vampire world, nor cares to.

But Armand? Well, he's been a vampire for much longer than Louis has. Much, much longer. And so there are things he would have known. And also, if the above post I linked to is correct? Then Armand himself might still have a neurological issue that began happening when he was dying that he too might still have after he was turned. (When his eyes start vibrating sometimes when using his Mind Gift powers.)

So Armand... very likely did know that turning Daniel would not cure his parkinson's.

Which is just one of the reasons I've always thought... that Armand didn't turn Daniel. Not really.

Now, I don't want to jump the gun on this yet. I still have to watch this next episode, and a few others first. But Daniel still having Parkinson's very much fits into the big theory I have regarding Daniel's turning:

I painted this Daniel and then forgot to post it!!! Ops! Anyway… I hope you like it 💙

after finishing this one I cut like 2 dozen more and have assembled half so far, whatever I don't sew will become precut+pattern kits (which I'm writing I promise! but I still need to workshop some parts of the assembly I think could be made easier)

My close friend recently adopted a puppy named Peeps, who is adorable and as sweet as her name suggests. Unfortunately, within 48 hours of adopting Peeps, the poor puppy had to be rushed to the emergency vet. The vet was able to stablize Peeps and set her on the road to recovery. However, that care racked up a bill of almost $8000. We're trying to raise money to help my friend offset the vet bills so that Peeps can continue to live a happy, full life.

If you can donate, that would be amazing, but also if you could share, that would help too!

Thank you!

P.S. Have some bonus Peeps!

This post talks about a new DM feature in youtube. What it fails to mention is that as part of this new feature is that when you send someone a link to a video, and they open it in the youtube app, they will see who sent them the link. Specifically, your channel name.

If your google account name is your real name, so is your channel name by default.

This means the new default behavior is that everyone you send a youtube link to will see your full name if they open it in the mobile app.

To turn this off:

Go to your youtube app settings

Go to Privacy

Turn off "Channel visibility for shared links"

While this article is a lot more pro-military than I'd prefer (though unsurprising given the source) it still gives a pretty good summary of the situation.

A snippet: