The Master's Soul?

[fenderlove]

In "the Harvest," the Master tells Luke, "My blood is your blood. My soul is your soul." Does he mean "soul" as in the "demon essence that makes me a vampire and not just a walking corpse?" Does he literally mean a soul, like in the ether? Is he just being metaphorical? If so, he's not being metaphorical about the blood part; he and Luke literally become connected during the Harvest. If the whole "soul-having" issue is so disgusting to Darla, why does she look so thrilled to hear the Master talking about his "soul" being connected to another vampire's "soul?" Now I'm all weirded out.

Why did I never notice that line before?! I'm not going to get any sleep tonight.

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[menomegirl.livejournal.com]

Also from "The Harvest": Giles- The books tell the last demon to leave this reality fed off a human, mixed their blood. He was a human form possessed, infected by the demon's soul. He bit another, and another, and so they walk the Earth, feeding... Killing some, mixing their blood with others to make more of their kind. Waiting for the animals to die out, and the old ones to return.

[fenderlove.livejournal.com]

I love how one can't trust any of the mythology given by the show because it has the potential to be misinformed or just wrong by the characters themselves (especially Watchers). Not all the demons left their reality because there are still "pure" demons walking about, even some of the Old Ones didn't really leave.

Also, it makes perfect sense to me that demons would have their own kind of soul, their own set of standards and morals. After all, Clem seems to be an okay fellow, and Doyle too. If souls are so important, then how does it work when someone is half-demon? Do they only have half a soul? If that were the case, Connor shouldn't have a soul at all, except that he's a mystical miracle baby. There's been this huge discussion about demons having humanity, and one poster says that none of them do but the Judge found a lot of humanity in Spike, Drusilla, and their minions; it was just Angelus that had no humanity. Darla says she still loves Angel in S1, but then later says she and Angelus could never feel love. Of course, without feeling love or deep emotion for someone you couldn't feel as betrayed as she does. Oh, BtVS, you go wrong in trying to make something intangible and philosophical have a concrete meaning!

[spartan5000.livejournal.com]

Just to add to the impact, and possibly the sleeplessness, a bit... in Conversations with Dead People, Holden Webster, the vampire Buffy fights through most of the episode says "Feels great. Strong. Like I'm connected to a powerful all-consuming evil that's gonna suck the world into a fiery oblivion," after Buffy says she's sorry he's a vampire.