I Don't Understand?

[Guest]

I read these books quite a while ago. I really enjoyed Vampire Academy, so I read the whole series. I liked four out of the six books in the series. The first four books I thought went well, and then it went downhill from there.

One big question I have is this. It's been bothering me so much for quite some time. At the end of the book, someone shoots at Lissa. Rose goes to block it, and Dimitri steps in. When Rose asks Dimitri who he was going to step in front of, she says he doesn't know. What am I missing here? I honestly don't understand. Shouldn't he have said he was going to save Rose?

I know people hate Rose, but I thought Dimitri treated her so poorly at times. I wanted to scream at Rose "STOP BEGGING!"

So yeah, please help me out!

[S.L.J.]

I think he was throwing himself in front of Rose. Even tho Lissa restored him, Rose was really the one that saved him so he wanted to do the same.

Of course, RM never went into detail about what kind of gun it was. If it was a 357. magnum, it really wouldn't have matter if Rose and Dimitri threw themselves in front of Lissa. The round would have gone straight through them.

Speaking of which, why the hell would Tasha try to shoot Lissa anyway? After working so hard (killing the last queen) to get her on the throne, why would she turn around and try to kill her?

[Sara]

I never thought of that, but your right! Why did she want to kill Lissa? You know what bugged me. Dampirs are created when a Vampire sleeps with a human. So basically a vampire uses a human, then 9 out of 10 times leaves them. Dampirs are created, treated like 2nd class citizens, are used as human shields to protect the moroi, get paid crap, can't have kids, And yet they think it's a privilege to protect the moroi?! More like moroinic!

[Kathy]

S.L.J. wrote: "I think he was throwing himself in front of Rose. Even tho Lissa restored him, Rose was really the one that saved him so he wanted to do the same.

Of course, RM never went into detail about what k..."

I read and loved all of the books in the series but it's been so long since I read them, I remember the part you're talking about and I never thought about it I guess. But maybe Tasha knew that Rose would take the bullet for Lissa and that's why she was shooting at her, but also I remember that she snapped, she was CRAZY by that point, at least I thought she was. I don't know but that's all I've got.

[S.L.J.]

Kathy wrote: "S.L.J. wrote: "I think he was throwing himself in front of Rose. Even tho Lissa restored him, Rose was really the one that saved him so he wanted to do the same.

Of course, RM never went into deta..."

That's the thing. Tasha was never crazy. I actually started a post on it. Tasha was always, calm, cool, intelligent and supportive. I've read sooooo many reviews that agree RM made Tasha the murderer for shock value alone. Not because it was a logical choice or because there were hidden moments where Tasha appeared unstable or jealous of Rose (Because, there aren't any).

She just did it because Tasha was the least likely person. That's it. It turned out to be more of an angry WTF?! moment instead of a shocked WTF?! moment.

And poor poor Christian. :(

[Leona]

I felt the the whole situation could have been avoided if Rose had waited to reveal Jill's identity and Tasha's guilt. They could have apprehended her quietly if Rose had chosen a different tack.

eta:

As for the who was Dimitri protecting question.... I think it reflects that since he AND Rose have decided to stay Guardians there will always be a chance that they'll have to decide between eachother and the people they're protecting. There's nothing wrong with it in my opinion, as long as they're both on the same page with regard to possible outcomes.

[Kathy]

S.L.J. wrote: "Kathy wrote: "S.L.J. wrote: "I think he was throwing himself in front of Rose. Even tho Lissa restored him, Rose was really the one that saved him so he wanted to do the same.

Of course, RM never ..."

I agree she was calm and cool and all that, and I was shocked when she was revealed as the murderer but I really thought she had lost it. I really thought she snapped. She was in love with Dimitri and when he turned Strigoi maybe that was put her over the edge and then she went nuts, maybe she decided she had nothing to lose. But I thought too that there was a little bit of resentment towards the royals for not using their powers and depending on the dampirs for protection. I don't know but I never thought that RM wrote it that way, I guess I just never saw it that way.

[S.L.J.]

Kathy wrote: "S.L.J. wrote: "Kathy wrote: "S.L.J. wrote: "I think he was throwing himself in front of Rose. Even tho Lissa restored him, Rose was really the one that saved him so he wanted to do the same.

Of co..."

I was shocked too but not for the same reasons. I just remember Tasha being all nice and supportive and even lending Rose her jewlery in Spirit Bound. Then in the next book she's suddenly a jealous psycho that frames Rose even though she must have known that Dimitri rejected her after he was turned back?

It makes zero sense.

[Ifrah]

I think it goes back to when Dimitri would say that he and Rose can't be together because they are going to be Lissa's guardians and if he let himself love Rose and they were put in a dangerous situation he would instinctively protect Rose rather than Lissa and he can't do that because as a guardian his job is to protect Lissa.
Up till that point in the book, the dangerous situation was just hypothetical but now it was happening and Dimitri tried to protect them but he isn't sure if he did it out of love for Rose or loyalty as a Guardian to Lissa.

[S.L.J.]

Now the same problem has popped up again but with Christian instead of Lissa. I don't understand him becoming Christian's guardian at all. He would have been hated more than ever after what happened with Tasha. Yet, they decide to give him his own personal guardian?

Plus, he's way more loyal to Rose than Christian. He'd try to protect her over him if it came down to it.