Because Edward is a big bad assassin who is entirely emotionless except for the pleasure of the hunt. And he tells himself (this is canon) that he only married Donna because he got a bit too lost in the role he was playing as Ted, except that he really did get lost in that role and he doesn't know how to stop caring for her and the kids even though he says he doesn't.
Unfortunately, I'm not really good at evil speeches. They all sound way too melodramatic, which they are of course, but it's hard to gauge the right level of melodrama to get it properly evil without going so overboard it's just stupid.
And maybe Belle Morte became a vampire to be immortal with Methos or maybe Methos had her turned into a vampire in order to keep her with him. Or maybe someone else tried to gain leverage against Death by turning his mistress but it didn't work out so well because Methos just slaughtered that entire vampire community and kept Belle with him until she had gotten beyond the fledgling stage.
What if Methos just likes change? That could explain a lot about his personality and the reason he's survived so long. He actively likes change so turning into someone new every decade or so is a bonus rather than a problem for him. And Kronos made the mistake of thinking the horsemen were forever and Methos knew that he would only stay for as long as they provided him new experiences. So he takes, among other things, interesting mistresses. Thus, he gets pissed off at Kronos when Kronos takes Methos' new toy Cassandra away from him. And he keeps Belle with him in order to protect her but it just raised her expectations even though he was never going to promise forever.
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Date: 2009-03-10 04:22 am (UTC)Unfortunately, I'm not really good at evil speeches. They all sound way too melodramatic, which they are of course, but it's hard to gauge the right level of melodrama to get it properly evil without going so overboard it's just stupid.
And maybe Belle Morte became a vampire to be immortal with Methos or maybe Methos had her turned into a vampire in order to keep her with him. Or maybe someone else tried to gain leverage against Death by turning his mistress but it didn't work out so well because Methos just slaughtered that entire vampire community and kept Belle with him until she had gotten beyond the fledgling stage.
What if Methos just likes change? That could explain a lot about his personality and the reason he's survived so long. He actively likes change so turning into someone new every decade or so is a bonus rather than a problem for him. And Kronos made the mistake of thinking the horsemen were forever and Methos knew that he would only stay for as long as they provided him new experiences. So he takes, among other things, interesting mistresses. Thus, he gets pissed off at Kronos when Kronos takes Methos' new toy Cassandra away from him. And he keeps Belle with him in order to protect her but it just raised her expectations even though he was never going to promise forever.