Rachel Bellwoar, Comicon:
“A young lady spending a bit too much time with a priest is already cause for concern, doubly so for a vampire. So I wanted the characters around Cora to be wary of him right off the bat, but not really vocalize it. Sort of like when you meet your friend’s new boyfriend and you really don’t like him but she just seems so happy to be with him that you bite your tongue.
As for their relationship, I was writing Cora with a very specific mindset. She’s the kind of person who recognizes injustice and will help others when she sees them mistreated or abused, but won’t think anything of it when she’s experiencing the same treatment. It’s that Catholic guilt, the feeling that you deserve whatever is happening to you because you must have wronged the world in some way. Add to this her vampiric nature, and she’s a character who is molded by her self-hatred and refusal to accept herself. And then along comes Orville, who not only confirms her worldview but gives her a way to atone for the crime of her existence by following his lead. So for her to break out of this relationship, she really needs to see what he’s doing to her from an outside perspective. She needs to recognize herself as the same as the victims she’s willing to stand up for, and therefore find the power to stand up for herself.”
Read the full interview on Comicon’s website here!
