Mason Ashford

did anyone else cry when mason was killed? i loved him. he was perfect but then mead had to go and kill him off. it was so sad

It was sad but in a way, it was a necessary development of Rosemarie Hathaway's character.

I felt really bad for Mason pretty much throughout the whole second book.
I mean it was kind of obvious it wasn't going to work out between him and Rose, but I don't think he ever caught on to it.

And then he died saving Rose... =/
Poor boy.

thats exactly what i thought hanner. my friends nd i were like dude get over urself nd fied som1 that feels the same bout u. then we all cried when he died. he didnt deserve it. i wanted mia to be the one who died.

Hanner wrote:

I felt really bad for Mason pretty much throughout the whole second book.
I mean it was kind of obvious it wasn't going to work out between him and Rose, but I don't think he ever caught on to it.

And then he died saving Rose... =/
Poor boy.

How was it obvious? Was it obvious when Rose was flirting with him or when she was making out with him? Rose had been gone for almost a year and who knows what their friendship was like before she left. And no one knew about Dmitri and her. So objectively, Rose gave signals that it was possible in Frostbite.

I meant more like it was obvious for the reader that it wasn't going to happen...we were just left waiting out the inevitable.
And thats part of the sad part, that Rose was leading him on so much and he had no way of knowing that she had hidden feelings for Dimitri.
*tear*

..and I am totally with you, mia should have died if anyone. I guess I'm just glad she doesn't act like she has a stick up her you-know-what anymore.

Yet, Mason dying was essential to the progression of the story in Shadow Kiss...

Page 301 of frostbite... worst page in entire series.

I cried my heart and soul out over someone who doesnt exist when I read that page.

I am so sad that I can even quote when Mason died. I mean... come on. How sad does ones life get.

Mason Ashford was my fav character and he always will be unless that Sydney chic in Blood Promise is more interesting.

Yes I have to agree, Mason dieing was heart breaking. He was a great character. I will miss him, but I think Rose seeing him as a ghost was good. She really got to say her goodbye, and he got to help her.

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did anyone else cry when mason was killed? i loved him. he was perfect but then mead had to go and kill him off. it was so sad

OhMyVamps.
Of course I cried.
That was so sad when Mason died.


But when Dimitri died, I cried a lot more.

Yes I deff did cry, but then when he showed up as ghost I was like YES MASON. At fist I thought he was going to hurt Rose, but then I remembered how much he loved her. He helped her to see the things that she couldn't. I wish he could of helped her find Dimitri though, but he did tell her that Dimitri had been turned. So I think in a way that was his last way to show her how much he loved her, helping her understand what she had to do.

i know i loved mason! ><He made the story really good it was sad that she killed him off i was sad and mad becuase he played a good part and cared about rose..And she couldve kept him alive but oh well...

I cried the second time I read through it. The first time, it seemed like a blur. So when I read about Mason's limp body, I was all "WTF?! When did he die?" And then I started crying.

I didn't cry but I was shocked. I honestly did not see it coming AT ALL, and I was like "Lissa will fix him" so I didn't think he was really dead until Rose started to talk about his funeral. I was pretty upset after that. He was a great character.

It feels so lonely, without Mason...he had us all awe-inspired, right to the very end, as if he could have been an Apollo kid or a Vampire's assistant for a Vampire Mountain Vampire, and we wouldn't complain about it!

serenity7 wrote:

did anyone else cry when mason was killed? i loved him. he was perfect but then mead had to go and kill him off. it was so sad

O.k just one question who didn't cry. I mean Mason is the best, Great guy and bad' ass at that. Why did Mead have to kill off the only of age good guy in the series I guess ill just have to find out later. When I read the other two books. Now the only guy I can route for is Dimitri. Damn Russians. They always get the girl. L O L.

^For one thing, Mason's death reminded me too much of the death of the 1st Lockon Stratos of the Gundam 00 series, the more i thought about it!Second...i doubt Mead wanted to get Mason to pull a 'Jacob Black,' and get Character-Assassinated in even crueler ways than what happened to Dimitri, for that matter!

yes i did i was so mad!


but i read on one of richelle meads thing that it said it wasn't the last of mason *fingers crossed*

it was sad what happened to mason... :/

i was shocked. I didnt expect that from a YA novel- but it made me appreciate RM and the series so much more in a weird way.

Peace love n VA wrote:

i was shocked. I didnt expect that from a YA novel- but it made be appreciate RM and the series so much more in a weird way.

I agree, both as a Giant Robot Anime Fan, and as someone who just wants a good Story + Plot done right, that such a death had significance to the tale.

That said, as someone who appreciates the Gundam Meta-Series, i fear they might either remove much of the shock impact of that scene, as the death is done in a crueler fashion, or they might remove the emotional significance of the scene!

o.o that's true.

I think shocked is a bad for it though. Because yes i was shocked but it wasn't shock writing you know what i mean? LIke you said Cross, it had significance. It just wasn't thrown it for no apparent reason other than shock value. Alot of authors try to be edge-y but RM doesn't try.. she just is. U guys know what i mean?

yeah becuase there always cant always be someone that lives someone has to die. just like in rl

OMG!!! It was so sad when Mason was killed in Frostbite. He loved Rose so much and he said he would talk about their relationship when they would get back from Spokane. But he never had the chance to. I think Rose and Mason would have been good together but not as good as her and Dimitri.

i know it was sad he could have found someone to.