So what are your predictions for Blood Promise? Here's mine!

SK, i completely agree.
this book is built on love, its all through the pages.
and people that have joined this website obviously feel love for the book.
like twilight, yeah it is a love story.
but unlike twilight, its much better written, more adventurous, and rose doesnt rely on anyone other than herself (unlike bella).
i dont know who came up with the rose wanting to have kids thing either.
im not completely sure, but you would think rose wouldnt want a kid to go through what she did
being sent of to a school because the mum was a full time guardian..
but although dhampir and dhampir cant have kids,
i honestly hope rose and dimitri can still find a way to be together.
i think he will still have his humanity, but he will be struggling to maintain it.
and even if he cant be changed - they might be able to work around it.
its a long shot sure, and theres hardly a chance it will happen.
but regardless, i hope it does.
so rose and dimitri can be together.

I agree with ShadowKissed and loove_dimka.
Most of the story is about love.
They care, worry, sacrifice for each other on all the series.

And yeah, where did it say that Rose wanted kids?
If I remember correctly, Rose didn't want kids because she likes her job, protecting Moroi (Lissa), and because she doesn't want to end up like her mom.
If Rose has kids she won't spend time with it because of her job, and if she stays with the kid, she will have to let go of her duty, which is to protect the Moroi, and we all know she loves her job.

So no kids for Rose.

And besides, If she was planing on having kids, she would have to have sex with Moroi or humans and Rose would not like to be a Blood-Whore.

Ok so no kids for Rose..and your right on so many levels. She hates her mom for leaving her at the academy and not raising her..and Rose want's to be a gurdian so she wouldn't want kids anyhow. Plus the fact of being a blood whore..no way no how!

I too hope that they can find a way to be together, however I am not certain. The thing that bothers me is not knowing enough about the strigoi. Do we know how exactely they are turned? Do both parties have to exchange blood? Cos if not, who's to say Dimitri did that????

true.
we know that strigoi are evil, how they are changed.
but we dont know that much about them.
we need to find out more about them to understand it.
like there could be a way for strigoi to go back to normal?
e.g. not killing for a long period of time.
but i think if dimitri tries that.. he may become human.

Agree.

There is still a little chance that maybe Dimitri is NOT a Strigoi.
But I don't think they can turn back to normal because they are undead.
Which is worst than dead.

If he were dead maybe he could be healed but he's undead, so it's going to take more than just healing.
I sure wished RM said more about Strigoi, how they work, communicate, eat, etc.

true.
but like i said in the other discussion room,
rose was dead.
lissa used spirit upon her and rose became alive again.
but as a result of lissa helping her, rose is now shadow kissed.
and the fifth book is called spirit bound right?
i think adrian will try to help
and because strigoi are dead, dimitri will become shadow kissed just like rose.
and he will be alive again.
maybe thats the reason for the title 'shadow bound'?

hmm interesting i don't know i think that she will find him but have a breakdown as soon as she sees him and that will make him realize how much they loved eacch other and how much she meant to him and lissa and adrian and rose will find some way to bring him back and some how binding them all to each other then rose can be lissa's guardian and dimitri will come back to being a damphir and he'll have to be evaluated by the queen or the guardian council and they'll find him in his original state and ler him be a guardian agian and he'll be adrian's guardian and they won't like it cause they both love rose but the'll over come it and end up being friends andadrian will find some moroi girl and yea

madii wrote:

hmm interesting i don't know i think that she will find him but have a breakdown as soon as she sees him and that will make him realize how much they loved eacch other and how much she meant to him and lissa and adrian and rose will find some way to bring him back and some how binding them all to each other then rose can be lissa's guardian and dimitri will come back to being a damphir and he'll have to be evaluated by the queen or the guardian council and they'll find him in his original state and ler him be a guardian agian and he'll be adrian's guardian and they won't like it cause they both love rose but the'll over come it and end up being friends andadrian will find some moroi girl and yea

Good theory..but a little bit too much like a fairy tale. I don't see it being that easy for any of them. I mean Dimitri is probably a strigoi..they are undead..they have no soul..I am still thinking a little more of how Rose is shadow kissed and can see ghost's..and maybe some how she can find his wandering soul and return it to him. That might be what she finds in Russia. And then she would still have to hunt Dimitri's body down to return it...ok ok ok I know its a long shot..but just Rose being shadow kissed..and the strigoi having lost their souls..it just has to be connected somehow.

Though I'd prefer a fairy-tale ending, I know it's not likely to happen. If it was going to be a fairy-tale Dimitri never would have been turned. However, I never thought of him going after Lissa. I know he'd be altered at some point, but I always figured he'd have the majority of his old emotions and feelings, and would therefore try not to hurt Rose by going after Lissa. It's an interesting theory and I'm now going to have to think it through. Thanks for the new direction Doom

Fair enough. I never really got into Buffy, so the idea didn't come to me. I did think Dimitri might want to turn Rose, but never harm Lissa.

Hmm very good theory..I never got into Buffy either so I wouldn't of thought of Dimitri going after Lissa.

I did and still do think that when and if Rose finds Dimitri, he will try to turn her. I mean they did say that strigoi do have a memory of who they were and who they loved before. But they don't have any thought about what is right and wrong. So he might just think that there is nothing wrong with him..therefore try to turn her so that they can be together.

I definitely think it's a possibility, especially considering they were having trouble being together before he was changed. Now there's a chance, a way to be together forever as they are. The only downside is losing your soul.

Doom wrote:

And once again there lies the problem. Once one loses there soul they lose all capacity for higher emotions and tend to just run on desire, fear and anger. Anything else is just carried over thoughts from thier previous life (Christian's parents wanting to turn him falls into this category). Even if Dimitri does have feelings for Rose in his strigoi state, it won't be love.

Yep..your totally right..but maybe just maybe..being that Rose has died before and then come back..she can find a way..I don't know the more I think about it..the more I think that we are in for a few tears in BP. Although we may be right and have to wait to see what happens to Dimitri until SB..I hope not though!

yeah like in shadow kissed, richelle wont give us what we want but what we need
and shes showing that life isnt a fairytale.
and i dont think dimitri will go after lissa for his own reason.
if you all remember the fight between dhampir and strigoi at vampire academy?
wasnt there the vampire that turned dimitri.
he also threatened to go after lissa.
i think back at VA (while rose is still in russia) that strigoi will return, bringing with him dimitri.
and rose will sense lissas trouble and return back to VA to see dimitri.
maybe.

But they wont be at the Academy anymore. Rose has been gone for weeks, and she let the academy a few weeks before they all Graduated. Lissa would have to reason to still be there unless she was still going to work with Ms. Carmack on discovering the limits and uses of Spirit, which she could probably still do else where.

i think rose will be able to kill him cause in shadow kiss for her field experience she had to fight dimitri andshe won becausde she knows all his moves. and also she said when she saw that she had to fight him she said that he wasn't dimitri at the moment he was her enemy she wil be able to do it but she'll freak out and break down after she does it and some how be able to find his soul in cause she is out side wards

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i think rose will be able to kill him cause in shadow kiss for her field experience she had to fight dimitri andshe won becausde she knows all his moves. and also she said when she saw that she had to fight him she said that he wasn't dimitri at the moment he was her enemy

I Agree with you madii.
When Rose was fighting Dimitri, she had in mind that Dimitri was not Dimitri, but her Enemy and she had to defeat him.
I'm starting to think Dimitri will be killed by Rose and she will be heart-broken and everything but she will have to move on and keep protecting the Moroi.

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she wil be able to do it but she'll freak out and break down after she does it and some how be able to find his soul in cause she is out side wards

But if he's undead, that means he has no soul so his soul is lost already.
If Rose kills Dimitri that ends it for him. He had NO to soul to begin with. So maybe, just maybe, she can go where she was at in Shadow Kissed where she saw the dead souls, and find Dimitri and then he would tell her something but I guess that's it.
I don't think he has a chance after he's a Strigoi.

That makes me so sad.

Ballroomdancer13 wrote:

OK...I get it now. The stuff about if Dimitri is healed somehow from being Strigoi that he would turn into a Moroi.

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I can so see the last chapter of the final book telling about all their little babies. Unlikely, but still.

In one way, I don't want that kind of ending. It's a bit cliché. And plus that kind of ending is what IMO ruined the end of the Harry Potter series. JKR had matched up all the characters and depicted them as parents sending their offspring to Hogwart's school. It was a lame ending, IMO.

Don't get me wrong. I am a big Rose and Dimitri fan. Yes, I want them together. But maybe just a big double wedding in the book to end the whole series. The double wedding being Rose and Dimitri and Lissa and Christian.

I completely agree lissa and christian will take the moroi world by storm as leaders and Rose and Dimitri will be together and remain guardians (because it's what they live for, not because they're forced.) Married or not as long as they have each other. Adrian needs to find somebody (Sydney?) anyone who is not royal or a moroi. Another Dhampir or human something to shake things up After all that's what Adrian does. Rose never ever mentions wanting kids but I kind of get the feeling that Dimitri had toyed with the idea before. Dimitri is more in love with Rose than the idea of having children and if he can't have any with her I don't see him wanting any either. I don't want the cliche ending either I want something more fitting for the characters something original. I will be so disappointed if we got another "Breaking Down" ending.

i know i mean the ending was way to winney the pooh happy ending he is happy he can read her mind they get their child alice is back and they know what will hapen to renesmee i mean seriously cliche enough for you

but i really hope some how they can figure out a way to get dimitri back so him and rose can be together but i don't want it to be too cliche that wouldn't be fun to read
i think it will have some deep sideeffects on him and they {rose and dimitri} will have t owork toghether so they don't go mad **spoiler**like at the cabin in shadow kiss when she wanted to kill jesse and ralf for what they did to lissa
but i hope its not some kind of fairy tale happy sunshine ending

No I am sure that RM wouldn't give us a fairy tale ending. Its not her style. I mean look at all of the VA series so far..yes things have worked out for some..but always something was given. I mean yeah Dimitri and Rose fell in love..but Mason dies. I know we arent in for a corny ending..it will be rash..something I am sure we haven't even thought of yet. VA is not a normal..cliche book..very far from it!

I would be sad if Dimitri dies..thats a given. But if Rose hunting, finding, and killing him makes her a stronger person I guess that's what happens. I can't help but think if she is this upset about just thinking about doing it..what will happen to her when she actually does have to do it..and how will she be after..

Maybe rose won't be able to and in the last minute Dimitri doesn't risk her life and stakes himself. He's the bad ass guardian that could pull that off! I would serious cry if something like that happens.