Yes. Charming little show. Totally inaccurate, of course.
[Beckett has a sense he's touched a nerve, and listens with intent as Sam rambles]
No, it's not exactly that - the Giovanni have their superstitions, but practically speaking the only advantage their customs afford them is that their newly-created kindred are already indoctrinated and prepared for their new existence, and have some meaningful experience with the supernatural.
What you're describing bears some resemblance to revenant families - the traditional servitor bloodlines associated with certain clans that I mentioned before. Revenants do manifest certain innate supernatural abilities as a result of their condition. Giovanni do not; until their embrace, they're mortal, and may be necromancers, but that's it. They also tend to be more receptive than ordinary mortals to, ah, the use of certain kindred abilities, and there are kindred who can perform feats like possession who would find it easier to do so with a revenant associated with their clan. Some kindred do use revenant to test pet theories, and sometimes they are - bred - to a purpose or aesthetic, but they are not ultimately considered terribly important - whereas the Giovanni will hunt you over the death of a mortal family member just as surely as a kindred one.
And there is, with certainty, nothing like divinity involved on any level.
[He ends his explanation looking far bleaker then he'd started]
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[Beckett has a sense he's touched a nerve, and listens with intent as Sam rambles]
No, it's not exactly that - the Giovanni have their superstitions, but practically speaking the only advantage their customs afford them is that their newly-created kindred are already indoctrinated and prepared for their new existence, and have some meaningful experience with the supernatural.
What you're describing bears some resemblance to revenant families - the traditional servitor bloodlines associated with certain clans that I mentioned before. Revenants do manifest certain innate supernatural abilities as a result of their condition. Giovanni do not; until their embrace, they're mortal, and may be necromancers, but that's it. They also tend to be more receptive than ordinary mortals to, ah, the use of certain kindred abilities, and there are kindred who can perform feats like possession who would find it easier to do so with a revenant associated with their clan. Some kindred do use revenant to test pet theories, and sometimes they are - bred - to a purpose or aesthetic, but they are not ultimately considered terribly important - whereas the Giovanni will hunt you over the death of a mortal family member just as surely as a kindred one.
And there is, with certainty, nothing like divinity involved on any level.
[He ends his explanation looking far bleaker then he'd started]