O.k., obviously from the response on the thread here, it would seem that I am certainly in the minority here with the theory of Susan being pregnant.
In all fairness it is a half-baked theory anyway. It is consistent with the fact that the characters of Ben and Susan had previously made love but inconsistent with the chronology of the movie which put the two events TWO YEARS apart.
Fine and good.
I have no way of putting a screen-cap on here. To my way of thinking Susan does indeed look to be pregnant and, admittedly, it is an idea which only half makes sense.
For anyone who is interested the scene in question is between 2.58:30 – 2.59:08 in the movie as Susan speaks the lines: 'I’ve found you… I love you, you were so difficult to find… but we are together now.’
Which is obviously before Ben takes some decisive action of his own just before the movie ends. Anyone is free to watch it (as we probably all have, several times by now) and draw their own conclusion.
Again in all fairness, the idea of Susan being pregnant is not alluded to in any dialogue, i.e. Ben doesn't interrupt her speech to say something like: 'Yes, my dear and I see that you are carrying our unborn child!' or anything like that, I'm just saying that that is how the scene appears to me within the time-slots listed above.
Furthermore, nowhere in the novel is there reference to Susan either getting or being pregnant, her story arc is dealt with much earlier in the book.
Anyway, that's the theory (such as it is) By all means please post with your own two cents and see if we can get a debate started.
Cheers for now.
It is an intriguing theory, my fine friend, and, as you concede, there are valid arguments against it.
One is, as you point out, no mention of it in the dialogue.
Also, in the book, I recall that Susan is destroyed before she can affect anyone else. The counter to this point is, of course that we are not discussing the book, but the mini-series, which is its' own story.
The third point is that the relevant folklore makes no mention (of which I'm aware) of a female vampire who was pregnant at the time of her death (or un-death) delivering.
Now, these points don't absolutely preclude a pregnant Susan such as you envision, as they are based on what is called the argument from silence, which is very often (but not necessarily always) a logical fallacy. But they do argue against it.
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