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Why were Marcus hostile towards Selene ?.

posted 8 years ago by dreez-vector
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He had absolutely no reason for it, except for the script to have more drama.

Selene was the one who disclosed the scemes by victor and also quiet possibly
saved with Victor AND Marcus from death by unveiling the attack and takeover
by the werewolves by the aid of Kraven.

Had Selene not set in motion these events, the werewolves would've more then
likely dug up all the sleeping elder vampires and killed them all once
they got access to their hideout by Kraven.

It was only logical that Marcus should've asked Selene for some blood to tell
if she was lying or not, but since he already had the memories from the kill
man who's blood woke up Marcus, he should know what was going on and not
been hostile towards Selene.

I really don't like when they make movies where the characters makes decisions
that has absolutely no logic.

[–] yomama117 8 years ago

By that point he wasn't much of an asking type. He is an Elder after all, now with newfound power and nothing standing in his way of realizing his plans.

Consider his situation: For centuries he's had to stand by helpless while his brother is locked in darkness, likely perpetually starving yet unable to die. The vampires were supposed to be his race, yet he's pretty much been steamrolled by Viktor and Amelia. Now they're both dead, the coven is in disarray and there's no one to stop him.

It's also possible he's insane. He became a hybrid while coming out of hibernation and was forced to process the memories of a dead lycan who died in pain. We know it can be disconcerting to an Elder to come out without a proper vision. With waking Viktor, Selene was inexperienced but she was trying. For Marcus it was probably pure chaos trying to sift the memories of a dead man, and a werewolf to boot. This could've caused his mind to snap. I think there's some truth to this since his complete apathy towards the consequences of releasing William can't be fully explained by brotherly love or the belief he can control him. And when he starts in on that "new race and I will be their god" stuff, you know he's wacko.

Finally, despite all this, I think he was willing to cut Selene a break at first. Kraven and Tannis he killed because he saw their treachery, but with Selene I got the sense that even though he didn't ask, once he took enough blood to get the memories he'd wanted he'd leave her alone. Of course once she started resisting all bets were off.

[–] UnderworldRocks 8 years ago

Answer: The pendant. The secret location of William's prison.

Do I need to expand on that? The movie is quite clear.

[–] GoodRed 7 years ago

Your answer still doesn't explain the extreme lengths Marcus went to for it, especially since Selene's initial plan revolved around awakening him. Selene was loyal to him until he went ape-sh!t on her for virtually no reason. The OP is correct; Marcus had poor character motivation.

[–] watcher101 7 years ago

Yes, but that was before she found out he was planning to awaken William and tried to kill her. It's likely that Marcus knew of Selene's compassion to humans, as well as her hatred towards lycans (even if it was Viktor, 600 years of programmed hatred won't immediately disappear). Do you really think she would have just given him her blood so he could unleash the worst lycan in history to tear apart society? Of course not, so he opted to take her blood by force, and she fought back. Also, it's likely that after centuries of submitting to Viktor, when he should have been ruling, that with his new hybrid form, he was drunk with power.
Also, I read the book, which goes into further details on things, and Corvinus acknowledges that his so had gone mad. This could be a result due to the way he was woken up. The awakening seems to be done in a delicate manner, yet Marcus came with the change of becoming a hybrid, which seemed to be quite painful judging by Michale's first transformation. That and he was likely caught up in the memories of the tortured lycan who's blood he got. It probably messed with his mind.