Does "Angel" Need Permission to Come Inside? (Not a Euphemism lol)
It's almost three months and still I can't get Midnight Mass out of my head.
And I have more questions the more details I noticed. Right now, what I'm interested about is the Nosferatu lore and how much rl-mythical lore did Mike Flanagan incorporate with the "Angel".
Angel got all the basic Vampire characteristics of course, immortality and blood consumption. But I'm wondering, do they need permission to get inside people's homes?
I have watched this show multiple times already and never have I seen the Nosferatu enter people's houses. It either feeds outside or lures its victims to their newfound lair to feed.
The three instances where we see Angel outright attack someone in a building was when Bill "Bowl" was lured into its lair, when Riley interrupted its blood-letting for Pruitt by entering unannounced in the rec center, and when Mildred shot the priest in the head (what a queen) in the Church where it's technically John's "territory" so to speak so Angel already got permission. (More than a permission even-)
#PeakBlasphemy
So, 1.) John managed to convince it somehow not to outright attack the Crockett residents because they're gonna be transformed soon enough as Newborns (no need to bring doubt or terrify their future vampire babies till they're "ready") and only got a sort of leeway in the sense that "technically" Angel didn't really make the first move or attack anyone!
They "intruded" first! And it had to "defend" its home and John. (It's main focus and function is to Feed above all else but it also seems capable of higher intelligence -like imitating speech, understanding the need to blend in, and punishing(?)/manipulating John in what seems to be... just for the heck of it)
Or 2.) It can't enter any occupied house without permission first. Hence, the late night stalking and luring its victims- unless it trespassed on its space first then it's a free for all.
@dendrocnide-moroides Oh, that’s ok! Hmm. 🤔 It can be an extension of my prev theory. The “Angel” might see the entire island as his territory now since majority- or at least enough people, gave him permission to enter, and with the Crocket churchgoers sacrificing themselves to It sealed the deal and gave it enough power to not need those pesky permissions to enter anymore.
Or as the newborn vamps being an extension of Itself the Vampire can go in and out of places where Its Children already have the tacit permission to enter.
(They have an incredibly low population. Most of them probably visited each other’s houses at one point. Well, most likely, except the Sheriff’s.
(Can you then imagine the sheer irony if the Sheriff’s place was the safest one they had because nobody visited and therefore no one, not any vampire got the permission to Enter making it an essential sanctuary in times of nosterafu crisis cause our man wasn’t converted. I- ajsjsjkekskdk that’d be such a fun concept to play with))
But we also have a somewhat ambiguous textual event where he asked Sarah if could come in, so the second thread might be the weaker theory there.