This might be the longest comment I've ever received...;)
I was always under the impression that The Five were all normal human beings to begin with
Um, yes. Until 1886 (which is the earliest they could have taken the Source Blood).
I like the idea that they all took the blood at the same time (even though it's reckless...but hey, these people aren't exactly models of sanity 99% of the time).
I kind of figured it was kind of a twisted symbiotic relationship, as it were. Everyone has a darker side in them, but most people are able to control them. I figure that once John had the Abnormal inside him, it worked on his darker instincts continually until he lost control, thus beginning the Ripper Era. But while he's doing all these horrible, terrible things, John kept fighting it, however unconsciously. Eventually, that battle exhausted both John and the Abnormal, allowing John to make mistakes enough in the killings that James and Helen were able to figure it out.
This is kind of what I think too. Which is why he never killed Helen. And why some of his victims had quicker deaths. (DO NOT look at the pictures of Mary Kelly!)
Most of my fic is Five related, and the one I'm working on now is back to figuring out more of the John/Helen dynamic at this point in their history. I think what makes me crazy is that we have very few firm dates (and one date in the canon that only makes things MORE CONFUSING).
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I was always under the impression that The Five were all normal human beings to begin with
Um, yes. Until 1886 (which is the earliest they could have taken the Source Blood).
I like the idea that they all took the blood at the same time (even though it's reckless...but hey, these people aren't exactly models of sanity 99% of the time).
I kind of figured it was kind of a twisted symbiotic relationship, as it were. Everyone has a darker side in them, but most people are able to control them. I figure that once John had the Abnormal inside him, it worked on his darker instincts continually until he lost control, thus beginning the Ripper Era. But while he's doing all these horrible, terrible things, John kept fighting it, however unconsciously. Eventually, that battle exhausted both John and the Abnormal, allowing John to make mistakes enough in the killings that James and Helen were able to figure it out.
This is kind of what I think too. Which is why he never killed Helen. And why some of his victims had quicker deaths. (DO NOT look at the pictures of Mary Kelly!)
Most of my fic is Five related, and the one I'm working on now is back to figuring out more of the John/Helen dynamic at this point in their history. I think what makes me crazy is that we have very few firm dates (and one date in the canon that only makes things MORE CONFUSING).