I don't think vamps saw the cure as a threat. When Mick was getting Coraline's blood tested he did not know that the cure was temporary. He thought he had found the holy grail - permanent return to mortality. If you happen to like being immortal, mortality is a death sentence, and thus a threat. Had Mick known the cure was temporary it would likely have been a different conversation. (Probably more like "let's get this tested to see if we can find a way to make it permanent.")Catmoon wrote:Here's a question I just thought of: If the "cure" is only temporary, why would any vamp view it as a threat? You'd think with Legion breathing down their necks they'd welcome a way to mask the truth of what they are. Hmmm... and if Beth's blood is part of the cure it would be in high demand if that happened... I doubt TPTB would be going and killing Beth off, but I suppose she could be kidnapped (again, hmm) to be used for her blood. Now that's one scenario that would bother me, Josef being involved in something like that.
One last thing about the "cure". The Duvalls seemed very keen on keeping it a secret in the family. So if Legion started killing vampires, I could see not only a vamp vs. Legion war but also the general vamp population vs. the Duvalls. Maybe Mick would actually be on the Duvall side?! If, say, they had no intention of ever harming Beth because she was part of the family, with Josef being against the Duvalls, and that being the point of betrayal. (It would be a fight for survival, and as much as Josef loves Mick like a brother and cares for Beth, he would do anything to survive). That would be quite the plot twist!
Great thoughts, thanks for sharing them! As you can see they inspired a lot of speculation of my own!
As far as the DuValls keeping the cure a secret. That struck me as survival. If you have a trump card you certainly don't tell your enemy. Also, The at least one of the original ingredients was a now extinct plant. It seemed that Lance's anger was more that Coraline was wasting such a precious and rare substance on a fool's errand. He said they had already tried to recreate it and that it didn't work. Just a thought (or two )