Sometimes you need someone outside of your bubble to see what *is* and not what *was*. People you've known you forever often cast you into old roles; Blaise just sees the woman before him and takes her for that. (Plus he's actually applying that tactical thinking and not just sitting around like a miserable ball of personified envy.) She's not "yesterday's Lav" anymore, and not just because of her wolf. (None of them are, tbf. War and all that. The question is what do you *do* about it?)
While I don't think it's necessary for her to make a complete cut with her past (that would be sad), having some new people around her will help her blossom. And once the older friends have "proof of concept", they're a lot more likely — most of them anyway — to accept the new version.
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Sometimes you need someone outside of your bubble to see what *is* and not what *was*. People you've known you forever often cast you into old roles; Blaise just sees the woman before him and takes her for that. (Plus he's actually applying that tactical thinking and not just sitting around like a miserable ball of personified envy.) She's not "yesterday's Lav" anymore, and not just because of her wolf. (None of them are, tbf. War and all that. The question is what do you *do* about it?)
While I don't think it's necessary for her to make a complete cut with her past (that would be sad), having some new people around her will help her blossom. And once the older friends have "proof of concept", they're a lot more likely — most of them anyway — to accept the new version.