Joponica has sent in a "two parter" with the first part asking about the second season. I mentioned in the previous Reader Question post (Joponica wrote in before I made that post) that I'm on the look out for when they announce any second season info, and I'll be posting it the moment I get it. The second part of Joponica's email is what this post is all about and it asks for some interpretations and predictions on Marcus' intentions towards Krista.
Joponica writes:
This may not be the forum to ask this, but will they post if the show gets renewed? We see Marcus's hatred against to purebloods and now Chase knows as well. I still don't get why he turned Krista. I noticed that when Glynnis refered to Marcus's woman Charlotte thought automatically of Chase, but Glynnis meant Krista. Thus far, we have seen nothing but maybe sexual tension between the two. What do you think Marcus really turned Krista for? Did he kill ger brother to bring her to him?
So why did our main villain turn the once innocent beauty? Last night's episode revealed a possible reason when pureblood Alex told Chase that Marcus was falling into old habits, namely that Krista resembled Marcus' wife. This little tidbit opens up a whole new world of possible motivations for Marcus. If Alex was telling the truth, and Marcus
did have a wife, his turning of Krista could be as simple as him seeing his wife in her. I don't think it's that easy though.
I'm thinking Marcus still doesn't fully trust Chase, which is sad since she betrayed an ex lover and risked her life helping Marcus and his experiments (which she didn't know the full scope of until recently - and she may not still know everything). We know Chase is vicious and manipulative, but so far she has been extraordinarily loyal to Marcus. However, the pilot episode showed her smirk when Marcus was sent in to the purebloods to be disciplined for turning Krista without permission.
So, what does all that tell us? Not much really, except that Chase has seemingly been loyal. However, it was Krista who was told of Aurora's falsehood first. Does this mean that Marcus has already chosen his eternal bosom buddy? It seems to at least point to him trusting Krista more than Chase, though that trust is obviously misplaced. Maybe he knows Krista isn't fully turned. Maybe it's the human
-ness in Krista he's attached to. Perhaps it's the combination of Krista being partially human and looking like his wife that lures Marcus to Krista.
Why he turned Krista isn't the only part of the question, as Joponica also asks whether or not Marcus may have killed Krista's brother to bring her to him. I want to say the two acts were not connected, though the fact that he knew who she was when she first confronted him makes it seem as though he orchestrated the whole thing. He could have just been covering his bases by figuring out all the loose ends tied to Zack (Krista's brother), rather than planning out an ellaborate mechanism for turning Krista. I'd think he would have easily been able to turn her without the Zack murder, and if his plan is to get Krista to love him, killing her brother probably isn't best way to show it.
I see I've rambled on quite a bit. Unfortunately I don't have any real answers, but I guess that's because we don't have all the information yet. To sum up my theories... I believe Marcus believes Chase can't be trusted to be with him throughout all his grand plans. I believe Marcus sees a part of his wife in Krista, but that isn't the sole reason, as I think part of her humanity attracts him. I believe Marcus did not kill Zack to get to Krista, as it doesn't really make sense since he didn't need to go to those lengths.
And, I believe I'm also probably completely wrong in my assumptions so please leave your own below in the comments so that we might come up with some new theories together.