What kind of personality is Vachon?
Vachon often gives the appearance of irresponsibility to society, but seems quite loyal to the commitments he chooses for himself. This contradiction underlies the entire presentation of Vachon in Forever Knight. In “Black Buddha, Part Two,” Urs says that “Javier’s always running . . . from the Inca, from responsibility. It’s part of his charm, you see; he’s so hard to catch.” Lacroix similarly characterizes him as “irresponsible,” and Nick takes him to task for running from his obligations (BB). I n the present day, Vachon has no apparent employment, lives in an abandoned building, and has frustrated Tracy with his reluctance to commit to some sort of relationship (MBIAV); all of these things contribute to an appearance of irresponsibility, going back to the night he came across, when he decided to kill his vampire brother rather than be tied to a mortal enemy under an imposed code of morality. Vachon resists Angel’s decree but, on his own, has seemed largely to make choices that coin
