Haha! Well Anna is Queen of the vampires now, so maybe she should be able to sway them a bit ;) You're not wrong, there is a type of girl, generally pretty and petite in form, innocent, a bit naive, impulsive, and almost childlike, that makes people, men in particular, feel the need to protect and even cater to them. It's just who they are. If they have a good heart then it can be very useful in things like getting people to do the right thing or banning people together. As for pre vamp/post vamp, I set up who you could expect her to be with this: It was lucky for her that her mom had been the kind of person who believed that life was not a given and had taught her to expect the unexpected and deal with all that came her way with optimism. "It's all in how we perceive it Anna Banana,” she would say, “if your house burns down you can be devastated by the loss or excited at the prospect of building something new. Personally I strongly believe in the latter, and that my darling is how I expect you to live-with great hope and a sense of possibility, always seeking the light at the end of the tunnel or a glimpse of the sun breaking through the clouds. Because believe me there will be plenty of cloudy days. You can wish the rain would go away, or you can dance in it." And the two of them had danced in the rain often in her young life, both literally and figuratively. She missed her mom desperately but refused to give in to the grief, wanting to honor her life and memory by following her advice.

And I followed up on that after her transition--she was shaken from the time she woke in the gaming dungeon until the morning after she made it home and Austin found her sitting on the patio grinning like a fool after she slid off the roof, proclaiming that she was now "Bat Woman". And he said something like "Leave it to you to find the bright side so quick" So basically it was clear that pre vamp and post vamp anna's only real differences was that she now had superpowers. Change and maturity will come with time like it does for all people. But if you pay attention you will see changes in her, some growth :)

I'm not sure what you mean by Austin as the catalyst.

As for Michael, he's found himself in the predicament of wanting Jess which in his mind goes against all of his (rigid) rules because he thinks his female should be 'above reproach'. if he's never given into the 'pleasures of the flesh' (that's how he'd think of it lol) then certainly his mate wouldn't be 'that kind of girl'. So what's happening here is that he's actually pissed off at himself for thinking of her in 'that way' at all, and lashing out because of it.

I'm not telling you this because I think it will make you like him any better, lol, but just letting you know the way he thinks.