"burn X blood to attempt an action" Vs Direct Intervention question (LSJ)

[Stone]

An old post (related to Seeds of Corruption vs D.I.) says that an action
cancelled by Direct Intervention is not "attempted" [LSJ 20020801].

I have a question about "burn X blood to attempt an action" (I found only
Enrage and Hazimel that fit the bill, and googling those with Direct
Intervention didn't return any hit).

Must you burn the blood before or after the opportunity to cancel an action
card is given ?
In other words, if a vampire with Enrage plays a Govern the Unaligned and
the GtU cancelled by D.I., do you burn 2 blood ? It would be the same
question if a non-Ravnos played a Mind Numb on Hazimel, cancelled by D.I.

thanks
Stone

Name: Enrage
[SoC:C, KoT:C/PB4]
Cardtype: Action
Discipline: Presence
+1 stealth action. Frenzy.
[pre] Put this card on a vampire you control. This vampire has +1 strength
and may enter combat with any minion as a (D) action. Burn this card at the
end of this turn.
[PRE] (D) Put this card on any vampire. This vampire must burn 2 blood to
attempt any action except hunts and actions to enter combat. Burn this card
after resolving this vampire's action.
Artist: Becky Jollensten

Name: Hazimel
[Gehenna:U]
Cardtype: Vampire
Clan: Ravnos
Group: 4
Capacity: 11
Discipline: dem ANI AUS CHI FOR POT
Independent: Hazimel has 2 votes (titled). -{Other Methuselahs'}- non-Ravnos
vampires must burn 2 blood to attempt an action that targets Hazimel or a
card or counter on him. +1 bleed.
Artist: Mark Nelson

[LSJ]

Stone wrote:
> An old post (related to Seeds of Corruption vs D.I.) says that an action
> cancelled by Direct Intervention is not "attempted" [LSJ 20020801].
>
> I have a question about "burn X blood to attempt an action" (I found only
> Enrage and Hazimel that fit the bill, and googling those with Direct
> Intervention didn't return any hit).
>
> Must you burn the blood before or after the opportunity to cancel an action
> card is given ?

After.

> In other words, if a vampire with Enrage plays a Govern the Unaligned and
> the GtU cancelled by D.I., do you burn 2 blood ?

No.

> It would be the same
> question if a non-Ravnos played a Mind Numb on Hazimel, cancelled by D.I.

Correct.