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Dresden Files: Series Timeline
AcornArmy:
--- Quote from: Zarrot on April 02, 2008, 05:50:24 PM ---Reasons:
1) The Obvious - Harry had to "exist" for the spell to lock to him. So at minimum it would have to have occurred within 8 months of his birth.
2) Baby Hair - In PG, Harry fails to find Molly using her baby hair. Bob states that this is because babies are mailable and Molly is no longer what she was then. If you extend that concept to a fetus, well, anyone who has seen a sonogram knows that an early pregnancy fetus does not much resemble a baby. The changes during this period are radical therefore it would make sense to wait as long as possible for that fetus to be very near it's completed development prior to trying to imprint it.
So in my book this would place the casting of the spell in the Third Trimester minimum, I think one could safely say October.
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Just an idea, here-- things like hair or a picture or whatever are only necessary if you need to create a symbolic link to another person or object. I'm guessing that, if the other person is actually with you constantly, and is in fact inside of your own body, no such symbolic link is necessary. You're already touching them, so you probably have all you need to open a magical channel between you and them. In fact, with pregnancy being such a special case, one might speculate that there could be a constant, inseparable magical link between the mother and the child until the child is born and the umbilical cord is cut.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: AcornArmy on April 19, 2008, 12:04:04 PM ---Just an idea, here-- things like hair or a picture or whatever are only necessary if you need to create a symbolic link to another person or object. I'm guessing that, if the other person is actually with you constantly, and is in fact inside of your own body, no such symbolic link is necessary. You're already touching them, so you probably have all you need to open a magical channel between you and them. In fact, with pregnancy being such a special case, one might speculate that there could be a constant, inseparable magical link between the mother and the child until the child is born and the umbilical cord is cut.
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Agreed Blood relation, especially the parent-child one, is a strong link in itself. Remember what Bob said about anchoring spells in bloodlines, like the loup-garou
SailorYue:
cool, with the info on Thomas, i can better.... well understand things for something.
--- Quote ---0-1 BSF, late winter?: Thomas and Justine become involved. This is "nearly five years" before the events of Blood Rites, which takes place in late Autumn of 4 BSF [BR 14]. Justine is about 16, and Thomas is probably in his early- to mid-thirties. At the risk of sounding judgemental, eww.
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lol, i never knew he was THAT old XD BUT i guess age could be reletive, i would think that WC Vamps age slower than humans.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: SailorYue on April 23, 2008, 04:45:18 PM ---cool, with the info on Thomas, i can better.... well understand things for something.
lol, i never knew he was THAT old XD BUT i guess age could be reletive, i would think that WC Vamps age slower than humans.
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Weird. I always picture him as younger, but then he has to be older than Harry.
Side Topic:
Since SmF I have been wanting to add a timeline of the Blue Beetle's transformation over the books. Anyone willing to pitch in?
SailorYue:
--- Quote from: Quantus347 on April 24, 2008, 03:23:31 PM ---Weird. I always picture him as younger, but then he has to be older than Harry.
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wel, like i said. Thomas might be old in age, but he probably still looks quite young, upper 20's maybe. i would think that WC Vamps, being the semi-imortals they are, would age much slower. like how Wizards can live for many canturies before looking their age, WC Vamps would as well. they would carry that trait.
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