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Unsolved Mysteries Version II
Landing:
excuse me, i misworded my post I meant to say she recalled the word of kemmler after harry read it with photographic memory not the erlking book which she recalled as Shelia without harry ever reading it. they are two different books and two different times she remembered them. I try to resolve the confusion and only add to it by leaving out key words. :P
Shevik Muppet:
Thought of a new one:
What's the deal with the famous historical warrior kings and the swords being wielded by their decedents?
parthagenon:
--- Quote from: Shevik Muppet on January 14, 2011, 11:36:59 PM ---Thought of a new one:
What's the deal with the famous historical warrior kings and the swords being wielded by their decedents?
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Added, with an asterisk because Harry already theorized about them being tied to responsibility.
LogicMouseLives:
--- Quote from: Linamar on January 14, 2011, 05:00:18 AM ---Here's not so much of a mystery, as an interesting tidbit:
In Dead Beat, Lash is able to recall the text of the Erlking book perfectly. But Harry never read it before Corpsetaker stole it. So one of her previous hosts must have read it. And Harry mentions that Wizard Peabody only published it about a century ago. That means Lasciel was running around sometime in the last 100 years. I wonder if we're going to see anything that she had a hand in?
And just to keep this as a mystery post, the question would be, who was Lasciel's last host, and who brought her down?
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Not the case, in fact. Harry reads through the Earlking book the night of his first visit to B.O.B. (Bock Ordered Books), just before he falls asleep and has the dream about his dad. This was after Sheila introduced herself, but before he discovered who she was. In fact, later on (sitting at Murphy's kitchen table, talking about the possibility of summoning the Earlking using something in the book) there's this exchange between Harry and Butters:
--- Quote from: Dead Beat PB page 251 ---"I have to figure out how to call up the Earlking," I said.
"Is that why everyone wanted that book?"
"Apparently."
"But you had it. Heck, you read it."
--- End quote ---
In fact, that's the same conversation where Butters' comment "It's too bad you don't have a photographic memory," just a few lines further on, leads Harry to realize that Sheila could help.
So no, she didn't necessarily have to have read it before, but to keep the consideration alive, I'll point out that if she hadn't previously read it through someone else's eyes, she was taking something of a risk in claiming to know it before Harry did. What if he hadn't?
LML
By the way, really cool idea, parthagenon!
Skip6235:
Actually, the part that bothered me the most about Sheila (besides the fact that she turned out to not be real just when I was all ready for shipping!) was that she knew where the Earlking book was on the shelf, and that there were 2 copies but someone had bought one already. How did she know that, without Harry knowing?
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