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Arjan:
--- Quote from: the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh on July 07, 2012, 04:26:02 PM ---having a soul, and, seemingly ensuingly, having free will ? faerie have neither.
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If you think that is the significant difference. But both are still vague concepts we do not really understand. And rather difficult to use in a diagnostic test. Even with magic. The people who lost them do not think it important
And a lot of people never bother thinking about these two things. Watch out for Kincaid if you try to exclude him from humanity because of that :)
AcornArmy:
--- Quote from: Serack on February 08, 2011, 01:18:33 PM ---In Grave Peril at the graveyard scene, and at the beginning of Summer Knight when Harry met Mab, it was hammered home that Fae can't really work their magic on you unless they already have a handle on you.
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--- Quote from: Magnus on February 08, 2011, 09:32:59 PM ---I thought that was that they couldn't kill you unless they already had a handle on you. They are allowed to mess in other ways though.
Or am I wrong?
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--- Quote from: ۞†Grey Warden†۞ on February 09, 2011, 06:33:11 AM ---I thought it was just the Queens not all fae
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This is a problem, because we've been given some conflicting information in the books, or at least information that doesn't seem to fit together properly. Still waiting for a WoJ to clarify. In Ask JimTM form, I guess the question would be:
Would you(Jim) please clarify exactly who the Faerie Queens can personally kill and who they can't? At various times in Summer Knight and in the rest of the series, we've been told or seen evidence that:
-- The Sidhe Knights are the only ones allowed to act in matters not directly related to the Faerie Courts. (SK, Ch. 10)
-- The Queens are not allowed to kill anyone who isn't a member of their own Court. (SK, Ch. 10)
And yet:
-- We've seen fae servants of the Faerie Queens kill and attempt to kill mortals many times.
-- Aurora was able to try to kill Harry just fine, but was unable to harm Murphy. (SK, Ch. 20-21)
-- When Harry is preparing to deal with Mab to become the Winter Knight, he thinks to himself that Mab can't kill a mortal, only make them wish they were dead. The implication seems to include the Winter Knight. (Changes, Ch. 30)
So which mortals can the Faerie Queens kill? Bob tells us one thing, but evidence in the books indicates something else.
AcornArmy:
--- Quote from: wardenferry419 on February 18, 2011, 01:36:18 PM ---I've noticed something in Dead Beat that wa interesting. When Cowl lifts his arms to touch the Darkhollow, his arms are described as "long, weathered arms covered in old scars." NOW, the only person I can recall having this "weathered" descriptions is Injun Joe. Infact, many times that Injun Joe is introduced in the story this word appears. Theory, Injun Joe being a healer finds an injured Elaine, heals her, then recruits her. Joe is very interested in aspects of life and death that could tie into a benevolent form of Necromancy. Does this theory hold water?
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It does not, I'm sorry to say. Listens-to-Wind showed up at Harry's house that very night to help heal the Wardens, and there was no mention at all of him looking the slightest bit battered or bruised. According to all sources in DB, having the Darkhallow explode in your face would be a somewhat damaging experience, and in White Night, Cowl-- if it was actually Cowl-- still moved in such a way that it conveyed that he was in pain, which seemed to confirm the idea that Cowl had been badly injured by the Darkhallow crashing.
Of course, Cowl could've been injured by something else, and he might have been just fine after the Darkhallow ended, allowing him to go heal people at Harry's apartment as Injun Joe. But that doesn't seem like the safest bet.
AcornArmy:
--- Quote from: parthagenon on February 14, 2011, 03:10:42 AM ---Okay, I've added two questions:
-How was Maggie Sr. connected to the Outsiders?
-How do the Laws of Magic work?
Does anybody have any suggestions on how to make the second question less vague? It was the best I could come up with, given the amount of discussion in the Laws of Magic thread.
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I have posted a possible answer to the first question here!: Maggie LeFay and the Outsiders
'Course, I made that thread almost a year ago, so it'll be going away soon. Maybe I should re-post it or something, since nothing has changed to alter the theory since then.
Second Aristh:
--- Quote from: AcornArmy on July 10, 2012, 08:18:57 PM ---I have posted a possible answer to the first question here!: Maggie LeFay and the Outsiders
'Course, I made that thread almost a year ago, so it'll be going away soon. Maybe I should re-post it or something, since nothing has changed to alter the theory since then.
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If you add in some WoJ quotes and text references, you might be able to get this theory into the display case of theories that is being developed.
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