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DragonEyes:
--- Quote from: AcornArmy on March 19, 2012, 02:58:05 PM ---Yeah, but I think the two are not independent. Altering the route caused the change in result, because a route that didn't include a chat with Uriel led straight and only to suicide after becoming the Winter Knight. Uriel was what gave Harry the hope for a future.
The difference in what Harry does first seems odd, if you focus on the Winter Knight thing vs. the suicide thing(it did to me too, until a few minutes ago), because why wouldn't he have tried to call Uriel both times? But if the primary difference in Harry's decision tree was simply that the Whisper made him feel like such a shit that he didn't deserve to call on Uriel, then the rest of what happened falls naturally from that fact. Without Uriel, suicide; with Uriel, no suicide.
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Agreed on that. My original point, way back when, was that the words were calculated to push him quickly into choosing the WK power and thus suicide alongside it. It was a counter to an disagreement over whether the words were meant for suiciding or for becoming the WK. I still say that it was intended to accomplish both goals simultaneously.
DARTHYAM:
One: The Red court was planning to perform the ritual between 12:00 and 12:30. The final battle at Chichen Itza was probably about 30 minutes, and Harry and Arianna had their fight at about 12:30 give or take. So why is it almost dawn when they finally leave the site and head back to Chicago? Given that it's october dawn would be around 5:00am or 4:30. Why the hell were they there for hours
wyltok:
It's one of the mysteries of the book. Harry remembers everything up until he uses the knife (may God forgive him). He's got missing time from that point until it's almost dawn. Considering the powers at play in that location during that time, some of our local theory-weavers have proposed that a deal or two may have taken place in that time period. Since Harry didn't think to check his memories while he had perfect recall as a ghost, we probably won't find out for a while.
Mr. Death:
Harry may well have simply been catatonic for the whole time, and the rest of his group waited. Maybe to give him time, maybe because they were themselves injured and needed time to recover, maybe they were scared of what he might do if they did approach him.
DragonEyes:
--- Quote from: wyltok on March 19, 2012, 06:34:50 PM ---It's one of the mysteries of the book. Harry remembers everything up until he uses the knife (may God forgive him). He's got missing time from that point until it's almost dawn. Considering the powers at play in that location during that time, some of our local theory-weavers have proposed that a deal or two may have taken place in that time period. Since Harry didn't think to check his memories while he had perfect recall as a ghost, we probably won't find out for a while.
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Harry was only missing a couple of minutes. The rest of the time was him sitting on the steps with Maglet while his allies mopped up.
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