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Dark influences on Harry
Piotr1600:
A little OT:
Harry killing Cassius can't truly be considered a "cold blooded killing" in my opinion.
The simple fact that Cassius was a competent sorcerer means that even if he was on his way out in a month (or even the next few minutes) Cassius was an existential threat to Harry until Cassius was dead. In my opinion, that makes it - however cold or not it might have been - self-defense.
But I do agree the killing did leave a mark on Harry - because I'm pretty sure that death curses leave marks...
dimpwnc:
--- Quote from: DragonEyes on March 20, 2012, 04:48:33 PM ---See, I never liked that part. It wasn't his first cold blooded killing. He killed Grevanes drummer (for the life of me I can't remember his name). Granted, the guy had been cutting on him, so it wasn't exactly without cause, but it was certainly a killing not in self-defence. He was already safe by then. Also granted, it was Mouse that did the killing, but Harry was the mind behind the deed.
Not trying to get into an argument about the nature of the killing of slate, but imho Harry is wrong about it being his first cold killing, even if it was a step about what he'd done before.
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Dragoneyes--
Yes, that is one of the two killings I was talking about from DB in my first post, which proceed to haunt him in PG.
The person he kills is named Quintus "Snakeboy" Cassius. He also kills Corpsetaker without remorse.
He does describe these as his first "cold" killings. I think the thing that distinguishes the death of Slate is that Slate is not currently, nor has recently, threatened him and Harry kills him, not to avoid a threat or protect others, or even out of fury after being recently tortured, but to gain power.
knnn:
Making Demonreach into a sanctum is bound to leave a stain of some sort.
Other possibles:
- Being raped by the Red Court at the end of GP might count ("the monsters got me").
- The minute of lost memories at the end of Changes.
- That cookie that Odin offers him (Changes).
- We know that the ruby his mother left him is trouble.
- Breaking his Word to Lea a number of times.
...and then there was that ketchup stain in his bathrobe he mentions (in SK?)... :P
TheCuriousFan:
--- Quote ---- We know that the ruby his mother left him is trouble.
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How so?
knnn:
--- Quote from: TheCuriousFan on March 20, 2012, 06:19:28 PM ---How so?
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Doesn't Lea say that the gem comes with some sort of price, and that his mother had headaches after?
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