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A Badelynge of Quackiness [spoilers for every book Jim ever wrote or ever will]
Ms Duck:
--- Quote from: xebo on June 11, 2012, 01:53:40 AM ---Duck, the "Mab" theories are all dependent on her being neigh omnipotent. It just seems like such a cop out. How could she know that steering Harry toward Demonreach wouldn't have gotten him killed? She manipulates things at the very beginning, but it seems as though nothing ever goes wrong for her (despite the summer fire thing). She's basically all knowing.
It's just...it's bad writing. And I hate to say that, because I love Jim's work. But an omnipotent being that guides the story is, well, bad writing.
Really, can anyone here confidentially say that mab isn't all knowing? She freaking knows what's going to happen. I swear, that's the biggest reason why I agree with your Time Travel theory, Duck. Because it's the only way Mab's actions are evenly remotely believable - She's seen it all before. Any other excuse requires Mab to be able to see events 20 steps ahead of everyone else, which basically makes her infallible.
So, assuming Jim is a fantastic writer, which is a safe assumption, then we can also assume that Mab has knowledge of the future. Which means Mab can either use a crystal ball, or she's traveled back in time after experiencing these events once, and is using her knowledge of the "future" to skilfully manipulate people/events.
Assuming she doesn't have a crystal ball, the question becomes, "Who is mab?". Welp, she has power over illusion and fear, she's a woman, and she has an interest in Harry (The stone table suggests a very intimate interest in harry). Only one candidate comes to mind: Molly.
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Thanks :)
but what if shes not omnipotent, but just really really sneaky?
Why did Kinkaid shoot Harry in the chest, not the head?( He allways aims for the head.)
Why did the shot take place on the lake, where Mab was waiting?
On the lake where Demon Reach can be found?
Mab can subtly change reality, within her domain
So can her opnenets, most likely
Precognition means making small changes, subtle things
Like nudging a bullet just a little bit..
mithrandirthewhite:
Would the bullet been lead or jacketed for armor peircing to be able to go through the boat? im asking because I dont think fae can influence iron, so that wouldnt an iron covered bullet be unaffected? (Or are the jackets made of copper?)
Ms Duck:
--- Quote from: mithrandirthewhite on June 11, 2012, 02:50:24 AM ---Would the bullet been lead or jacketed for armor peircing to be able to go through the boat? im asking because I dont think fae can influence iron, so that wouldnt an iron covered bullet be unaffected? (Or are the jackets made of copper?)
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this was argued out in another thread last year, in which a lot of people who know a LOT more about guns than I do proceeded to get very testy back and forth. Ergo, my offical answer is 'enhhh maybe?'
;D
MartyTaylor:
Along the last couple lines. Just like Harry didn't aim at the Scarecrow he couldn't hit but aimed at the ground beneath him (and Carlos did the same thing in the depths) Mab could manipulate the Air around the bullet's trajectory, so its composition becomes irrelevant.
As to Mab's precognitive ability; she's not the only player in the series that has it. Odin was well known for it, or at least obtained it through the crows depending on which version of the myth you have. Any number of the Mab's (and Harry's adversaries would have sufficient cognitive ability to have some measure of it to one degree or another. For that matter, we've been told and shown where it has been used by unnamed adversary in Changes. Shiro used it to save Harry.
Precognition is a power and tool used by mulitple players in the Dresden verse. The ones that determine how to use it to their greatest adavantage at the most strategically valuable times will be the ones to benefit the most from it. Mab's possession of the ability is not unique, so it doesn't unbalance the story. Even more, she doesn't use it in Harry's best interest, at least not completely.
peregrine:
--- Quote from: mithrandirthewhite on June 11, 2012, 02:50:24 AM ---Would the bullet been lead or jacketed for armor peircing to be able to go through the boat? im asking because I dont think fae can influence iron, so that wouldnt an iron covered bullet be unaffected? (Or are the jackets made of copper?)
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You can get bullets jacketed with steel, but usually they're covered with some copper alloy. But then again, if you know you're going to be shooting someone who is fae empowered, you might pick steel. Odds are a bullet fired by Kinkaid from a long distance would probably be jacketed, but it can go either way.
And, if Mab wanted to do some shenanigans with the bullet, she needs not to have affected it, she could put an illusion on Kinkaid to change his aim, or create a channel through the air to encourage the path of the bullet, and plan for the air to remain dense or not as needed for long enough even after the possible steel disrupts her magic...
It's basically impossible to tell one way or the other.
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