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The YLC (Why Little Chicago) thread
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: fuzzix on November 03, 2012, 07:57:50 PM ---The reason is, the only apparent thing the gatekeeper does accomplish is getting Harry to use LC before it is ready. Harry would still get the phone call, and would still be involved without the note, right? What did the gatekeeper actually change?
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Would he ?
Change timing by a little bit for Harry not getting the message, and we can plausibly posit Harry never being sideswiped by the hefty old car, being home a lot earlier, using LC before it is fixed, not being interrupted by Molly, and frying his brain.
pharthead:
As far as harry getting hit by the car, why can't it be a regular accident? There are people who don't have insurance that would flee from an accident to avoid having to pay to fix the other person's car.
I think LC was very useful to Harry, it just didn't get a lot of screen time. LC was mostly used to speed up the tracking of lost items. Therefore LC could simply be something that Harry made to speed up his business and because he though it would cool. I know a lot of people who go home and make random things that serve absolutely no purpose besides being fun to make. Heck, Legos has made a ton of money on that. Why can't Harry do something to test his abilities?
TheCuriousFan:
--- Quote from: pharthead on November 04, 2012, 12:38:18 AM ---As far as harry getting hit by the car, why can't it be a regular accident? There are people who don't have insurance that would flee from an accident to avoid having to pay to fix the other person's car.
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Our paranoia will not allow it, also, Jim is a lazy author, he wouldn't put it in if it won't be relevant later.
Or maybe he's just saying that while slipping in one or two things per book that are really suspicious to drive the more paranoid members of the board nuts in between books.
SAZ:
--- Quote ---The real question I am trying to answer is what would have transpired without the gatekeeper getting a message.
The reason is, the only apparent thing the gatekeeper does accomplish is getting Harry to use LC before it is ready. Harry would still get the phone call, and would still be involved without the note, right? What did the gatekeeper actually change?
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The Gatekeeper has ways of knowing things, but he doesn’t seem to me to see all and know all. He may not have been aware of the possibility that Molly would call Harry. Or didn’t think it was that likely.
I see the Gatekeeper as working with, or at a minimum doing a favor for Mab in PG. Molly I think is going to be nearly as important as Harry when the really big turds hit the fan when we approach the BAT. Harry becoming a nickel head and Molly losing her head by way of warden sword dose Mab and the team she sometimes works with no good what so ever.
At the time of PG Harry is likely the only person who Molly the rebel teenager would take direction from, and Harry is clearly the only wizard who would stick his neck out to help her. Likewise, I think the taking on of Molly as a troubled apprentice helped Harry reaffirm his beliefs in the what’s and whys of magic. This reaffirmation likely helped Harry resist Lashel’s shadow’s temptations.
Harry and Molly were both each other’s moral anchors.
Also I agree with neruro's assessment that the Gatekeeper knows the fine line Harry is walking and is ready to kill him if he goes dark, but is also willing to help him as he can as long as he doesn’t go dark.
Decorus:
Harry fixed Little Chicago or more accurately Lash used Harry to fix it.
Lash is the only one with the means, know how and chance to fix it.
It wouldn't be the first time Lash had intervened to protect Harry from death.
Basically Lash knew it was broken, she tried to get Harry to take up the coin to protect himself and when he refused she chose to fix it to prevent Harry from dying.
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