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Cold Days Book Club - Chapters 45-53 **MAJOR SPOILERS**
JustKidding:
--- Quote from: jlayne on December 06, 2012, 04:05:07 AM ---And now confronting Maggie means talking to Michael and Charity about Molly. God help Harry. He's a dead man.
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too true
I'd agree, Dragoneyes, that Dresden is unbalanced, and I didn't even think about the influence of the winter mantle and his experience with molly. However, I doubt that the mantle will have much influence on Dresden when he is in "father mode". Family stuff is too close to the true Harry to be swayed much by anything.
--- Quote from: Fyxen on December 06, 2012, 07:22:08 PM ---I got the impression reading this book that Mother Summer and Mother Winter were actually the same person, or at least two sides of the same coin. After all, Mab and Titania are sisters, as Aurora and Maeve are cousins. Unless there is some big bad daddy figure we don't know about, the two queens must have the same mother. Considering that the Sidhe courts seem to be all about feminine power, I doubt that their mantles of Queen were passed down from their fathers.
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I got that vibe too. What I am more interested in is why, if the mothers are two sides of the same coin, they show up in two distinct bodies. Why not just be mother nature? or Gaia or whatever.
Also concerning the rest of your post, don't forget that the current Mab used to be mortal. Who knows where the original Mab came from.
OZ:
--- Quote ---The only thing that is really ticking me off about this book is Harry's freaking messed up daughter issues. It totally jars my image of his character to see him scared to introduce himself to his daughter's life.
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I agree. I know that a dozen arguments will be made to the contrary but Harry is nothing if not responsible and it's irresponsible not to make contact with Maggie. Of course I am a single father of a daughter so I am hardly objective on the subject.
xakko:
--- Quote from: OZ on December 07, 2012, 07:30:23 PM ---I agree. I know that a dozen arguments will be made to the contrary but Harry is nothing if not responsible and it's irresponsible not to make contact with Maggie. Of course I am a single father of a daughter so I am hardly objective on the subject.
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I guess I agreed with the rationale given - he's seen Maggie for all of a couple hours of her life, hours that included him cutting the throat of her mother. If she does remember him, there's a good chance that all that trauma comes rolling back in. And if she doesn't... well, she's still recovering from the trauma of the events in Changes, she's got a loving foster family that she looked quite content to be with.
Yes, it does freak him out. But he's also on a timeline, and there really wasn't that much opportunity to chase her down. He /could/ have done it, and Thomas and Murphy were pushing him to do it, yes. But all in all, saving her and the rest of Chicago probably trumps seeing her and risking hurting her.
In the long run, though, he's gotta get over it.
huangjimmy108:
Let's shine the spotlight on Harry's magical abilities.
He is now capable of doing evocation magic without additional tools quite effectively. His abilities is limited in this book by the simple means of no equipment, this would not be an issue in the next book.
How do you think butcher would balance harry's power ? Other than making his enemies more powerful I mean ? Do you think Harry would have achieve such proficiency in evocation by simple trainning? without Mab's help and the winter knight mantle? If he can how far Harry's skill have improve? My best guest is 100 years of improvement. What is your opinion seeing Harry is now capable of countering Mother winter's wil with soulfire?
huangjimmy108:
A few questions. Sorry if it is already answered elsewhere.
1. Is Molly Fei now, or is she mortal still?
If she is Fei, what happened to her soul? Is her free wil simply gone?
Can Molly still have a soulgaze with someone?
For that matter, if Mab is mortal once, what happened to her soul? What happened to her free wil?
Is a dragon immortal? If so, did Michael carpenter killed the dragon while rescuing Charity?
How did Michael killed the dragon if it is immortal? Is it halloween or is it the sword?
Please Clarify. If there a WOJ about this, please point it out to me.
Thank you.
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