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[CD spoilers] Cowl = Simon reference thread
KevinSig:
--- Quote from: Elegast on November 30, 2012, 10:46:19 AM ---I think you're right. Time travel is such a powerful tool that everything becomes possible (Harry=Gatekeeper=Cowl=Merlin=Odin=Santa=Erkling=Titania=Mother Summer. Obviously). We should be very cautious before using it without explicit proof of actual time travel. That's why I don't really buy the Time Travelling Harry fixed LC.
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Yeah, there's WAY too much of the somebody equal somebody else that goes on around here. To the point, where you really have a hard time not to dimiss all of it.
I can't say I'm entirely faultless, since I'm starting to lean towards the notion that Harry = Merlin the original, but it isn't a firm belief either.
Elegast:
--- Quote from: KevinSig on November 30, 2012, 10:52:46 AM ---Yeah, there's WAY too much of the somebody equal somebody else that goes on around here. To the point, where you really have a hard time not to dimiss all of it.
I can't say I'm entirely faultless, since I'm starting to lean towards the notion that Harry = Merlin the original, but it isn't a firm belief either.
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I would say the Cowl=Simon is really reasonable. It's not like we are the ones inventing a secret identity for Cowl: there is a WOJ that Cowl is hiding his real name.
The Harry=Merlin is more outlandish (time-travel, soft evidence), but at least it's not Harry=Gatekeeper or Harry=Cowl or Justin=Cowl, all nearly impossible.
craigallen:
So wait a minute... you are all saying that Harry is going to end up on American Idol fighting Simon Cowl?
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knnn:
Nice summary!
- Another objection to the Simon=Cowl theory is an interview with Fred where he says that Jim let him have free rein in writing up Simon in the paranet files. If Simon still has a part to play, Jim would need to retcon or explicitly approve everything Fred puts into the books (e.g. Kumori's real name) in case they should appear in the novels. Furthermore, I don't see Jim letting such a reveal to come out outside of the novels -- aren't the paranet files supposed to be published soon? Mind you, I'm not saying this disproves anything, merely that it's a point against the theory.
Elegast:
--- Quote from: knnn on November 30, 2012, 12:59:58 PM ---Nice summary!
- Another objection to the Simon=Cowl theory is an interview with Fred where he says that Jim let him have free rein in writing up Simon in the paranet files. If Simon still has a part to play, Jim would need to retcon or explicitly approve everything Fred puts into the books (e.g. Kumori's real name) in case they should appear in the novels. Furthermore, I don't see Jim letting such a reveal to come out outside of the novels -- aren't the paranet files supposed to be published soon? Mind you, I'm not saying this disproves anything, merely that it's a point against the theory.
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Thx, I had forgotten that one. Will add it.
I don't find the argument terribly convincing, as the paranet files are focused on the Russian revolution, so probably many years before Simon was infected. And it wouldn't reveal anything, just flesh out what is already known. But Kumori's name would definitely have to be approved.
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