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The Red Court Lives....sort of (Spoilers Changes, GS, and CD)
GrandPanjandrum:
--- Quote from: Tarion on December 15, 2012, 01:38:56 AM ---My issue here is that this theory completely discounts the actual headaches in the past. In Turn Coat, his headaches have gotten so bad that Butters is trying to get him into an MRI machine. In Cold Days, he says they've been growing "steadily worse" "over the past few years". Harry certainly doesn't see this as a case of two different types of headaches, but as a continuation of the ones plaguing him.
Ebenezar says Mavra can do one, since she has a wizard level talent.
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In Turn Coat he only had one entity in there, but ever since White Knight that entity displayed free will. As Uriel stated..."You are a soul, you have a body." So, I'd say that the headaches since White Knight were Lash growing a soul in Harry's body. The escalation in Cold Days (where Harry points out that he's gone all but unconcious) is a combination of Lash's new soul, and Arianna's very real residence. You can take the "two separate ice picks" as two separate entities, or vampire fangs.
I can't imagine Jim Butcher missing an opportunity to have what equivocates to an Angel and a Demon inside Harry's head...especially with all the important decisions that have fallen to him. It is the stereotypical angel on one shoulder, demon on the other duking it out. Too fun.
Tami Seven:
From what I understand, if this "Predator Spirit" in half-Reds were the same as being a full Red, then Susan or Martian could have been sacrificed anytime.
The Sacrifice only worked because Susan fed her RC Vampire and let it take over. 'Susan' died as soon as she fed, and a brand new RC Vampire was born. At that moment of birth, she became the youngest Rampire and could affect all others.
There is no evidence that the RC's Predator Spirit infection that turns a human into a Rampire can be passed down any other way except from a RC Noble (the process of doing so isn't entirely clear).
It is unlikely that Maggie would have inherited any of that RC Infection, if she had her first foster family would have all been dead soon after they took her in. A child would not have been able to control that. Also, when the Rampires were all killed off, it also wiped out the 'Infection' that made Half-Reds. Even if Maggie had any of that 'Infection', it would have been wiped away once Susan died.
GrandPanjandrum:
--- Quote from: madness on December 15, 2012, 02:17:10 AM ---Great theory.
I don't agree with it but it is still a great theory. Well presented.
BTW, one of the comments here got me to thinking of the 'bursting forth' as metaphor for childbirth.
I have been having trouble figuring out why Lash would want to hurt Harry but if it is some sort of metaphysical process that she can not control and she is going to be split off from Harry (cutting the umbilical cord, so to speak) then I can see how the imagery and symbolism could fit.
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I think Lash is growing a soul ever since she practiced Free Will in White Knight. But, I think she, also, has company in there.
Your comment got me thinking about the dreams that went out into the world to pregnant women when the curse was released. That's kind of interesting from a "conception" point of view relative to Arianna.
madness:
Hell.
What if the original source of the Red Court (whatever the Red King had) jumped into Harry when the Red King died?
Didn't Harry lose the two minutes pretty much right as the spell was going out?
GrandPanjandrum:
--- Quote from: madness on December 15, 2012, 03:25:09 PM ---Hell.
What if the original source of the Red Court (whatever the Red King had) jumped into Harry when the Red King died?
Didn't Harry lose the two minutes pretty much right as the spell was going out?
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Read #2 of the first post on this thread...concerning the black out.
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