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The Gatekeeper fixed LC and other PG musings [spoilers up to CD]
Ms Duck:
I just want to address this point:
--- Quote ---... That's not actually how a good chess player works. There are no random moves. There are, however, sacrifices that must be made in order to gain a better position to stop the enemy's plans.
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because its a bit.. well, wrong :)
I am, or was, a very good chess player in my college days. Went to the state championship more then once.
Chess is full of what im talking about; the decoy, the cross check, the discovery.. the best games in the world come from making moves to distract the enemy in one direction then reveal a new hidden threat elsewhere.
beyond that, what Mab does is a variation of speed chess in which a master player plays dozens of games at once against all comers; to make it real fun, half of them are played blind. its round robin speed Xanatos gambit chess. And she's very good at it.
--- Quote ---There's a REASON that when Mab said, "Sign these Accords and abide by them," people listened. :)
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wizard nelson:
--- Quote ---there's only one way to know that the WG's team will get involved in keeping Harry safe. That is foresight. Unless, of course, one has faith. In which case, even if you don't know, you believe that he will intervene.
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hows this forsight? because the WG is omnipotent and knows harry's dumb ass has to save the world one day so he pulls fat from fryer? WG intervenes all the time even to people who don't actually believe like sanya.
--- Quote --- Do you really think there's space anywhere in her personality for faith? If she doesn't have faith, or foresight, how can she know when the WG is going to intervene to keep Harry safe?
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she doesn't need it, she has proven capable of following the actions of WG archangels in Smf and GS. the WG and mab have had interest in positive outcomes in multiple books. and either by incidence or design do work along side each other. so :P
wizard nelson:
--- Quote ---"A user of dark magic will gain Winter's Favor. Fate and coincidence will stop Chicago's Warden from using the scrying tool he developed with Kemmler's familiar until X nights after the warlock's execution."
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that doesn't do it for me. winters favor? so? nothing about scrying tool needing fixing? and wouldn't he need a specific time of day? its not like night explains when harry used it. to clarify he would have had to tail harrys every move directly, mab has servants, and can blink.
--- Quote ---Aww, man, that's not fair! You asked me to come up with a possible message from the future, and I did, and now you say that's cheating?! Damned, if I do, damned if I don't
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yep. ;) no worries. i consider myself correct until proven wrong. if you can't, then my opinion is just as valid as yours until i prove yours invalid. this is a win. remember "there are many truths but only one set of facts".
robertltux:
--- Quote from: Ms Duck on February 13, 2013, 06:26:59 PM ---Do you think Jim will let us make ' Team Mab' t shirts?
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Cool idea but then we would need a good head and shoulders picture of MAB (and just for fun Titania)
Ms Duck:
--- Quote from: robertltux on February 14, 2013, 02:52:59 PM ---Cool idea but then we would need a good head and shoulders picture of MAB (and just for fun Titania)
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just hit google for winter queen. there are tons
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