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Team UMO: a theory, for reference purposes
Raptor:
--- Quote from: the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh on March 16, 2014, 03:18:44 AM ---That is creepy, and I cannot see a counterargument, though I do not like it at all.
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Yeah, that was just something that was tumbling around in my head while I was out with the dog. But, like you said: There's no counter argument.
Of course, it could also be explained by Raith's Hunger being ohmygoddity strong (so strong it simply absorbs ambient magic within a certain radius, or that could be Maggie's smothering curse), and he's freakin' old and has been hording knowledge in case it became useful, and the spell to summon HWWB is a part of it.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: Raptor on March 16, 2014, 02:56:15 PM ---Yeah, that was just something that was tumbling around in my head while I was out with the dog. But, like you said: There's no counter argument.
Of course, it could also be explained by Raith's Hunger being ohmygoddity strong (so strong it simply absorbs ambient magic within a certain radius, or that could be Maggie's smothering curse), and he's freakin' old and has been hording knowledge in case it became useful, and the spell to summon HWWB is a part of it.
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I prefer the theory that Lord R's protection against magic is a sophisticated Outsider-based spell that Maggie worked out for him, and that she left a trapdoor in it for her death curse. I'm not seeing why so many people are quite so keen to tie the Hunger to Outsiders, and Harry does describe Lord R's protection as feeling like the mordite in DM.
peregrine:
Why would she have left a trap door into it? Granted, Eb isn't 100% in on the workings of everything, but given what he's said about it, it's far more likely that since Maggie couldn't reach him, she layered something else on top of his protection. Otherwise, if she could bypass it, she could just kill him.
Tami Seven:
I prefer the theory that Lord Raith made a deal with the Walkers/Outsiders to turn over Maggie's Starborn child to them in exchange for the Antimagic defense spell. Or that LR made the deal with the Outsiders at the time of the first Starborn, and they called in that favor when Maggie was discussing becoming the mother of the next Starborn child.
Arjan:
--- Quote from: peregrine on March 16, 2014, 04:42:31 PM ---Why would she have left a trap door into it? Granted, Eb isn't 100% in on the workings of everything, but given what he's said about it, it's far more likely that since Maggie couldn't reach him, she layered something else on top of his protection. Otherwise, if she could bypass it, she could just kill him.
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That was explained in woj. What she did was actually far more effective than killing him. It effectively sandbagged the white court and tortured Lord Raith etc. See the woj
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