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groinkick:
Cowl being able to defend against a death curse could mean he would know how to defend against something like blood line curse as well. 

jonas:

--- Quote ---I don't know. This theory seems to fail the Chekhov Test. Try as I might, I just can't think of any pieces of evidence in past books that would suggest that Cowl is a Red Court vampire. No conspicuous smoking guns that would signify that this is a possibility
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He speaks with a long slithery way of talking. RCV have long thin tongues just like a snake in their true form. The inability to create a flesh mask after the event's at Archangel(as we didn't actually hear him speak in GP) would line up rather well with the idea.

--- Quote ---The Simon theory is basically the Occam's Razor Theory - it's the simplest explanation and in a rational world is most likely.
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No, no it's not, it's born of Occam's Opinion, which states that the idea that is liked best will hold sway so long as greater substantive evidence is not presented. An sometimes even in the face of actual evidence that makes it less likely if not down right unlikely. Like the idea of someone reverse engineering his wards being presented the very chapter before this is actually done to Harry by someone else of the same magical heritage. Since this evidence against a purely 'Simon' Cowl exists and has existed from the very inception of the idea of Simon in the books(and therefor pre-simon=cowl theory) I now present this fact as evidence the greater liked theory shall hold sway(alas, if only I could pin down the originator of this theory I could attempt to go back and stop them and the other 11 monkeys ;) ) above and beyond the actuality of the proposed evidence(which honestly, what's the evidence for Simon is Cowl anyway? ??? ) people believe what they want to believe, and see what they wanna see. The key to cutting through with Occam's razor is wanting only to see what is already before you but hidden from you :)

wardenferry419:
I am, also, in the Simon=Cowl camp. So, if Simon was not killed but only half-turned in SK would the destruction of RCV bloodline return Simon back to a human wizard. Say Simon was working with the RCV and not against them in GP. Then in the next book, he allows his "brute squad" to be killed and himself half-turned as a show of commitment. A long con follows, similar to what Martin did, where Simon aids the RCV. After the bloodline curse nearly but not entirely eliminates the RCV, Simon reverts back to human form since he is long-lived and has only been half-turned for a decade or so. Why would he go lone wolf? Unknown. But, it is an entirely possible story arc.

Snark Knight:

--- Quote from: jonas on August 30, 2017, 08:15:54 AM ---(which honestly, what's the evidence for Simon is Cowl anyway? ??? )

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- Beastly strong human practitioner
- Had access to high-level internal White Council reports (just before fighting Harry outside Bock's he said he was "curious what had the Wardens so nervous about him") - this rules out future Harry time travel theories because he would have known exactly how strong his younger self was
- Connections with the Reds to synchronize their assault with his Darkhallow plans
- Has a female apprentice

That circumstantial evidence defines one hell of a narrow candidate pool.

Rasins:

--- Quote from: Snark Knight on August 30, 2017, 01:14:44 PM ---- Beastly strong human practitioner
- Had access to high-level internal White Council reports (just before fighting Harry outside Bock's he said he was "curious what had the Wardens so nervous about him") - this rules out future Harry time travel theories because he would have known exactly how strong his younger self was
- Connections with the Reds to synchronize their assault with his Darkhallow plans
- Has a female apprentice

That circumstantial evidence defines one hell of a narrow candidate pool.

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