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A pattern in last 4 books

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jonas:

--- Quote from: wardenferry419 on October 27, 2017, 12:04:09 PM ---Nico and his daughter in the last book. Not so much a theory, just noticing a pattern and wondering what it means.

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Here's a pattern i'm not surprise at. Nic and Harry make basically the complete opposite of choices, where their daughter's are concerned in this instance.

wardenferry419:
Mab was more reluctant to kill Maeve than Nico was to killing Deirdre. Deirdre was a more devoted daughter than Maeve was.

Cozarkian:

--- Quote from: wardenferry419 on October 27, 2017, 11:08:37 PM ---Mab was more reluctant to kill Maeve than Nico was to killing Deirdre. Deirdre was a more devoted daughter than Maeve was.

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Interesting. Is the sacrifices one makes for one's daughter (and sons?) an indicator of how good a person is in the DV? From best to worst:

Harry - Willing to burn the world to save his daughter.
Charity - Risks her own life to storm Arctis Tor to save her daughter.
Maggie Le Fey - Makes provisions to provide for her children after she is gone.
Ebenezer - Verdict is still out, but likely not much worse that unintentionally making some bad parenting decisions.
Mab - Asks to have her daughter killed (and ultimately assists with it happening) but tries to save her daughter first.
Titania - Refuses to rat out her daughter even though it will lead to a Faerie apocalypse, and holds an eternal grudge against her daughter's killer despite that the death was necessary.
Duke & Arianna Ortega - Go to war to avenge her death, but only after steering her toward events that lead to her death (am I wrong that Bianca's creator was the Ortegas?).
Victor Sells - Neglects his children in a quest for power.
Papa Raith - Down right awful to his daughters AND his sons.
Nicodemus - Kills his daughter for self-serving reasons, also much of what Lord Raith does.

Additions? Disagreements?

jonas:
Yea, I disagree, Victor was starting to look at his kids funny too according to his wife. Thinking of sacrificing them for power.

wardenferry419:
I would have to say that covers the spectrum well. While Victor was leaning towards Lord Raith level actions or worse; Harry didn't give him a chance. At most I might swap Eb and Maggie Sr. Eb didn't make a tough situation for Maggie like the ones she made for Harry and Thomas. Granted she made some corrections that happened post-mortem. As far as it representing goodness of character; I have a conclusion that I think better represents the situation. I think that spectrum represents personal beliefs of family value vs. world value. I may be wrong.

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