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Snark Knight:
So I know Elaine is one of the most prominent suspects for Kumori's identity. There's a fair bit of circumstantial evidence, but does anyone have a good accounting of why she was putting on an apparently full and sincere effort to stop Cowl's plot with Vitto to hunt the minor practitioners to extinction?

It seems like a stretch to attribute it to seeing through Cowl's deceptions after DB and running, but being too afraid to fully come clean to Harry. When Harry suggested leaving him and going to the Council for witness protection in DB, Kumori was confident that wasn't an option because he'd track her down and kill her easily even with protection. How does she survive going it alone with her name in LA's yellow pages?

jonas:
Well, long term in the Cowl is Justin become Simon(Which having Simon's body is more than enough reason to hide your face) theorem. I think Eliane doesn't actually know she's Kumori at times, She's so finely enthralled still her mind hiccups over the irregularities without pause. Course that's just a guess.

wardenferry419:
I would say that Elaine helped the witches for the same reason that Kumori helped revive the mobster. I don't believe that Cowl was that strongly for or against killing witches. It was more likely part recruitment of Vitto and part destabilizing the White Court structure. And, maybe, Elaine has subconscious Elaine that is a little more dominant than Harry's subconscious.

Rasins:

--- Quote from: Snark Knight on October 31, 2017, 05:53:28 PM ---So I know Elaine is one of the most prominent suspects for Kumori's identity. There's a fair bit of circumstantial evidence, but does anyone have a good accounting of why she was putting on an apparently full and sincere effort to stop Cowl's plot with Vitto to hunt the minor practitioners to extinction?

It seems like a stretch to attribute it to seeing through Cowl's deceptions after DB and running, but being too afraid to fully come clean to Harry. When Harry suggested leaving him and going to the Council for witness protection in DB, Kumori was confident that wasn't an option because he'd track her down and kill her easily even with protection. How does she survive going it alone with her name in LA's yellow pages?

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Don't forget that Elaine was also able to lie effectively to Harry through-out Summer Knight.  She was Summer's emissary, but had been with Aurora all along.

Kindler:

--- Quote from: Snark Knight on October 31, 2017, 05:53:28 PM ---So I know Elaine is one of the most prominent suspects for Kumori's identity. There's a fair bit of circumstantial evidence, but does anyone have a good accounting of why she was putting on an apparently full and sincere effort to stop Cowl's plot with Vitto to hunt the minor practitioners to extinction?

It seems like a stretch to attribute it to seeing through Cowl's deceptions after DB and running, but being too afraid to fully come clean to Harry. When Harry suggested leaving him and going to the Council for witness protection in DB, Kumori was confident that wasn't an option because he'd track her down and kill her easily even with protection. How does she survive going it alone with her name in LA's yellow pages?

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One of the reasons I don't favor the idea. That and it's not enough of a gut punch. I mean, Harry's already been betrayed by Elaine a bunch (or has, at least, felt that way). It just doesn't make a whole lot of sense for her to not tell Harry, especially given the events of Summer Knight (and White Night; Fight Night will certainly feature Elaine if the "Knight/Night" thing is kept up and that's the actual name). Harry and Elaine are on pretty good terms at the end of Summer Knight. And, if Elaine had seen Harry and the Wardens take down Cowl and stop the Darkhallow (with an awesome T-Rex), I can't believe that she would, for even a second, believe that Harry had started killing women for funsies (though I've never really been clear on why she didn't trust him to begin with).

Besides, we all know it's Maggie grown up and time-traveled to create a stable time-loop in which she creates herself in the future. Obvs.

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