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EB McCoy after the BAT
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: Arjan on November 22, 2017, 08:06:36 PM ---That is quite difficult if he is the one who decides you are the one to be sacrificed.
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Harry's refusal to trust the Merlin's judgement in that case does not make it entirely wrong.
If we had any evidence that any warlock, ever, in the DV, had been redeemed, it would be easier for me to have some sympathy for Harry here. Harry not ultimately going really bad is a long way from proven (and I suspect that which way he ultimately goes won't be clear until the end of the BAT) and neither is Molly.
Harry's net effect on the DV since not being executed includes; getting into a fight with another warlock in ways that got the Doom on him lifted(SF); starting a war with the Red Court we have convincing evidence was not in the White Council's interest (GP) and scuppering two different attempts to end it (SK and DM) for which we know the casualties are at least forty thousand (nerve gas bomb in DB); joining the Wardens only under extreme protest and doing so in a way that wins him a lot of support from some quarters (DB); then using that political influence to prevent the execution of another warlock (PG); going to work for Mab, which is conflict of interest if not outright treason, and destroying the Red Court which may yet prove to have enabled significantly worse events than leaving it be (Changes). And this is leaving out things like the whole Lasciel's coin story which the Merlin probably does not know about.
I do not think it is at all a sure thing that Harry continuing alive is a greater good for a greater number of people in the DV, but whether it is or not, the Merlin has an entirely solid basis for believing it not to be, and a responsibility to act accordingly, just as the Wardens had a responsibility to take down Kemmler.
jonas:
Hell man, if PT is the 'council' book it could be earlier than that... I have a theory on what his 'gun' might be, (click to show/hide) the blackstaff manifestation of himself in the mantle of death visa vi, farmer/reaper.
Kindler:
--- Quote from: the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh on November 22, 2017, 09:31:32 PM ---I do not think it is at all a sure thing that Harry continuing alive is a greater good for a greater number of people in the DV, but whether it is or not, the Merlin has an entirely solid basis for believing it not to be, and a responsibility to act accordingly, just as the Wardens had a responsibility to take down Kemmler.
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There's also standing in public support for a "traitor," and rather than providing the evidence to the Merlin before the trial, opts for showmanship that results in an Outsider being released in a crowded amphitheater and fifty (50!) wizards getting dusted.
As far as Harry staying alive for the Greater Good, I fully, absolutely, entirely expect an "It's a Wonderful Life" sequence from Uriel at some point, which shows Harry precisely what would have happened to the world if he had died or never been born. In fact, I think that's part of what Mirror, Mirror will be, though in a different way, showing the consequences of different choices.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: Kindler on December 01, 2017, 02:27:01 PM ---As far as Harry staying alive for the Greater Good, I fully, absolutely, entirely expect an "It's a Wonderful Life" sequence from Uriel at some point, which shows Harry precisely what would have happened to the world if he had died or never been born. In fact, I think that's part of what Mirror, Mirror will be, though in a different way, showing the consequences of different choices.
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Now, if JB wanted to really give Harry an interesting challenge, Mirror Mirror would show us a world where Harry made different choices and the end result came out a lot better.
wardenferry419:
If things turn out better in Mirror Mirror world for everybody but Harry that would kill Harry's drive to do his best in bad situations.
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