The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
Could Maggie have taken up a Coin?
exartiem:
--- Quote from: peregrine on February 05, 2018, 04:16:58 PM ---The timing for Maggie to get the coin after leaving Raith isn't impossible, but is very unlikely. She met Malcolm shortly after leaving Raith, and had Harry shortly after that. And I can't imagine her having a coin while carrying Harry.
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Has it been stated how long Maggie and Malcolm were together before Harry was conceived?
A coin could have helped her get away from Raith. Then falling in love with Malcolm let her overcome the coin.
Mr. Death:
--- Quote from: exartiem on February 06, 2018, 01:42:50 AM ---Has it been stated how long Maggie and Malcolm were together before Harry was conceived?
A coin could have helped her get away from Raith. Then falling in love with Malcolm let her overcome the coin.
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They were together in total for about a year and change. Maybe two.
thevickers:
That would make the family tree start with very twisted roots. Although it would shine an interesting light on changes at that point, with at least one of the coin holders threatened with the blood curse along with Harry. As well as giving at least 1 coin holder as a possible member of the grey council. Just to hedge bets against dying. That would be very weird for Harry to see a grey cloak fall open at the wrong angle and a noose show just a little...
Griffyn612:
Is it time for 2018's first, "Malcolm Dresden was a Knight of the Cross" debate?
Kindler:
Nicodemus only had Lasciel's Coin available at the time he chucked it at Harry, according to Cassius Snakington. Yet Nicodemus also claims that he chose "definitely the right coin." Is this braggadocios nonsense, trying to play off his Ubermensch, Darwinian brand of evil villainy? Because it's really not much of a choice if it's the only one he has, but it does seem well within his characterization to play it off as a Machiavellian scheme to win Harry's loyalty. Alternately, did he specifically hold onto that Coin to distribute it to Harry (or someone specifically like him)?
Relevant to the thread: why is that the only Coin he had? Was he holding it for Harry? Did he get it back after Margaret (I have to separate the characters into Margaret, Maggie, and Molly to keep them straight in my head) set aside the Coin? Or did he have a few Coins in the bank and just lied to Cassius?
Intriguingly, did she have to set aside her magic to do so? Is that why she was vulnerable to Raith? I know she leveled her death curse his way, but we don't really know enough about the mechanics of setting aside a Coin after it's been taken up by a wizard-level talent, or the mechanics of death curses to rule it out (unless I'm forgetting something). We do know that setting aside magic doesn't remove it from the bloodline, because of Molly, so Harry's inheritance would remain intact. I can't think of anything that would rule it out.
--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on February 06, 2018, 02:57:56 AM ---Is it time for 2018's first, "Malcolm Dresden was a Knight of the Cross" debate?
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For what it's worth, I don't think that's the case. I think Malcolm's contribution to events in the Dresden Files was being a good dude.
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