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Ghost Story's Lash
WereElephant:
--- Quote from: peregrine on April 13, 2018, 06:41:11 PM ---Why?
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After hearing the Word of Jim that Lash appeared in Ghost Story, but not under that name, I started listing instances I could think of where she could be using an alias. None of the characters seemed to fit. Then I remembered Lasciel being the one who whispered the words that made him plan to kill himself in the first place. The idea of Lash being the one to lift him up from yielding to Mab felt nicely symmetrical.
raidem:
Yeah. I saw that argument before and I liked it. Uriel balancing the scale with Lash whispering the words instead of himself.
Griffyn612:
Personally I think the mention of the parasite at the end is Bonnie/Lash's "appearance". No whispered words or deception necessary.
But if I were being creative, I'd pick Inez. She's got some lines that hint that she's more than some ghost.
* “This little world is so small,” she continued. “So dull. So dreary.”
* “Sinned?” she suggested, her large eyes eerily serene. “Chose the left-hand path? Fell from grace? Cast the world into madness?”
* “There are far, far worse things to be than a monster.”
Even Harry had guessed she was something else by the end.
* I folded my arms and stared at Inez. My voice came out ragged and harsh. “You aren’t the ghost of a little girl.” Her little face lit up with another smile. “If I am no ghost, why do you look so haunted?”
And then there's Alfred's comment about Inez, who he seems to know about, despite never having left the island. As if he's dealt with her/put up with her for a few months as they both sustained Harry's life.
* “An insufferable entity,” murmured a slow, deep, redolent basso voice behind me. “Her soul is made of crooked lines.”
Inez's wordplay is more like Mab, and Alfred would know her well enough to be judgemental about her as well. But some of the comments, about the world and sin, sound more angelic. More eternal than even Mab, who's a newborn compared to Lasciel/Lash.
raidem:
Hmm. I like it.
I'll combine the Inez=Lash idea with my idea that Mab=Murphy. Murphy gets either Lasciel's coin at some point or Lash's shade prior to a time traveling trip. So, when Mab and Demonreach was pinned down giving CPR to Harry, Mab allowed the Lash spirit attached to her to take wings and animate Inez. The reason I think Murphy will end up with Lash or Lasciel is that we get a dream of Murphy possessed by Lasciel shooting Harry in the head in Skin Game when they were in bed. I still argue it wasn't merely a warning about there being a female fallen angel Lasciel in the plot in Skin Game but that Murphy will get targeted by Lasciel AND that the dream was also touching on Mab's dream which followed Harry touching Molly's dream.
My idea then would be that Murphy's story and Lash's story (or is it Lasciel's) will intersect, they will time travel, and Murphy will use this resource to gain power and ascend to Mab 1000+ years ago.
Kindler:
--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on April 13, 2018, 10:32:50 PM ---Personally I think the mention of the parasite at the end is Bonnie/Lash's "appearance". No whispered words or deception necessary.
But if I were being creative, I'd pick Inez. She's got some lines that hint that she's more than some ghost.
* “This little world is so small,” she continued. “So dull. So dreary.”
* “Sinned?” she suggested, her large eyes eerily serene. “Chose the left-hand path? Fell from grace? Cast the world into madness?”
* “There are far, far worse things to be than a monster.”
Even Harry had guessed she was something else by the end.
* I folded my arms and stared at Inez. My voice came out ragged and harsh. “You aren’t the ghost of a little girl.” Her little face lit up with another smile. “If I am no ghost, why do you look so haunted?”
And then there's Alfred's comment about Inez, who he seems to know about, despite never having left the island. As if he's dealt with her/put up with her for a few months as they both sustained Harry's life.
* “An insufferable entity,” murmured a slow, deep, redolent basso voice behind me. “Her soul is made of crooked lines.”
Inez's wordplay is more like Mab, and Alfred would know her well enough to be judgemental about her as well. But some of the comments, about the world and sin, sound more angelic. More eternal than even Mab, who's a newborn compared to Lasciel/Lash.
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I could buy it. Maybe it was whatever remained of Lash looking in on her kid.
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