Really? Mab could literally have ordered Harry to get her the Sword and he'd have been powerless to stop it. Even without Mab's orders Harry was under the Mantle's influence. He was so terrified about the Winter Knight Mantle he chose suicide. If Harry was willing to have himself killed because of the Mantle why would Murphy trust the Sword with him?
Murphy's judgement was correct that a Sword may be vulnerable under such circumstances.
Not talking about Mab and the Sword... Oh Murphy was correct that the Sword was vulnerable but then she went ahead and did exactly the thing that made it vulnerable... But that isn't the point, the point is she is clueless about the post Changes Harry... She wants him to return to pre Changes Harry, that man is dead, she is afraid of the post changes Harry.. Does Murphy even realize that Harry suicided to avoid getting the Winter Knight's mantle? Or that he is on first name basis with an Archangel? Well, she might now..
The Sword worked perfectly for her up until Nicodemus surrendered. She was in the right up until that moment where emotion overran reason.
No, for the record her ovaries had nothing to do with it.... Love had nothing to do with it.. The Sword is meant to fight Denarians, but if the Denarian surrenders, then he/she is allowed a chance to seek a path to redemption.. Murphy says up front before the fight began, before that anyone knew she had the Sword concealed in that tube, that
she didn't believe in redemption for Denarians.. What broke the Sword was her condemnation of Nic, the "damn you.." Judgement is for God not Knights..
Quite a judgement being made there
Only quoting or paraphrasing not just Michael's words, or Uriel's words, but Murphy's own words...
No such thing as too many people to love
True, but she isn't indispensable, Harry has many friends to turn to for love and support is the point..
As a fan why would I prefer her to die?
If she ceases to be Murphy you might.... If she goes too afar a field from what she originally was.. When the book is perhaps more readable without her than with her... Or it doesn't matter if she appears on the page or not..