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Zoo Day and the great Masquerade

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Quantus:
So, one of the longstanding aspects of the Dresden Files is that somehow, despite there being no real coordinated effort to hide the Supernatural, the mortal world maintains a nigh supernatural ability to simply ignore what happens around them and move on with their lives.  Everytime this comes up the explanation is more or less that Humans are great at ignoring things that make them uncomfortable, and have managed to hide the Truth from the collective human society without any significant effort. 

Zoo Day showed us that this is actually a much deeper, actively reinforced function of our world.  Turns out that every child is Trained, actively and with purpose, that there exist things that will prey on them but that nobody in Authority will be capable of recognizing or remembering, so it's better for yourself and everyone to handle it however you can, tell nobody, and move one with your life.  What's more, it seems like this is a specific charge and function of these Creepers, something that divinity like Mouse is Required to respect. 

The Children of the DV are all being Conditioned from an early age to pretend that anything labeled supernatural cannot (not Will Not, CANnot) be recognized by Authority, and you will be labeled crazy if you try to make them.  So Dont Try.  This is a patterned response that a whole class of creature exists solely and specifically to Train into mortals from an early age. 

Maz:
Its been Dresden's contention that this is how it operates.  We've been reminded a few times that Harry is an unreliable narrator.  There is a possibility of several vast conspiracies to assist in keeping it quiet.  In fact, presuming a reader values "Word of Jim", we know there is a US government cover-up and Harry has been in their sights because he is so blatant.

I do believe the ability to ignore and rationalize are important but they're only part of it.  And ultimately, if belief is part of what drives "Power" than by simply saying "There's no such thing", you can deny power, at least to the little things.

UncommonSense:
Bear in mind, also, that the child in question is Maggie, who's been exposed to the supernatural from birth, and the family she's been with is the Carpenters.  While in the Dresdenverse, there may be an active or passive conspiracy to veil the supernatural, so to speak, we're looking at a very aware subsect within children in general. 

Maybe all kids in the DV have a sense of "bad things", most kids grow up scared of monsters, things that go bump in the night, hands under their bed, or having imaginary friends.  The Carpenter family, including Maggie, are that much more aware that these things exist and have names.  Kids are told, from a young age, that it's just their imagination, or it's just the wind, or it's just that tree tapping on their window.

It could be that the kids that hunt Maggie are really just bullies to anyone else, however Maggie(and probably Harry and Mouse) create a sort of resonance that amplifies and encourages the haunts to track and attack her.

Just my 2c.

Mr. Death:
I think maybe you're putting too much emphasis on the word "trained." I don't think that it's the deliberate purpose of those creatures, so much as they just happen to be creatures that are only strong enough to prey on children and who, in turn, children are able to fight back against.

I think it's not that someone way back said, "We need to create these things to train children," so much as "These are natural hazards for children, and by overcoming them, they learn to take care of themselves."

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--- Quote from: Mr. Death on July 25, 2018, 02:26:16 PM ---I think maybe you're putting too much emphasis on the word "trained." I don't think that it's the deliberate purpose of those creatures, so much as they just happen to be creatures that are only strong enough to prey on children and who, in turn, children are able to fight back against.

I think it's not that someone way back said, "We need to create these things to train children," so much as "These are natural hazards for children, and by overcoming them, they learn to take care of themselves."

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Mouse's conversation with the Creepers indicated otherwise, it spoke of a governing Law, and Laws have to be Written, and with Purpose.  As long as they dont physically harm them (thus leaving evidence, I say from under my oversized tinfoil hat) they are allowed to challenge, haunt, and otherwise terrorize them as they see fit, at somewhere in there it specifically mentioned it as a form of training/conditioning/preperation (will look for the quote when I get home). 

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