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Proven Guilty Molly
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: Bad Alias on November 05, 2018, 03:14:41 AM ---I think I vaguely remember that. Do you have that handy?
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I remember one that PG worked out really well for Mab despite the appearance of her home getting beaten up on. I don't recall explicit confirmation that she sent the fetches, though.
That seems like kind of a big mystery to just give away the answer to, really.
Bad Alias:
Why would Mab need Harry to draw Winter's forces off Summer's borders? Was she incapable of doing that herself?
morriswalters:
Because Mab doesn't have free will. She wanted to respond to the Reds but couldn't.
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on November 06, 2018, 01:07:38 AM ---Because Mab doesn't have free will. She wanted to respond to the Reds but couldn't.
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Wasn't the Reds' trespass against Summer though? And Winter was only massing on the borders out of fear that Summer would hit them while their Knight was out of action rather than pay the Reds back?
Not having free will like a mortal is one thing, but that seems really extreme in the direction of troop movements being governed by instinct rather than conscious strategy. Besides, I don't think Lily would have found Mab's posture so inexplicable if it was a matter of Winter must do this in circumstances where they're disadvantaged by the margin of a Knight. Each side seems to have a pretty good sense of what's going to be driving the other in a given situation.
I think Mab had her troops far from Arctic Tor as a trap to figure out who else the infection had spread to from Lea, and / or restrict Maeve's ability to spread it around the army.
morriswalters:
--- Quote ---“You remember the Red Court’s attack last year,” he said. “That they called up Outsiders and assaulted us within the realm of Faerie itself.”
“Bad move, so I’ve heard. The Faeries are going to take it out of their hides.”
“So we all thought,” the old man said. “In fact, Summer declared war upon the Red Court and began preliminary assaults on them. But Winter hasn’t responded—and Summer hasn’t done much more than secure its borders.”
“Queen Mab didn’t declare war?”
“No.”
I frowned. “Never thought she’d pass up the chance. She’s all about carnage and bloodshed.”
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At least consider the possibility that Mab didn't send the fetches or kidnap Molly. That the fetches may be there to draw attention to the Black magic in Chicago, goaded by the Scarecrow who might be controlled by the Adversary. Consider the outcomes if the Council executes Molly or if she is Killed at Arctis Tor. This is a loss to either the Council or Mab. Depending on how Molly dies.
Bob's theory on time travel is misdirection, if I'm in the same ballpark with the story. Mab sends the Gatekeeper. It's only in Cold Days that you find how close the Gatekeeper is to Mab.
Madrigal says that he has been scheduled for a year. Don't you find it convenient that it all goes down when he is in town? And then the Jinn gets whacked by the Scarecrow, who has no reason to be there. Certainly Harry thought it strange. It becomes more understandable in White Knight.
And why attack Arctis Tor at all? Everyone in Faerie would have done exactly like they did when Harry used Summer Fire. There's more to it but it's late.
Mab is running multiple games countering the Adversary.
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