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Harry's lack of research
Arjan:
Lea knows but getting it from her will be expensive...
Mira:
--- Quote ---I totally agree that Harry should have researched starborn or soulfire. Maybe he has, but it has not been revealed yet.
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He did try to find out what soul fire was, but Bob had limited information, but since he is neither human nor an angel,misleading.. Uriel won't or isn't allowed to explain it to him... It is a journey he
has to go on alone to discover what it is.. I believe he is beginning to understand when he used it to
free himself in his encounter with Mother Winter. In short it isn't something he can effectively research. Nor is information about star children all that forth coming..
wardenferry419:
Harry's best source for knowledge is other wizards. Unfortunately...
1. Harry spends alot of time alone.
2. Most wizards are skittish of Harry.
3. Wizards hold onto their secrets like a nun does her sexuality.
forumghost:
--- Quote from: wardenferry419 on November 06, 2018, 01:48:52 PM ---Harry's best source for knowledge is other wizards. Unfortunately...
1. Harry spends alot of time alone.
2. Most wizards are skittish of Harry.
3. Wizards hold onto their secrets like a nun does her sexuality.
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4. Harry is an idiot who never does any research unless the subject of it is trying to eat his face sometime in the next 48 Hours. He had Bob (one of the greatest sources of Magical Knowledge on the Planet) for years and didn't even know there were multiple Vampire Courts until after the Series began, He's chronically incapable of actually using his brain.
5. Harry seems to in fact actively avoid knowledge about certain highly important subjects, such as his Mother, because he just don't want to know.
morriswalters:
--- Quote from: Yuillegan on November 04, 2018, 11:40:16 PM ---I know we have a lot of information Harry doesn't, but it really astounds me for a guy who is meant to be a big knowledge seeker (as a Wizard) that Harry does so little. He spends so much time fighting, which is interesting, but at some point wouldn't you make a list of all the weird stuff you might need to know?
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After Susan is turned Harry gets obsessive researching vampires, to the detriment of everything else.
By PG he has researched and built LC, to the point Bob is complaining about the time he has spent doing so.
Thereafter he has an apprentice to train.
He continuously modifies the wards on his home to counter new threats as he finds them.
Modifies and improves his force rings as well as his other magical gadgets.
Spends time training newbie wardens.
He was dead or incapacitated for a year, his arcane library burned.
And for the last two years he didn't have Bob.
And after the events of Cold Days states that if it happened again he would be able to shut the same events down without breaking a sweat. Implying he researched the capabilities of Demonreach.
As for knowing his mother, why should he be any different than anyone else. You know your mother because she was there as you were raised. And at that you know your mother, not the person she was. If she had died before you were born, she would be a collection of photographs and stories told to you by the people who knew her. And look at who Harry's mother ran with. A bunch are dead, or inhuman. The ability to research implies a record to examine. In a lot of ways Margaret was an International Women Of Mystery.
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