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Harry's lack of research
Mira:
I disagree.. Remember the story is told in the first person, and Harry does seem to know
a lot. He wouldn't have survived this long if he hadn't. He used both Bob and Lash for information when he needed it, it has been critical to him when needed.
Harry has been lied to about his mother for most of his life.. By people he loved and respected, most of all trusted, from Justin to Eb... He has also suffered from PTSD from his encounter with HWWB to the killing of Justin, lots of stuff has just been blocked out of his mind. It's the mind's way of protecting itself.
--- Quote ---Another mystery, in Cold Days Maeve says that Mab is mad and and intends to unleash chaos and destruction not seen since the fall of Atlantis. Like I know the guy is busy, but wouldn't you go "hey, might be time to ask what happened to Atlantis" to someone who would have the true story.
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Or since he figured out that Maeve herself was mad, think she'd tell him the truth? Or merely her version of the truth? In any case what happened to Atlantis really wasn't relevant to his mission at the moment... Who knows, maybe off page or between books he did the research?
morriswalters:
--- Quote from: Yuillegan on November 05, 2018, 04:08:49 AM ---.
Another mystery, in Cold Days Maeve says that Mab is mad and and intends to unleash chaos and destruction not seen since the fall of Atlantis. Like I know the guy is busy, but wouldn't you go "hey, might be time to ask what happened to Atlantis" to someone who would have the true story.
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Thanks I missed that. I just knew Atlantis had to rear its ugly head.
And Harry has a new talking head for research. Named Bonea. Chock full of Fallen Angel knowledge.
Mira:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on November 05, 2018, 12:15:26 PM ---Thanks I missed that. I just knew Atlantis had to rear its ugly head.
And Harry has a new talking head for research. Named Bonea. Chock full of Fallen Angel knowledge.
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And you can bet he will be asking her a lot of questions.
dspringer1:
I disagree with the premise of Yuillegan that Harry does not do research. It is more complex than that.
1) Many examples of Harry researching a specific power, school of magic or being. However, this only comes up when relevant. Harry only speaks of manipulating time when it is relevant, even though clearly he is more knowledgeable in cold days than he was in Storm Front on the topic. For example, in cold days Harry revealed he now had a detailed understanding of all the ley lines around Chicago, something he clearly did not have in some of the earlier books.
2) There are several examples of topics which are very personal to Harry - his mother, hints of other family members. Agree he should have asked people for details of his mother, check with Ebenezzer on other potential family members, etc. But I suspect that these issues are so deeply personal that he is just reluctant to talk about them - or perhaps unwilling to face potentially more unpleasant revelations.
I totally agree that Harry should have researched starborn or soulfire. Maybe he has, but it has not been revealed yet.
For those suggesting "just ask Lea" or "just ask Mab" -- recognize that these individuals will demand a high price for that knowledge. The only practical exception is that if they need Harry to accomplish something that requires that knowledge, they will find a way to deliver the info. But that is a very narrow exception. Also recognize that both such individuals can share facts, but both are also clearly unable to understand human behavior and motivations well. And that type of information is exactly what Harry would most treasure. Not the facts, but the understanding of them as people.
Mr. Death:
Nearly everyone who has told Harry anything about either the Starborn business in general or his mother specifically has either been:
A. Evil and trying to turn him to their side;
B. Evil and trying to kill him; or
C. One of the above and now dead.
Suffice to say, Harry doesn't have a lot of resources he can go to for information about either of those -- not without incurring a huge cost for that knowledge, anyway.
I also agree that he's probably in a lot of denial, about his mother specifically -- like any child, he wants to believe his mother was Good and Right (hence him defending her when Luccio speaks of her) and, as above, three of the people who've said the most about to him about his mother are a literal demon from Hell, the man who murdered her, and the man who started the Black Plague as a second honeymoon. Of the rest, two of them have stated that the White Council had a kill order out on her as a Warlock.
The only person who seemed just simply friendly with her and was not evil was the Gatekeeper, and getting information out of him is ... tricky.
So yeah -- Harry has every reason to fear that any further information he gets about his mother will paint her badly, so he's probably reluctant to seek it out.
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