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Christmas Eve from JB's Twitter (no news, just fun)
Mira:
--- Quote ---With the usual speed of action 12 chapters is just half a day or so, insufficient time to show Harry's happiness.
And Karen is probably not going to be involved in Maggies upbringing anyway, I did not expect her to be there, this is a father daughter thing and she would only make things more complicated. She can not replace the real mother and Maggie already has another set of adoptive parents.
Karen has no place in this celebration.
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No? Really? If Murphy and Harry get as close as you think they are, yes, emphatically, YES, she'd belong there... She is family or future family.. Why would twelve chapters or even one chapter not be enough to show Harry's happiness with Murphy if they had become a couple? If they are truly happy together on well written line is all that is needed, even one word is enough... Happiness in love isn't about quantity, it is about quality....
--- Quote ---Probably because Harry was not celebrating. No obligation to bring gifts if you are not celebrating. And actually a gift for Maggie is even a better gift for Harry anyway.
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A gift that brings joy to the child is a greater gift to the parent than anything that comes in a box... Mab did give a gift to Harry..
--- Quote ---Not according to Kringle:
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What Kringle gave to Harry was the last happy Christmas memory he had of his father... Priceless..
--- Quote ---No but there was a big number. And funerals plural. I do not think Harry knew most or not even any of the casualties personally that well. The scale of the action is increasing and I expect a lot of casualties.
Mark that Molly's army is reduced to such an extend that she has to go on a recruitment drive and we do not know when the peace talks started. Not too long before christmass otherwise Molly would have already replaced her casualties.
Harry's guilt is very fresh.
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All true, but it ain't about the number, it is about the one... The blood on the asphalt..
Oh and as far as Maggie being a bit old for her first bike... No, she maybe able to ride, she might have ridden one of the bikes that the Carpenter kids had... But this is for herpicked out in her
favorite color by her loving father... His first Christmas gift to her...
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Mira on December 27, 2018, 09:36:16 PM ---No? Really? If Murphy and Harry get as close as you think they are, yes, emphatically, YES, she'd belong there... She is family or future family.. Why would twelve chapters or even one chapter not be enough to show Harry's happiness with Murphy if they had become a couple? If they are truly happy together on well written line is all that is needed, even one word is enough... Happiness in love isn't about quantity, it is about quality....
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It is not about Harry, it is about Maggie. Sure a parent wants to introduce a new partner and is sometimes so lovesick that it is forced through the childs throat but you do not make the child happy that way. You just lay an extra burden on Maggie and she has enough problems.
My mother divorced when I was fifty or so and she came to visit me some time ago with her new friend. I understand she has a new one but I am not interested. And then they had to leave earlier because they had planned to visit his daughter the same day (they are both living in spain like a lot of north west european pensioners and they always plan too much in too little time even after their pension). It would have been far better for both me and his daughter if they had just split and had visited each child as one parent without attachments.
It is not about Karen and Harry's relationship. It is about Maggie and Harry. Karen should not be there to compete for Harry's attention. I think it is very considerate of Harry not to bring Karen to the party and it would be egoistic to do so and Karen feels that way too I am sure because she more or less said so in changes if I remember correctly.
Mr. Death:
Remember also that Murphy has a big, Irish, Catholic family of her own. And she's living in the family matriarch's old house.
Dollars to donuts that Murphy is obligated to attend her own family's shindig, and may even be hosting it.
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Mr. Death on December 27, 2018, 10:24:03 PM ---Remember also that Murphy has a big, Irish, Catholic family of her own. And she's living in the family matriarch's old house.
Dollars to donuts that Murphy is obligated to attend her own family's shindig, and may even be hosting it.
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Jim does so like to torture her.
morriswalters:
If Karin has any sense she would be at home in bed during the story, it happens at night on Christmas Eve.
Meantime, Santa stole Harry's thunder, he got cred for the wheels. Maggie doesn't know how to ride. And given her emotional issues that isn't all that surprising.
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