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Christmas Eve from JB's Twitter (no news, just fun)
Dina:
Thank you, Andi.
Mr. Death:
I keep seeing this tossed around, so I'm gonna put this out there:
Molly's gift is not weregild.
Weregild is something you give to an enemy as recompense or restitution for killing one of their people -- in the original old-world laws, it was meant to make up for the loss of income and livelihood from the person's death.
Weregild would be, "I am responsible for the death of this person. Here is money that approximates what they were worth to you. Now we're even and you don't have to come for revenge against me."
Weregild is not healthcare or funeral costs.
peregrine:
Also, we don't know how long it's been since the events so much of the immediate furor may have died down. Plus, if Harry went all "Bianca's Mansion" on a highrise, that would be an incredible body count that doesn't lead to any exceptional police response. I mean, hell, we didn't do martial law after 9/11, no need to assume even a major attack would lead to one here.
Dina:
Ok, I will spoil the story, so don't read this if you haven't read it.
Murphy is alive. Why I know that? Because in the story there is no mention of Mister. And a Christmas story with a kid, a dog and Santa Claus would have welcome a cat. But Mister is not there. So where is he? I see two options. He is dead or he is with Murphy at her home. I refuse to consider option 1, so Murphy is alive, taking care of Mister.
morriswalters:
--- Quote from: Mr. Death on December 29, 2018, 01:16:42 AM ---I keep seeing this tossed around, so I'm gonna put this out there:
Molly's gift is not weregild.
Weregild is something you give to an enemy as recompense or restitution for killing one of their people -- in the original old-world laws, it was meant to make up for the loss of income and livelihood from the person's death.
Weregild would be, "I am responsible for the death of this person. Here is money that approximates what they were worth to you. Now we're even and you don't have to come for revenge against me."
Weregild is not healthcare or funeral costs.
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Just out of curiosity, just what would you call it?
--- Quote from: peregrine on December 29, 2018, 01:39:02 AM ---Also, we don't know how long it's been since the events so much of the immediate furor may have died down.
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We can get close, between mid June and mid September of 2014. The events of Cold Case take place before the release of Frozen which was 13th of Nov, 2013. And the events of Christmas Eve after the release.(Thank you to a beta reader named serack on Reddit for this timeline) Skin Game takes place in late February and the events of Peace Talks are said to take place 5 months or so later. And at the beginning Skin Game Harry says he has been on the Island a year. Accounting for slop I think that date is good. Feel free to tell me I'm wrong.
--- Quote from: Dina on December 29, 2018, 02:06:16 AM ---Ok, I will spoil the story, so don't read this if you haven't read it.
Murphy is alive. Why I know that? Because in the story there is no mention of Mister. And a Christmas story with a kid, a dog and Santa Claus would have welcome a cat. But Mister is not there. So where is he? I see two options. He is dead or he is with Murphy at her home. I refuse to consider option 1, so Murphy is alive, taking care of Mister.
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:)
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