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Christmas Eve from JB's Twitter (no news, just fun)
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Dina on December 29, 2018, 03:19:11 AM ---I know nothing about War rules but the impression I got is not that Harry has to pay anything. Only that the idea of the victims' families having to pay for their recovery or funerals was another thing adding stress and guilt to Harry. Molly helped him at least by easing that pain.
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It was probably something Molly wanted to do but could not given the restrictions of her job but she found a way around it. Quite smart actually.
You work around the restrictions of your mantle by framing your actions in a different story. It is what Harry did when helping butters in skin game.
Dina:
Yes, I understand that, but it is not the idea I've got from reading the story.
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Dina on December 29, 2018, 03:33:07 AM ---Yes, I understand that, but it is not the idea I've got from reading the story.
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It is from Harry’s point of view and Molly can never admit such a thing but gifts often reflect the giver in some way. But it is Christmas so she can say she did so to please Harry.
But I see that part of the story as a confirmation that the old Molly is still there underneath. Mab would not do such a thing. It asks for some creative thinking on her part so I think she wanted it, inner Molly.
Also by making it a present she denies the idea that the payments are a result of any obligation or are compensating anything. They are not part of a contract or deal of any kind so they can not be weregeld.
morriswalters:
Actually I got the impression that Harry got in some faces and demanded it. He did it to Lara after the battle of the Raith Deeps. I read the Accord as a whole paying the debt incurred from their actions.
--- Quote ---And you risked an awful lot getting in everyone’s face after the battle. It helped a whole lot of people.”
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Molly was just letting Harry know that the debt was paid. YMMV. I like my version right or wrong. Out of respect for those who object to weregild I'll call the payments a liability insurance payout.
@Dina
I wondered if it was the same person. Amusing tidbit. If serack is correct it means Sarissa showed Mab the film after she became the Summer Lady.
Arjan:
Oh Harry demanded something for the victims or maybe just got a lot of captives released but if any action of Harry resulted in an obligation for winter to pay something it would have been payed already and Harry would not have needed any reassurance for that. It would not have been framed as a gift either because that would have been a lie.
Molly made clear it was a Christmas gift. She had no obligation to do so and she waited for Christmas because she needed it to give something without strings attached.
So most likely I think human Molly felt the moral obligation to help but she had to sell that to winter lady Molly. Christmas is the ideal opportunity for this. We get all kind of conformations that human Molly is still there so the story fits.
Mab’s Christmas gift can be an interesting item in a Maggie story. It might protect her in some way. And maybe she can freeze someone for short periods, that would be fun.
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