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Christmas Eve from JB's Twitter (no news, just fun)
Mira:
--- Quote from: Arjan on December 29, 2018, 02:08:02 PM ---One can not expect Jim to give away a spoiler of that magnitude. We will read about Harry and Karen in the next book.
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Of course not, but he did give a HUGE hint for anyone willing to read it... It isn't just PTSD or his usual guilt when a lot of people die and he puts the blame all on himself. This is real grieving and he is trying to keep it together because he is a father now.. No way around it, Harry lost family, there is a short list of those who qualify. Michael would be one, but thankfully he survived.. I've listed three of the others closest to him, and Murphy is on that list... That is a fact plain and simple... Thomas would be huge, just as he was about to become a father... Eb would be huge, but not unexpected, but still bring pain.. Butters would hurt but he isn't family.. Elaine would hurt but
Harry hasn't been close with her for a number of years now... That leaves Murphy... And we do have that Tweet that Jim wrote months back.. Hopefully he was pulling our legs, but then again he may not have been. Not saying it is certain, no it isn't spelled out, but prepare yourselves...
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Mira on December 29, 2018, 02:13:08 PM ---Possible, but Mister could also be curled up at the apartment with a nice dead mouse or something. Cats as a rule do not hang out Christmas Eve or Morning to find out what is in their sock.. Fact of
the matter is he could also have died in the mess of Peace Talks.. Note Mab giving Mouse a deep
bow, [for her] and acknowledged him as "Guardian," I bet he is plays an important role in Peace Talks.. Yeah, Lea did also in Changes, but for Mab to do it is special I think.
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Mab also honoured Mac that way in cold days. It is a hint that they are more important than Harry realises.
morriswalters:
@Arjan
So if I understand this correctly you are saying that Molly paid all those medical expenses and funerals because she felt sorry for Harry. Okay.
I'm saying as the self appointed protector of Chicago, Harry told someone that they were murdering bastards who needed to do the right thing. I doubt that who he told that to was Mab, since he was still existing on Christmas Eve. Molly to Harry.
--- Quote ---She presented it with a flourish and a little bow. “It’s a little symbolic, but I think you’ll like it.”
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Then
--- Quote ---“Everyone who got hurt. It’s all paid for.”
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It's a little vague bit I don't see a first person possessive in there anywhere. I can viz Mab in black looking over Molly's shoulders while Molly explains why some Accord members should cough up some liability payouts for starting a very public fight during the Peace talks. However this plays to my bias. And your position is as likely as mine.
--- Quote from: Arjan on December 29, 2018, 06:07:35 AM ---I just read it again. Harry told Michael about the Christmas morning coffee and Michael got a message. Upstairs has a direct line to Kringle. Michael got a message not to spoil things and he left.
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Yep, I think so.
--- Quote ---For just a second, I smelled my dad’s old aftershave. For just a second, I heard him laughing, laughing so hard that tears had to have been rolling from his eyes. For just a second, I felt a hand, his hand, on my shoulder.
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None of it in past tense. Then
--- Quote ---I left the last sip in the bottom of the cup, kept my eyes closed, and said, “I love you, dad.”
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Damn near makes me cry.
Since guessing who lives or dies is playing to JB's dork side, I'm gonna pass. If Murphy dies I will take solace from Tennyson's poem "In Memoriam A.H.H.".
--- Quote ---” ‘Tis better to have loved and lost, Than never to have loved at all”
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Which I hadn't realized was about a friend of Tennyson's. Quite relevant to this discussion, here's a link with background. Be sure to read the last paragraph.
JB appears to be doing some cute things with Christmas mythology. Molly,Mab and Kringle could be seen as the three wise persons bearing gifts for a child, or more properly, two different children. Mab is also a trope, someone who wants to do the right thing but doesn't really know how. Much as Scrooge is in a Christmas Carol.
Happy rest of the holidays to you all.
Arjan:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on December 29, 2018, 03:48:40 PM ---@Arjan
So if I understand this correctly you are saying that Molly paid all those medical expenses and funerals because she felt sorry for Harry. Okay.
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Not exactly. She knows Harry so she knows what Harry likes most. She knows about Harry’s guilt trips and wanted to help him with it and deep beneath the mantle the original Molly is still there and she feels that she must help. The money is not a really significant amount for her (or it is) but it is very important for the victims. It is something Harry or Michael would have done in her position and these are her examples. So if working around the mantle is necessary Christmas is it.
--- Quote ---I'm saying as the self appointed protector of Chicago, Harry told someone that they were murdering bastards who needed to do the right thing. I doubt that who he told that to was Mab, since he was still existing on Christmas Eve. Molly to Harry.ThenIt's a little vague bit I don't see a first person possessive in there anywhere. I can viz Mab in black looking over Molly's shoulders while Molly explains why some Accord members should cough up some liability payouts for starting a very public fight during the Peace talks. However this plays to my bias. And your position is as likely as mine.Yep, I think so.None of it in past tense. ThenDamn near makes me cry.
Since guessing who lives or dies is playing to JB's dork side, I'm gonna pass. If Murphy dies I will take solace from Tennyson's poem "In Memoriam A.H.H.". Which I hadn't realized was about a friend of Tennyson's. Quite relevant to this discussion, here's a link with background. Be sure to read the last paragraph.
JB appears to be doing some cute things with Christmas mythology. Molly,Mab and Kringle could be seen as the three wise persons bearing gifts for a child, or more properly, two different children. Mab is also a trope, someone who wants to do the right thing but doesn't really know how. Much as Scrooge is in a Christmas Carol.
Happy rest of the holidays to you all.
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peregrine:
--- Quote from: Mira on December 29, 2018, 02:05:06 PM ---Yes, Harry weeping says he is grieving and it is more than PTSD from a lot of people getting slaughtered. Another reason to wonder where in the hell Murphy is at if she isn't dead or in a coma somewhere,
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Midnight Mass, like a Catholic often does on Christmas Eve?
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