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Exposure to Magic?
BobbyWac:
Also, jumping back to Harry Carpenter, there isn't anything that says he isn't magical. I believe it tends to manifest during puberty and he's only just reaching age 13 as of Skin Game. His talents could manifest during Peace Talks or not at all, or they could have started to manifest and he hasn't told anyone yet. The point is we don't know yet that he isn't a magic user.
nadia.skylark:
--- Quote ---Also, jumping back to Harry Carpenter, there isn't anything that says he isn't magical. I believe it tends to manifest during puberty and he's only just reaching age 13 as of Skin Game. His talents could manifest during Peace Talks or not at all, or they could have started to manifest and he hasn't told anyone yet. The point is we don't know yet that he isn't a magic user.
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Actually, I'm pretty sure there's a WoJ that Molly is the only one who inherited magic, and that while the other Carpenter children could maybe scrape up enough talent to do something it would be really hard.
g33k:
I'm gonna go with <handwave> it's magic.
Not "genetics."
Not "in utero exposure."
Magic.
It does tend to follow "Salic Law," passing from mothers to their children; but not via "genetic" inheritance.
It's magic.
Which really just means its a plot-device, used as desired by Jim Butcher and by players of DFRPG / DFA / &c ... It works by "Salic law" except when it doesn't, and it doesn't whenever JB wants it not to.
Mr. Death:
--- Quote from: g33k on April 28, 2019, 08:15:44 PM ---I'm gonna go with <handwave> it's magic.
Not "genetics."
Not "in utero exposure."
Magic.
It does tend to follow "Salic Law," passing from mothers to their children; but not via "genetic" inheritance.
It's magic.
Which really just means its a plot-device, used as desired by Jim Butcher and by players of DFRPG / DFA / &c ... It works by "Salic law" except when it doesn't, and it doesn't whenever JB wants it not to.
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Well, that's a boring way to look at it.
Might as well say, "Why does Nicodemus want the grail? It's not "character motivation." It's not "for a plan." It's because Jim needs an antagonist."
nadia.skylark:
--- Quote ---I'm gonna go with <handwave> it's magic.
Not "genetics."
Not "in utero exposure."
Magic.
It does tend to follow "Salic Law," passing from mothers to their children; but not via "genetic" inheritance.
It's magic.
Which really just means its a plot-device, used as desired by Jim Butcher and by players of DFRPG / DFA / &c ... It works by "Salic law" except when it doesn't, and it doesn't whenever JB wants it not to.
--- End quote ---
I'm going to assume that Jim is a better author than this implies. Worldbuilding is essential to the kind of story Jim is telling, and a big part of it is having consistent rules, rather than simply doing things because of plot convenience. Just because characters don't know all the rules (and so can't tell us) doesn't change the fact that the rules exist.
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