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Mab is Nfected question
Avernite:
--- Quote from: groinkick on April 25, 2019, 05:16:02 PM ---I'm not sure she is, but the theory is reasonable. The reason the Outsiders wouldn't have already won would be because of the individual Infected. Mab is incredibly powerful, and absolute in her attitude. It's reasonable to assume that Nemesis might take a long time to work it's way past Mab's defenses.
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Reasonable, of course, is in the eye of the beholder. I would say it's reaching.
To me the whole plot of Cold Days was 'is Mab mad? Or is Maeve?' (a question which had been teased since at least Proven Guilty) and the answer was clearly Maeve, and by implication clearly not Mab (since she drove the attempt to take out Maeve, and her plotting before that point was all about revenge for being sidelined by Nemesis and its allies from Summer Knight on).
And Skin Game was a now-restored Winter striking back for slights offered during its weakened phase when second-in-command-Lea, Knight and Lady were all compromised.
Cozarkian:
--- Quote from: Avernite on April 25, 2019, 06:55:27 PM ---Reasonable, of course, is in the eye of the beholder. I would say it's reaching.
To me the whole plot of Cold Days was 'is Mab mad? Or is Maeve?' (a question which had been teased since at least Proven Guilty) and the answer was clearly Maeve, and by implication clearly not Mab (since she drove the attempt to take out Maeve, and her plotting before that point was all about revenge for being sidelined by Nemesis and its allies from Summer Knight on).
And Skin Game was a now-restored Winter striking back for slights offered during its weakened phase when second-in-command-Lea, Knight and Lady were all compromised.
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To me the question of whether Mab is mad in Cold Days was a side show circus that added nothing to the story. There has been nothing since PG that leads any credence to the theory Mab was mad and in CD it was made apparent before Mab even asked Harry to kill Maeve that Maeve was the villian of the story. On its face it was used as a reason for Harry to go talk to the other Fae and Rashid, but it would have made sense for him to do that anyway just investigating Maeve and what was going on with Demonreach. Thus, the only real value that particular plot had for JB was to definitively show Mab is not infected - which doesn't make sense given how little evidence there is that she was infected, unless, of course, she is actually infected and the purpose of the plotline was to deceive the reader into believing she isn't.
narphoenix:
--- Quote from: Cozarkian on April 26, 2019, 03:12:42 AM ---To me the question of whether Mab is mad in Cold Days was a side show circus that added nothing to the story. There has been nothing since PG that leads any credence to the theory Mab was mad and in CD it was made apparent before Mab even asked Harry to kill Maeve that Maeve was the villian of the story. On its face it was used as a reason for Harry to go talk to the other Fae and Rashid, but it would have made sense for him to do that anyway just investigating Maeve and what was going on with Demonreach. Thus, the only real value that particular plot had for JB was to definitively show Mab is not infected - which doesn't make sense given how little evidence there is that she was infected, unless, of course, she is actually infected and the purpose of the plotline was to deceive the reader into believing she isn't.
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I don't agree that it added nothing to the story at all: it was a theory that clearly originated from Maeve, and demonstrates an action that Maeve is taking to undermine Mab. Its place in the story isn't a random worry: it's deliberate malfeasance on the part of an enemy.
kbrizzle:
We also have WoJ that Mab considers the defense of the Outer Gates to be the most important thing in her life. I believe Jim says that Mab would sacrifice herself, every human & Fae if she thought it would win her the war against the Outsiders. In Cold Days, she kills her daughter because she stands in the way of that goal.
If Mab knew she were Nfected, she would remove herself immediately, whether or not Molly is fit to be Queen. I suppose it’s possible that she doesn’t know, but as others have pointed out, what would be the point of that? It’s been played out
nadia.skylark:
--- Quote ---If Mab knew she were Nfected, she would remove herself immediately, whether or not Molly is fit to be Queen. I suppose it’s possible that she doesn’t know, but as others have pointed out, what would be the point of that? It’s been played out
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I think she'd weigh the risks. If she were certain that she could hold out for, for example, 5 years, then I'd think she'd stick around for 4 to make sure things transitioned well and that she'd wrapped up any unfinished business that might cause trouble for her successor (like paying off old debts to inconvenient people).
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