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Mab is Nfected question
morriswalters:
--- Quote from: kbrizzle on April 30, 2019, 02:54:31 AM ---Would she really be able to quantify the length of time she could hold out? Like the Senior Council going through every little decision they’d made over the last few years after finding out that Peabody has been drugging the ink (perhaps a series of subtle, gentle nudges into making decisions advantageous to the Black council instead of the WC), I don’t think Mab would be able to trust herself if she knew she were Nfected.
Good point about the Gatekeeper & his good relations with Mab. Although I disagree about the Murphy bit - Mab expressly orders Harry to kill Maeve - just because she couldn’t bring herself to do it doesn’t mean she didn’t arrange for it to happen. While Murphy pulls the trigger, it is Mab who breaks the ice enough for the former to break free & shoot Maeve.
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Yes, but the point was had she taken direct action rather than pawning it off on subordinates things would have turned out better. So much for Mab as a rationalist.
--- Quote from: Cozarkian on April 30, 2019, 06:15:26 PM ---Plausible v. necessary. It is a plausible story line for Maeve to accuse Mab and for Harry to investigate, but it wasn't necessary as a plot device to drive Harry's actions in CD. It may just be filler story for entertainment purposes, but it may also have been misdirection.
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It hits the notes it needs to hit to supply motivation to see the Mother's and Titania and to learn the nature of the Outer Gates. Jim evidently had a list and he hit all the items on it to set up the new plot line. The difference is between Maeve the Wicked Winter Faerie and Maeve the instrument of the Adversary.
Kindler:
If Mab was able to "cure" Lea of Nemesis infection, why wouldn't Mother Winter be able to "cure" Mab? Between Mab and Mother Winter, the process shouldn't take overly long (at least not as long as it did for Lea), so... what? I mean, if she were infected, I doubt it happened any later than Small Favor, when we see her using a malk as a mouthpiece for the first time.
Cozarkian:
--- Quote from: Kindler on May 01, 2019, 05:37:16 PM ---If Mab was able to "cure" Lea of Nemesis infection, why wouldn't Mother Winter be able to "cure" Mab? Between Mab and Mother Winter, the process shouldn't take overly long (at least not as long as it did for Lea), so... what? I mean, if she were infected, I doubt it happened any later than Small Favor, when we see her using a malk as a mouthpiece for the first time.
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Good thought, but there could be a few explanations.
1. Leah was absent from DM, BR and DB and not done healing as of PG. That's a period of 4 years. Even if Mother Winter could heal Mab in half the time (and I don't see any reason why it would take less time), 2 years is a very long time to not have Winter.
2. It's possible that in order to cure Leah, Mab had to take the Nemfection into herself, which is how Mab became Nemfected. It's possible that the role of the Queen makes it appropriate for Mab to take that burden on herself (in exchange for getting Harry's obligation) while the role of Mother Winter makes it inappropriate for her to take the burden from Mab. It would also explain why Mab couldn't cure Maeve (she couldn't take the Nemfection when she was already infected).
Avernite:
--- Quote from: Cozarkian on May 01, 2019, 09:14:24 PM ---Good thought, but there could be a few explanations.
1. Leah was absent from DM, BR and DB and not done healing as of PG. That's a period of 4 years. Even if Mother Winter could heal Mab in half the time (and I don't see any reason why it would take less time), 2 years is a very long time to not have Winter.
2. It's possible that in order to cure Leah, Mab had to take the Nemfection into herself, which is how Mab became Nemfected. It's possible that the role of the Queen makes it appropriate for Mab to take that burden on herself (in exchange for getting Harry's obligation) while the role of Mother Winter makes it inappropriate for her to take the burden from Mab. It would also explain why Mab couldn't cure Maeve (she couldn't take the Nemfection when she was already infected).
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I thought Maeve being uncurable was explained in the books as 'Maeve has to WANT to be cured' - which she did not, while Lea did want to be cured.
Cozarkian:
That's the obvious explanation, but I don't think it was spelled out in the book. If I recall, Man simply said by the time she learned of Maeve's condition it was too late.
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