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Mab is Nfected question
kbrizzle:
Hmm if the Winter Wellspring were poisoned, wouldn’t Mother Winter be affected too?
If Mab were Nfected, why would Nfected Maeve try to replace her? It would be much easier & less risky to simply help the Outsider overwhelm Mab’s defenses than to kill one of the most powerful immortals on the planet.
nadia.skylark:
--- Quote ---Hmm if the Winter Wellspring were poisoned, wouldn’t Mother Winter be affected too?
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If Mab can fight off Nfection for several years, I doubt that it could get close to actually affecting Mother Winter, even if she is technically Nfected.
--- Quote ---If Mab were Nfected, why would Nfected Maeve try to replace her? It would be much easier & less risky to simply help the Outsider overwhelm Mab’s defenses than to kill one of the most powerful immortals on the planet.
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The reason Maeve is working with Nemesis is specifically to beat her mother--that's her motivation, not helping Outsiders. The Outsider thing is just a means to an end.
Cozarkian:
--- Quote from: kbrizzle on April 23, 2019, 10:18:18 PM ---I’m still not getting how we’ve gotten to Mab is fighting an Nfection - . . .
I am yet to see any evidence that Mab is Nfected or fighting off an Nfection personally.
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It's classic misdirection. Suggest Mab might be Nfected then present evidence that it is actually other people who are Nfected (specifically the people accusing Mab), so that the readers will be surprised when they learn Mab actually was Nfected.
Mab isn't being controlled by Nemesis or working with Nemesis, but the text is consistent with her being tainted by Nemesis in a similar way that Harry was tainted when he touched Lasciel's coin but refused to pick it up and buried it instead.
kbrizzle:
@ Cozarkian
That is interesting - in what way is Mab being shown behaving in a similar way as Harry was when he carried Lash? Also remember that the Mantles “talk” to their wearers - Harry certainly has to reason with Winter Knight mantle when he makes big decisions.
@nadia
I’m not so sure that that is the reason why Maeve seemed to be collaborating with Nemesis. As the Lady, Maeve spent a lot of time around mortals & changelings - this would affect the way she saw the world per Mother Summer. I believe that Maeve wanted free will & not to be bound by the laws of Winter as the Lady is - note that Molly says Maeve has been neglecting her duties for ~150 years - long before she was Nfected. I think her hatred for Mab arose from the fact that she & her mother wanted different things for her future. Maeve liked power, so she could never make the bargain that Sarissa had, & I doubt the Lady mantle can be cast off very easily.
groinkick:
--- Quote from: kbrizzle on April 23, 2019, 02:32:48 AM ---It seems like some people on this forum believe that Mab is Nfected herself - I have never understood the reasoning behind this theory & was wondering if someone could explain it.
If she were Nfected, why haven’t the Outsiders won already?
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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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