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morriswalters:
Paradoxageddon occurs. Time traveler Harry knew to fix LC because, how?

nadia.skylark:

--- Quote ---Paradoxageddon occurs. Time traveler Harry knew to fix LC because, how?
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The theory I have was actually designed to fix this problem.

This issue with TT!Harry fixing Little Chicago is that in the first iteration, there was no one to fix it and he should have died. However, what happened in my theory is that when Little Chicago blew up, Lasciel's shadow convinced Harry to take up the coin mid-explosion using some of the same arguments that subconscious!Harry used in Dead Beat, and Lasciel shielded him from the blast. Together, Harry and Lasciel managed to find and save Molly, but eventually Harry got manipulated by Lasciel into being an awful person like all of the other Denarians. Harry eventually repented, gave up Lasciel's coin, and tried to fix the damage he'd done. However, it was so extensive that he felt that no amount of fixing would be enough, so he went back in time in order to prevent himself from taking up Lasciel's coin by fixing Little Chicago and stopping it from blowing up in the first place.

Snark Knight:

--- Quote from: nadia.skylark on May 11, 2019, 11:48:24 PM ---But what if it isn't? What if, instead, they fixed it because they needed to use it? We have WoJ that Harry is first-rate when it comes to making magical artifacts, even compared to wizards with far more experience. Furthermore, Little Chicago took an enormous amount of time to put together, as well as a fair amount of resources. If someone needed to use something like it just once, as opposed to on a regular basis, it would make more sense to fix Harry's and just use that, rather than expend the time and effort to build their own.

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Harry and Bob initially missed the flaw, though, so whoever fixed it had to have had foreknowledge that Harry was about to blow himself up and wanted to prevent that, and / or been even better with subtle artifact creation.

Using Little Chicago could fit as a motivation for Mab to fix it, though. She had means to get into the apartment so long as she behaves as a good guest, and opportunity in the form of abundant skill to notice and repair it. The main argument against her was always motive - that if she knew of the flaw, she wouldn't just benevolently fix it. Her usual nature would be to hit Harry up to trade another favour(s) for 'information which will soon save your life'. But if she found it convenient to use Harry's gear for some reason, fixing the flaw could be rationalized as her way of paying to use LC, while also preventing her asset from accidentally depreciating himself.

I doubt it's a coincidence that someone else needing to use the spy tool happened at the same time shit was going down for a Nemesis plot. It's a WAG, but if it was Mab was using it, the timeline fits for that being how she found out that Maeve was compromised. Possibly she couldn't be away from Arctis Tor longer than absolutely necessary and found it convenient to capitalize on Harry's groundwork. Or perhaps Maeve's surveillance countermeasures were focused on Winter magic, and a mortal spell was able to get around them.

nadia.skylark:

--- Quote ---Harry and Bob initially missed the flaw, though, so whoever fixed it had to have had foreknowledge that Harry was about to blow himself up and wanted to prevent that, and / or been even better with subtle artifact creation.
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Or it could have just needed someone with fresh eyes to look at it. That's one of the reasons why I like to get someone to read over essays before I turn them in--I'm perfectly good at spelling, but if I've been working on the essay for a week and know exactly what it's supposed to say, I end up missing typos.


--- Quote ---Using Little Chicago could fit as a motivation for Mab to fix it, though. She had means to get into the apartment so long as she behaves as a good guest, and opportunity in the form of abundant skill to notice and repair it. The main argument against her was always motive - that if she knew of the flaw, she wouldn't just benevolently fix it. Her usual nature would be to hit Harry up to trade another favour(s) for 'information which will soon save your life'. But if she found it convenient to use Harry's gear for some reason, fixing the flaw could be rationalized as her way of paying to use LC, while also preventing her asset from accidentally depreciating himself.
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Definitely. If someone decided that they needed to use Little Chicago themselves, then Mab is definitely the top contender.

KurtinStGeorge:

--- Quote from: morriswalters on May 12, 2019, 10:01:59 AM ---Paradoxageddon occurs. Time traveler Harry knew to fix LC because, how?

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Because Bob told Harry about the problem at the end of Proven Guilty.  Here's the exact quote from Bob to Harry.

"Oh," he said. "I found something wrong with Little Chicago's design."

I swallowed. "Oh. Wow. Bad?"

"Extremely. We missed a transition coupling in the power flow. The stored energy was all going to the same spot."

Bob may have been following TT Harry's orders to tell himself (his earlier self) about the problem without saying who fixed LC.  This way TT Harry can tell Bob where to look for the problem but not interfere with the timeline.  Before going back in time TT Harry would remember the problem with LC and realize he needed to fix it; or order Bob to fix it, if he was going to use it himself.  Actually, I could see TT Harry thinking he would catch whoever fixed LC before realizing he would be the one who fixed it. 

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