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Overall series questions
Bad Alias:
--- Quote from: KurtinStGeorge on August 22, 2019, 07:06:11 AM ---If it's been a long time since you've seen the (overrated IMO) Christmas classic.
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How dare you! ;)
I leave you with this King of Queens quote about the movie:
--- Quote ---Carrie Heffernan:
[Arthur is watching 'It's A Wonderful Life'] Ah, 'It's A Wonderful Life'. Pretty great, huh?
Arthur Spooner:
Actually, I think it's a swing and a miss.
Carrie Heffernan:
What are you talking about? It's one of the greatest movies of all time.
Arthur Spooner:
With George Bailey, the town is boring. Without him, there's nightclubs and bars. It's fabulous. I wish he hadn't been born.
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g33k:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on August 21, 2019, 09:59:59 AM --- What exactly do you find implausible?
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I find it implausible that Sarissa's "condition" would be something that conventional medicine would recognize as "congenital dementia."
I find it implausible that a changeling daughter of Mab's only coincidentally happens to have a "condition" that lets Mab get what she wants.
I find it implausible that Sarissa is only working with Mab/Winter/mom on a transactional "I do task-X, get paid reward-X" manner.
I find it implausible that Sarissa's "condition" would be Nemfection.
I find it implausible that Sarissa would carelessly Leave A Clue like this in front of a professional investigator.
I could go on... ;-)
morriswalters:
I find it implausible that a wizard was living in a basement in Chicago, which to me is much more implausible then someone having a genetic defect like Huntington's. Look carefully at the terms of her deal. Sarissa made out like a bandit. Nine months vacation each year. And immortality and youth to boot, with none of the responsibility of being the Lady. Assuming her father was Franz Schubert, she's been alive long enough to become a billionaire by working at a fast food joint. And she's had two hundred years of youth to burn, which was 180 more than her contemporaries. ;D
segaily:
--- Quote from: g33k on August 22, 2019, 05:14:06 PM ---I find it implausible that Sarissa's "condition" would be something that conventional medicine would recognize as "congenital dementia."
I find it implausible that a changeling daughter of Mab's only coincidentally happens to have a "condition" that lets Mab get what she wants.
I find it implausible that Sarissa is only working with Mab/Winter/mom on a transactional "I do task-X, get paid reward-X" manner.
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Have you considered the idea that Mab either faked or gave her the condition just to set things up? Convincing someone they are sick so you can help them seems like a very winter thing to do. Plus if by having her under control like this has allowed Mab to more easily keep her safe Mab would see faking the illness as doing the right thing. :)
--- Quote from: g33k on August 22, 2019, 05:14:06 PM ---I find it implausible that Sarissa's "condition" would be Nemfection.
I find it implausible that Sarissa would carelessly Leave A Clue like this in front of a professional investigator.
I could go on... ;-)
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I agree with this I do not think it is Nemfection. If it was that Mab would just cure her. We know she can remove it given time and fighting the outsiders is part of her purpose so she would not take 1/2 measures in that case.
segaily:
--- Quote from: kbrizzle on August 18, 2019, 06:12:15 AM ---These are some questions I’ve had about the series in general. While I have my own theories, I’m curious about what you all think.
* Why is Sanya shown as being a bit clumsy? There are a couple of explicit & random instances, like in SmF when he accidentally cuts Harry’s leg while trying to remove the kelpies on the boat to DR. From a Doylist perspective, why is this relevant? Especially since Michael is never shown as being remotely clumsy, or any other action-character really
* Since water is anathema to magic, what happens if Demonreach is hit by a tsunami? It is an island after all....
* Why does Mother Winter need a walking stick? Why does she seem beset by the ravages of old age at all? She has the power of an archangel, so surely she can cure herself? Why does she feel physical pain from exertion as MS says in CD after Harry summons her?
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I think Sanya is made clumsy at times just to lighten things up. I do not think there is deep meaning.
Demonreach's magic is set up through time. I suspect for water to hurt the defenses would require something like many massive storms all hitting at exactly the correct interval in years apart.
I think being always old is part of the price of mother winters power. Meaning if she was somehow killed. Mab would get all her power but also instantly become old.
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