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Candidates for future Nemfection?
KurtinStGeorge:
So far there have been four characters who we know to have been Nemfected. They are the late Summer and Winter Ladies Aurora and Maeve, the Leanansidhe and Cat Sith. I once read speculation that the Red King wasn't just going senile, he may have been nemfected himself, but until there is a WOJ or something said in the books that confirms this, I can't include the Red King on this list. Plus, the Red Court is dead while Summer and Winter are very much alive, even if the two Ladies I mentioned are not. So I don't care very much whether Big Red was or wasn't nemfected.
We don't know where Cat Sith is and it appears that Lea was cured by Mab or is at least in remission. I think Lea said something in Ghost Story about not talking or dwelling on touchy subjects too long, because it could make her vulnerable. I'm actually going to post something much longer on this topic, so I don't want to get into the weeds of how Nemesis works it's magic on its victims. What I want is to ask everyone a question.
Who do you think is likely to be a target for Nemesis to infect with its poison in future? If you think it will one of the fae, because they are only type of beings in the Dresden verse who can be nemfected, that's fine. I think you're wrong, but even if anyone can be nemfected, the next victim might still be one of the fae. (I just had an odd thought. Let's say that normally, only the fae are vulnerable. Could Fix and Harry be vulnerable, even though they're mortals, because they carry the mantles of Summer and Winter, respectively? It's just a thought.) Feel free to name any character you wish.
I thought about doing this as a poll, but I'd have to list just about every character in the books who is still alive. So feel free to name any character you wish. Also, what makes that character a good candidate? I don't have an answer myself. I'm just curious to see what everyone else thinks and I think it would be interesting if several people name the same character, because I'd like to know why they see this character becoming nemfected when I don't.
Yuillegan:
I personally believe Nemesis can affect just about anyone (excluding Archangels - WOJ on this) but not everyone. If the goal of Nemesis was to infect as many beings as possible, it would probably work a lot faster like a pandemic. But I tend to think it chooses its victims with care, it only goes after specifically vulnerable people. Also, I think it is "new". New is a relative term of course, but essentially most people who know of it seem to treat it like a new player in the game. Also, it doesn't affect everyone who knows of it. It only seems to infect certain types of people - and discards them if they become no longer useful. It certainly tries to be less overt and stay undiscovered. But the type of person it goes after, the profile of its victims, seems relatively uniform. That is: power-hungry, angry, resentful, ambitious, perhaps already somewhat mad, someone who wants things to change.
Cat Sith is the only one who is hard to profile, as it is unclear when he became infected and whether we ever met the "real" Cat Sith. But Lea, Aurora, Maeve, Victor Sells and the others all seem to fit the mold.
So with that in mind and to answer your question, I think the next person to be infected will be LARA RAITH. Assuming she isn't already. And I suspect we might even get a hint of it come Peace Talks. Why? She fits the mold (ambitious, wants to change things up, perhaps a tad mad, and very power-hungry). She also makes a dangerous villain and a difficult problem that can not be just blasted out of existence. Harry will ahve to outmanouvre her, which will be difficult.
Mira:
I don't think Victor Sells was infected, in my opinion he was what is called a "useful idiot.." You forgot that Mab, herself, was infected but she caught it in time.
Bad Alias:
When was Mab infected?
I think all the events listed by Lily of people acting against their natures is a good place to start, but she was be fed information by Maeve, and those events could have been (and some definitely were) orchestrated by players off screen. It could be the players off screen who were nemfected and not the actors on stage, to slightly mix my metaphors.
I lean towards the idea that mortals can't be nemfected. I think mortal corruption by the forces of Outside is what the black magic taint is. I'm quite willing to admit that these opinions aren't even close to proven.
Kindler:
I'd like to sign up, if the Outsiders are taking applications right now. It'd be nice to abdicate responsibility for my actions, you know.
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