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Souls and Ghosts.
morriswalters:
Why would a spirit need or have a gender?
Arjan:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on December 24, 2019, 09:51:03 PM ---Why would a spirit need or have a gender?
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Same reason it has clothes?
It is about self image. Corpstaker as a shade thinks of herself as a woman so she looks like a woman and is addressed as a woman.
Gender in the dresdenverse is not strictly a material thing. Your gender is a story. even (fallen) angels have gender in that sense. Lasciel is clearly a woman and Uriel a man. That might have something to do with the stories told about them or maybe it is just how they started.
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Bad Alias on December 24, 2019, 09:24:08 PM ---Forgot the southbound train bit.
I'm assuming Corpsetaker was a woman because the shade was, and the description didn't fit any bodies we've seen Corpsetaker inhabit. I assume everyone who referred to her as a he was first introduced to Corpsetaker in a man's body.
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Lea is even more explicit:
--- Quote ---“With significant capability,” Lea replied, stressing the phrase. “When Corpsetaker’s spirit still dwelt upon the mortal coil, even bodies with latent talent were hospitable enough for her to exercise her full power. But thanks to you, and like you, my dear godson, she has passed beyond the threshold between life and death. Now she requires a body with a much greater inherent talent in order to use her gifts once she is inside it.”
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It is her, not just some reflection. The whole story Lea tells is very illuminating especially in the light of what happens with Harry later.
Bad Alias:
I find Lea's statements much less convincing than the fact that "Corpsetaker" in Ghost Story went to Hell. It isn't likely that ghosts in DF go anywhere after "dying." Which is what makes Sir Stuart's situation so suspicious.
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Bad Alias on December 28, 2019, 02:58:55 AM ---I find Lea's statements much less convincing than the fact that "Corpsetaker" in Ghost Story went to Hell. It isn't likely that ghosts in DF go anywhere after "dying." Which is what makes Sir Stuart's situation so suspicious.
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What Lea is saying is that the shade of corpstaker is corpstaker, her essence just like Harry is his essence. It is what corpstaker makes corpstaker. It reflects what Mab and Uriel say about Harry. It can not be more clear.
Mark that what she tried to do with morty did not differ that much from what she used to do when she still lived, only more difficult because she had passed that threshold. That is what Lea said. She had passed that threshold.
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