The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
Which mortal might become nemfected?
Mira:
--- Quote ---Harry didn't reject Lash, she chose to die to protect him and she was burned out of his brain.
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That sounds ugly. Maybe better this. Harry resists Lash's plea's, even at the end when she acts to her nature, and tries to get Harry to summon the coin. But she commits an act of love to preserve both him and their child, and makes a choice to be free. So rather than cast her out, he learned to care about her.
--- End quote ---
But the point is, once he understood what she was, he was able to resist her and eventually change her to being an asset and helping him.
morriswalters:
In a very real sense what Michael said was true. No one had ever rejected the shadow. And neither had Harry. And as long as it remained Harry was at risk. And Nic tried to use the shadow in Small Favor to disable Harry. It took and outsider attack to kill Lash.
Mira:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on December 12, 2019, 03:18:20 PM ---In a very real sense what Michael said was true. No one had ever rejected the shadow. And neither had Harry. And as long as it remained Harry was at risk. And Nic tried to use the shadow in Small Favor to disable Harry. It took and outsider attack to kill Lash.
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The Shadow was already gone by Small Favor... Nic tried and was shocked because no one before Harry had ever been able to be rid of a Shadow once it took up residence in the host's brain. Yes, Harry did reject the Shadow of Lasciel, he got cooperation with Lash, who was no longer the same entity.. But as pointed out, when Harry told her he'd rather have his brain turned to jello rather than accept the coin, that was rejection plain and simple.
Yuillegan:
Again...Harry points out that there is no way Michael could no for sure that no one had EVER rejected a Shadow. Michael is not all knowing. Nicodemus destroys records all the time.
Whether Harry did or did not or whatever variation of that is somewhat irrelevant.
And Harry would have taken a Coin if no Winter Knight or Darkhallow (which would have required mass death)...Harry would have more likely become a Denarian than a Necro-God.
Nic was shocked because the Shadow wasn't in control, just to be clear. He was shocked because he never thought someone like Dresden would resist. Michael, sure. Sanya, yep. Shiro, no doubt. Dresden has always been, especially in his own mind, gray in the moral sense. He isn't the White Knight.
g33k:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on December 12, 2019, 03:18:20 PM --- In a very real sense what Michael said was true. No one had ever rejected the shadow. And neither had Harry.
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Yes, Harry did reject the shadow. Every day! This was an incredible feat, unknown to the Church and even (if Lash was to believed) unknown to Lasciel herself! Do not diminish this achievement just because it wasn't a complete purge, or whatever... it is, apparently, unparalleled in all of Creation!
What Harry didn't do -- couldn't do -- was rid himself of the shadow.
What could happen -- what DID happen -- was the shadow, trying to change Harry, became changed itself.
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