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Christmas Eve story - Huge question
g33k:
--- Quote from: toodeep on January 07, 2020, 09:55:47 PM --- Ya, it makes me wonder. Harry has gotten a lot of mileage out of having a fairie godmother. I'm surprised he hasn't arranged for any godparent for Maggie...
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I think you mean JIM has gotten a lot of mileage out of Harry having a fairy godmother!
For Harry, it was an ongoing source of low-grade fear spiked with occasions of raw terror... and a few moments he could leverage the unsurvivable into the barely-survivable.
I think he's hoping for better for Maggie.
The Carpenter household (and Mouse!) is better for her than anything Faerie has to offer.
nadia.skylark:
--- Quote ---I think it is Mab playing the longer game. She knows it's likely that Little Maggie may develop substantial power. She's giving the girl a taste, just like a first free hit from a dealer.
And showing how much WinterPower can be fun.
And of course... showing that Harry approves of her wielding WinterPower.
WinterKnight Harry, WinterLady Molly... and a special Gift of Winter from Mab. Yeah, li'l Maggie is so screwed-over it ain't funny...
"Sucking up" to Harry with a "gift" for Maggie? Yeah, that's just the cover-threat for the REAL sucker-punch.
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This. Given that Harry knows what faeries are like, I'm surprised he didn't tell Mab to f*** off and that there was no way he was going to help her manipulate his daughter. It seems like a real oversight on his part.
MoroccoMole:
I think this is a good catch. I think the mothers are even more tightly bound by the rules than the other queens. The more power one has, the more limitations there are. See Angels & free will. In Cold days Harry hurt Mother Winter when he summoned her and she balanced the scales immediately by almost killing him. Given that, I think that Mother winter would definitely owe Harry a gift and I agree with those who shudder at what it could be. This would be a great question for Jim at his next live appearance.
Arjan:
--- Quote from: nadia.skylark on January 11, 2020, 01:53:08 AM ---This. Given that Harry knows what faeries are like, I'm surprised he didn't tell Mab to f*** off and that there was no way he was going to help her manipulate his daughter. It seems like a real oversight on his part.
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The main problem Harry had with his godmother is that he as a child had no clue how to safely use that asset. I am sure it can be hugely beneficial especially as someone else already had paid the price.
nadia.skylark:
--- Quote ---The main problem Harry had with his godmother is that he as a child had no clue how to safely use that asset. I am sure it can be hugely beneficial especially as someone else already had paid the price.
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I'm pretty sure the problem is that there's no real way to safely use a powerful sidhe who's been successfully manipulating people for longer than Harry, his mom, and his grandfather combined have been alive.
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