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Christmas Eve story - Huge question
morriswalters:
Harry wiped out the Reds, every single one over Maggie. Would Mab want to test that? And what narrative sense does it make for Jim to revisit that story line?
nadia.skylark:
--- Quote ---Harry wiped out the Reds, every single one over Maggie. Would Mab want to test that?
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And as I said in an earlier post, Harry can't do anything close to that to the Winter Court, or at least not unless he's prepared to let the Outsiders win (which would also get Maggie killed).
--- Quote ---And what narrative sense does it make for Jim to revisit that story line?
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No idea, and it's irrelevant to my point. What I'm saying is that, in-universe, Harry should be concerned about what Mab might be planning for Maggie, if she's giving her Christmas presents. Harry doesn't know that he's a character in a book, so narrative sense doesn't matter to him.
morriswalters:
Harry doesn't seem to show a lot of concern for the rest of the world where Maggie was concerned. And when Molly became the Winter Lady he threatened Mab with a bullet to the head. So I'm not seeing Harry thinking about consequences when he gets pissed.
But sometimes a story has other purposes other than advancing the plot. Sometimes it's for fun, and brings us back in after a very long separation. I don't see any significance in Mab's gift. However YMMV.
nadia.skylark:
--- Quote ---Harry doesn't seem to show a lot of concern for the rest of the world where Maggie was concerned.
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It's a Morton's fork situation: if the options are Mab doing bad things to Maggie or Harry destroying the Winter Court a la the Red Court, then either way bad things happen to Maggie.
--- Quote ---And when Molly became the Winter Lady he threatened Mab with a bullet to the head. So I'm not seeing Harry thinking about consequences when he gets pissed.
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Both times I can remember Harry threatening Mab, Mab has gone "hey, there are consequences" and Harry has backed down (that and Mab has also pointed out that there's a good chance Harry wouldn't win that fight). So clearly Harry thinks about consequences when reminded, and Mab is good at reminding him.
--- Quote ---But sometimes a story has other purposes other than advancing the plot. Sometimes it's for fun, and brings us back in after a very long separation. I don't see any significance in Mab's gift. However YMMV.
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Yeah, I honestly don't think anything bad's going to come of it--I just think that Harry has no reason to believe that.
morriswalters:
I like Morton's Fork. But I was thinking in terms of cutting off your nose to spite your face. Something my mother accused me of. :)
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