The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
Morgan Micro Fiction
g33k:
--- Quote from: magnuskn on February 05, 2020, 06:29:08 AM --- ...
Now, if Jim ever shows a flashback where a giant man on a motorcycle approaches Harry at the orphanage and tells him "Yer a Wizard, 'arry!".... ;D
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Strength of a River in his Shoulders will be riding a prehistoric species of Elk, still dwelling in the deep Nevernever reaches of Arcadia.
And he won't be speaking in a broad "West Country" accent.
Otherwise... you nailed it.
Mira:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on February 05, 2020, 06:44:04 PM ---To be clear, when I speak of two Anastasia's I'm pointing out a writers device, where one character is treated as two, in this case the love he couldn't have, and the friend she became. And since I believe Jim is devious, I believe it is an attempt at obfuscation.
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My point is Morgan took the fall for her, didn't matter which body, past love or present friendship.
Rashid pointed to her personality shift which led to her affair with Harry, but Rashid was more inclined to blame that on the ink than the body change.. Also the way Harry said that Morgan loved Luccio, implied his feelings for her hadn't changed even if she never let him come close. So in
terms of her body change, I don't think plot device applies here. Though back when she and Harry were an item, she used her new younger body as an excuse for her reawakened desire for sex. Sadly for Harry in Turn Coat we find out it was the ink after all.
g33k:
--- Quote from: Dina on February 05, 2020, 12:20:37 AM --- ... And you know what I am thinking? Ivy knows what Morgan wrote. So, what if she is becoming wary of Dresden herself? Or, on the other hand, why if she decides to try to help in some subtle ways ...
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I'm pretty sure Ivy has Harry firmly pegged as "maybe at risk, but one of the good guys."
She'll have seen Morgan write it, but she'll remember all Harry's history of Doing the Right Thing (she she also knows what's written on Harry's gravestone, after all; and all of Susan's articles, research notes, reports to higher-ups in St.Giles, the records of the Red Court & the ritual they were performing (that Harry turned back on them) etc etc etc).
Above all, she'll know that when she was in deadly danger, Harry risked everything to save her, which speaks on a deeper level than any writing... even if you're The Archive, you're still a little girl, and Harry saved her.
She knows how much the Bad Guys like to sow FUD as a tactic, even a major strategy.
She'll recognize Morgan as a victim of exactly that.
g33k:
--- Quote from: Mira on February 05, 2020, 11:44:28 AM --- Since Margaret supposedly was under a death sentence herself because of her crimes ...
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Wait... WAS she?
She was certainly pushing the boundaries, linedancing at the edges of the Laws, trying to get the WC to revisit and revise their Laws, seeking more "social justice" and protection for mortals, general activism and interventionism by the WC.
We know she was on the Warden's "watchlist."
But I didn't think she had ever been convicted of Lawbreaking, or gotten any death sentence (at least, not from the WC) ... ? Being on a watchlist is VERY different than being under a death sentence!
--- Quote from: Mira on February 05, 2020, 11:44:28 AM --- ... Why was the child Harry so difficult to trace until Justin came on the scene and adopted him?
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Presumably, because Justin was behind the act of hiding Harry.
--- Quote from: Mira on February 05, 2020, 11:44:28 AM --- ... Given everything that surrounded Margaret's death, why didn't he look into Malcolm's more closely? ...
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I presume he looked into the matter as closely as he could. He was "on mission" when Malcom died, there was likely at least one Sunrise to wash away magical traces.
But above all -- he was a working Warden: a cop. Like Murphy was. And (like Murphy was) he was subject to oversight. While Luccio may have sympathized/protected him, he already knew an "enemy" had "invaded the Senior Council itself."
So Morgan's investigation & action was limited (like Murphy's was) by what he could get away with, given an "enemy" who had such oversight.
--- Quote from: Mira on February 05, 2020, 11:44:28 AM --- ... If Morgan thought that Harry was truly infected, why didn't he just give him the chop when he was under the Doom? ...
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Morgan didn't think Harry is infected.
Morgan feared Harry might be infected.
Morgan was "stress testing" Harry, trying to see if Harry showed signs of using Black Magic or being Nemfected, trying to force Harry into needing to use the shortcuts-to-power those represent, the weakness of character they display.
I think Morgan would have been... more comfortable? ... if he could have proven Harry to be a BlackHat. Far better, for brawler-type wizards like Morgan (and Harry (and Eb)) to face a clear opponent upon whom you can unleash all your powers, than to have a viper slithering 'round in your own nest!
But in the end, Morgan couldn't quite bring himself to execute a child (and then a very-young man) who kept showing he DID have the self-restraint to avoid using black magic, every time he got pushed or tempted that direction.
--- Quote from: Mira on February 05, 2020, 11:44:28 AM --- ... He also knew very well that Luccio had murdered LaFortier, he covered for her and that is why they were after him in Turn Coat. Also he was instantly on the run when that happened, so when did he have time to make a journal entry? ...
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Actually, he knew Luccio didn't kill LaFortier. He knew that Luccio was somebody's tool, a mind-thrall used to kill LaFortier... in other words, just another victim (but one custom-made to take the fall, and to disrupt the WC).
It's an interesting parallel to how Toot & "the Za Lord's Guard" were also "just tools" and bore no animus for killing Summer Lady Aurora. Titania's wrath was wholly-reserved for Harry (she could have off'ed the little faeries in a heartbeat, if she had wanted to).
But even "on the run," Morgan would have had moments of downtime, periods where he was bandaging, eating, drinking, resting, etc. He was using the Summer Boon to be safe from all scrying, after all. And he evidently thought that his thoughts and conclusions on "the Dresden Situation" were of tactical or strategic importance to Luccio and any other allies, so it was a priority to get them down in writing (all too likely he'd die being captured!).
Dina:
@g33k The point is not Harry's heart. He could be a good person and still become something terrible against his will. Remember Harry himself dreads that. It could be that becoming a Destroyer has nothing to do with him as a person but only with the circumstances of his birth, and it could be triggered for anything. And also, Nemesis can infect good people, like Lily. So it is not a problem of what Ivy knows about Harry being a good man but about what he could become. In a way, Harry is still under a Doom of Damocles :P
--- Quote from: morriswalters on February 05, 2020, 11:36:58 AM ---There is no indication he loved Maggie. And he treats Harry like an unexploded bomb.
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Really? I totally understood that from the letter.
Or another topic, I always wondered about Morgan dying curse. For me, it made no sense that he, a warrior, a warden, did not use it against his enemies. Perhaps he was so focused on writing the journal that he weakened himself too much and couldn't gather enough power for that. Or he did something else with it, like protecting Luccio somehow.
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