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Harry the Anti-Christ, Harry the Merlin
Yuillegan:
BA - I get you now. Yeah, very very possible from that POV.
Morris - Totally agree, it would be very Jim.
Something that we haven't explored enough in this theory is why Thomas ISN'T a Destroyer/Starborn, especially if he has the same parentage.
The easy explanation is that Harry was born on Halloween and Thomas wasn't.
But perhaps it is also due to the fact that Harry killed his phage before it had a chance to emerge, due to his relations with Elaine.
But none of that explains why Thomas has very little magical ability and Harry does, apart from a writing reason. My take is Jim when creating Thomas didn't need another Wizard, and his vampire abilities were enough for the story, but he added a little bit of magic later when he needed it in the Back Up short story.
morriswalters:
Thomas has too much. He's pretty and buff. Has a girlfriend who doesn't mind sharing. He's wealthy and he could live for thousands of years. Why in the hell would he get magic. There is a level of unfairness in that thought that boggles the mind. :o
Yuillegan:
Quite agree! Yet I would like a nice convenient plot explanation. But I am but one small fan.
Avernite:
Harry as a WCV makes no sense from the Justin DuMorne angle. He pretty much left Harry and Elaine to their own devices regarding sexuality, when he should know the most likely result of that would be a dead Elaine and WCV Harry. Who would probably be extra frustrated and likely to run off rather than face the consequences of that, I don't think Justin could twist that into himself controlling Harry even more.
g33k:
--- Quote from: Yuillegan on February 22, 2020, 01:06:54 AM --- ... Something that we haven't explored enough in this theory is why Thomas ISN'T a Destroyer/Starborn, especially if he has the same parentage ...
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Because parentage is irrelevant? Being "starborn" is like a wierd mix of astrology & feng shui (as best I can tell).
--- Quote from: Yuillegan on February 22, 2020, 01:06:54 AM --- ... But none of that explains why Thomas has very little magical ability and Harry does, apart from a writing reason. My take is Jim when creating Thomas didn't need another Wizard, and his vampire abilities were enough for the story, but he added a little bit of magic later when he needed it in the Back Up short story.
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WoJ states that Whampires can only have modest magical talents. Maybe that's retrofitting things after letting Thomas have a tracking-spell? That's unclear to me. Also unclear is whether a Whamp could be up to even weak White-Council standards, or if they don't quite get there... I don't recall if WoJ is explicit on this point.
Bianca had some magic; Arianna had more. Neither was as strong as Harry, but then again: very few White Council wizards are as strong as Harry! I suspect either one could have been a WC wizard, if they hadn't been Ramps.
Mavra absolutely has magic, and I suspect more than either Bianca or Arianna.
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