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A thought on the Winter Lady

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g33k:

--- Quote from: morriswalters on March 04, 2020, 06:31:18 PM --- When was anyone able to choose to have twins?
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But:  faeries.

Narratively, they are made of pure handwavium.


(and traditionally, twins & twin-identity is a very faerie-tale-ish thing)

morriswalters:
Yeah I got that. Have you given any thought to the mortality rate for Winter Ladies? There's the answer for why twins.  At the rate they burn through them Mab needs to get busy.  I nominate Harry.  Then he could have three kids.

Bad Alias:
That fits the "torture Harry" mantra.

g33k:

--- Quote from: morriswalters on March 05, 2020, 01:32:40 AM --- ... Have you given any thought to the mortality rate for Winter Ladies? ...
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I have the impression that the Knights' burn-rate is "supposed to be" much much faster than the Ladies.

It seems to be similar.

I think this is one of the signs that Nic & others are seeing, that tells them Jim will be writing the BAT any volume now...

kbrizzle:
The point I was trying to make with this post is why did Mab feel the need to have kids in the first place. Im pretty sure she had twin girls because that’s what she want to have - you know she would be able to manipulate that into happening.

I think the point is that both Maeve & Sarissa were always going to be Ladies - Maeve just went first because of her personality. The other was the spare for if anything happened to the first one. The mistake Mab made was that like all humans, pre-Lady Maeve wanted a mother but Mab is ... Mab. Maeve probably thought she would make Mab proud of her/ more interested in her if she became Lady, however when she realized that Mab is all business, she starts neglecting her duties (acting out) to get her mother to pay attention to her. The kicker of course is that Mab did love Maeve, she just showed it in a very cold way.

@Mira
I think the problem was that Mab wanted to have kids so they would serve Winter, not for the joys of motherhood - you’re definitely right that had Mab been able to be remotely maternal, perhaps Maeve wouldn’t be the way she was.

@morris & g33k
The Lady burn rate is likely high, although I’d wager the Knights’ rate is even higher (less power & more dangerous job).

@Bad Alias
Yep 150 years is what Molly says, so we know Maeve must’ve been Lady for at least 150-200 years already.

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