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Kincaid microfiction "Goodbye"
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Mira on March 19, 2020, 11:40:17 AM --- He never presented himself as her teacher. He knew her, they were friends, he answered a question from time to time. Even if he had, it doesn't absolve her from lying to him.. The lie was her choice, puts it ALL on her head. To disregard Harry's warnings, her choice, ALL on her head..
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She probably felt she had no choice. Harry is white council after all and they have a certain reputation. Imagine what could have happened if Harry had called the wardens in. Now imagine what Kim thought would happen if Harry called the wardens in. She tried to safe McFinn and that was her first loyalty.
Bad Alias:
She didn't know about the White Council. Harry was the only wizard she had ever heard of. Kind of goes to show how ignorant she is and how little Harry has shared with her. Billy knows about the war with the Red Court, the White Council, and the meeting by two books later.
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Bad Alias on March 19, 2020, 05:34:35 PM ---She didn't know about the White Council. Harry was the only wizard she had ever heard of. Kind of goes to show how ignorant she is and how little Harry has shared with her. Billy knows about the war with the Red Court, the White Council, and the meeting by two books later.
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And yet she knew enough not to trust him and not enough to trust him. Harry's impression on other people differs from the impression we get from his head. I am sure that if Jim had written the story from her point of view more people would have sympathised with her.
Mira:
--- Quote from: Arjan on March 19, 2020, 05:13:40 PM ---She probably felt she had no choice. Harry is white council after all and they have a certain reputation. Imagine what could have happened if Harry had called the wardens in. Now imagine what Kim thought would happen if Harry called the wardens in. She tried to safe McFinn and that was her first loyalty.
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Which is why it was really stupid for her to lie to Harry in the first place.. No, in over her head and too much ego to admit it.. Not sure what she promised MacFinn, most likely she lied to him as well about her skill level..
--- Quote ---She didn't know about the White Council. Harry was the only wizard she had ever heard of. Kind of goes to show how ignorant she is and how little Harry has shared with her. Billy knows about the war with the Red Court, the White Council, and the meeting by two books later.
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Exactly, not to mention she seemed to be clueless about what a serious business it is to be a wizard.
She acted a lot like Micky Mouse in the "Sorcerer's Apprentice" in the movie, "Fantasia." He also thought how hard could it be to do magic? All he needed to do was wear the hat, and the broom would do his bidding... We know what happened, but he got lucky, Kim wasn't.
--- Quote ---And yet she knew enough not to trust him and not enough to trust him. Harry's impression on other people differs from the impression we get from his head. I am sure that if Jim had written the story from her point of view more people would have sympathised with her.
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If she didn't trust him she shouldn't ask him questions about important stuff... As far as trust goes, who was doing the lying here? Off the top, how trustworthy is a liar?
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Bad Alias on March 19, 2020, 05:34:35 PM ---She didn't know about the White Council. Harry was the only wizard she had ever heard of. Kind of goes to show how ignorant she is and how little Harry has shared with her. Billy knows about the war with the Red Court, the White Council, and the meeting by two books later.
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She might have known more than Harry knew. She probably knew more.
But not telling her about the white council also meant not telling her about the laws of magic which is highly irresponsible.
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