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WAG McCoy [SPOILERS PT Ch4 + mf "Journal"]
Mira:
--- Quote ---I think Eb's choices regarding his family were to protect them. And he was showing a great deal of paranoia in it. But there was a reason for that, it wasn't completely wrong. I mean, Maggie Jr was targeted by the Red Court to get to him.
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But how did it work out? The thing is the very thing he did to keep them safe, ripped the family apart ending almost in total disaster.. It makes no sense at all, unless one buys that there is still something more complicated about it that Eb is still keeping from Harry. However based on what he knows now, not just the pain and suffering he experienced, but what ultimately happened to his mother, Harry is totally right in raising his own daughter as he is. Eb's argument for or excuses for doing what he did is a poor one,"keeping them safe" is way to vague, and comes out more like he couldn't be bothered.
Linnemir:
I have been ambivalent about Eb for a very long time, and this just helped me crystalize why.
Eb is andhss been selfish, self-centered, and stubborn when it came to his descendents. Let's face it, babies and small children are a lot of time consuming work. Kinda hard to take off at the drop of a hat to fulfill your wizardly duties when the baby sitter has already been eaten by a monster!
So he did it the easy way - hide Maggie Sr. And Harry until they were useful to him by using magic, and if they had no power? Well, they got along just fine without him, so why open a can of family worms?
My memory may be sliding, but other than taking Harry as an apprentice and Chicken Pizza, when did Eb actively help Harry with anything? He only got involved during CP after Harry mentioned the bloodline curse and Eb realized that he was in danger!
Sorry, but I just lost all sympathy for Eb when he was ready to repeat his mistake a third time!
Mira:
--- Quote ---Sorry, but I just lost all sympathy for Eb when he was ready to repeat his mistake a third time!
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What really irked me was unless they showed talent he wasn't interested or seemed to care what happened to them. But come to think of it, he is the Blackstaff, the Senior Council's assassin would
be a cold bastard on top of everything else. And yes, one can have all kinds of morals and values and still be a cold bastard.
Dina:
--- Quote from: SerScot on June 28, 2020, 04:06:28 PM ---I’m not so sure. I have, from time to time, wondered if Eb is the upstanding guy we want him to be. Harry misjudges people, his instincts have been shown to be wrong.
For example Hendricks, despite Harry’s impression of him is shown in the Marcone short story to be an intellectual who dislikes Marcone’s business but is loyal to Marcone for some other unspecified reason.
What if he’s wrong about Eb too?
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Harry instincts have been wrong, yes, but he has soulgazed Eb. I don't think he is so wrong about him. Besides, Eb reaction to Harry's words were (IMHO) more like a caring parent who does not want to admit that what he did was wrong than like a bastard who does not care at all-
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Dina on June 29, 2020, 05:34:00 AM ---Harry instincts have been wrong, yes, but he has soulgazed Eb. I don't think he is so wrong about him. Besides, Eb reaction to Harry's words were (IMHO) more like a caring parent who does not want to admit that what he did was wrong than like a bastard who does not care at all-
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But also a parent who can not properly start a discussion with his 40 year old grandchild. It is difficult because you will always see him as your baby but at a certain moment you need to handle him as an adult.
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