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McCoy and Bob

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Arjan:
As far as we know he could have been owned by one of Ebenezers ancestors.

Bad Alias:
Evil Bob is Bob's memories from when Bob was owned by Kemmler and after Bob created Evil Bob. It stands to reason that Evil Bob's knowledge of McCoy's work is from his time with Kemmler. It could have been at some point after DB, but I don't think so. McCoy was the Captain of the Wardens when they were hunting Kemmler in the 1870's. The Council was aware of Bob in relation to Kemmler. They saw him do things. He probably saw them do things. I think this is the most likely and least interesting answer for how he was familiar with McCoy's work. But he could have become familiar with McCoy at any point.

Yuillegan:
Bad Alias, your answer is plausible. But it doesn't work from a Doylist standpoint. Why mention McCoy at all? Jim planted it. My guess is he intended to use that connection later.

Arjan...it's possible. But not probable. But it also fails to address the Doylist reasons. Why single out McCoy in that scene?

g33k - I agree. I am glad you get it.

Mira:

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Evil Bob is implying that he knows McCoy's handiwork. Which would imply a relationship of sorts. He knows the kind of wizard's staff he creates, he knows McCoy's style. He even name dropped McCoy to Harry, because he is aware at least in part of their relationship.
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Not necessarily,  we've seen in the past that Bob knows a lot about a lot of creatures and people.  He  is a smaller version of the Archive if Luccio is to be believed.   He doesn't have to have a personal relationship to know about McCoy by reputation, so what his handiwork would look like.  Why should Evil Bob, the dark side of Bob be any different?

Conspiracy Theorist:
Ebenezar McCoy is descended via the Master/Apprentice lineage from the original Merlin. What if it was also by blood? The way Eb treated Margaret hiding she was his daughter may be a family tradition. If so the McCoy name or variant could have been applied by Merlin to hide his son or grandsons identity, an ancestor of Eb. McCoy means son of Aodh, a Celtic fire deity, and there are a dozen or so variations in modern usage. This is before Bob became a Wizards Research Assistant, but he would have been around before then in Faerie picking up information until one day he picked up the wrong bit of info, so he could have seen the son/grandson etc staff, or several different generations staffs and had enough examples to compile a thematic style.

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