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Christmas Eve and Peace Talks theory (spoilers)
Mira:
--- Quote from: Walter the skull on July 12, 2020, 01:40:02 AM ---Mira: Perhaps my word choices were poor. I didn't mean to imply anything nefarious. Everyone one here is pretty nice. I'm enjoying the opportunity to discuss DF.
I too went back reread Christmas eve shortly after the sample chapters started being posted. I'm concerned about her lack of mention and Thomas's lack of mention. I like them both.
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Most likely it was me miss understanding, if you mean the Christmas Eve story was messing with us? I don't think so, it is a real subtle piece of writing, overtly we have Harry struggling to put together a bike for Maggie. That makes me laugh because a child's bike shouldn't be that hard to assemble, usually they can be purchased already put together, or the bike shop will do it. It is something any parent can identify with, the dreaded, "some assembly required" on the box.
From there though it gets strange, we find out that Christmas Eve takes place after the next two books, there is going to be a lot of blood, guts, and death.. There is the usual Harry guilt over such things whether he could have prevented it or not. But here is where it gets subtle, there is an air of grieving about Harry, he doing Christmas for his little girl but he is in lots of pain. Not just for the thousands in my opinion but for someone very close who he has lost. The big three are, Eb,Thomas, and Murphy, going by the trailer for Peace Talks, one or all three could very well not survive.. What confirms he is grieving a personal loss to me is how Kringle, a Christmas memory of his father, Molly's gentle sisterly kiss, and Mab, Mab of all people consulting Sarissa about a Christmas gift for Harry, even if it was to his daughter.. No, nothing overtly said that one of the three are dead, but at the same time you know one of them is. Yet, the whole story is sweet and kind of cheery, Maggie gets to meet Santa!
vultur:
I can't really see Eb surviving the series, but I don't know if this is the point where he will get killed. It seems likely that Harry will get the Blackstaff when Eb dies, and Jim might be saving that for the BAT.
Mira:
--- Quote from: vultur on July 12, 2020, 09:51:08 PM ---I can't really see Eb surviving the series, but I don't know if this is the point where he will get killed. It seems likely that Harry will get the Blackstaff when Eb dies, and Jim might be saving that for the BAT.
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Yup he is one of the big three that given the trailer could die in the next two books..
peregrine:
I don't think Eb is going to die until a book after he finds out Thomas is also his grandson. Just from a storytelling standpoint, I think Jim wants to give us at least a book's worth of status quo to show how he handles it.
Walter the skull:
Yeah I would like to Eb live long enough to see how he and Thomas get along.
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