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Why Conjouritis, Why??
BrainFireBob:
Put me in the Maggie camp.
There was a frying pan in the first few chapters Harry didn't conjure but turned into ectoplasm. My vote? Maggie did it.
His noticing Hope Carpenter gaining a figure was part and parcel with him realizing she's only a few years older than Maggie.
Same with Ivy.
Eb's objection to keeping with Maggie was that she didn't have her power yet. This stops being a bone of contention between grandfather and grandson if her power is already manifested- it's a moot point. Harry would then gain a new apprentice- or maybe as a peace offering, Eb will.
Mira:
--- Quote from: BrainFireBob on July 21, 2020, 05:24:43 PM ---Put me in the Maggie camp.
There was a frying pan in the first few chapters Harry didn't conjure but turned into ectoplasm. My vote? Maggie did it.
His noticing Hope Carpenter gaining a figure was part and parcel with him realizing she's only a few years older than Maggie.
Same with Ivy.
Eb's objection to keeping with Maggie was that she didn't have her power yet. This stops being a bone of contention between grandfather and grandson if her power is already manifested- it's a moot point. Harry would then gain a new apprentice- or maybe as a peace offering, Eb will.
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I agree, as a parent and a grand parent, I understand fully the impact of the "daycare plague." Not for nothing did Jim write that short story about little Maggie, clearly some of her powers have awakened, which means she could of had a mild case mistaken for a cold by Harry, who didn't even know what conjouritis was never having had it, until he caught it at a really bad time.
Second Aristh:
The first few times I figured it was Bonea trying to be helpful in a toddler way. Overall the comic relief element of it fell flat for me most of the time. You can have it be annoying for Harry, but when it becomes a helpful bucket, I think it's too far.
Bad Alias:
It would make sense if it was a tip off to Maggie having talent. We don't know whether or not she does. Zoo Day doesn't tell us. Maggie got the book from the Carpenter kids who do not have talent. Being able to fight the monsters from the book is about being a kid and having knowledge. Not have wizard powers.
It makes sense that Harry, and to a lesser extent, Molly never got it. Harry was extremely isolated from other wizards. He didn't go to Council meetings with his master, either one. Harry explicitly says that Molly will be expected to go with him whenever he goes to Council functions. Harry never had that when he was an apprentice. The only Council functions he goes to until becoming a warden are his trials. After he goes, he's seen less than any wizard except for Rashid.
Are we told it's a childhood disease, or just a young wizard's disease? Because young means something very different to wizards. It could mean by late twenties or even early thirties. It could be like the "Sight coming in" thing. Harry was in his early thirties when that happened.
Grifter:
Yeah, the Maggie thing works. She's got talent, and got conjouritis at the right age and talent level. She made the pan.
And Harry got it too, just like a parent getting chickenpox as an adult when they didn't get it as a kid, because their kid brought it home.
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