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Is Eb the Bad Guy?
sayyadina:
I am certainly leaning more towards Eb is bad or nfected right now, or at the very least there are some massive things we don't know about his past. What exactly do we know about Harry's grandmother/Eb's wife? Or even his family growing up?
Part of what bothered me the most about Peace Talks was that it seemed like most of the book happened off screen, which was annoying. I'm just hoping Jim got his desire to experiment out of his system and now goes back to writing like he had the previous books since they all work so much better.
When Eb first showed up he didn't call Harry "hoss" once, which was one the first signs something was off with him. Don't know exactly what that means, but I really don't need to go into just how horribly bad it would be if the Blackstafd went darkside.
Normally I love speculating and theorizing after reading a new book, but I feel like I don't have enough of the story to really do much speculation yet.
Mira:
--- Quote from: sayyadina on August 03, 2020, 01:14:38 AM ---I am certainly leaning more towards Eb is bad or nfected right now, or at the very least there are some massive things we don't know about his past. What exactly do we know about Harry's grandmother/Eb's wife? Or even his family growing up?
Part of what bothered me the most about Peace Talks was that it seemed like most of the book happened off screen, which was annoying. I'm just hoping Jim got his desire to experiment out of his system and now goes back to writing like he had the previous books since they all work so much better.
When Eb first showed up he didn't call Harry "hoss" once, which was one the first signs something was off with him. Don't know exactly what that means, but I really don't need to go into just how horribly bad it would be if the Blackstafd went darkside.
Normally I love speculating and theorizing after reading a new book, but I feel like I don't have enough of the story to really do much speculation yet.
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I still don't think Eb is bad or Nem infected, however he maybe suffering from a form of wizard dementia, and the stress is too much for him. Or alternatively it isn't really him, but a Skinwalker.
I agree about the writing, it is hard to get around, hopefully the second part of the book will make it all come together.
The_Sibelis:
Everyone who was exposed to enthiu could have acted funny afterwards... For the same reason harry takes a shower after meeting with Mother Winter. The aura bleed off.
ClintACK:
--- Quote from: sayyadina on August 03, 2020, 01:14:38 AM ---Part of what bothered me the most about Peace Talks was that it seemed like most of the book happened off screen, which was annoying. I'm just hoping Jim got his desire to experiment out of his system and now goes back to writing like he had the previous books since they all work so much better.
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I think we're going to find that a number of the "deleted scenes" -- like the wardens' meeting before the talks -- will be where various parties discussed the distractions and misdirections. Like in Skin Game, when we got Harry's meeting with Kringle out of sequence, so we could enjoy the reveal.
Mira:
--- Quote from: ClintACK on August 03, 2020, 12:02:27 PM ---I think we're going to find that a number of the "deleted scenes" -- like the wardens' meeting before the talks -- will be where various parties discussed the distractions and misdirections. Like in Skin Game, when we got Harry's meeting with Kringle out of sequence, so we could enjoy the reveal.
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Or be pissed because of the confusion.. ::) One can go to that well once too often and the effectiveness goes down. 1] Because it becomes too predictable. 2] It begins to smack of sloppy and lazy writing. It isn't just the warden's meeting missing here, but the meeting between Lara and Mab before they pop up in the Monstermobile, a conversation between Thomas and Justine about just how much danger she really is in from the Hunger.. In a case like this would Thomas have perhaps pushed for her to abort? Can one even abort this kind of pregnancy? Or would the Hunger protect itself? Or would Justine totally refuse? Where is the conversation between Lara and Thomas about this?
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