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Conspiracy Theorist:
Justines protection comes and goes, along with her sex life, presumably the infant Hunger has had to suffer these fluctuations. At the moment of conception though it is likely the True Love protection was restored. What if instead of feeding on Justines lifeforce, the infant is instead feeding on the True Love she shares with Thomas. The child might not be a White Court Vampire at all, it may be human, or something else altogether it’s demon not a demon but something better and purer, a cupid?

We know the hunger is dormant until that first fatal feeding, if the proto Whamp experiences True Love it whithers and the proto Whamp becomes mortal.

Whamps are basically sterile, they have to put themselves about a lot to reproduce. On top of this they took precautions. On top of this Justine had True Love protection. Still the child was conceived.

I think the birth of the child will give Harry the clue he needs to cure Thomas, and an insight into the true nature of the Whamps.

Dina:

--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on July 24, 2020, 02:43:01 AM ---I think the birth of the child will give Harry the clue he needs to cure Thomas, and an insight into the true nature of the Whamps.
--- End quote ---

Hopefully, at least this is going to happen. I like when Harry is actually Wise (as in "Wizard") and figures something important (like with the Swords)

ClintACK:
Yep. The theme of parental love has been a big deal recently in the Dresdenverse, and we know that Jim likes Frozen. (It makes an appearance in the Christmas Eve short.) (click to show/hide)The twist at the end is that instead of it being "true love's kiss" that breaks the spell, it's the love between two sisters.
I wouldn't be at all surprised to discover that while "romantic" love is usually thought to be the bane of the White Court, in fact *all* selfless love works, just in slightly different ways.

Given what the White Court are, I can believe that it's never come up before -- a WCV in true, requited love with the mother of his child, who he loves.

Bad Alias:
Jim's said that the love a parent has for a child doesn't count for True Love.

ClintACK:
Right. If I remember the quote it's because it's not an equal love in which both sides make sacrifices for the other. So it doesn't give you True Love protection vs a third-party WCV's Hunger.

But... with actual True Love between the parents, I wonder what that might do to the baby's proto-Hunger. Or what Thomas's self-sacrificing love for his child might do to Thomas's own Hunger.

I think there's a good bit of wiggle room in there.

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