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Why Didn't Justine Just Abort?
BrainFireBob:
My experience would be, Thomas wouldn't bring it up if that was the decision, they'd just have done it.
If he wanted help convincing Justine, he might approach his brother privately.
This reads like anxiety about fatherhood, and he's not reaching out to his father on it- leaves his brother, who does have kids
Mira:
--- Quote from: BrainFireBob on August 04, 2020, 06:03:46 PM ---My experience would be, Thomas wouldn't bring it up if that was the decision, they'd just have done it.
If he wanted help convincing Justine, he might approach his brother privately.
This reads like anxiety about fatherhood, and he's not reaching out to his father on it- leaves his brother, who does have kids
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Possibly, but it also might be a hard subject for Thomas to bring up. All he talked about was the danger to Justine, not whether or not he'd make a good father. That is how Harry read it I think, but that is opinion. However before the subject got much further, as in Harry asking Thomas how come their mother survived or have any others survived, Carlos showed up.
--- Quote ---Pretty sure the reference is to Bonea, not Maggie. That "birth" could easily have killed Harry without Molly's help. It's not biological exactly, but the situation is not that dissimilar.
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Actually Harry didn't have a whole lot of choice, remember it was simply called "the parasite," by the time he knew what it was, Bonea was too far into the process and couldn't be easily removed. Also Mab used the extreme pain Harry felt from her being in his head as leverage. Also even with Molly's help, giving "birth" to her meant he'd live, not his almost certain death. So, no, not the same at all.
TrueMonk:
My wife was completely certain by six weeks both times.
I have tried typing out answers on why it makes sense Harry does not suggest abortion. But l can't detail it more and not make it more personal than what is appropriate for a forum discussion. So I will just leave it at the factual info above.
vultur:
--- Quote from: Mira on August 04, 2020, 06:14:31 PM ---Actually Harry didn't have a whole lot of choice, remember it was simply called "the parasite," by the time he knew what it was, Bonea was too far into the process and couldn't be easily removed.
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Yeah, Harry didn't have much clue of what was going on (because Mab kept him away from Molly).
--- Quote --- Also even with Molly's help, giving "birth" to her meant he'd live, not his almost certain death. So, no, not the same at all.
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Right- what I said was without Molly's help it probably would have killed him. Which is what Mab said would happen, and avoiding that is part of why Harry had to work with Nicodemus (rather than stay on Demonreach where even Mab probably couldn't get at him).
Mira:
--- Quote ---Right- what I said was without Molly's help it probably would have killed him. Which is what Mab said would happen, and avoiding that is part of why Harry had to work with Nicodemus (rather than stay on Demonreach where even Mab probably couldn't get at him).
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Point, Harry didn't want to die, he wasn't willing to go along with the high risk of dying so Bonea could live. Mab had him by the short hairs so to speak..
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