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If Not Mab, Could Nic Be Behind What Thomas Did?
Mira:
--- Quote from: ClintACK on August 12, 2020, 11:00:40 AM ---If I recall correctly, that feeding was when Thomas and Justine's relationship made the jump to True Love.
It was Justine being willing to die to save him, and Thomas being willing to die rather than kill her.
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After that is when she took to wearing a rubber jump suit so he could touch her.
vultur:
--- Quote from: Mira on August 12, 2020, 10:41:53 AM --- However he wasn't trying to feed was he? However Thomas could not touch Justine, and at the time he wasn't trying feed on her,
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Thomas' Hunger was trying to feed on Justine whenever they touched, even if Thomas (the human mind) didn't intend to.
This issue is specific to Thomas and Justine, he could touch other people with True Love protection, like Harry, since he wasn't trying to feed.
Similarly Lara only gets burned by Harry in WN once she loses control a bit and starts trying to feed.
Mira:
--- Quote from: vultur on August 12, 2020, 06:32:52 PM ---Thomas' Hunger was trying to feed on Justine whenever they touched, even if Thomas (the human mind) didn't intend to.
This issue is specific to Thomas and Justine, he could touch other people with True Love protection, like Harry, since he wasn't trying to feed.
Similarly Lara only gets burned by Harry in WN once she loses control a bit and starts trying to feed.
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Only none of that follows with a wedding ring or even a rose given in true love can burn a White Court vamp. Face it, you might be able to eat a rose, but you cannot feed upon a wedding ring.
Conspiracy Theorist:
--- Quote from: Mira on August 12, 2020, 02:20:03 PM --- After that is when she took to wearing a rubber jump suit so he could touch her.
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I know they were taking precautions against conception, but that was going too far.
vultur:
--- Quote from: Mira on August 12, 2020, 08:18:13 PM ---Only none of that follows with a wedding ring or even a rose given in true love can burn a White Court vamp. Face it, you might be able to eat a rose, but you cannot feed upon a wedding ring.
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I think tokens of True Love are a different principle.
It's somewhat messy, but that seems to be the only way to reconcile Thomas being able to touch Harry (and anyway we're specifically told that's how it works).
I think it's kind of like how repelling a vampire with faith works differently from holy water. Harry can't repel vampires with a cross, but he can with his pentacle; it's about his personal belief. But holy water from Father Forthill can burn vampires and ghouls even when used by Harry, though he doesn't subscribe to any religion.
The holy water is inherently imbued with holiness/faith "energy"/divine power in a way that other things aren't; similarly, tokens of True Love presumably are inherently imbued with love in a less ephemeral way than people's (very changeable) auras.
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