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Yuillegan:
Jim said we know who's Bob's parents where when asked about whether he was similar to Bonnie etc.

He also said he thought it was obvious.

So assuming Bob is like Bonnie, you need at least one big supernatural parent. But not necessarily a mortal as the other (although I'd bet it is).

Bonnie is a curious mix of Dresden and a shadow of a Fallen Angel. She displays mostly traits that are similar to Maggie, but also the knowledge of her parents is clear (particularly from Lash).

If Bob is somewhere between 600 and a 1000 years old, and we have met his parents, they aren't likely to be mortal...at least anymore. Only one mortal we know of is that old (that is human) - Rashid.

He has a skewed ethical compass, an obsession with sex, an alter ego that is cruel and terrifying, and above all no matter which personality is in charge he ALWAYS resents authority. He is also fairly nerdy.

A fair amount of that can be attributed to Dresden's influence, and perhaps to some degree Butters (and of course Evil Bob can be attributed at least in part to Kemmler). But what was "Bob" like before he met Kemmler? And how much does the current owner change him from his original foundation?

Considering he is a spirit of air, his strange association with Winter and his fear of Mab in particular, not to mention his other traits I would guess that Mab (or at least the being inside the Mab mantle) was his Mother (she is the Queen of Air and Darkness after all), and his father....Vadderung? The OG Merlin is also a possibility, but that would mean we have already met him...

What are your guesses?

Smaug with OCD:
Jokingly: Well, I guess this confirms the "Harry travels back in time to become Merlin" theory.

Seriously though, I would guess Lea instead of Mab. She's a muse known for driving men insane with boink desires. Would certainly explain where Bob got his... drives. *shivers in fear* No idea on the father... unless Lea's blush and straightening of her dress at the end of Changes was a clue about a past fling she had with Vaderung(and not just her "negotiating quite vigorously" I think were her words?)?

Conspiracy Theorist:
The British Prisoner is probably old enough to be Bob’s dad and we know he isn’t Merlin. The fixation on sex I hadn’t previously considered but fits, especially if his father was the previous Winter Knight, Tam Lin, who escaped the Mantle enraging his Queen. Protective custody.

Knowing the whole Mexican soap opera that is Harry’s life, it is Tam Lin, he is an ancestor of Harry’s (Eb’s Grandfather or great grandfather for symmetry with Harry and Bonea) meaning that Bob is his uncle (by several removes). Frankly this interpretation would require Jim to have set up a 20 book series over several decades just to make this pun. If so my hat is off to him, well done sir. It would also mean Bob and Bonea are related, she is his niece many times removed.

I mean it’s not as if Little Orphan Harry discovers previously unknown relatives willy nilly, well  not except for Thomas, Eb, Maggie and Bonny...... I mean next thing you know he will find his long lost evil identical twin brother. Oh right.

Yuillegan:
Conspiracy Theorist -

OMG.

You are so right. Butcher COULD NOT resist a good pun like that. Bob's your uncle....heaven's to Betsy I am sure you are right. How did I miss that?

But then I would change my guess to Ebeneezer and Lara. Sex and Wizardry. Would literally make him Harry's uncle. The timing is wrong in terms of Bob's age...but we don't know Harry's full family tree or any time travel stuff. So anything's possible. But you're guess is as good as any.

HA! That's the next book ;)

Smaug  - Lol I hope so. I mean it's almost certain Dresden goes back in time. What I wonder more about is whether he will go forward in time...

Yeah, Leah's a good runner up. But I think there is a WOJ (making my previous assumption wrong) that you need a mortal and a supernatural entity. So it would be Lea AND (insert mortal). Maybe all those Eb and Leah theories are true! I mean, Eb has basically done everything that Harry has done only better and scarier.


OR crazy crack theory...Kemmler is Malcolm's father and ALSO the sire of Bob...with Mab. But that's absurd.

Avernite:
Gatekeeper seems like a good dad for a spirit of intellect, and he has plenty of interaction with the Fae side for any Lea/Mab guesses. Plus he's technically old enough.

Of the two, I consider Mab more likely to have tragically loved, while Lea seems more all-vicious-Fae-all-the-time. But then her daughter hasn't died on-screen.

And of course, if Bob is Mab's child, would he need to be so afraid? She went out of her way for Maeve... I suppose technically Titania could be thrown in, as Bob is occasionally passionate where Mab emphatically is not.

Ancient Mai is just about the only human female who might somehow be involved, but we barely know her... of course one of the Gards could be the mother pre-ascenscion to Valkyrie-hood, but again, we basically know nothing.

So my guesses to sum up:
Father (human):
The Gatekeeper
The British prisoner (see previous posts) in his real identity, whichever that is.

Mother (supernatural):
Mab
Lea
Titania?

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