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Jury Duty and the Peace Talks
Mira:
--- Quote from: Snark Knight on September 12, 2020, 11:02:48 PM ---I recall a WOJ that explains her character pretty thoroughly. She occasionally looks at some of the protagonists and considers being not evil for a while, then thinks "Ugh, who has time for that?".
Though it will be interesting to see whether the spot at the end of PT where she contemplates that Harry might be motivated by genuine altruism and regards him as an incomprehensible puzzle leads to any actual character development.
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Or she thinks he is a total fool and continues to ask what's in it for her?
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: Yuillegan on September 10, 2020, 10:44:32 AM ---After re-reading Jury Duty, it occurs to me that one of the stronger candidates for using the FBI to hound Dresden is the White Court.
Now, that would suggest it is Lara - but not necessarily. There has been division in every major supernatural organisation.
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The murder victim in Jury Duty was a Malvora, right? And Lara had to push for a conviction to satisfy the White Throne's duty to a subordinate house, but she deliberately half-assed it by putting a not-very-competent youth on it. Maybe she's still salty about Malvora's role in the coup attempt, so she's pulling "I tried, but the wizard foiled it"?
Could be Malvora is pulling some strings of their own in law enforcement to pay Harry back for exonerating their guy's killer, and mess with Thomas and Justine to put one over on Lara in return?
Bad Alias:
Papa Raith seemed evil to me. He enjoyed the suffering of others in and of itself.
Lara seems amoral. She eats people, yeah, but it's not like she has a choice other than her own death. If an predator eats someone, I don't blame it.
Arjan:
--- Quote from: Bad Alias on September 21, 2020, 01:54:10 AM ---Papa Raith seemed evil to me. He enjoyed the suffering of others in and of itself.
Lara seems amoral. She eats people, yeah, but it's not like she has a choice other than her own death. If an predator eats someone, I don't blame it.
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The questions are:
“Does she know the difference between good and evil?“
She does but she does not have the time for it. That is a weak excuse.
And the next question is not “Can she be good?” Because that is a higher bar than necessary. A sufficient question is “Can she be less evil”
And the answer is yes, she can.
Mira:
--- Quote ---“Does she know the difference between good and evil?“
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I think she does know the difference between good and evil, the only problem is her point of view
is very different. She will on occasion feed upon her victims until death, we call it murder, evil, however she sees it no different than a lion killing and eating it's prey, good. She does try to keep that in check because she understand the problems politically etc it brings her.
--- Quote ---She does but she does not have the time for it. That is a weak excuse.
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She has the time for it when it is to her advantage as when she has allied with Harry for the greater good, which is also to her advantage.
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And the next question is not “Can she be good?” Because that is a higher bar than necessary. A sufficient question is “Can she be less evil”
And the answer is yes, she can.
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The answer is no, in my opinion because her view point is so different from our own.
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