The Dresden Files > DF Spoilers
Jury Duty and the Peace Talks
Conspiracy Theorist:
Lara, unlike her father sees use in humans above and beyond food. She started hiring competent rather than pretty people, Riley a case in point and is far less prejudiced than most of her Court towards humans. She is much more involved with human society, she would be quite happy for the White Court to become slightly less evil and slightly more socially responsible 1 percenters, openly utilising their wealth and power.
ClintACK:
--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on September 12, 2020, 12:28:51 PM ---Lara, unlike her father sees use in humans above and beyond food. She started hiring competent rather than pretty people, Riley a case in point and is far less prejudiced than most of her Court towards humans.
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Yes. But when a Naagloshi attacks Chateau Raith, the injured competent-not-pretty mercenaries don't get rushed to the hospital, they get rushed to her sisters' rooms to be used as disposable health potions.
I suppose she's "less evil" than the Red Court, the fomor, her father, and Jeffery Epstein (at least Lara's victims are over the age of consent), but that's a pretty low bar.
vultur:
Oh Lara's absolutely evil. She doesn't actually value human life at all, for example.
But as the conflict moves toward the BAT (vs individual supernatural crimes in the first books) her self-interest basically aligns with the 'good guys' at least to the degree of preserving civilization.
If Lara tries to make the WC "less evil" it would only be to the degree necessary for them to be accepted in a world where the supernatural is known... I would say 'less blatantly evil' or 'more controlled' instead.
Mira:
--- Quote from: vultur on September 12, 2020, 12:51:53 PM ---Oh Lara's absolutely evil. She doesn't actually value human life at all, for example.
But as the conflict moves toward the BAT (vs individual supernatural crimes in the first books) her self-interest basically aligns with the 'good guys' at least to the degree of preserving civilization.
If Lara tries to make the WC "less evil" it would only be to the degree necessary for them to be accepted in a world where the supernatural is known... I would say 'less blatantly evil' or 'more controlled' instead.
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I pretty much agree with that she is a lot like her father.
Snark Knight:
--- Quote from: vultur on September 12, 2020, 12:51:53 PM ---Oh Lara's absolutely evil. She doesn't actually value human life at all, for example.
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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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