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Bad Alias:

--- Quote from: Mira on October 02, 2020, 07:18:22 PM ---Except Rafael isn't a watcher angel, he is an archangel.

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Huh? I didn't say he was.


--- Quote from: Professor Q on October 03, 2020, 12:54:16 AM ---So my scenario is that about 1000 years ago, angelic Mac fell in love with a human woman and they produced Bob. That caused him to fall from grace and transubstantiate into his current form. He's probably in Chicago to keep an eye on his son.

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Jim has said that he thought it was obvious who Bob's parents were. So if one is Mac, is the other Mab? Who else do we know from back then?


--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on October 03, 2020, 02:50:59 AM ---That's what I've always seen, but this entry for The Book of Giants mentions a dual meaning to the verb rafa, which is supposedly both 'to heal' and 'to tie'.  If so, maybe Jim chose that spelling for a reason.

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"To heal" and "to tie" make me think of "binding a wound." Which makes me think about binding a demon.

Arjan:
And also of casting out demons as a form of healing.

Griffyn612:

--- Quote from: Bad Alias on October 03, 2020, 05:09:43 AM ---"To heal" and "to tie" make me think of "binding a wound." Which makes me think about binding a demon.

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--- Quote from: Arjan on October 03, 2020, 07:41:46 AM ---And also of casting out demons as a form of healing.

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Exactly. The Book of Giants analysis compares the binding of demons to healing the earth of their infection.

Professor Q:

--- Quote from: Bad Alias on October 03, 2020, 05:09:43 AM ---Jim has said that he thought it was obvious who Bob's parents were. So if one is Mac, is the other Mab? Who else do we know from back then?
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That's my gut feeling. I don't have any direct evidence, but this exchange from Skin Game is what makes me think they have a past relationship.


--- Quote ---Mac, bald, lean, and silent, stood behind the bar in his usual crisp white shirt and spotless apron. When Mab entered, he put down the rag he was using to polish the wooden bar, and bowed at the waist, somehow giving the gesture an accent of courtesy rather than obeisance.
“Barkeep,” Mab replied, and inclined her head considerably more deeply than she had to Nicodemus a few minutes before. “May your patrons be prosperous and honest.”
Mac, as a rule, rarely uttered multi-syllables. Today, he said, “May your scales always return to balance.”
Her mouth quirked at the corner and she said, “Flatterer.”
He smiled and nodded to me. “Harry.”
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These are normally two of the most reserved characters in the series, but here it seems like they are flirting. It isn't just Mac's sudden loquaciousness that strikes me as unusual. Mab's response is her equivalent of a teenage girl blushing and giggling. I can't recall either of them behaving quite like this with anyone else.

ElJefe81:

--- Quote from: Griffyn612 on October 03, 2020, 12:19:34 AM ---You don't think they're going to use the castle as their safe haven?  The Paranet was already using it as of Ghost Story, with Marcone letting Butters live there, and others come and go with a nursery and everything. 

I could see where it might be a target, and he wouldn't want to jeopardize civilians during a battle.  But he already took civilians in during a battle.

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I think they will use the Castle as a safe haven as well, but I think there's a couple of reasons it will stay with Mac: 1) logistically it makes sense to not put all your eggs in one basket (ie overpower the Castle with the placard on top of it's already formidable defenses).  Additionally, you'd have to transfer the placard over to Harry, and Harry already has enough targets on his back, he's not really the best person (at least in the perspective of those living in the Dresden-verse).  Mac on the other hand isn't the high profile target Harry is, and he also has the benefit of giving the Paranet an alternative if the Castle is compromised;  2) from a literary standpoint, it's sort of a Chekhov's gun with Mac sealing the protection with his blood.  True, that could have just been Jim's way of showing us what Mac really is, and there's nothing more to it, but I think ultimately this is setting the stage for the end-game and we'll see Mac and the placard come into play.

Just my thoughts anyway :)

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