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Who really killed ... BG spoilers!!!!
morriswalters:
--- Quote from: Mira on October 16, 2020, 05:26:45 AM ---Yes, it was his imagination what he thought he smelled because he had almost did an evil deed, but he didn't, he was stopped. Do you think the odor of sulfur and brimstone was coming off of Michael's sweat when he was trying to beat Father Douglas to death with a baseball bat? He was doing an evil deed, but Harry stopped him before it was done.
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What I think is that Michael didn't attack Harry.
Basil:
It's possible that Harry's "Wizard Aura" had an effect on Rudolph's gun. However, I think that it would be unprecedented inasmuch as a firearm is entirely mechanical. I don't believe that we've seen a wizard or other being hex purely mechanical machines.
Harry's revolver never malfunctioned because it is purely mechanical. Harry has stated that he's had issues with semi-autos, but that does not have to be a wizard thing. Semi-autos can jam. My Sig can jam.
The Blue Beetle, McCoy's truck and the Munster Mobile MOSTLY function for them. That's because while they are old and mostly mechanical, they do have some electronics.
Given the lengthy setup throughout BG that Rudolph was reckless, stupid, cowardly and had bad trigger discipline, I think that we shouldn't look further than this. Bradley remarked on it several times. Bradley also stepped to the side of the door at the childcare place -- because he was scarred that Rudolph would shoot him through the door.
Mira:
--- Quote ---Given the lengthy setup throughout BG that Rudolph was reckless, stupid, cowardly and had bad trigger discipline, I think that we shouldn't look further than this. Bradley remarked on it several times. Bradley also stepped to the side of the door at the childcare place -- because he was scarred that Rudolph would shoot him through the door.
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This has been the description of Rudolph all through the series.
--- Quote ---What I think is that Michael didn't attack Harry.
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No, but Douglas hadn't murdered Michael's little girl in front of his eyes either. And lets be clear, it wasn't easy for Harry to get through to Michael.
The Warrior
--- Quote ---Again the bat swept down, and Douglas fell senseless to the sand. Michael stood over the man for a moment, his entire body shaking, the bat still upraised. "Michael," I said quietly. "He hurt my little girl, Harry." He said with barely repressed rage."He isn't going to hurt her now," I said. "He hurt my little girl." "Michael," I said, gently, "you can't. If this is how it has to be, I'll do it. But you can't man."
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So as I said, imagine if Michael's little girl had been murdered before his eyes and if he was also on the edge of exhaustion from battle.. Do you think Michael wouldn't have tried to go through Harry to get to Douglas? Also notice that Harry didn't want this good man, his friend, to become a monster, he offered to take his place.
When it was over, Michael's reaction and Harry's reaction is much the same to what they almost did.
Again, The Warrior
--- Quote ---'Easy,easy," I told him. "We're done here. We're done." He stared for another long, silent moment. He lowered the bat, very slowly, and bowed his head. He stood there for a minute, his chest heaving, and dropped the bat. He settled down onto the sand with a wince. I got up and collected Fidelacchius, returning it to it's sheath. "Thank you," Michael said quietly. He offered me Amoracchious'shilt.
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Harry did hurt his friends who were trying to stop him, so his shame was greater. However like Michael he thanked both Sanya and Butters for stopping him.
morriswalters:
On one hand you use Michael as an example similar to Harry. And then you say it isn't. I'm unsure how to think about that.
I'm going to leave it at this. You think it's understandable behavior when under high levels of stress to attack anybody or anything that stands between you and the source of your stress. This isn't normally how the world works for humans. And when it does it generally indicates a mental health issue.
I'm not staking a moral position about right or wrong but asking the question, does it align with previous behavior by Harry? And taking a position that it does not.
I'm saying that this behavior is either a product of the mantle, a product of Mab's sending, or something else. I favor something else. Because Jim signals something by using the smell of Brimstone.
--- Quote ---He makes an error when he writes Sulfur and Brimstone since they are the same thing, I think rather that it should have been Fire and Brimstone.
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Arjan:
Denarian meddling is quite possible.
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