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Mab and Lara
vincentric:
--- Quote from: Mira on January 20, 2021, 06:39:45 PM ---Yes, they have, but with the marriage, they will be sending the Blackstaff after him.. Or Harry, with Molly's help would also be a good story for Jim to abandon quickly, it actually builds on the scene in Skin Game between them and Mab and Marcone.. Molly and Harry as a team may be too much for even Mab to overcome.. Though it might be the best decision she made, to take on the pair as her Lady and Knight, it may not turn out as she planned.
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Sending the Blackstaff after Harry for marrying Lara would be a foolish act unless they have some other violation that revokes his current parole.
Marrying Lara is an act anyone can do, it doesn't violate any of the Rules of Magic.
It is a declaration of war on Mab. Harry is marrying Lara because of his duty as her vassal. They can verbally object all they want but the disposition of Mab's forces is Mab's decision alone and she'd remind them of that in no uncertain terms.
It is a declaration of war against the White Court. Even if she's not the public leader, Lara is the princess of the White Court. Sending an assassin after her consort is not something she can overlook.
It's foolish. Yes, I'd bet on Eb taking Harry 4 out of 5 times, but that 5th time means risking losing the Blackstaff back to Winter. And that's assuming Eb won't jump ship(They know he's Harry's mentor but I'll bet only a very few know of their blood relationship) if given the order without clear evidence of an act by Harry, not Harry following Mab's orders in a way that doesn't directly threaten the White Council.
Avernite:
Let's remember that this is Mab sending Harry and Molly to ally with the White Court. So WAG time.
When some alliance with the Fomor and Svartalves was happening, Lea threw in Molly to up the 'entropy' of the situation, and see it blow up. What if Mab is really pushing Molly and Harry into the White Court's arms because she needs Lara down a few pegs? Harry will make the whole thing more voltaile, and with Lara only a power BEHIND the throne, maybe chaos will see the Court fall back into chaos, after she so neatly cleared it up in White Night.
I mean, Mab did also pay a debt to Nicodemus by sending Harry...
Dina:
--- Quote from: Avernite on January 20, 2021, 10:32:52 PM ---I mean, Mab did also pay a debt to Nicodemus by sending Harry...
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Yes, that is true :)
--- Quote from: vincentric on January 19, 2021, 11:25:14 PM ---Mab can send any of many fae ladies to "prepare" Harry for the wedding. She could even do it herself. She could just send him to take Thomas' place with the swartalves for a weekend as part of a knightly duty. Or Lara could use Thomas' method . That protection is too flimsy to stand up to any effort to defeat it.
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I don't think raping Harry is a good idea. Mab really has been trying not to antagonize him too much. And at least by Christmas they are quite nice with each other. And if a vampire tries, Harry will be justified to defend himself with extreme prejudice for the vampire.
KurtinStGeorge:
--- Quote from: Avernite on January 20, 2021, 10:32:52 PM ---Let's remember that this is Mab sending Harry and Molly to ally with the White Court. So WAG time.
When some alliance with the Fomor and Svartalves was happening, Lea threw in Molly to up the 'entropy' of the situation, and see it blow up. What if Mab is really pushing Molly and Harry into the White Court's arms because she needs Lara down a few pegs? Harry will make the whole thing more voltaile, and with Lara only a power BEHIND the throne, maybe chaos will see the Court fall back into chaos, after she so neatly cleared it up in White Night.
I mean, Mab did also pay a debt to Nicodemus by sending Harry...
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I would agree with this idea if Mab hadn't made it plain to Harry that she wanted the stability and appearance of unified strength the Winter Court / White Court alliance would project. Now I'll have to reread that scene again to make certain there weren't any weasel words or weasel phrases in it that Mab might later use to justify her betrayal of Lara while she keeps up the letter of her deal.
Mira:
--- Quote ---I mean, Mab did also pay a debt to Nicodemus by sending Harry...
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Knowing full well what would happen, her actual aim I think was thinking that if anyone could get access to the artifacts, it would be Harry. It was also a deal she made a deal with Marcone for him to get vengeance for Nic and Company's kidnapping of him back in Small Favor. In other words, it was a set up. Mab would say that she paid her debt to Nic by loaning him her Winter Knight to gain access to the vault, but at the same time takes no responsibility for her Knight going off the reservation a bit, which she knew perfectly well he'd do. So one has to wonder, is this marriage proposal a similar set up of the White Court? Or perhaps Harry? Molly knows something and perhaps at this time cannot divulge it, I am thinking of that cold look she gave Lara that Harry "missed" after the kracken was defeated. I think there was more to it than simple dislike.
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